AZSoaring - My first official glider lesson in a 2-33
This flight was Aug 2015 and I was just very slow getting it public (it was unlisted for some reason I can't recall).
This was the first of 3 flights this day and despite decades of simulator time, I was surprised at how much higher my cognitive load was compared to when I'm in a sim and what I expected (I knew it would be at least somewhat higher).
By flight #3 (with plenty of coaching an an instructor ready to take the controls at any moment of course), I was largely handling takeoff, tow, release, flight, pattern, descent and landing.
I was also pleasantly surprised at how nice the 2-33 was to fly despite my preconceptions about how "poor" a glider it is. In reality, it's magnitudes nicer to fly that a 162/172 (by my tastes) which makes me even more excited at the idea of making my way to the Grob 103a and such.
