If you have signed up for a training course to become a pilot then you are probably already aware that there are going to be two parts of this course that you must complete successfully.
You are going to find that there is the part where you will only be able to fly with an instructor.
Then once you have completed this part you will be able to go on to the part of the course where you can fly on your own.
Naturally, it must be understood that you are not going to be able to be weak in any area of your training when you are going to fly solo.
When you are ready for this part of being able to fly on your own a lot of it will also depend on whether your instructor feels that you are ready to do so.
Safety is very important and there is no way if you are not ready will you be aloud to go alone in the plane.
Sometimes what some of the schools will do is still move the student on to learn other parts of the course that takes place after the solo.
This way all that is left to do will be the solo flight time.
Usually where the weakness comes in is on the landing this is where most students feel insecure.
What you might want to do is buy some extra flight time to give you extra practice in this area.
So when you look at the total aspects of your course you can now see that it is broken into two areas where there is the education part and then gaining experience.
Of course the educational or the ground work is more important before you can take on the responsibility of flying the plane.
It will be natural for you at first to feel a bit nervous when you get into the plane and are ready to fly for the first time.
Your instructor should have a good idea of how confident you are, and he will make his decisions based on this.
Record keeping is going to be very important for you during your entire course.
You will have a log book for a student pilot and this is where you must keep track of everything that you have completed.
Your training instructor will have to sign each one of the entry's that are made in this book.
If your log book is not up to date and complete, you will not be able to do your final exam.
Make sure that you don't look for any short cuts when it comes time to learning everything that you are going to need to know for your course.
Remember that in this particular type of training there is no room for mistakes.
By following the rules and staying focused you should find that you are able to achieve your goals quite easily.