Hour ​​12: More circuits training, repeat ​5 on a Cessna 172, Camden Aerodrome, NSW, Australia

Read the details of my Hour 12 Flight log at https://techexplorations.com/flight-l... In Hour 12, I was determined to get it right. I knew all the areas I had to improve. Correct use of attitude to manage airspeed, trim, "thinking ahead of the aircraft", lookouts, BUMFISH, heading, round-out, and radio calls. I spent much of the week running the circuit in my head and on the chair, memorizing the procedure. In Hour 12, I was going to test my preparation. Also, I have footage of the entire flight from both GoPros for the first time. The weather this morning was similar to last week's Hour 10 flight. It was only a little colder and with a lower QNH. ATIS reported this: -- Runway 06, wind variable 5 kts, occasional tail wind 3 kts, vis greater than 10 km's, temp 20, QNH 1010 Apart from a few showers in the area, the conditions were almost ideal for circuit training. I was excited to test the skills I had practised at my desk (more about this below). My previous circuit flights showed a pattern of problems with my plane handling. The same issues repeated. I tended to be late in the controls, my BUMFISH check was sluggish (if I managed to do it), radio calls froze my brain, etc. I realised that practising all these items in the cockpit while flying the plane in a circuit would not work. The cockpit environment during flight is too fluid, stressful, and incompatible with how I like to learn. So, I decided to take a different approach. I brought the cockpit to my workbench. I printed the dashboard of the Cessna 172 from my X-Plane 12 simulator and placed it in front of me on the desk. Click on the time stamps below to jump to a segment of this flight. 00:00:00 Starting 00:00:59 ATIS 00:02:44 Request start and taxi for circuits clearance from Camden Ground 00:03:25 Engine start checklist 00:03:50 After engine start checklist 00:04:45 Taxi to runup bay. 00:05:01 Lean the fuel mix 00:09:57 Runup checks 00:14:42 Takeoff safety briefing 00:16:25 Video starts 00:16:41 Departure briefing 00:18:50 At holding point Alpha 00:18:57 Lineup checks 00:19:53 Radio call Ready for takeoff 00:21:41 Lining up on the runway 00:22:02 Takeoff 00:23:17 Turn crosswind 00:24:17 Turn downwind 00:24:27 Radio call 00:24:36 BUMFISH 00:25:04 Turn base 00:25:54 Turn final 00:26:27 Go around for circuit #2 00:27:26 Turn crosswind #2 00:28:16 Turn downwind #2 00:29:51 Turn base #2 00:30:25 Turn final #2 (overtshot) 00:31:16 Landing 00:31:41 Go for circuit #3 00:32:27 Turn crosswind #3 00:33:22 Turn downwind #3 00:34:45 Turn base #3 00:35:17 Turn final #3 00:36:11 Landing 00:36:28 Go for circuit #4 00:37:18 Turn to crosswind#4 00:38:15 Turn downwind #4 00:39:29 Turn base #4 00:40:13 Turn final #4 00:40:59 Landing 00:41:24 Go for circuit #5 00:42:14 Turn crosswind #5 00:42:51 Turn downwind #5 00:44:28 Turn base #5 00:45:50 Turn fina #5 00:46:26 Go around for circuit #6 00:47:27 Turn crosswind #6 00:48:16 Turn downind #6 00:50:11 Turn base #6 00:50:54 Turn final #6 00:51:44 Landing 00:52:02 Go for circuit #7 00:52:40 Turn crosswind #7 00:53:06 Turn downding #7 00:54:48 Turn base #7 00:55:54 Turn final #7 00:56:38 Landing 00:57:00 Go for circuit #8 00:57:48 Turn crosswind #8 00:58:37 Turn downind #8 00:59:50 Turn base #8 01:00:41 Turn final #8 01:01:32 Landing 01:02:05 Taxi to full stop 01:04:58 Engine shutdown