Today was cold (no surprise there), clear, and absolutely no winds. Flew simulated instruments from take-off until the last two miles of approach. Take-off was much smoother than my last simulated instrument take-off. Overall, felt much better than the last time I was up. Flew some VOR tracking, some steep turns, altitude adjustments, and the like. Nearly drilled the steep 360 turn, but gained too much altitude returning to level flight. Oh well – next time. I’m still not great at those in visual flight, so it’s no surprise I have trouble in instrument flight. Willis simulated an AFR approach onto runway 35, so that I would have some idea what it was like before we ran one with the tower at Terre Haute during our cross-country flights. Didn’t setup too horribly, although I was a bit high for most of the approach. Landing was smooth and pretty.

Now I just need a slightly windy day so I can get some cross-wind approaches in.