A student pilot is leveling off a Cessna 172 in cruise for the first of a three-leg, 150-nautical-mile solo cross-country. She lowers the nose, patiently lets the aircraft accelerate before reducing power to the desired cruise setting, then nudges the trim wheel forward until she no longer must hold forward pressure on the yoke to maintain the pitch attitude.
Source: aopaTraining Tip: Two takes on trim