Originally Posted by
rudestuff
Just out of interest - how many landings are people getting in a lesson? I learned in the US where I could do 10-12 touch and goes an hour if it wasn't busy. Then I flew in the UK where there were was very little "pattern work" just a couple of landings at the end of a lesson.
I found using a long runway and an extra 10+ knots really smoothed my landings out, because it made the whole process a lot longer. I basically practiced the float, then brought the speed back.
First point I am managing around 6 T/O & landings in an hour. The issue being is the landings phase is 10-20 seconds of the whole circuit.
Second point is interesting. Whilst on holiday in Jersey I did a lesson there. PA28 rather than a 172 I am learning in at Rochester and seemingly miles of tarmac compared to Rochesters 800ish M of grass. I seemed a lot better than at Rochester!