Final 3 Greens
Glad it's not just me.
In fact at the weekend I took up and instructor for a few circuits to try to improve things. He diagnosed the approach speed as the problem. I had been flying in accordance with the PoH (silly me!) suggesting an approach speed of 75 kts. He suggested that the correct speed was 85 kts and that this should be maintained until over the numbers. He also said that there should not be any "conscious" flair, but that once level with the runway the aircraft should just be kept flying at that height until the speed bled off and it touched down. Obviously, this amounts to a flair in practice, because the nose has to be raised in increments to maintain flight, but it is more gentle. Result: greaser
When I subsequently allowed the speed to drop below the magic 85, the arrival was rather less smooth, presumably because at the lower speed the rate of descent was slightly higher.
Just shows, instructors sometimes are right!
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