All,
thanks very much indeed for all your posts ! Very interesting reading ! As has been mentioned - I haven't actually been taught anything to do with landing yet - just been allowed to attempt the line up with the runway.
My key question - one that has been answered in abundance (thanks) was essentially - 'is landing incredibly difficult that takes ages to master / how do you do it ' - the answer seems to be 'No - it isn't a black art - you just need to practice (and don't expect to be doing this with the grand total of 4 hrs flight time under your belt !!!!'.......fair enough !
At the moment, for me, the learning curve re: flying is like the learning curve re: skiing. It looks so easy yet seems so hard - then suddenly you think - wow - I just did it !
Thanks again for all your responses ! (and if anyone needs tips on skiing - PM me !)
cheers
R