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Old 26th Aug 2004, 13:01
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tired-flyboy
 
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I was learning in both the C152 and C172,

I was always told to wait till the last 50' then level off, then very very slowly pull back on the control column till it was almost in your belly!

But thats what all the good text books say!

I had problems with judging the flare height and one day found that a quick glance out the side window (assuming your in the middle of the RW), when i could see the runway edge at the bottom of the spar that was when to cut the power and glide the remainder.

Obviously this depends on the length of runway- but EGPF has a hell of a long runway for a small plane!

Hope that helps but it takes time and patience and a few bounces till you get it right!!


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