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Old 18th Jun 2007, 08:32
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sudden Winds
 
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the first thing IŽll tell you is.......RELAX. fly and feel the airplane, donŽt judge the whole flight by how smooth the landing was...

1) make sure youŽre adjusting your seat comfortably, not too high, not too low, about the right distance and about the same everytime.

2) try to fly a stable approach, good landings out of bad approaches are a product of luck.

3) try different things...if you ALWAYS float, it means youŽre flaring a bit high every time, try flaring less, no matter what the ground seems to do on you. If it lands rather hard then next time youŽll pick an intermediate final attitude between the 1st high, prolonged type flare and the no or minimum flare landing you did the 2nd time...you need to know both edges before you know the spot in between.

4) look outside, use your peripheral vision. The end of the rwy is not the best place to look at, especially if the rwy is long. try to look a bit closer, not just off the nose of the a/c but maybe 500 ft ahead...that should be enough.

5) make sure youŽre not approaching too fast for whatever reason that invites floating and floating invites tail strikes, late rejected landings and even runway excursions.

6) make sure youŽre able to maintain rwy alignment and flight path with no major difficulties prior to attempting good landings...if you having a hard time with that you Žll be too worried about not overshooting the rwy and that Žll leave you minimal attention for a good flare.

7) ask your captains what they think, but donŽt ask every single one of them, Žcause theyŽll give you different opinions and youŽll get terribly confused.

8) make sure youŽre not thinking about this too much. Once youŽve landed (good or bad) go home, and donŽt spend the rest of the day regretting your last landing or day dreaming about your next. This is not like dating a nice girl, youŽll get plenty of opportunities here.

Best Regards,
SW.
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