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Old 11th Sep 2007, 03:24
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mstram
 
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Started looking down the end of the runway and huge difference, had a couple of landings where I wasn't even sure we had actually touched down
It took me "awhile" to learn to land
Similar to your advice, the chief CFI had me not only look at the end of runway, but had me put the nose of the (C172) on the runway or just above it... similar to the attitude it would be in at takeoff Then he told me to just keep increasing the backpressure during the flare as the speed bled off, to maintain that nose position / attitude.
Right after he showed me that, I went from terrible / scary landings to very good ones, and the next day, when back with my usual instructor, performed a "greaser" on my first landing attempt with him.
Mike
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