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Old 6th August 2001 | 12:21
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Evo7
 
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From: Chichester, UK
Question Landings

How long did it take people to start getting landings right?

I've had 7 or 8 lessons now, and I've been flying the circuit rejoin and approach to land just about unaided for the last 4 or so. Each time all is fine up to the last 50 or so feet - good 70kt decent, runway where it should be, aircraft nice and stable - and then it all goes wrong. Yesterday I flared too hard, too early, and suddenly we are going up, not down, and those numbers I'd been nicely aimed at are way behind us. The time before it was too little prompting a quick correction from my instructor before I dented the warrior. We've not really worked on landings yet, but I'm getting annoyed with myself for constantly @rsing up the last bit. I know landing the damn thing is probably the hardest bit to get to grips with, but I feel I should at least be getting closer....

Any thoughts on what I'm getting wrong, or what I should be thinking about? I'd like to try and get my head around what's supposed to be happening and why it isn't.

Cheers!
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