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Old 27th Jul 2010, 08:16
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I shall come back and fully and clearly outline my thoughts on this subject and explain exactly how I teach accurate height judgment
so how do they judge height so accurately?
O.k. Chuck, can you elaborate on this and explain to someone like me (student pilot, learning to fly on an Aeronca Champ at a 1250m x 30m asphalt runway) how I can become better at judging height at the flare?

What I do is look ahead to maintain direction and out of the corner of my eye look at the hangars/other sizeable objects to help judge height. I also try to remember the nose attitude from when I was on the ground to help with the three point landing. I have never done a wheel landing.
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