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Old 13th May 2003, 22:56
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FlyingForFun

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Highwinger,

You hadn't landed "for a while" since getting your PPL - how long is "a while"?

I usually fly every week or every two weeks, sometimes longer if I'm busy with other things, or the weather's crap, or the aircraft is busy or unserviceable. I reckon about 50% of my landings are reasonable, 40% are bad, and 10% are absolutely appaling. Every now and then I manage a really really good one - can't remember the last time I did one of them, must have been before Christmas.

On the other hand, when I was hour-building I flew at least once, often more, nearly every day for two months. By the end of that, I'd say over 90% of my landings were reasonable, and over half of them were very good.

Apparently, the more experience you have, the less often you have to fly to keep the skill-level up. But if that's true then I haven't got enough experience for it to apply to me yet! So, as a new PPL, if you've had a bit of a break, it would be perfectly normal to do a less-than-perfect landing - don't worry about it. Especially in a new type.

But, as long as they're safe, it doesn't really matter if they bounce around a bit. And from the "lessons learned" that you listed, it sounds like you're pretty safe to me Just try to get some regular flying done, and it'll all start coming together!

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