Advice for landings
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: London
I could offer you some tips on landings. They might be good, they might be rubbish. I'm more inclined to go with the latter, as I'm not that experienced.
You are however paying someone a lot of money to sit next to you and teach you landings. There's a strong possibility that some of the advice (if not all) that you receive here will conflict with that instructor's.
Your instructor knows best at this stage. Follow his/her advice. Your CFI/Examiner will be expecting you to do so. If you do, you'll land the 'plane and won't be dead. You'll have fair reward for your money.
Anything else is potentially contradictory and asking for trouble. Come back after your skill test, if you feel the need. However, if you anticipate the need, think about a new instructor now.
You are however paying someone a lot of money to sit next to you and teach you landings. There's a strong possibility that some of the advice (if not all) that you receive here will conflict with that instructor's.
Your instructor knows best at this stage. Follow his/her advice. Your CFI/Examiner will be expecting you to do so. If you do, you'll land the 'plane and won't be dead. You'll have fair reward for your money.
Anything else is potentially contradictory and asking for trouble. Come back after your skill test, if you feel the need. However, if you anticipate the need, think about a new instructor now.
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Joined: Aug 2006
Aviation Qualifications: CPL
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From: Ontario, Canada
Well.... Yes. It is wise to learn the skills for which you will be examined. But it might be somewhat limiting to consider only those skills, as other more advanced skills provide a more broad perspective on the whole thing. There are many landing techniques possible to achieve the same result. Opening one's mind to considering is a good thing, to be encouraged, and worthy of reply.
XV255 asked for some other ways of thinking about landing. Perhaps simply considering a different technique, and the fact that other people advocate it, will inspire perfecting the basic skills.
Keep an open mind!
XV255 asked for some other ways of thinking about landing. Perhaps simply considering a different technique, and the fact that other people advocate it, will inspire perfecting the basic skills.
Keep an open mind!
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 577
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From: Inverness-shire
Read Anthony Woodward's "Propellerhead". There's an excellent description of how a different instructor cracked his problems with landing.
The key was "Make no attempt to land the plane. Fly it down the runway, just above the ground and keep reducing the throttle. Try to keep it flying. Ultimately the plane lands itself."
The key was "Make no attempt to land the plane. Fly it down the runway, just above the ground and keep reducing the throttle. Try to keep it flying. Ultimately the plane lands itself."
