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so remember to use your feet and stay
coordinated when maneuvering in flare.
HOLD IT OFF. Control the touchdown by
continuing to hold the aircraft off until it’s
just about out of speed. And then, don’t
just let it flop down. That’s ugly. Put a little
grace in it and, as the mains touch, fixate
on the nose attitude; use just a little more
back-pressure to hold the nose there. Then
slowly let it down as the speed bleeds off.
CONTROL YOUR NOSE ATTITUDE DURING
FLARE. With most modern airplanes, it’s
easy to just level in the flare and let the
airplane make the landing itself. However,
part of flying is being proud of your skill—

and nowhere is that skill more evident
and needed than in the flare. Those last
few seconds before the airplane touches
down are the most critical, and that’s
when our ability to control the nose really
comes into play. The image of the nose
painted against the runway edges, the sky,
and horizon contains every element having to do with the touchdown.
We want to clearly see the nose as it
relates to the edges of the runway, because
that’s how we’re going to keep the aircraft
straight. Also, as the airplane settles and
the runway edge tries to visually climb up
the side of the nose, that’s how we’ll know
we need to gently increase back-pressure
to hold it off.

The image of the nose against the
horizon is what gives us our deck angle/
attitude information. As the airplane
touches down, it’s that image that lets us
hold the nose-high touchdown attitude
for a few seconds before we purposely
(and gracefully) let the nosewheel touch.
An approach and landing is where we
show ourselves how well we can actually
fly. Each landing should be the latest entry
in our self-scored contest to do better
than we did last time.
Budd Davisson is an aviation writer/photographer
and magazine editor. A CFI since 1967, he teaches
about 30 hours a month in his Pitts S-2A. Visit his
website (www.airbum.com).
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Flight Training - April 2013
Contents
Right Seat
Centerline
Letters
Get Your James Bond On
Success Story
How it Works
Since You Asked
Tech Tip Final Exam
Flight Training Excellence Award Winner ASI News
Member Products
Membership
ASI News
Flying Carpet
Flight Lesson
Accident Report
WORRY-FREE GUARANTEE
ON YOUR OWN
HANGAR TALK
TECHNIQUE
Weather
Little Fish Among Whales
Career Advisor
Tech Talk
The Fallible Flight Instructor
Supervising Our Students
Higher, Faster—and Harder?
Advertiser Index
Debrief
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Flight Training - April 2013 - Cover2
Flight Training - April 2013 - Contents
Flight Training - April 2013 - 2
Flight Training - April 2013 - 3
Flight Training - April 2013 - Right Seat
Flight Training - April 2013 - 5
Flight Training - April 2013 - Centerline
Flight Training - April 2013 - 7
Flight Training - April 2013 - Letters
Flight Training - April 2013 - 9
Flight Training - April 2013 - Get Your James Bond On
Flight Training - April 2013 - 11
Flight Training - April 2013 - Success Story
Flight Training - April 2013 - How it Works
Flight Training - April 2013 - Since You Asked
Flight Training - April 2013 - Tech Tip Final Exam
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flight Training Excellence Award Winner ASI News
Flight Training - April 2013 - Member Products
Flight Training - April 2013 - Membership
Flight Training - April 2013 - 19
Flight Training - April 2013 - ASI News
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flying Carpet
Flight Training - April 2013 - 22
Flight Training - April 2013 - Flight Lesson
Flight Training - April 2013 - Accident Report
Flight Training - April 2013 - 25
Flight Training - April 2013 - WORRY-FREE GUARANTEE
Flight Training - April 2013 - 27
Flight Training - April 2013 - 28
Flight Training - April 2013 - 29
Flight Training - April 2013 - 30
Flight Training - April 2013 - 31
Flight Training - April 2013 - ON YOUR OWN
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Flight Training - April 2013 - 35
Flight Training - April 2013 - HANGAR TALK
Flight Training - April 2013 - 37
Flight Training - April 2013 - 38
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Flight Training - April 2013 - TECHNIQUE
Flight Training - April 2013 - 41
Flight Training - April 2013 - Weather
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Flight Training - April 2013 - 44
Flight Training - April 2013 - Little Fish Among Whales
Flight Training - April 2013 - Career Advisor
Flight Training - April 2013 - 47
Flight Training - April 2013 - Tech Talk
Flight Training - April 2013 - The Fallible Flight Instructor
Flight Training - April 2013 - Supervising Our Students
Flight Training - April 2013 - Higher, Faster—and Harder?
Flight Training - April 2013 - Advertiser Index
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Flight Training - April 2013 - Debrief
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