SomedayRJ

(1) Don't do nothin' dumb.
(2) Don't hit anything.

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"Gear down, flaps thirty, before landing checklist."

jared4271987

For the landings (in any airplane as far as I know) look at the opposite end of the runway that you are landing on, once you have begun the flare. From your perspective in the pilot's seat, try to slowly and smoothly work the nose cowling up to the horizon so that they are "touching." Try to memorize this picture. Learn to fly by looking outside and doing as many things visually as possible. To practice this away from the runway go practice power off stalls with your CFI and don't forget to memorize that picture and back-pressure feeling.

P.S. Some of those PA28's seem like pretty nose-heavy aircraft and make a good solid thud sometimes regardless of how soft you set them down. Good plane though I've got roughly 90 hrs in them.

III Corps

Read Stick and Rudder.

Go sit in the airplane and look at where the horizon cuts the windshield. get used to that picture.

In turns, look for a screw or something on the nose that sits on the horizon and use it for an OUTSIDE reference.

Get a grease pencil and draw a thin line on the windshield where the horizon is for level flight.

have the instructor take the airplane down the runway just above touchdown and in the landing attitude. Do it at least twice and try to find as many visual references as possible. Don't touch anything but just look outside.

it will come.

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Simple solutions are seldom either.

lear553560ed

Quit texting on your Cell phone and turn off the I-Pod and you'll do fine. This applies to regional F.O.'s also.
Sorry I couldn't help myself.

SoCal Flyer

Assuming you won't be on "short" runway, just try not to land the airplane. Do everything you'd do to not land (except power) and you'll touch down very nice and smooth. This may not work for everyone, but it helped me.

SomedayRJ

Laptops too, giggity!

One technique I've adopted is to picture the pitch attitude at rotation and use it as a reference for touchdown. This'll work with most light aircraft. There's a certain amount of 'feel' that's required to land an airplane that you can only get with practice—there's no way to really describe it, it must be experienced.

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"Gear down, flaps thirty, before landing checklist."