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Old 07-17-2010 | 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LucasM

it's kind of like aiming with a gun. keep using your glareshield and the horizon and you can't miss.... in any airplane!!!
Have you ever three-pointed a Cub or Pitts? Some airplanes have a different feel to the landing flare and require a different finesse than just using the glareshield (if you can even see out the front). I remember flying three different 182s in one day - all of them had different landing flares - they all had different wing devices and different sink rates with cooresponding angles of attack.

The important part isn't looking at a specific point - that may work for that airplane - but rather it's determining the relationship between your sink rate, where your nose is, and what the control inputs are doing.
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