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Old 07-18-2010 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by LucasM
Anyways, sorry for sounding like a jerk
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Originally Posted by LucasM
where do you keep your eyes in the flare? anybody? i gaurantee you that your eyes are looking on the horizon
I agree and think that this is a very good point that was left out. I had instructors tell me, when I was a student, to just look down the runway. I was getting in the habit of staring at the lines I was going to land on. The vague statement "look down the runway" didn't help me. It wasn't until reading the book Stick and Rudder that I realized look down the runway really meant look at the horizon.

Visual pilots should learn to use that big attitude indicator in front of them. Even when it is obscured, you can gauge it well with peripheral vision and seat pressure (1G = level flight). The combination of looking at the horizon and manipulating the yoke/throttle to keep 1G on the seat is how I teach flare flight. For what that is worth.
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