 Lining up the landing
Today when I went out for a lesson after a week off due to scheduling
conflicts, I found a piece of tape on the cowl over the rivets to highlight
them and make it easier to see. Then I asked him how many other planes now
had tape. There are several. One of the planes is privately owned and leased
back to the school. He took it off his tape because he didn't want people to
think the plane was held together by tape.
Today's landings were much smoother. We had 22 kts along the runway with
ocassional cross winds. Lining up the tape has made my flying experience
much more enjoyable.
I love ah ha's!
"Andy Lutz" <caldex@> wrote in message
news:f0lr7k$ifo$1@aioe.org...
>I had one of those ah ha moments on my last lesson. I have been having a
>hard time getting lined up on landings. Plenty of side loaded touch downs.
>Last time out my instructor had me watch him (again). I'm not sure whether
>I noticed it then or not, but on my next approach I asked him, "is that row
>of rivets on the cowl lined up with the longitudinal axis?" He hadn't
>noticed that either. In all of his MANY hours in a 172, he hadn't noticed
>that there is a built in guide.
>
> I actually heard the landing gear give a great sigh of relief.
>
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