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    C172 chirp on landing?

    Your approach looked good BTW. I'm not a CFI, but what it looked like to me was that you flew right to the RW heard the stall horn and flared. Try being a little more patience and when you get over the RW hold the touchdown off until its ready to land. BTW, I'm not saying there necessarily...
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    Slip to landing

    Thanks guys for all the replies. Slipping with flaps is something that I want to be more comfortable with, so I think that next time out I'll get a little altitude dump all the flaps and see how it feels.
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    An old guy finally learns to fly

    I got my PPL in the early 90's while I was in my late 30's. Life happened and I didn't fly for almost 18 years, but I'm back just passed my BFR (Bi-annual Fight Review) in my late 50's. Mike you will never find a more helpful group of people on pilots. I think it's because. We all started in...
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    Slip to landing

    Here's the story I'm in a C-172 got a little distracted in the traffic pattern and found myself too high on final with 30° flaps. At this point I wanted to slip to lose altitude but was concerned about slipping with the 30° flaps and appropriate A/S. What I did was to approach at a steeper...
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    A little advice needed?

    SCAirborne you're probably doing just find at this stage of training but you'll start to notice your confidences improving. So the only advice that I will give is this, your CFI is there to handle any situation that you might find yourself in, and having confidence in that you can afford to...
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