Peter Duniho wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
I'm a new student learning with a DA-20. Got most things mastered
except for the landings...most important, no? haha
Seems that most of my landings and I have only tried 9 times thus far
are not very well executed. My CFI sez that I am doing two things
wrong:
1) I am flaring too late.
2) When I flair, I am not quick enough on the stick.

First, this is a classic problem for students. Second, you will have a lot
of success posting this in rec.aviation.student.

Third, this thread does come up here as well. One of my favorite
suggestions, one that is mentioned often and which helped me when I was
trying to learn to land:

With your instructor, practice NOT landing.

What he said. Find an F-14 pilot and he'll tell you he had the same
problem. Doing your best to break the gear off your first trainer is
the oldest tradition in aviation. You'll get over it in time- maybe two
more hours, maybe ten, everyone's different. The exercise that Peter
suggests is a good one and as a 250-hr instrument pilot I need to take
time every so often to do pattern work or I'll get rusty.

Best,
-cwk.