Bubba wrote:

At four hours of flight time, I kinda felt it was a little early to
learn landings as well, but I have assumed my flight instructor knows
what he is doing.

It's never too early to learn how to land. I have a friend who soloed
with less than four hours in his log book. His first couple of lessons
never left the pattern. They were all take-offs, landings, and touch &
go's. Of course that was back in the 60's and they had a difference
emphasis back them.

In my case, we started working on landings the very first lesson. My
third lesson was focused completely on skills needed for landing
(stalls, simulated pattern over a corn field, and actual landings
including a go-around). By five hours I was doing touch & go's.

Since landing is a mandatory part of every flight, I feel that teaching
it early and often is the right approach. The sooner you start working
on it, the easier it will be. The first few hours of flight training
are very important to establishing habits and skills that will be with
you for the rest of your flying "career". An important skill like
landing deserves to be included in that time.


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