Part of teaching people how to fly is teaching them how to land.  In fact, the landing may be the hardest part of taking a new student pilot and turning him into a private pilot.  The challenges of landing an airplane are many.  Precise airspeed control, a well-flown traffic pattern, glide slope, control coordination and communicating on the radio.  I know when I first learned to fly, I felt like I was doing 20 things at once during the first few landings. Continue reading →