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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:50:41 -0500
From: Jeff Cook <jcook@his.com>
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> >Jeff Wright wrote in message <365A0DE7.FB5416A4@nospamworldnet.att.net>...
> >>I'm having trouble with my night landings.  I have a tendency to stay
> >>high on final and then bounce the landing.  I seem to be having
> >>difficulty judging where the ground is.  Any ideas?


I realized immediately that I thought I was higher than I was, causing
me to flare late and slam into the runway (instructor saved me). I now
do a normal approach but I flare just a little earlier than my reflex
tells me to and I'm dead-on. Not exactly the scientific method, but I
got it very quickly. I still have to concentrate more than normal, but
my first night landing with passengers was silky.

Thinking you are too high is common, psychologically. There are several
things that suggest to your brain that you're farther away. Two of them
are how dark something is and how much detail you can see on it. With
both of these working on you in night landings, you think you're
farther/higher that you really are.

-- 
Jeff Cook
jcook@his.com
Washington DC area
