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Private Pilot landings and takeoffs in a Cessna 172. Windy gusty day for private pilot landing practice but the student still put some pretty good ones together anyway. ~
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[@sachak]

That landing was the definition of perfection. I couldn't even tell the wheels had made contact with the surface. Well done!

[@carrvillnerve7180]

i couldn’t even tell you landed on that first one really good job keep flying

[@jwalls-ss7kj]

Yea that first landing was nice!

[@Trickedwizard]

I know right there was no bumps or anything

[@PaulA-zp7hn]

There I was waiting, hanging on for the touch down and it never seemed to happen. The landing was that damn smooth. Incredible.

[@NEROAviation]

Money 💰 ... I then tell my students let’s see that again and it always goes to 💩. Lol

[@ctsteve1967]

@@NEROAviation some time it does

[@PilotArsh777]

Yes i was too waiting for the landing jerk.....but his experience tricked us🤣🤣🤣

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

Nice flying. You have a great instructor there. He's transferring his knowledge but also his experience to you. Nice student teacher relationship.

[@NEROAviation]

Makes it easy when I have great students!

[@mjudec]

Yeah, it's brilliant hearing them always chatting about where they could land if need be at the start. Really important to think about that in winds. Also good that the student is thinking about how the pattern flying of otehr planes is affecting his decision making and the possible consequences.

[@murphmccall6942]

mjudec ewft

[@urbancommute5239]

@@NEROAviation .....How can I become your student?

[@TheHotrod03]

@@urbancommute5239 I have the same question. I'm in Spokane, WA

[@commonsense31]

Danm that was a smooth landing, didn’t even see it make contact with the runway

[@ctsteve1967]

That is how everyone should be taught, land with power. I have Been preaching that for ever.

[@kefir8257]

One shall not flare with his pitch, but with his throttle.

[@PILOTKRIS777]

Bro they been teaching me wrong I knew to land with power sometime 1500 rpm not enough

[@searay3400]

That is one of the best camera locations I have ever seen..real nice video makes you feel like your in the cockpit riding along.

[@whitehedr]

Nicely done. This video brings back memories from when I was learning. Your communication with your instructor is great.

[@pesto12601]

Thanks you for the video... learned a great deal and it was nice to see 5 landings all different in one video training session!

[@Ezel21love]

The instructor is great teacher, very clear and easy technique

[@jonathanwetou3051]

Best instructor I've never ever seen before and his student feel in confidence for great learning,in conclusion this is a best pilot maker

[@chasemorgan7545]

Not sure how I feel about the landing technique the instructor is teaching. He keeps power in for too long, and ends up using half the runway to bleed it off. Everyone flies a bit differently, but I personally go power to idle once I know the runway is made and try to touch down by the 1000 foot markers. Gives much more room if you need to stop quickly or go around.

[@imac84]

That's how I was taught too. Idle once the runway is made.

[@NEROAviation]

Idle once runway is made works fine... power is a tool you can use to land it’s not one you have to use. I teach short field landing technique In the next stage. These are just normal landings and I encourage minimal breaking and using aerodynamic breaking and energy management to exit at the midfield taxiway as it lessens wear and tear on the aircrafts tires/breaks. Thanks for watching ! I’ll try to get a short field / soft field video up at some point.

[@hjahongir]

after he learns what is it to land, then he can try yours, which is more efficient/safe, but hard to learn.

[@christophermichaelson9050]

Seems like keeping some power in was a good move, considering the gusts that day....

[@chasemorgan7545]

Christopher Michaelson a little power during gusts for sure but they had way to much. Gusty day or not no reason to float halfway down the runway

[@Ninja-qm8bp]

Must say, that second landing was amazing

[@vinylgroovin747]

The student's situational awareness in the traffic pattern is impressive. You can tell he is modeling his instructor's good habit of thinking and talking through everything.

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks! He was an easy student! Almost always a student saying what their doing instantly improves their flying.

[@hefeibao]

It was neat to see him do his own radio calls too - was this his first time doing landings? The first time I did landings it was all I could do to concentrate on the flying part.

[@Uncommon_Sense01]

Great video and love the communication from the Instructor! I'd love to have a teacher like that!!

[@christopherbowers7219]

This has been one of the best videos i've seen!! Great work!!

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks !!!

[@dustintravis8791]

Thanks for letting us fly along!

[@cq7415]

Fun to watch, several landings and takeoffs. Thanks for sharing.

[@coreyjordan2745]

Thank you so much for posting this video. I gotten a lot out of it. Very educational in learning how to fly and land an Cessna 172. And have encourage me in pursuit of obtaining my PPL sometime very soon. So Cool.

[@gb9926]

Very positive and calm CFI.. better than I had years ago!

[@dreworoirden7675]

If only I could feel as confident as this instructor sounds. Respect to you CFI.

[@NEROAviation]

Fly more! You’ll be confident in no time ...then make sure your not overconfident (which is maybe more dangerous). Pretty much all I do is spout out what the Airplane Flying Handbook says while the student does all the work. Thanks for watching and for the compliment!

[@hfj00]

Liked the video. Keep the videos flowing :)

[@jcarrandson]

Jesus that second landing I thought you were still in the air!

[@HitsOutdoors]

Oren is awesome.. A day with him and I was nailing landings and pattern speeds..

[@lyingcat9022]

Well. Good. For You.... ;) haha jk seriously that’s awesome! I really really want to fly :( But Covid and having a Child makes it next to impossible to afford my PPL

[@canconservative8976]

The instructors comment about focusing on the landing 4:46 (after the aircraft had touched down) is very good.... the student was commenting about other steps... wait till you are clear of the runway, because technically you are still flying the aircraft.

[@NEROAviation]

Yep! A lot of accidents happen after the plane touches down, stay frosty!

[@onthemoney7237]

Awesome i just keep watching till it soaks in . Lots of good info lifesaving stuff thanks for sharing 👍👍👍

[@irandoosty]

I like how this CFI keeps bringing up engine out possibilities.

[@irandoosty]

Great instructor

[@gilbertl.680]

Such a great instructional video!

[@hogey74]

Nice vid! This is a different kind of circuit to what I learned. You're turning at 700ft agl, staying a lot tighter then you descend much more steeply and land much further down the runway. Interesting. You have a lot more vertical speed in that last segment too. At 30:07 I thought it looked about right but you guys judged it low. I like the rainy day flying too!

[@jaminova_1969]

EZ peasy! Smooth landing!

[@ericehrhardt-yl6zd]

This is excellent. Thanks!

[@mrboss20ten]

Beautiful first landing

[@tonyc2761]

As a new pilot, flying by yourself, you have to talk to yourself as this instructor is talking to this guy. Adjusting flaps and speed, looking for visual indicators regarding wind, looking for air traffic in the vicinity, and a half dozen other things all going on at once. Lots of work! You really have to know what to do and why you're doing it. Pretty good video. 👍

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks ! I get quieter the more the student talks. The less I talk the happier everyone is lol. I still talk myself through the checklist as I fly around solo. Thanks for watching and the great comment !

[@user-kq9bm2hl1e]

thx for sharing the clip

[@eclipser2004]

Great video! Very helpful and educational. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Newfoundland Canada.

[@NEROAviation]

eclipser2004 , Thank you ! Flying in Newfoundland has to be fun and challenging!

[@Trust291]

That is awesome man! You gonna be teaching soon.

[@philprosser8800]

This is excellent!

[@brucejuice169]

Nice landings! That first one seemed flawless!

[@NEROAviation]

“Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.“ - William Shakespeare Blind squirrel 🐿 🥜etc.

[@Lizardking413]

Very good pilot and teacher.

[@paul14ify]

Cool instructor

[@rokonsha]

Awesome job 👏

[@Rj-yd9yv]

great instructor

[@poppetrurazvan3900]

Thank you!

[@GM-he3um]

Good instructor. 👍🏼

[@EmmanuelNyoni0505]

Beautiful landings

[@ericehrhardt-yl6zd]

This is excellent. Thank you

[@philipstubbs7399]

Smooth landings holy moly

[@lordquiles2858]

wow, nice land

[@NEROAviation]

lordquiles2, he is a super solid pilot and is now working on his instrument rating.

[@kakudmi]

very educational, many thanx

[@orangebetsy]

This is awesome.

[@donlaity4801]

Good student...great CFI.

[@HitsOutdoors]

Really enjoyed this video.. IM at the stage in my schooling where Im doing this exact drill.. Excellent !!!!

[@NEROAviation]

Sweet ! Have fun ! It’s one of my favorite parts of instructing.... although the pattern can get pretty repetitive after the third student of the day, lol. Good luck !

[@shawflygirl]

This gave me so much information. I only had two lessons and had to change CFI's because he was always late and the second lesson gave me so much anxiety because he was over half an hour late and i felt unprepared and rushed due his next lesson 20 mins before the end of my hour. Moving to an aero club closer to home but where it's a private club and the instructors all get high appraisal. Third lesson overall tomorrow and first with my new instructor :) Wish me luck

[@xlhits]

How was the 3rd lesson?

[@jcheck6]

Smart move and glad you did not waste your time/$$$ with him after the second lesson. Hopefully you have your license now.

[@dalzmar]

Very nice landings

[@Notinserviceij]

I just got into a Commercial Aviation course. I start next year. This type of Video is awesome, great for extra knowledge, awareness and confidence going into it. I have done an introductory flight and loved it(reason why I'm now in the course) I'll be in a Piper but still this was fun informative watch :)

[@NEROAviation]

Notinserviceij , I learned in a Piper warrior and it’s not all that different. Make sure to at least pretend to use rudder in the piper it hardly needs any and can really show up when you transition to other aircraft. Good luck and blue sky’s !

[@Notinserviceij]

@@NEROAviation Thats awesome! haha I'll keep that in mind. X-Plane 11 may come in handy after all. Thanks for the advice, I'm sure I'll be back for more advice and to watch more of your content over my journey. May even upload my own. Thanks again :)

[@ch4ob4y]

Great video ! Enjoy.

[@NEROAviation]

Thank you !

[@therealjeff-0459]

I like the instructor

[@THEJIG-IS-UP]

Greetings from Arkansas. I love the videos

[@N617A]

This is a great video. It really demonstrates how “power for altitude” is more like “power for energy.” There were a couple of parts where he had to manually re adjust the nose after the power change to maintain his speed. Looked great man!

[@EnthusiasticCoder]

Amazing front view. Keep them type of videos coming...

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks ! Will do ! I just recorded 200 gigs of new video! now I just have to edit it 😭.

[@anthonythompson4718]

Nicely done student and instructor.

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks !!!

[@tonybanjo]

Nice flying, great instructor. Subscribed.

[@NEROAviation]

Thank you Tony !

[@AirstripBum]

Thanks for the video. I just passed my BDR after 14 years off but am still not happy with my landings. Need to smooth them out. They need to be ingrained before I take any passengers. This helps. My landings used to be so smooth. Like a butterfly with sore feet.

[@NEROAviation]

Great job! It’s not as easy as riding a bike but it comes back pretty quick! I really like reading the airplane flying handbook it’s free to download and every time I read it I learn something! The section on landings is really well written and the landing errors section is helpful. A little power can help smooth out those landings. In a Cessna 172n I like 1100 rpm on landing. Also use trim! I have been getting beat up in the Beaver for not using trim. “If you let go of the controls nothing should change “ “let the plane do the flying”. I always liked flying they plane so I was not using much trim and I regret it now that I’m trying to fly commercially. “Jim Howard beaver gold” has some great videos on KZbin...

[@SteenPedersen]

Really nice landings. Always nice to watch others landing. I have never seen the trick using some throttle in the flare / ground effect. I have been using some throttle myself if the planes balloons a little, if the runway is long enough :-)

[@NEROAviation]

Steen Pedersen, throttle is a tool just don’t put your self in a position that you need throttle for a safe landing otherwise it’s worth experimenting with a bit. Thanks for Watching !

[@Ramp10er]

Nice Landing... Really smooth...

[@NEROAviation]

Pretty sweet to watch students put it all together and figure out landing! Pre solo is one of my favorite parts of instructing.

[@remimaisonneuve5796]

Super !

[@farayidarlingtonchaparadza20]

I personally prefer Carb Heat Cold on Final approach to give me that extra oomph incase a Go Around is neccesary. Great video and nice touchdowns on the Centreline there.

[@NEROAviation]

Yeah we just push carb heat forward on the go around. Thanks for watching!

[@tyrease5711]

As I watch this video I’m praying that I get to attend class this coming quarter. Yes a great school to fly at. I was having some issues with medical, but I think it’s is all taken care of and now just waiting for medical very in the mail. Got all signatures except medical and head instructor. Fingers crossed and a great video on landing and pattern altitude I only have sim time. But most is at KPLU and cannot wait to do it for real. Thank you for the video.

[@NEROAviation]

Tyrease Phillips! Cool sounds like your well on your way! I’ll be back instructing for the fall quarter so I’ll see you around! Maybe even get a few flights with you!

[@johnvictorengland7703]

How did it go? I'm in the beginning of my lessons and I love it.

[@farmgene]

Nice!

[@runway16_right94]

thats clean flying right there

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks! Trying to make my flying “clean” is how I improve my own flying. “Clean flying” is a great description for what we are trying to achieve... I might have to borrow that. Thanks again !

[@JS-os6vk]

5:47 clean transition. tripped me out lol

[@soumyadippramanik200]

Dayummmm it was more buttery than the butter chicken I had for lunch... Awesome...

[@1minutecomicswalahollywood648]

31:04 Landing Thank-you very much for this video 📼 .

[@MrMbetzold]

Nice video. Brought back memories.

[@elxero2189]

Very nice

[@jonathanwolf5109]

Great videos… is it possible to show close ups of rudder pedal and hand yoke controls in turns? Great instructor at Nero Aviation! Thx👍

[@tpk2316]

Nice landing! I hope one day I'll get to fly too, once I get enough money. Been a dream since childhood.

[@NEROAviation]

T P K , flying is not cheap but it's worth it ! Depending on where you live you might check out the Civil Air Patrol it can be a cheap way to get a few hours.

[@182driver]

Great video....helped a lot as I’m having similar issues :(

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks for watching! All pretty common issues ... I think we have all fought threw the same stuff!

[@profightersports]

Cool

[@ryadmuhomed4568]

Thx for this video from a french pilot (PPL). Most of my flights on cessna 150/152 during my training. Now having more than 5 hours on 172 and still working on my landings and many other pilots told me about this method to add some power during the flare....

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks for watching ! Power is just an extra tool to use ... if your floating down the runway smoothly bring it out as you add back pressure. You’ll find the sweet spot between too much and too little power I just soloed the student from the video and he did a great. job!

[@glennanderson4554]

nice landing

[@ewoski]

Funny, I just stumbled across this video and realized this is the airport I train out of!

[@michaelengland7228]

I am sitting at home 11pm in England watching this and I am scared to death. Piloting looks real real hard and I am so glad you other guys and gals are doing it and doing it so well. So thanks to all you pilots.

[@NEROAviation]

Flying is easy I think everyone should try at least once ! We do need passengers though, so thank you!

[@Dan007UT]

If I can do it, anyone can do it

[@mauricioamado5975]

Incredibles landings Mr , how do you do for touch the runway in that way? Cheers from Argentina 🛩️

[@jamesconnor9142]

Ground track on final out window same each landing...slight lower on 3rd landing but you acknowledge on final

[@geoffc1385]

Carb heat should go back to cold at about 250-300 feet so you have max power available if you need to go around. It,s also good to do down wind checks including undercarriage even though cessna have fixed under carriage so it's routine when you move up to complex aircraft.

[@NEROAviation]

When it comes to carb heat I default to whatever the POH says. Cessna did a nice job of putting the carb heat in an easy to reach position for the go around. A GUMPS check isn’t a bad idea to get in the habit of using. I use the before landing checklist when returning to the pattern and I teach a T check but I don’t require students to use it for pattern work. Thanks for the suggestions / observations. I like the idea of incorporating the GUMPS check in Private Pilot training

[@FAA-DPE]

Wow I wish he could have been my flight instructor! Mine were just time Builders working their way towards a corporate job with the airlines. they weren't really cut out personality-wise to be teachers.

[@rty1955]

I learned from a military instructor. He pushed both me and the plane to the limits. He would argue with ATC when needed and had a great attitude towards flying. His attitude was "im the one in the pilot seat, not ATC" if they ask you to do something that is beyond you or the planes capabilities just say "UNABLE" and let them figure out what to do. Yet when flying into a VERY busy airport in NY, we were just about over the numbers, the ATC told us to keep speed up as we had a A320 eating our rudder. He said if we could take a different runway or go around that would be better. He told ATC he would take another runway to land, stood on the rudder, and turned almost 90° to land on another runway. (winds were calm) I thought the wingtips were gonna eat dirt. The tower thanked him and immediately cleared the A320 to land. During flying he would pull the engine to idle and say "engine quit, what do you do?" If I said "ahhh" he would interrupt me and yell "Your dead! Never think! Just DO, during an emergency. Aviate, navigate, and communicate in that order" We would constantly review emergency procedures water landings, mountain landings, highway landings etc. I was always prepared for an emergency if various types. Once i took off a d i heard a loud bang followed by tremendous noise and clanging from the engine. He was in the right seat and told me "tell the tower we are coming back, I got the plane" I suggested to shut off the engine for fear of fire of it blowing up. He yelled at me "Never shut the engine off unless its on fire or peices are flying off it" when we landed CFR came out to meet us, followed us to the ramp, we shut down and a mechanic investigated and discovered the exhaust manifold gasket blew out causing the bang and loud noise. The clanging was the manifild rattling. It was scary

[@NEROAviation]

Yeah military trains hard and fast it’s amazing how few hours some of their pilots have! I can’t imagine being that driven and squared away when I was in my 20s ... much less now.

[@NEROAviation]

Ripcord! Thanks for watching ! Time building is the sad truth of flight instruction. It’s the blind leading the blind a lot of times. On a positive note there are lots of great instructors out there you just have to search a bit sometimes. When your a instructor you can go out of your way to make sure your students have a better experience.

[@rty1955]

@@NEROAviation my instructor was in his 40s not a kid. I remember with 3 hours under my belt I was coming in for a landing and I was all ovee the sky. We were about 100' off the deck and I said "you take it, i cant land this" he sat there with his arms folded and said "you better land it, or we're going to die". He was very calm and cool

[@ericalumumbah4795]

ok that land was smooth pretty too smooth

[@muhammadsteinberg]

Nice landings but for my taste they're too high. Nothing's etched in stone but I normally carry 70kts if there's a xwind or gust with minimal flaps. I notice a lot of instructors insist on teaching flaps flaps flaps on every landing. It's actually good to practice on days with xwinds and learn how to use minimal flaps. Gives less surface area and better control especially if you're slipping the landing. Overall good instructor though.

[@SiuSiuSiu1970]

Nice instructor for sure! But, it is an quite comfortable field to land on ! If you were in Belgium, for instance, with a grass airfield of 600m - so only 1960 feet - you REALLY have to touch down ON the threshold ! Otherwise... guess what would happen ! So, keeping the aircraft on low power and providing more power if needed to increase altitude is a better way to handle short airfield !

[@NEROAviation]

Yeah I wish the school let us practice on some tougher runways occasionally... but they are all about risk mitigation ( rightly so ). We have a few runways around that would make you feel right at home 1800ft , grass and even trees 🌲.

[@danr597]

Great video and great, instructor and attitude! Curious- do you not teach your students to use trim during landings, just rely on forward/back pressure on the yoke? Haven't flown a 172 in years, and the last ones I flew all had the manual trim wheel between your legs (manual flaps too) but we were always taught to trim them on landing. Anyway, Cheers!

[@NEROAviation]

I teach to trim “as needed” ...I show them they can but let each student decide how much they want to use it . The pressure on the yoke is not all that different than level flight once you have full flaps and power at about 1100 rpm on final approach in a 172. Trim is a great tool and I use it more in other aircraft. Thanks for watching and the great question ! I don’t use trim enough ...good catch.

[@jsteiger2228]

Why are some pilots so eager to trim? Especially Cherokee pilots with the overhead handle....Geez. Trim for straight and level cruise flight and then use the yolk as God intended for everything else. Is the extra pressure on the yolk so bothersome? I just don't get it.

[@GainesMediaInc]

My old home airport! Sweet!

[@NEROAviation]

I like KPLU but dang it’s busy ! It’s the Wild West our here!

[@manrain5358]

Great flights. It is a pity that the work of trimmers is not visible or they were not used at all?

[@OshowAfrica]

nice

[@vanramble6126]

Liked your multi video !

[@OshowAfrica]

@@vanramble6126 Why thank u. will be uploading again soon

[@TheSilmarillian]

Sham the wing is in the wrong place lol ....Piper driver here welcome from Australia

[@NEROAviation]

The only Piper the school had got retired a few years ago... I miss flying it.

[@robs5649]

Can't argue with the results, but I felt the instructor was micromanaging. He never stopped talking. Depends on what stage the student was at I guess.

[@hefeibao]

Well, it can also depend on your learning style, age, etc. I'm an auditory learner and a bit older than most who start flying, so I like the chatter myself, but I can see for others it may be too much. Also, fwiw, I've watched a bunch of videos for people practicing landings and this seems normal? ::shrugs::

[@paulcrooks9573]

Got it. Stall but stall slowly.

[@eduardogrillo3829]

Nice video! I’m in my third lesson and can feel exactly like if I was flying! Just a question, how and where did you hook up your GoPro? Your angle is the best I’ve seen for a Cessna 172.

[@NEROAviation]

Eduardo , I hang it from the front windshield on the copilot side so I don’t bug the student ( I would like to have it on their side ). I try to put it just below my eye level and slightly between us so it’s doesn’t block my or the students view. I’m also finding I like to point the camera down a bit so you can see the full yoke movement as it makes for a better video I think . Thanks for watching! The GoPro 7 is awesome for flight and has handled most micro vibration . I have only had a couple minutes of unusable video on take off. Good luck filming your flights it’s cool to have the memory’s and the video ! If you have an older GoPro a suction cup on the Rosen visors ((if installed ) ( tinted see through visor )) can smooth out the vibration and give good video.

[@eduardogrillo3829]

NERO AVIATION, Wow! This is the most prompt answer ever! You’ve got a new subscriber. Thanks for the tips on where to hang GoPro and congrats for the videos.

[@NEROAviation]

Thanks for subscribing !

[@thebestken]

Don't know who is good, student or the instructor. Awesome landings.

[@gb9926]

1st landing was a greaser…. Beautiful

[@NEROAviation]

“Even a blind squirrel 🐿 finds an acorn every now and then”