I really appreciate your videos. I am a 71 year old male working toward my private pilots certificate and really need all the help /information I can get regarding landings. Thanks !
I'm 64 and just starting. Looking for a good and cheap on-line price for Ground School. So many out there. Just got myself an I-Pad for Ground School courses. Best of luck to you and fly safe!
I love your teaching style and energy! Just like few of the comments, I am turning 57 in May. Have completed 36 hrs and hoping to get my PPL by 80hrs!!
I'm a new pilot 160+ hours and fly my own Tecnam. My landings were great until recently and they've gone backwards, I'm watching your videos and putting into practice your instructions. Thank you for you videos.
Jason, in response to your comment about people dropping off your videos after only one or two items, I do watch all the way for a simple reason. Once I can afford it, I want to learn to fly and to fly well. I don't think I could ever know too much about it. Thank you for your great videos. They are among my favorites. I am also interested in your book Aviation Mastery and want to get one. Thanks again.
Hey John, glad you are enjoying our videos! We would love to help get you set up with Aviation Mastery. Please email us at support@mzeroa.com so we can assist you further. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic! I’m working on my private pilots… My assigned instructor had me spend 1.3 hours doing 10 touch and goes with two full stops . My first ones were my best. My calls got better. I called it quits. I’ve asked him to do mix practice up in the air. Add turns in with stalls and so forth. We will practice stalls repeatedly for an hour. He told me that until I prove myself I don’t deserve to do anything else. 🙁 I’m not improving, I’m getting frustrated. Recently I’ve flown with other flight instructors and asked them if we could do mixed practice. I’m making progress with them. And was even told by one instructor that he’s going to mix things up with his students more often, especially when they get stuck. I think I’m gonna have to fire my primary.
As someone who’ve struggled with landings, you’ve given me a completely different perspective on the “art” of landing an airplane. Thank you Jason, I might just reconsider this CFI thing again 😉
I spend every morning with Jason on my screen, watching, taking notes, and learning all that I can... I am really looking forward to practicing take offs and landings... at 56 years old with 5 hours in the seat, I appreciate the knowledge and content of all of your videos... i am working toward my PPL and plan to go IFR afterward... in a perfect world, I will get my MEL as well... thank you, Jason, for all of the great content
Sir I’m just starting with flying, just had one lesson but I just want to say thank you for your videos, a wealth of information, and your kind personality is refreshing. It’s all a bit overwhelming at this point, but I can do all thing thru Christ of strengthens me! God bless you and thanks again.
I most definitely watch all your videos till the end, your an excellent teacher! Again I start my lesson for my private license in roughly a month (gathering up some funds) and everyday I make it a point to watch at least 2 of your videos and this is definitely something I will ask my CFI to practice! Thank you for all you do for me this excellent and exciting community!
Hey Jason, I am a PPL pilot in Slovakia, EU and I am telling you, your videos really helped me to become a better pilot. So there are people out there in countries of which you may have probably never heard of, who enjoy your work! Good job. Thanks mate!
As a soon to be CFI I found this video lesson so intriguing and valuable. There were so many brilliant points you made and will definitely model one of my lesson plans after this tutorial. Great work and TYVM.
As a private pilot in Ireland since 2012, I find your videos so interesting and have learned so many new things. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos. People like me who always want to learn and improve really appreciate it. Thank you.
I have been an aviator for almost 38 years. Assorted ratings and endorsements and Now I am back to basics with the airplane I Have now. It is a conventional gear otherwise known as a taildragger for the newer set out there. These are extremely informative and very well done. We are all student pilots each and every time we go up just with a little more experience. I have landed without landing lights both on purpose and not on purpose.. I have practiced them and sometimes I have shut them off because they were a distraction especially on a shorter runway. If it does teach you depth perception and how to set down Nicely.
One thing about the good old 172. It is very forgiving but the gusty winds are probably one thing that we all need to learn to handle well and the only way to do that is with real conditions practice. Of course if you are a new pilot or uncertain of your abilities, it's always best to do your practice with an instructor along until you master those gusty landings. As always Jason, your videos are so interesting it seems they are over far too quickly. Keep up the good work.
I'm a 2nd timer for finishing my PPL. Started 20 years ago and never finished. On my way now to getting it completed. Thank you for all you do for the aviation community. I enjoy your videos and actually like the longer ones that go more in depth. Keep up the good work Jason; and all the Mzer0A team members.
Awesome job!! I appreciate your mentorship. Many of these landings I’ve done so many times before and, yes, Right Traffic (which is standard for us at Chesapeake RWY 23) is a challenge. You do get comfortable pretty quickly with it though. My instructors have always been pretty good about teaching the “Glassy Water” approach at night with no landing light. I still remember the first time he did it to me, turned out the landing light on final and it was the last landing of the night. As soon as it happened I seemingly (instinctively) transitioned to landing with a little power to smooth the approach and transition. Ironically, when I was younger☺️, I used to ride along with our Part 135 Captains and work radios and do some of the Pilot Monitoring duties on the revenue legs and actually fly the twins on the non revenue legs to get some free training. One thing our Chief Pilot gave me advice on was a stabilized powered approach to landing (to make the landing smooth as possible for the pax). Warren used to call out Airspeed and Attitude on short final and coach me to “hold it, hold it!” Then just as the wheels squeaked, retard the throttles and decelerate smoothly. Obviously, most operators aren’t flying into short fields on a regular basis, so it’s nice to do on a longer runway. Short fields you have to do the proper techniques and master the airplane, but it’s also nice to learn how to master the power and pitch combinations just as you showed here and plan the approach appropriately. Nice job on the lesson and great job editing Coach Ray!!
I haven't even started flying yet. I'm just fascinated by all the youtube videos I can watch to learn. I've wanted to fly all my life, ever since my dad took me up in an acrobatic airplane trying to make me sick--I loved it instead--I was around 5. I'm now 63.........
I remember when I was a student pilot. Realised I needed like 20 more solo landings before my check ride. Did all 20 in one go and remember stepping out of that airplane 2hrs later thinking, not doing that again. Ever :P
Hi, And first of all thank you for this great training video. I am a flight student with about 20hrs of flight taking the yoke back after a pause of 2years without flying at about 11hrs.. i am struggeling a bit with my landing looking either for the good approach speed for each configuration, the good timing/high for roundout and flare...etc. and your video is really interesting for me in the way of apprehending landing. It is also a good lesson to see how easy cool and relaxed you are in the plane because of i guess the good and precise compensation you have put letting you all the mental space to do everything you have and/or need to... Thanks !
Just starting my aviation journey with as much knowledge as I can get before even starting the real thing. This is the best series of videos out there. MzeroA is the absolute king of knowledge. Thank you Jason.
Great instruction and demo. The transition has been my Achilles heel with 15 hours as a student pilot. This was recommended by my CFI to read and review. Thank you.
Hi Jason- yesterday We went out and flew the "Landings Lessons" Bill and I took turns flying each landing I flew from left seat and Bill did all from right. Also worked on Slow flight and steep turns...fast forward a couple hours later and on downwind @KYIP 23L tower told me to 360* for spacing for a MEDIVAC flight coming in and I had to complete 4x 360* before I was cleared to land. We both love watching the videos and planning our flights to work our Mastery! Thank you for all you do!!-Robin
I'm at almost 90 hours and just need to finish my solo cross country requirements before the checkride, yet I still struggle with my landings. Your videos are really excellent and address nearly all of the challenges I have faced in my training so far, I really appreciate the time and effort you have put into their production. I try to remember and apply your techniques every time I get in the plane. The one thing I find missing on every flight training video I have watched is the inclusion of rudder action. I have been seriously rudder challenged from day one and, while improving, it is still a major issue. I would love to see someone instrument the rudder pedals and provide a real-time rudder action gauge or readout on the video to show what is going on with the pedals throughout the exercise. Yaw is, after all, a major axis of control, and it seems to be frequently left out of the discussion. Many of my landings wind up lousy because I am not keeping the nose headed in the right direction. I'm sure there are restrictions from the FAA on how such a thing could be implemented, but it would surely be an incredibly useful data point for training.
I feel with you. I am an older guy and I really needed some extra hours to land. The synapses didn't connect as quickly, you think more. ;). In my case I read many recommendations but the best one was to SEE the runway getting wider. Keep your speed limits and watch the runway getting wider and wider. When the speed of getting wider is about 10 times faster than normal you are on the right height. The helped me - even in night flights when there were no middle markers. Now, I am flying several aircraft including my own one, a Cessna 182 and my synapses are connected, even for cross winds and gusts. Honestly, I am better in landing with heavier aircrafts than with light ones like Cessna 152 due to my "gross motor skills"... Try it. Concerning the rudders: look far to the end of the runway and imagine to drive on a motorway.
Wow a ton of info, just passed my knowledge test with a 82%. Want to thank you and the team for all you do, on to my solo cross country and finishing up with a positive check ride and possibly a new private pilot..
Wish I'd seen this video two days ago. After long lockdowns in the UK my landings have been awful. Spent an hour doing touch and go without any significant improvement. Should have mixed it up as you suggest and tried flapless, power off and on then I might have felt much more ready for my end of training test! Great video Jason with great explanations.
Landing is always my favorite part of flying because you can have a fantastic flight but if you bounce on your landing then that is last thing your passengers will remember so thats why I love practicing and seeking out the perfect Landing it all of its forms.
Thanks Jason for this video, hoping it will help with my pattern and landings this Thursday, my next lesson. Looking forward to the rest of the series. Hello from Claresholm, Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
Great video. I am turning 70 in a few days and hope to begin my pursuit of PPL in Jan. These videos allow me to feel the plane and I move in my desk chair as you descend and touch down. Exciting stuff. I can't wait. Thanks
I'm trying to gather the money to persue my dream of becoming a pilot. This year has been hell for that, the school of my choice shared your RU-vid channel with me. It's a great thing to see. Thank you for sharing. I was one who watch the entire video.
During my PPL training my instructor had me land with no landing light, then landing light, no runway light, and then no landing or runway light. I used a street lamp as my runway center reference point. First attempt was a go around, always lower at night. I nailed it with no lights whatsoever the 2nd attempt. I can't say I recommend it, but it did make me face a scary situation.
So glad my instructor recommended this page! I'm only 3.5 hrs. into my training and these videos are helping so much! Thank you for helping guide my way to Aviation Mastery.
Mzeroa is the best ground school available! Helped me get my instrument and I’m almost done with commercial hopefully CFI by the end of the summer. Love the energy Jason brings to aviation
Not a pilot or even a student (yet) but I found this video to be extremely well thought out and presented. Made me feel like aviation is that much more more attainable as a novice who hasn't even begun yet. Great energy, attitude and passion for teaching makes this a great watch. Excellent work! Oh... also, FLYhards not diehards ✈️
I like fundamental videos. To me this is what sets you particularly above every one else on the tube. Without the fundamentals you can’t get better nor safer. Thanks so much for all you do to make us all safer pilots.
I haven’t flown in a year and just beginning to get back. Found this lesson to be excellent. Will discuss using this technique with my instructor. Thanks so much for putting all the hard work into producing these excellent tutorials.
My CFI did this same routine with me. It was awesome. My confidence shot through the roof after nailing my power off landings, first two ever and landed great on both. I didn’t use flaps and slipped for altitude then speed. I can always lose altitude over the fence but I can’t get it back if the engine is out.
CFI near KSTL here. I definitely appreciate the longer videos. It lets you really dive into and explain topics. Sometimes the short videos(anywhere on youtube) only explain one or two things and leaves you wanting more! The long video lets you go more in depth. I’ll watch these to keep myself sharp or to look for new/better ways of teaching.
Thank you Jason! A work colleague inspired me to finally take my PPL and I set my goal to fly from Sweden to Italy with my family in 2021 (think I will have to postpone that schedule). So I started to take lessons last year, but I am so grateful to have found your videos and FB page. Two things make my IQ drop; talking to ATC and landings. :D Love your videos and especially this one since I just love to do landings and staying in the pattern just makes my day. Thank you for sharing your experience! Amazing inspiration and many lessons to be learned. Greetings from Sweden!
I'm currently working on my private pilot and watch these videos all the time. The pointers and different view points on teaching maneuvers are very helpful. Thanks for what you're doing Jason and the whole MzeroA team. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for this content!! As a PPL and working on furthering my license, I will definitely be adding more mixed landings while flying!! A great reminder for me to not just practice short field landings!!
No flaps or less flaps helps prevent ballooning in gusty winds. And slow flight down the runway helps learn energy management and teaches how to avoid ballooning.
Another great video! Very helpful to see all the different types of landings, as I am about to start my Solo portion of my flying lessons. The way you explain the information is very easy to understand and has helped me make some adjustments to may flying style. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Great lesson, per usual, Jason. As a musician, we practice the same music with different permutations in order to become fluent in the specific way we want to execute our technique. These four landing variations introduce enough variables that skill-building is not singularly focused and landing becomes more fluent. Great teaching.
Not a pilot but I could watch these videos all day long. Wife's uncle has been taking me up in his vintage 182 and I've been flying around a bit, but I'm thinking I want to get certified now.
Thanks for watching, Thomas! If you do choose to pursue your flight training, please reach out to us at support@mzeroa.com so we can help you get started!
Jason not sure if you still read comments, I just started flying or trying to at age of 60, and really enjoy your videos. Hope to keep watching and learning. Thank you for some help which is always welcomed. John M.
Hi John, we are MzeroA do read your comments! Thanks for watching! Best of luck in your training! If you need any help along the journey please reach out to us at support@mzeroa.com. Fly safe!
About 8 min in with the power off landing in strong winds. I had similar on my checkride (PPL) but headwind was on base leg. I went from "way too high" to "margin almost gone " in a matter of 10 seconds. Examiner passed me since I delayed flaps until very short final, but heaven knows my right hand was itching to pull that flap lever earlier. Thanks for great video (and editing!)
I turned my first page in my log book...8.5 hours. Thank you for these videos. Perfect landings start with a Perfect pattern. Speed is KING. I have always seemed to be high turning final because I turn base without descending enough. Your lessons have been great resource. I hope to solo this next weekend.
I've done 5 landings so far, yesterday it was hot and choppy - had to make a couple go-arounds. Really looking forward to working on my round out and transition and start going into landings with different configurations. Thanks for doing this video and all the hard work you're doing. I truly appreciate the content you are putting out.
This was an awesome video! I am a 35-hour student pilot who struggles with consistency on my landings. I think it could be, as you point out in this video, that I have been happy with being able to use the plane again. I could use the old saying, "Aim small, miss small" for my landings. Jason, again, thank you for this video.
I landed without landing lights once when my alternator went out. The 1972 Skyhawk rental was loaded up with my friends. We’re over lake Conroe when the battery cut out. We survived! It was a very flat landing. We survived and the plane was not damaged. Cannot recommend it. Definitely would train to do it again.
Awesome work buddy you make it look so easy. You are a credit to aviation you are cut out to be a instructor with plenty of patience I could learn a lot from you many thanks for the tips philip.
I absolutely LOVED‼️ This video!!! Living in Canada where the winter eather is never co-operating....this was a great refresher I will definitely do with my instructor when doing my annual refresher lesson!!! Great great video!!! Can’t wait to watch the next in this series! thank you!❤️😍😁👍
This was awesome, I watched the whole thing to learn more about landings since I am having problems with landings. As a now I am doing crosswind landings and it is like the moon for me. Maybe one day you can explain with cameras how you apply the rudder and yoke into the wind plus pulling the yoke at touchdown all these of course with 10 kias/20 kias of crosswinds. Thank you for all your time and commitment to teach!
The videos that you put out are great. This is definitely one of the better ones. I appreciate the explanations and reasoning that you give. They drive a deeper understanding as to why we do these things, not just how to do them. Thank you for putting out this content for the community and helping us all continue to learn.
Love your program man... If you were in Jersey...I'f you were Near Newark new Jersey , I would have go to your flight school.... Your very smooth on teaching.... You relate so well ... Your a good teacher bro....
