How To Land A Cessna 

You sound like a sports edition on radio going over after a game or before comments great voice

"Don't let the wheels touch till the airplane is done flyin"... great advice! Thanks for the video!

"For students that are uhh... vertically challenged" Had me laughing. Great video

Great video. I haven’t flown for 30 years, but I did love it. Learned in a 152, but logged most of my hours in a 172. I always “flew the numbers” on landing. On downwind opposite the touchdown point, reduce power to about 1750 rpm, set the first notch of flaps and trim for 70 knots. On base, drop the second notch of flaps and the speed will naturally reduce to 65. Turn final, add the rest of the flaps and speed will settle in at 60. Then tweak the power as needed to maintain the glide slope. Worked every time. One thing I am very grateful for. I did most of my primary training off a 2000’ grass strip, so I got pretty good at short field landings. I could usually have that 152 down, stopped and turned around to back taxi for another takeoff before I got to the windsock at mid-field. 2000’ is a bit short for touch and gos. For those we went over to the larger city airport and didn’t have to work around a bunch of crazy crop dusters.

Thank you for the help mate !!! All I need now is a Cessna.

Brings me back to my first solo days. 1983, N6529M. No action cams back then just memories. Thanks for the vid.

Yes these are some of the best videos out there. There are so many of these videos on youtube now but most of them are just young men parroting what they heard at flight school. There's no insight. It's good that someone with a decent amount of experience is making videos too.

When I first started my flight training I never though I would ever get landings and always struggled with the flare. I remember the journey well but it will come in time and with practice. Its just a natural thing for me now.

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

Why is this the BEST landing demo video.

GUMPS for people that don't know is Gas (fuel on proper tank, fuel pump on if required)- Undercarriage (Landing Gear Down)-Mixture (Fuel Mixture Set)-Propeller (Propeller set)-Seat Belts and Switches (Lights, Pitot Heat etc.)

Hi Gary. I am doing my PPL in South Africa and I have found your videos to be both informational and entertaining.

Very well done Garry. Love it!!! I am an airline guy trying to get back into GA. Wow, its tough going back. This is the best video addressing the subject of landing a Cessna.

Hi Garry, “fly Safely and fly often” - couldn’t agree more. Picking up training again in May this year and landing (as it might be for a lot of student pilots) was the area of was always least confident with. Some nice, simple and reenforced tips from your video there. Much appreciated! Looking forward to scanning your previous episodes and seeing what else is still to come. Nick, UK

Love it. My instructor has said to me pretty much all of that over time, but you have filled in a few gaps for me in this short video that gives me more confidence.

Best landing video for GA aircraft I've seen yet, and I've watched a lot of them. Thank you!

Excellent video! Thank you for doing this

Good videos. Thanks for putting them up. I got my private license in a Grumman Cheetah at Houston Hobby a very busy class B airspace. They often had us do carrier landings to get out of the way of the big boys. But textbook landing were alway taught and used at the nearby practice fields like Clover and Sugerland. That was 17 years ago.

I always felt like next to navigation, landing was the most challenging part of flying. But a great instruction video such as this can help a lot to iron out the mistakes and get you landing like a pro. Practice, Practice, Practice, is the key to good landings. Landings should be just like riding a bicycle. Once you learn how it becomes second nature. Thanks for a great video.

One of the best simple videos I have seen on a Cessna! Thank you for posting

Doing my flight review tomorrow in a C172, and so this is helpful. I've been flying a Tripacer for the last 2 yrs, and didn't realize the 172's approach speed was that much slower. Thanks for sharing your expertise and knowledge!

Gary, you really need to make more videos! They're fantastic! And It's been more than 13 months!

This video helped me perfect my landings. I had hard landings prior to watching this video. Thanks for the instruction!!

thank you for this. im setup to take my ppl/cpl at edmonton flying club, have been doing simulator x just mainly for some basic knowledge, but the way you explained this is just so much easier to understand

I wish I had these videos when I learned to fly. The best learning videos are the NTSB accident summarys. Theses videos are things that you should have known before you should have known it.

So helpful! I have never flown a plane before and have three minutes of fuel left so wish me luck!

Wish you were still making videos on flying! Nicely produced, accurate information, great attitude, well commentated.

I have flown a tr 182 for about 25 years all over the continent and have nearly 3000 hrs in the plane , finally quit flying at age 79. If I were still flying und would love to fly with you to learn. Thanks for a great video

What a Masterclass. Loads of lightbulb moments for me in this! Thanks!

Garry - Thanks for the video. I no longer use my Private ticket, but is sure nice to fly along with guys like you. The joy of that first solo take-off and landing are still with me. N57G, where are you?

Thank you so much sharing your knowledge with us. Hope to find a teacher like you here in Europe you spread a good mood in what you teach.

This video changed my entire perception of how you land. I was trying to go high speeds because I thought that was how you get a smooth landing. Thank you so much!

What a clear and simple instruction ! Thank you Garry!

I've really been enjoying your videos, as they are very well done. Thanks for making all these, and I'll be sure to check back here and on your blog often.

The most badass pilot i've had the pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the upload.

Thanks so much for this video! Straight to the point and with great repetition with different pointers in every attempt. Well done.

If I had you as an instructor I would have had my ppl 20 years ago! My daughter was on the way and My log book has 39.6 hours in it. You have a special gift of delivering how to do it!

I am really enjoying your videos. You have a great style of presenting and teaching; I really wish I had you for an instructor. Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm, knowledge, and experience :)

this bloke explains things in a way i easily understand. some flight instructors make others panic and have little room for another slight style difference. great video thanks.

The amount of corrective movement in the stick is terrifying. That looks way more challenging than I would've thought.

Nice video! Excellent lesson and that voice was made for radio.

I watch all your videos Garry, very helpful, thanks for sharing!

What a fantastic instructor! So informative!

Good advice! I've not got the hang of landing yet and I'm doing a session tomorrow (Cessna 150) so I'll be trying to keep these tips in mind.

Just enrolled in flight school this week... I am very glad to have stubbled across your video's!!

I have a Jay sim and want to learn basics repeatedly before resuming my in-air training. I have 13 hours with 15 takeoffs/landings (always nice to be in pairs) and The Jay gives me the realistic feeling I didn't get with the CFI truly managing my 15 experiences. I take away some nice tips from your video.

My instructor always used to tell me to look down to the end of the runway when landing. I wondered why. It was 4000' ft away. Your version sounds much better.

Great video!!!! I love the way you describe everything. Excellently done!!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Awesome! Thanks for this video I'm getting ready for some challenging landings in the Colorado mountains

Great video. I love the concept of looking down the runway a few stripes rather than the end. I never could grasp the concept of looking at the end of he runway; something my instructors tried to pound into my head. Now the comment "high wing planes tend to float..." throws me a bit. I learned to fly in Grumman T-Cats (don't laugh) but then flew Tigers and Cheetahs, all low wing aircraft. The Grumman Private Pilot course taught that low wings floated more due to a greater ground effect. I felt the difference later when I started flying the Cessnas.

Great job explaining the techniques for landing the182, but will also apply to most small Cessna's. He lands the 182 better than most videos i have seen on RU-vid.

Great demonstration. Thank you

Extremely helpful, thanks for sharing!

Nice instructing Gary. I sent your video to one of my students. Since he is learning on a C 152, I had to remind him that we cut the power sooner than in the heavier C 182. Very nice video. I wish we had cameras like this back in the late 1960's when I was a young kid learning to fly. But with all this technology, it is strange that the average time for pilots to solo has gone way up since the "early days" of the late 60's and early 70's when the average time was around 15 hours. Now, I'm hearing stories of the average time being about 30 hours. I've heard this from flight examiners in the North Eastern U.S. If accurate, there is some unusual factor involved that I can only guess at. Thanks again. DPA

Wonderful instruction that is repeated sufficiently for us to get the technique! Thank you sir!

Excellent tips!

Every second of this video is informative, love it.

Amazing tips thank you!

Well done.You are obviously a great instructor.

Thank you! You made it seem so simple!

Bob Hoover did one. Love to see another. A split S landing. That was cool. That show was a very long time ago but I still remember it and haven't seen one done since. This is a great how to video and thanks for not Hollywooding it.

Haven't flown since 2011. I was trying to get the Light Sport Aircraft Certification. Got expensive and I couldn't keep up. One day a young substitute instructor told me I needed to "get some goddamn confidence!" while we were in a Piper Warrior at 1200' Abeaming the numbers (@ FCI) That was the last day I ever flew. The two Tecnam P2004 Bravos were taken somewhere else - due to lack of interest. (N319TA and N319UA) I went online and took a Boater's Safety Course and PASSED! Got my Boater's Safety Card and still have to this day.

Fantastic video, thanks for uploading!

Great video. Recently started flight classes. This is very helpful

Like taking a Saturday moring lesson. Excellent!!

great video mate thank you and safe flying

Soy estudiante piloto y este es el tipo de video que justo andaba buscando! Excelente video y muy bien explicado

The tips did help. Thanks Gary

I have never seen a more interactive yet *controlled* landing.

Fantastic video, I can tell you are an excellent teacher.

Had a flight in a cessna 172 yesterday did a take off and landing. was soo much fun!

You did the best landing tutorial !

Thank you...i practiced and am a pro because of you

Nice and clear. Thanks to share with us your knowledge. You are great!

Fabulous video.

Really enjoyed this. Thanks!

Superb demo. Thanks

awsome video!! i can equate your video to helping me nail the landing thank you Gary

Thank you, Gary. Yes, those precious 6 minutes come only after many landings!

You are much much better than my first instructor thanks for the tips!

Thank you. I will try this tomorrow!

I was thinking the same, great voice. Sounds like those top 40 DJ’s in the 70’s.... that’s a compliment by the way.

Great video! Very helpful as I've just begun to learn to land. Tell Garry to make current videos!

Hi, Garry. A very good lesson which I will be applying to my sim flight Cessna 172. Thank you. Larissa.

Very helpful. I'm on my tenth flight and am not too bad but definitely having issues with flare. I've not been looking at the right spots I think. I will try this tomorrow or Sunday when I fly again!

Awesome video Garry!

This is an excellent video! I'm not a private pilot...yet. Right now I don't have the free money, but soon. I did but a book used in flight school that I am studying, so that when I do take classes I won't be completely ignorant. I really like how you explained landing by " dissipating energy," that made a lot of sense to me...thanks! You've got yourself a new subscriber :) Best regards, MiF '

I remember my first solo landing. After my 3 landings with my instructor, he got out. I was on my own. My first one was a go around. My instructor asked why I went around. I said I was too high and didn't have enough runway (4973'). He said I had plenty of runway. I remember saying, "YOU had enough runway." Hundreds of landings later, I realized he was right. But, he did tell me a go around was always a safe bet. I nailed the next two and was on my way...

Good stuff. Nice and clear. Makes it look easy.

thank you sir for this educational video, learn a lot. Hope my first landing was good when I go to flying school

Thank you, helpful, I liked your practical presentation. Greetings from across the pond.

Great stuff. Thank you.

Thanks Garry - great tutorial!

Outstanding. Thank you so much

Beautiful video! Loved it.

Thank you for the tips!

Excellent Garry! All the best from Paris, France

Nice job Gary ...thanks

You explain things well.