MY FIRST C172 LANDING IN 6 MONTHS (too high & long)

I head over to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport (MYF) in San Diego to fly a Cessna 172 in the traffic pattern for the first time in 6 months. Here is short clip of my first landing.

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[the_real_cytn]

"Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." -War Thunder Tips

[drsudz]

I can hear my CFI screaming - "Slip! Slip! Slip!" And muttering under his breath, "This poor plane, such abuse..."

[stevenmiller]

Dude ya got it on the ground AND the aircraft is still flyable. So mission accomplished.

[sidchronicle]

Shit was pretty smooth for coming in high

[linuspoindexter]

It doesn't need to be a great landing, it needs to be a safe landing.

[hefeibao]

Thanks for posting this. I don't fly regularly either and landings are always the skill that seems to suffer the most for it.

[Official_Malaysian_Car_Driving]

After 67 years. The Cesena 172 is still standing. Truly a legend

[xzhurdv]

After 6 months of not flying a go around would have been a very positive reinforcement for having a stabilized approach every time.

[garrettpilot]

Montgomery has some of the best controllers around

[jamescoop]

As long as you walk away from it you're good!

[swaviator]

The touchdown itself was absolute grease, so good job. Also it was a safe landing (and on the centerline)

[rustyclam]

My CFI taught me to always come in high, and slip if I needed to then flare. It’s called the Sarajevo approach. if you ever lose power on the final you’ll be able to make the runway.

[StepAttitude]

You should have seen my first landing in a Cessna 150 after 30 years of not flying. Compared to that, you nailed it!

[justsittinhere]

I was a photographer hired by a local pilot. He was a bit high coming in to his grass strip and tipped the 172 up on its side and dropped it out of the sky. A little shook I asked what happened. He simply said "I slipped". Later he explained.

[tonyascaso]

Always practice the go around. Makes you strive for the perfect stabilized approach in all conditions.

[IDesignish]

My teacher used to say "Every landing you are still alive is a good landing"

[garrettsouthmayd]

That's a damn fine landing for so many complaints. You are a humble pilot. You can be kind to yourself.

[georgew.]

A go around is far better than taking a chance at running off of the end of the runway due to brake failure.

[JohnCoffins]

You might have just convinced me to take lessons again. I only have like 10 hours in a 172 and I stopped taking lessons but now I want to start again lol

[StratusWings]

Remember these side effects. A narrow runway gives the illusion that you’re higher and a wide runway gives the illusion that you’re lower. So technically you were just a little bit high but hey a good landing is one where you crashed the plane but can still walk away and a great landing is where you can walk away and use the plane again.