If I could make a suggestion it would be to get some time, too, in gliders. You'll get so very good on landings that they become entirely instinctual. I porpoised early on in one, fixed it, and pulled a perfect landing out of it.tonylee wrote: I want to thank Antoine for this post. I have not posted in a while and have not been flying much in past couple of years. I had a prop strike last year on landing. I porpoised the landing which led to a lot of anxiety about the plane. While the plane was being fixed and engine inspected I thought about selling the plane and ending my flying for good. I picked up the plane with my CFI and practiced several landings. None of which were good. I was so scared that my CFI flew the plane back with me to my airport then I drove him 2hrs back to the first airport. I have had this plane since 2011 so it not like any of it is new to me. I continued to practice landings with my CFI but not progressing like I hoped. I used to land the plane fine a couple of years ago but after the accident my anxiety was taking over and I would flare too high and kept dropping the plane out of the sky and bouncing down the runway. I was getting very frustrated over the situation and my CFI wasn’t really great at flying a DA40 and when he tried landing the plane, he bounced it also. I went back and read this thread last week and it clicked. I did exactly what Antoine said and I allowed myself to let the plane land down the runway on it’s own rather than flaring too much and dropping the plane. I performed 6 beautiful landings today even with a bit of crosswind and settled down my anxiety. I am no longer afraid of my own plane and am very grateful for this advice.
Similarly, time in a Citabria or Decathlon (a tail-dragger) practicing landings is quite a skill-builder. To get my sign-off, I had to land on one wheel, keep it rolling down the runway on that wheel, take off, come back to do it on the other wheel, then do a wheel landing, and then finally do a full stall landing. I will tell you that the experience was more confidence-building than anything else I've done in general aviation.