Dream Headset

Headsets are very important gear for a pilot. During may private training, I didn't use a headset. I had hard time to listen my instructor.
When I use it for the first time, I felt like "Woo! How quiet it is!" Without it, IFR is not possible.

I have David Clark H10-60 for a long time. I like it very much. Though it is not an active nise cancelation, it works very good. And it didn't give me any trouble, mechanical and electrical for more than 10 years.

Some students use cheap one like Flightcoms. It works OK in the bigining but after 50 hours, the microphone can not pick up the voice well. ATC will say "Your transmission is very weak, say again."

If you are going to fly very often and longer, it's better to pay little bit more and actually, it saves the money.

If I have much money, I will buy Bose headset.
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Latest model is "AviationX". It cost more than $900! but it's good! Silent, quiet, easy on your head, less fatigue. You can consentrate on flying more. It's fun.
That is my dream headset. It is in my wish list.

What is the Ideal Landing?

Landing is the hardest part of the training. Most of the students show learning plateaw.
One of the students of our school had hard time of practicing landing. She has flown for 60 hours but not soloed yet.

I asked her some questions about her problem and found out that she doesn't have a image of good landing. She knows the procedure-when to reduce power, when to set flaps but she doesn't know when to start flare, how much pitch should be up, where to look during flare after the cowling hide the horizen.

You must know what is ideal landing seaquence. Some people think touching down in flat level attitude is good landing. No way! CFI should realize that many students don't have the best model to copy.

Whatching other's landing is good practice. Have your CFI with you, let him point out good landing and bad landing. In this way you can have good image of the landing from out side.
While you are flying, always have this image and try to make it as similer as possible.

Also, ask your CFI for landing demonstration. Memorize the view from the cockpit as if you are watching the movie, how is the aiming point moving, how is the cowling moved, feeling of touch down. Repeat this image over and over, and your body will react to make your landing close to the best one.