Welcome aboard the Jacobson Flare News app: 'Reflections on Landing' for iOS – and Android For some years, we have...
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**NEW** The Jacobson Flare App for ANDROID is NOW AVAILABLE
The Jacobson Flare App Version 1.0 for Android: Following the recent release of the Jacobson Flare Version 2.0 for the...
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** Just Released ** JF App V2.0 for iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch – and Android
Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Users: Since September 2019, we have been working to obviate the sometimes inconvenient and...
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‘We’ve always done it this way! … What’s wrong with that?’
The 'Law of Primacy' in education is very powerful: What we are first taught on any given subject often creates a strong, almost unshakable impression.
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Don’t just take our word for it
This review, from Marc Santacroce, a CFI from the USA, was also posted on 3 February 2015, on our testimonials page, www.jacobson.flare.com/testimonials .
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Why inflict yesterday’s landing techniques on tomorrow’s pilots?
Of all manoeuvres flown in fixed-wing aircraft, the landing flare remains an enigma, It is usually the most precise flight...
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If you really want to impress another pilot with your landings, explain to them HOW you do it
It's a very natural thing ... for anyone ... to want to show your mates, your buddies, supervisors, or even...
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How to land a plane
A senior flight instructor once suggested that there are 3 or 4 steps required for a successful landing ... BUT:...
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Your students go solo in half the time … isn’t that bad for business?
Throughout my 50-year career as an Australian professional pilot (1965-2015), it was considered normal for civilian student pilots to attain...
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“The worst landing I ever completed was the one I never actually made”
Fortunately, no damage was done - the only thing that really took a hit was my ego. The simple fact...
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You’ll recover the cost in just one LESS circuit
How many circuits has it cost you, so far, to try and get the 'hang' of learning how to land...
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To all pilots who care about their landings
Would you care to experience that unsurpassed sense of accomplishment, derived from executing consistently beautiful landings, more often? Read what...
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After 100 years, the explanation of HOW to land a plane simply could not be made any harder … so we made it easier.
When learning to fly in 1965, at just 17 years old, I couldn't understand why an intelligent explanation of how to...
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What’s it like to land a plane perfectly, EVERY time? Find out for just US$39.99
Think about it. How would it be NOT spending excessive hours and a small fortune to go solo? Find out...
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Another Great Blast from the Past!
This message was received recently on LinkedIn, from Captain Geoff Appleton, a former protege at RAAF Point Cook Flying Club,...
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Conventional landing technique must be revised
“But we’ve always done it this way”: Here’s why this excuse is wearing thin when it comes to landing technique:...
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“We’ve always done it this way!” Part 2
In part 1 of ‘We’ve always done it this way, (7 June 2016), I noted that EVERYTHING in aviation has...
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“We’ve always done it this way!” Part 1
We don't start aero engines as we did, back in 1918 – by hand. In fact EVERYTHING in aviation has...
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Retired Qantas captain calls for rethink on landing technique
On 7 October 2015, on the same occasion as three very worthy winners from Victoria were presented with the prestigious...
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