While landing an aircraft, the transistion from a normal approach attitude to a landing attitude is termed as a Landing Flare. The Flare is usually carried out when the aircraft is approximately 10 feet from the ground. The roundout should be smooth enough so that the main landing gear wheels touchdown first followed by the nose-gear wheels. A common mistake which most student pilots do in their first flying lessons is pulling back hard on the yoke even before the aircraft reaches the flare height. This is a dangerous mistake and should be avoided.
