PROFICIENCY & EFFICIENCY 86 WX WATCH 89 MAINTENANCE 93 PROFICIENCY 98 NEVER AGAIN The Airplane Flying Handbook defines the flare as "a slow, smooth transition from a normal approach attitude to a landing attitude, gradually rounding out the flight path to one that is parallel with, and within a very few inches above, the runway." Flare is not a four-letter word And other lessons from the front porch B Y C AT H E R I N E C AVAG N A R O 82 | AOPA PILOT June 2020