"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in message
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The subject of touch and gos in the student scenario has been a long time
pro and con issue in the industry and the answers will vary . ...snip...
Personally, from a flight instructor's point of view, I initially prefer
full stop landings with primary students, then possibly touch and gos
later along the learning curve as conditions dictate or permit.

Dudley Henriques



My (fairly large) school has a blanket policy of *no* T & G for student
solo.

Dual, they will have you practice landings T & G pretty much right from the
beginning.... but the right seat always handles the flaps. In a 172, I
don't find a great trim difference between TO position, and 65-knot-landing
position, as mention by another post. Trim adjustment is not a big deal.

I anticipated that somewhere along the line they would let me do full T & G,
at least dual, but it has never come up, and I am nearing checkride time
(well...:, maybe...). So it would have to be something I'd have to
specifically request of the instructor...