Hello,

I am relatively new to this hobby. I have been flying for about two months solid, and I have recently embarked upon solo flights. I am able to execute landings with nearly flawless precision, except for one area: depth perception. The north end of our runway is flanked with a dense line of trees, and it becomes difficult to tell how far out your plane is when you are attempting a landing.

I was curious as to whether there is a trick that can be used to tell how far out your plane is (before it smashes into a tree or suffers some similar – yet disastrous - fate).

Thanks.