Man this is hard to explain... Almost bad as trying to verbally teach someone how to drive a standard...

I'd suggest going out on a fairly windy day. Say 5-10mph winds and find an altitude where you feel comfortable. From there point the plane's nose into the wind and throttle back all the way, the plane will slow down. Before you stall increase your throttle a bit and try to 'hover'. The idea is the wind is passing over your wings and helping you generate lift. You then use the throttle to pull yourself into the wind and maintain that lift. You'll also use the elevator and rudder to keep yourself pointed into the wind. As the plane enters into the stall zone you'll find your elevator and rudder sticks at their extremes. If you're sticking more than half way more than likley you need to add throttle. This should help you get an idea what it takes to actually stall the plane, but also how much throttle and control is needed to maintain lift. Since you're high enough if you do stall you'll be able to recover with out a problem. Just throttle up and go around. If you really want to have fun... On a very windy day you can acutally fly backwards.

Landing is the same idea, but you're close to the ground so you have no room to really stall. On the downwind run when the plane passes me usually I throttle back all the way. From there I let the plane fly down wind until it slows down to about half my landing speed. I then begin the 180 degree turn back toward the center line of the runway. During the turn I let the plane just fall out of the air, but I only add throttle if I feel the plane is going to stall. Usually you don't have to because you're flying perpendicular to the wind. Once I'm lined up, I find myself 'bumping' the throttle up a bit to maintain airspeed. It's kinda a thumb mixing between elevator and throttle. You are flying into the wind at this time so you have to maintain airspeed with the throttle. If the plane is slowing down to much and you find yourself adding ALOT up elevator... Throttle up a bit. Give it just enough throttle to relax the elevator stick. You may find yourself throttling up, then returning back to idle, especially in gusts. When you're about 1-3 feet from the ground cut the throttle all the way and slowly begin your flare. In the pefect world when your elevator stick hits the extreme up position.. All 3 wheels should hit the ground.

--SF