Do u have the shadows on? If not, turn them on. As for landing practice, try doing it first in chase or in cocpit view. After u master that, try landing in fixed pos. w keep ground in view mode. If u want to fly with the instructor, all u got 2do is this: turn on the tutorial u want, second, swap the camera to look at u. then just fly after the instructor and u will be able to find out how he lands it. Another tip, u no how the plane gets bigger and smaller as it gets farther and closer? try to find the size the plane should look when u r over the runway.