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February 25, 2007

Return To Flight, Part Three

Pattern Work, And Learning (Again) How To Land

As I drove to my third flight lesson at Aviator Air in Grand Prairie, TX earlier this month, I was expecting a call cancelling the lesson at any minute. I'd checked the field AWOS throughout the day. The wind was only blowing at around 12 knots -- barely a breeze in Dallas, and more importantly, it was blowing straight down the runway -- but the ceiling was only 1,100' AGL.