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Old 1st Aug 2003, 23:30
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AerBabe
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We had made a loose plan to fly again this evening, but the weather has been marginal all day. With an impending 'first' solo I'd rather not get caught out with low cloud and rain showers. So have decided to postpone until tomorrow.

And now I'm getting worried.

I'm happy enough with the take off, climb out, downwind bits, and the landing (ish), but the final approach has me a bit confused. Could someone who flies these things regularly please post, or PM me, with an outline of the way they do it?

This is worse than my real first solo, as now I'm more aware of the multitude of horrible things that can go wrong if I mess up. Obviously I know that my instructor won't let me loose on my own if he's not 110% confident in me, but I would rather be confident in me too. And the Chipmunk's not quite as forgiving as the C152 or PA28...

Help?
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