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Trial by Ice

Air Facts

After all, I had just aced my checkride. I didnt know but it might have been due to the angle of attack of the pitot tube that would not let the full force of the relative wind enter the tube. I tucked the hard-earned temporary certificate into my wallet on the second day of June, 1972. What else was there to know?

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