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On the day of my solo, the weather couldn't have been better. We had a beautiful summer day in late June: winds calm; clear below 12,000 feet; 10 miles' visibility. I had logged 16.5 hours in a 1975 Piper Warrior and felt confident behind the controls. My instructor and I started the day at 10:35, departing the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, a moderately busy facility in Class C airspace. We flew about 15 miles south to Iowa City Municipal for some touch-and-go practice.
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