The Student Experience: Presolo

The sun was dipping slowly beyond the horizon as I turned downwind for the fifty-eighth landing of my short flying career. At the midfield point, I radioed the tower asking for a full stop, which was promptly granted. Abeam the numbers the mental checklist went into action: carb heat on, throttle back to 1,700 rpm, 10 degrees of flaps, 80 kt indicated airspeed, check the mixture and fuel selector. Everything looked good.
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