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right rudder off when I
gave it a little stick, and then
a bump hit me and sent
me down in a wing slip. As
I saw the earth commimg up
to meet me I couldn’t help
but shiver a little. The first
thing that came into my head
was, now keep your head,
take your time, and figure
things out. I knew that I was
in a wing slip, but my brain
seemed to take ages to act.
It felt as if it were tied up. All
this must have passed through
my mind in a flash as it
would have only taken me
a few seconds to have crashed.
The wind was a whistling past
my face, and I was sure