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the rudder bar in front of
me. All the machines that
I had been in before the rudder
wires had been connected to
my rudder and run back
inside of the selle, but these
were on the outside of the selle.
My landing after I finally got
back to the field was pretty
poor, but I didn’t break anything.
I had never been up in such
weather before. I had made
up my mind that I wouldn’t
try another trip that day, but
when I landed they flagged
me off again, and so off
I went, or at least started.
I didn’t get very far for I
chevalled, and only saved
smashing the ship, like Larry