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my goggles. I tried wiping them
with my glove which only
smeared them and made
them so that I couldn’t see
anything out of them. I yanked
off one glove and cleared them
a little by wiping them with
my hand. I couldn’t pull them
off because of my helmet.
By that time I knew that I
was right on the ground but
could only see a hazy outline,
so I redressed and landed
the best I could. It was a
poor landing but I didn ‘t
break anything. On the
ground the engine would
only turn up 700 and would
hardly taxi across the field
to the hangars. This time the