"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message
...
... until I entered the pattern, and then I went
stone silent. She thought that something must be wrong. I wasn't aware
of
it at all, just concentrating on the landing.

I do the same. As soon as I hit the 45 my brain goes in overdrive and
nothing else exists other than the pattern, the radio and the plane.

I knew this was going to happen. So I told her before-hand that in the
pattern I have to pay attention to traffic cause it's a dangerous area.

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