x-country solo

and the compass (must be wrong 'cause I'm descending),
and the heading indicator (must've precessed)...

The mind is very powerful when it thinks it's right, against all the
evidence. The painted numbers on the runways were hard to explain
away...that finally broke the spell!


Joe, I even did that once (explain away the runway markings, that is). There
is nothing more "exciting" and "comforting" to your passenger than landing
at the wrong airport because "you knew exactly where you were" regardless of
runway markings or anything else!!!!! :-))) Fortunately, my passenger was
my wife and she thought it was funny and we had a great time anyway. I
guess I should explain. We have a lot of single runway, small airports in
our area. Two of them are about 10 miles apart and one has a 13/31 runway
and the other has a 12/30 runway. You can take it from there :-).

"Confession is great for the soul."

Harry