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Negotiating the Obstacle Course

Plane and Pilot

By comparison, a sport-flying airport’s office may be camouflaged as a lean-to shed on the side of a hangar, where an unmarked door with peeling paint opens onto a disheveled world of abandoned Styrofoam cups and well-thumbed magazines. V-speeds can be arcane because they have two meanings—a number to fly and a statement of purpose.