Senior project post #10

Today I flew solo in the pattern. I was supposed to do a local solo but was unable due to the ceiling never raising above 2500 ft. Instead I did 7 landings on 26. These were very productive and required me to focus more because the PAPI lights were not working. All large airports and most small airports have PAPI lights. These lights assure pilots that’s they are on glide slope. 2 white and 2 reds means the aircraft is on glide slope. 4 white means way too high and 4 red means way to low. 3 white 1 red means a little high and 3 red and 1 white mean slightly low. 

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