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Pete Zaitcev
I went up with an instructor to complete a WINGS activity dealing with takeoffs and landings, and boy, did we do all the dumb stuff I never got to do when I was a student. Back then, I was flying at a respectful distance away from the edges of the envelope. The best part was when he asked me to do a short field takeoff, and then I overcooked it by just a tiny bit, possibly by the altitude differential in Vx (field is at 5800 ft). I managed to climb to about 50 ft, but could not keep it together and settled back on the runway despite my best efforts. Good thing I didn't raise the gear. Woo-hoo. Very glad not to learn this lesson at an actual short field with obstacles.