General Scott wrote in a manner where he came across as just another guy, not a Hero. He wrote of his first solo flight in the Texas desert after doing touch and goes, where you come in for a landing and then take off. The instructor said that his back couldn't take another one of those hard bounces and if Scott thought he could practice without killing himself then he would just stand and watch. Just put it down where he was standing.
Scott thought he would show how good a pilot he was and put it down right by the instructor. He brought it back up and looked down at his instructor who waved him to do it again. After that all he could think of was how he finally soloed and he flew the 3 to 5 miles back to the airfield leaving the instructor in the desert to walk back.
When he remembered it was too late to get him as the plane was being checked out so he stood there looking at the small figure in the desert carrying his parachute. When the instructor got to him all he said was " It's mighty hot out there."
The next day the instructor said it was his fault for not telling him what he wanted Scott to do so he put the plane down and had Scott stand there . He told him he was going to put it down right by him. With that the instructor pointed the tail at Scott , reved the engine and blew sand all over him. Then he dropped the plane almost on top of him with each touch and go making Scott run. Then he left him the desert to walk back.
Scott then relized he done that to him the prior day as he tried to impress the instructor in how close to him he could put it down. Also that wasn't a hand signal to go around and do one more that he was waving to him.
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