He took her out, showed her how to start it and gave her the basics and sent her on her way.
After she climbed 1,000 feet, she radioed in, "I'm doing great! I love it!
The view is so beautiful, and I'm starting to get the hang of this."
After 2,000 feet, she radioed again, saying how easy it was becoming to fly. The instructor watched her climb over 3,000 feet, and was beginning to worry when she hadn't radioed in.
A few minutes later, he watched in horror as she crashed about half a mile away. He drove over and pulled her from the wreckage.
When he asked what happened, she said, "I don't know! Everything was going fine, but as I got higher, I was starting to get cold. I can't remember anything after I turned off the big fan."
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