"Carl Orton" wrote in message
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Other differences were that when we returned, I looked for the control
lock.
The instructor said they didn't use them. I then said, OK; should I just
tie
it down? He said, no, there was no need. I asked about wind gusts, and he
said, "This is England!" Must not be much wind....

Hmmm. There's not much wind _most of the time_ - I remember reporting to ATC
the upturned C152 at the hangar next door as my clubmates and I smugly
untied our aircraft from the large buckets of concrete holding it down ...

D.