"BT" wrote

You knowingly had problems in the traffic pattern and landing because you did
not know the flaps were not working, and yet you took off on a night cross
country in marginal weather to a relatively short runway based on your
mechanic calling you a "wimp".

Whoa, there. Facts are getting twisted.

The mechanic called him a wimp after the fact (of the unrecognized no flaps
landing) in reference to bringing the plane back home.
--
Jim in NC