» By Dan Namowitz ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL GARLAND on your OWN LOWER YOUR PERSONAL MINIMUMS DELIBERATELY AND CAUTIOUSLY I t’s a breezy morning with broken clouds in multiple layers. The surface wind is 15 knots with occasional higher gusts, and there’s a healthy crosswind component. There was a time during your student pilot days when a solo in a two-seat trainer would have been prohibited under these conditions—and you would have been content to wait for a better day. PLUS See the Air Safety Institute's Risk Evaluator Tool. APRIL 2013 FLIGHT TRAINING / 33http://flash.aopa.org/asf/flightrisk/