My solo did not go quite the way I had imagined, and a question has been bugging me since then. The pattern got busier after my instructor got out of the plane, of course. During my 2nd trip thru the pattern, the tower told gave me an extended downwind, to come in number 2 behind two A-10's. I couldn't spot them, as they were coming straight in high and fast, so the tower called my base turn and cautioned me for wake turbulence. On final, I was watching where on the runway the right hand plane touched down, but then realized I couldn't picture what any wake turbulence would be doing. We were on Rwy 26 with winds 230 @ 8 kts. The right hand A-10 did a touch n' go, the left hand one stayed with him and did a low approach, and it was a touch n' go for me. My instructor had covered wake turbulence considerations for take offs and for landings, but not for something like this. I realize A-10's are not the same as 747's, but still, how should I have handled this?
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