Experienced pilots often have more trouble than novice pilots in learning to fly the newly developed ultra-light airplanes. Being accustomed to heavier aircraft, experienced pilots, when flying ultra-light craft, seem not to respect the wind as much they should.
The passage implies that the heavier aircraft mentioned above are
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Wait, how do we know the heavier ones are easier in wind? The passage just says pilots don't respect the wind in ultra-lights.
Because if the heavy planes needed the same wind-respect, the experienced pilots would already be careful. The fact that they're not careful implies the heavy ones handle wind more forgivingly.
E seems obvious but I almost picked C because 'safe' was tempting. tricky wording
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Whether you can draw a conclusion that must follow from the stated facts.
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