My Flying

Day doesn't look promising, overcast with cloud base at about 2500ft, northerly wind (no good for the ridge) and temperature of about 20ºC at 9:00am. Take a drive to the airfield anyway, very quiet.

The club's motorised Falke is in the air (info here). It was only recently purchased and is proving to be very popular. Costs are 4,50ZAR per minute with the engine on (2,00ZAR engine off), that's 270,00ZAR per hour which is actually very reasonable. Still darn expensive for me though. But, I drove all that way and an air tow costs 20,00ZAR per minute, ok, give me a half and hour.

So off I go with instructor F(1) on 26R. Man, did I enjoy that! I spent most the time at the controls doing turns and some straight and level flying. Turns much easier than the Twin and needs very little rudder. (I later find out that this is due to the engine upfront that helps to pull the plane around the turn.) Do the base leg and set her up finals, per instructions received from the instructor. He lands. Then we're off again, two touch and goes and the final landing. The instructor handled the takeoffs and the final parts of the final, flaring and touch down. So it's 19 minutes costing (93,00ZAR), money well spent.