My Flying

The day started off nice and calm, but by the time the instructor F(3) arrived the wind was beginning to blow very fresh from the West. Flying was ready to start at about 12:30pm from 26L, but by now the wind was gusting to a healthy 45 km/h.

The first flight was mine. The launch went well at the beginning, but because of the high wind we quickly reached the 120 km/h speed limit. After doing the standard tail wag (yaw hard left then right) the winch driver slowed things down, but we were soon again up to 120 km/h, only way out now was to dive, as any wagging from our side would have broken the rope.

The circuit planning and landing was very tricky and the instructor took over on several spots. Two other student flights later, it was decided to stop flying for the day. Rather disappointing. One flight of 4 minutes = 42,20ZAR.

A visting Stemme S10 motor glider.