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 firs… more »

Yesterday it rained for just about the whole day and the sky looked very overcast this morning. As I needed to refit the gear-not-down warning unit, now with a new alkaline battery, I headed for the club. Very quiet. Took a short P2 flight in the Falk… more »

In aircraft crash investigation they often talk of the chain of events. This is an occurrence of certain events that take place leading up to a crash, where if any one of the events had or had not occurred, the crash would most likely have been averted.… more »

It was rather a disastrous week when the drought we were experiencing came to a sudden and abrupt end on Wednesday night with over 300mm of rain failing in 36 hour period causing huge flood damage and some sad loss of life. When I arrived at the airfi… more »