Archives for: October 2006

29/10/2006

Permalink 16:41:00, by admin, 180 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
After last weeks flying, today was a bit of a let down. The first flight went well because at last I had a chance to practice some thermaling. It was very broken, but with lots of hard work we kept the plane up for 26 minutes, it could have been longer,… more »

28/10/2006

Permalink 16:53:40, by admin, 42 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
A few photos I took during PE's 2006 airshow. Slow fly past by a SAAF Cheetah D. A twin turbine Orxy medium transport helicopter loads off some troops. The last flying Mirage III CZ - The Blackwidow. A privately owned airworthy Hawker… more »

22/10/2006

Permalink 17:47:10, by admin, 331 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
A nice thing about having your own blog is that you can say pretty much what you want about who you want. Of course the other side is that some people do actually read this blog, so saying too much might not be wise. In South Africa we have a nice wor… more »

15/10/2006

Permalink 19:26:50, by admin, 131 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
I arrived at the airfield nice and early for a quick celebratory breakfast. After that there was an hour long lecture (the first of three) on cross country flying, the preparations and regulations. Handy stuff, though I'm not sure that I'm going to be us… more »

08/10/2006

Permalink 09:47:51, by admin, 6 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
Ditto on the studying post below. more »

01/10/2006

Permalink 07:36:10, by admin, 48 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
Today is a self imposed no fly day. I need to study for an important exam in two weeks time, so I will be skipping this Sunday and next. The weather forecast also looks like it might be a marginal day with a 60% chance of moderate afternoon showers. more »