My Flying

Left home at 8:30 and arrived back at 20:00, so that was a full 11½ away from home. The wife was not impressed. I feel guilty, but what can you do. I tried to reassure her by saying that once I had my license I would be less at the airfield, but while… more »

The day started off with a sombre reminder of last Saturday’s accident, when I noticed the wreck of the plane that had crashed, neatly packed in a far corner of the hangar. The previous day some of the members had retrieved the wreck off the mounta… more »

This is in response to a message posted on Avcom. I don't know if you have been following my own 'blog' in the pages of SA Flyer, but I've been reading your blog - full marks for perseverance - keep it up It is clearly a lot harder to learn to fly… more »

One of our motor glider members was involved in a serious crash, late Saturday afternoon. There was a very sad loss of life and he is presently in hospital in ICU. I will add more to this story at a later stage. Update 19/01/2007: The pilot is reco… more »

No training yet. Due to start next week. more »

A Happy New Year to ye' all, my fans, friends and family! Overall the camp was a success and thank you to the organisers. It would have been much better if the weather had played along. The average thermals for our time there were no more than 2.5m/s.… more »