My Flying

I really thought this was going to be a good day where I could continue and improve on the previous day's flying. By 10:00 the plane was on the runway, all the duty crew were in place, the winch was ready and it was green for go. Almost a record.

But sadly not! The winch popped its radiator during the first launch, and that was that. Launch aborted, winch ISM. :(

Took a short 29 minute flip in the Falke and tried to soar the eastern side of the ridge. It didn't work. Two touch and goes and then the full stop landing.

I was caught out twice on the downwind leg as the wind blew me further back than I expected. I thus eliminated base and headed diagonally to the threshold. Made it with extra to spare and used the brakes to touch down nicely. Thought I fixed a bad circuit rather nicely. It really wasn't much of a big deal for me lining up the runway at the last minute. What makes the circuit slightly trickier in the Falke is the runway sometimes is not visible below the wing. So that's about 108ZAR.