My Flying

As it turned out, my big day! I went solo. A really really lekker feeling. Everything went nice and smoothly, and to quote a phrase: I love it when a plan comes together. The day started off badly with a misfiring winch and the DI of the Twin finding… more »

Raining and generally miserable outside. So this makes is three no fly Sundays in a row. more »

Today I thought, as the glider rapidly approached the runway with that sinking bottomless feeling you get in your gut, we break this aeroplane! And it hard, very hard, hard enough for my head to get thrown forward and bashed back into the headrest. Bu… more »

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… more »

5 May 2007 I requested a special day of flying for Saturday and it was very kindly granted by instructor F(5). Even though I was at the field at 8am, the day started late due to the thick mist and then later problems with the winch. The first f… more »