My Flying

I'm posting this blog little late due to it being rather a hectic week at work.

Sunday at the club was great. Just as they were about to wheel the Blanik out to the launch point I asked the instructor if I could take a flight in the Falke. No problem he says, off you go.

Just to illustrate how time consuming gliding is:

In the time it took me to DI the Falke, do the pre-flight inspections, warm the engine up, perform four touch and goes, fly around the north side of the ridge, do one full stop landing and to taxi back to the hangar, a total time of 35 minutes, the Blanik had one launch a flew a circuit for 5 minutes. Makes one think doesn't it.

Once the Falke was back at the hangar I spent the rest of the day helping out with the Blanik and also had two great flights. The wind was light and the launches were not great, my highest being 800 feet.

The more I fly this aeroplane the more I like her. The controls are so light and the adverse yaw is minimal requiring far less rudder input than the Twin. The rudder controls are also a lot lighter and one does not return from a flight with a stabbing pain in one's thighs.

I'm also starting to get the hang of landing her and using the flaps and brakes and all three landings and circuit plannings went off well. On the last circuit I turned finals too high, possible due to me not landing on the same runway we look off on, so the instructor side slipped us in. This is one skill I really need to learn.

Cost for the day 141,40ZAR + 133,00ZAR.