My Flying

The day started off late with a small number of members. I was on winch duty and launched the Blanik twice before its skid was broken off during ground handling and flying ceased prematurely for the day. We were however treated to three very fast and… more »

The day started with a rather poor looking weather report. However the weather was not so bad at the airfield with a 20 knot South Westerly blowing. The instructor arrived at about 10:30, but elected not to fly. I could also not fly the Falke due it b… more »

We were pre-informed that flying would start late so I arrived at the airfield at about 1:30. The news was not good, in fact it sucked. Earlier the morning there had been a prop strike with the Falke during a cross wind landing. Man this really blows.… more »

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… more »

Flying weekend day 2. Again I was reminded how cramped and horrible the cockpit is. Almost full elevator authority during the flare results in my right hand doing some weird deformed and contorted movement into my chest. And during the circuit and can't… more »

Flying weekend day 1. I had two flights in the Blanik, one was a 5 min circuit and the other a nice thermal flight of 15 minutes. The wind was really messing us around and we used all four runways today launching from four different directions. I'm le… more »