My Flying

Yet another very quiet day at the airfield. Fortunately we had enough hands to get the gliders airborne. I took three short flights in the Single Astir, on winch launches, to fly three very nice circuits. The wind was a light Westerly and my circuits… more »

Again a very quiet day at the airfield. These type of days are becoming more and more frequent and it's sad to see how our club is slowly grinding to a halt. The day started off very misty, which was actually perfect as the module on human limitations… more »

Each Sunday at 9 am the duty crew arrives timeously at our small gliding club; their mission: to get the gliders out of the hangar, prepare the winch and to get things ready for the day. The photo to the right is of them working their little hearts out,… more »

As it turned out, a damn good day at the airfield. There was more than the usual turn out of members, everyone helped out and the flying was good. I spent half the day launching gliders with the winch and also managed to get my turn to fly. I had t… more »

I have put some serious flying hours this week, but when is enough ever enough. Well the answer is quite simply, enough us never enough.:p The weather this Saturday did not look very promising and the clouds were more stratus than cumulus. Never-the-l… more »

Another weekday, another public holiday, another trip to the airfield. The weather was not looking to be the greatest and the cu’s were low and looked rather lifeless. As usual the chaps from the training schools were keeping the circuit busy and I de… more »