My Flying

Though the winch is STILL out of order (week 3) we were fortunate to have a tug driver at the airfield today. The weather was also very unusual with a slight South-Westerly and banks of high level wave like clouds slowing rolling in through the day.

I took a bumpy 8 minute aero-tow to 4000ft to the West of the airfield and searched desperately for some lift. There were lots of nice bumps and a few areas of zero sink, but all in all I only managed to stay airborne for 31 minutes.

My circuit planning and landing were absolutely beautiful and I was thoroughly chuffed with myself.

I am slowly starting to get to grips with this aeroplane and things have now been a lot better since I have fixed the audio for the electronic vario and now can spend less time in the cockpit. My speed control is also getting very good, but I still need to learn to be easier on the rudder as the rudder is so light that I tend to skid a little through the turns.