My Flying

The day started off looking calm and very nice, but the weather forecast had predicted gale force winds from about 10 am, and they were right. The wind howled and I decided not to go to the airfield as there was no chance that we would fly. Instead I spe… more »

I spent a large part of Saturday morning working hard in the hangar moving 5 aeroplanes and two trailers to eventually to be able too extract the trailer for the Single. My plan was to take the trailer home and to effect some repair work in preparation f… more »

Today was a little disappointing, but not unexpected. From early on in the week the weather forecast for today looked bleak. The blanket stratus clouds were low, but the wind was calm and we could easily have practiced some circuits. The okes on the grou… more »

The weather on Saturday looked really good while I toiled doing DIY at home. I was constantly looking at the nice clouds forming over Uitenhage and wished that the weather was going to look just as good the next day. I was not to be disappointed.… more »

The winch in still out of order and even though we had a tug driver today, the keys to the tug were out of town. :( The weather in the morning looked promising and the reports back from the Falke pilots was good. Unfortunately when my turn arrived, so… more »

Today was week four (4) without a winch!!! This surely can't go on :'(. I spent the morning with a friend trying to get things going, but still nothing. To make maters worse, much worse, the gliding weather looked really good. This is hugely depressing a… more »