My Flying

Another interesting weather day. On the way to the airfield the low stratus cloud started moving in at after the first launch in the Twin it started to rain lightly. The old hands at the airfield suggested that we wait, as the sky would soon start to open up. Also the wind was moving onto the ridge and that would open up some ridge soaring possibilities.

Once I realised that the planes were staying up, I headed off to the hangar to fetch the Single. I had a very nice winch launch from 16L and found some very weak lift just after the launch which carried me nicely all the way to the ridge.

I spent the next 1.5 hours messing around on the ridge and even finding a few thermals to exploit. As the day progressed the ridge began to work better and better. I would have stayed up longer, but that’s another story Mr NO!!!

The circuit went well enough and I loved the flare and landing. So that's another 202.80ZAR well spent. I think it's time to start thing about getting my own plane.