My Flying

Today was an interesting day, and even though I never flew (don't ask why, as I can't explain) I had a good time. I was on winch duty and helped train a new guy for this exciting, and often yawned upon and forgotten, duty. We had plenty of winch launc… more »

No fly day do work commitments. more »

I spent an hour this Saturday morning doing a little work on the club's Single Astir. As the plane was due for its next airworthiness inspection, it was decided, during the week, to spend a little time fixing some of the nasty scrape marks and small crac… more »

From the start of the day the gliding weather was never really going to happen, and well, it didn't. We had a good crew on duty plus two spare hands and most of us worked our tails off. I had two short 10 minutes flights in the Single doing my damnd… more »

I spent the best part of Saturday morning at the airfield re-doing some of the wiring on the single. At the same time I did some neatened up behind the panel and under the seat where wires and vacuum hoses lay in some apparent bazaar and entangled multip… more »

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 ope… more »