My Flying

Yesterday was Sunday and a normal flying day at the club and for the first time in 2½ years I just didn't feel like going. Sad really, but I just couldn't see myself doing all that work and besides the weather was not looking so great. I have been working my tail off at the club for the last couple of years with no thanks and very little gratitude and yesterday I just needed a rest.

Today (a public holiday) with the help of some other members we fitted the airfield's new weather station, an initiative that I lobbied for at a recent AGM. This took most of the morning, from about 8am, and a few small modifications are still be required.

Once I was done, at about 12:30pm, we were treated to an extra low level beat-up by ZU-KIM. Without a doubt the lowest beat up that I have ever witnessed and I think it barely cleared the windsock. Was great fun to witness though.

The wind was a very light easterly and there were some nice looking clouds not so far away so I hauled the Falke out of the hangar for a short spin. I found one or two areas of fairly okay lift, but nothing good enough to turn off the motor and I tried for about a half an hour. Sadly again, I almost nodded off to sleep and found that my concentration levels were not good and headed back. I planned a marginal glide from about 5km out for a straight in landing in 16 and was not surprised when I saw that I was not going to make it and needed to turn up the wick on the Limbach. Oh well.

My recent landings in the Falke have not been of the best as I have found myself getting a little lazy on the hold off with some resulting bounces and decided to get a bit of landing practice and performed two touch and goes and then the final full stop.

So that was some more hour building and landing practice, but not much else at 190.80ZAR.