My Flying

Another extremely hectic week behind me, but fortunately there was time to head out to the airfield to escape the pressures of normally daily life. Things got off to a late start as some repair/maintenance work first needed to be completed on the winch.

The gliding weather looked to be very marginal and the weather forecast predicted the south-easterly to move though later in the day, so when the Twin managed to stay up for a few minutes I seized the opportunity and jumped into the Single for a winch launch.

Fortunately I found some weak lift and managed to stay up for just over an hour, spending 90% of that time going in circles. It was huge fun and for me the highlight was some close and tight thermalling for about 15 minutes with the club';s Skylark where I managed to hold my own against and plane that was better suited to these weak conditions.

Later in the day I made my full backseat flight in the Twin where I did everything from the takeoff to the landing. All went off very well, especially for the flare and hold off during the landing where I was a little worried that things could go wrong. Fortunately the wind was relatively calm so a steep approach was not required.

Another great day with lots of flying at 244.05ZAR.