My Flying

Today was one of those days when one actually wonders why one bothers with gliding. All that work and labour for a few minutes of airtime. Sometimes it gets me a little down, especially when you get members hanging around and doing stuff all and expecting everything to be laid out for them and watch happily while others toil and labour for their benefit.

I had two backseat flights in the Twin and both went off well, but for a slightly bumpy landing on the second flight; I suspect an undulation on the runway caused this. On the second flight I (we) went exploring far in desperate search of lift as another glider managed to get-away. I found some nice bubbles, but they were too narrow and more importantly we were too low for us to explore for too long. We got back with not a lot of height to spare. Much later that afternoon and when the Single became avaiable I took a winch launch and headed for the ridge which had been working nicely for the last two hours. Unfortunatly for me there wasn't much lift left and I barely manager 15 minutes before needing to head home. All went off well, but sadly not with that satisfied warm fuzzy good days flying feeling. Cost for the day 185.25ZAR.

The day was not without drama and I witness a particuraly hairy landing by a motor Falke (not the club's). The Falke is a very good and forgiving aircraft and a safe arrival was the eventual outcome after some high and very scary looking bounces.