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03/09/2006

Permalink 15:28:05, by admin, 28 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
Never thought I would ever say this, but flip, I've had enough of wet. Light drizzle with overcast conditions = earth bound. Week number three without any real flying. :( more »

27/08/2006

Permalink 17:01:20, by admin, 161 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, take offs & landings
The day started off nice and calm, but by the time the instructor F(3) arrived the wind was beginning to blow very fresh from the West. Flying was ready to start at about 12:30pm from 26L, but by now the wind was gusting to a healthy 45 km/h. The firs… more »

20/08/2006

Permalink 14:21:10, by admin, 133 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
Yesterday it rained for just about the whole day and the sky looked very overcast this morning. As I needed to refit the gear-not-down warning unit, now with a new alkaline battery, I headed for the club. Very quiet. Took a short P2 flight in the Falk… more »

13/08/2006

Permalink 18:55:20, by admin, 479 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
In aircraft crash investigation they often talk of the chain of events. This is an occurrence of certain events that take place leading up to a crash, where if any one of the events had or had not occurred, the crash would most likely have been averted.… more »

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