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22/04/2007

A day rather to forget. Yet another calm almost windless Sunday morning, ideal to be set loose alone in the skies, but no. The winch driver doesn’t pitch, so to keep things moving I volunteer to take the first stint of winch duty. The first two… more »

15/04/2007

Not the band, but the k@k going on in my head. It was a wonderfully sunny day, calm wind and some weak thermal activity. I had four amazing flights where I did everything required of me, but at the end of the day I heard those freaking dreaded words AGAI… more »

01/04/2007

Permalink 21:00:00, by admin, 201 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings
Pretty ordinary day, dulled by the fact that, bar for the instructor, none of the duty crew arrived for *cough, excuse me* duty. So it was a hard day's work for the three of us, all students, at the airfield what with operating the winch, retrieving the… more »

25/03/2007

Permalink 19:00:00, by admin, 109 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings
Just a quick report back. Had three short flights with instructor F(5). All three landings were very good and the ground rolls interesting, and long, as the wheel brake was not functioning. My last landing on 16R was an absolute greaser. Put her down… more »

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