My Flying

We spent the morning assembling the newly arrived Blanik L13 which will be used as our trainer while the Twin Astir is being repaired. Actually a very nice look aircraft and a lot lighter than what it looks. I think it's light weight will allow it to per… more »

Today was our first day of Saturday flying, and it was rather disappointing. There were only three people at the airfield, myself, the instructor F(4) and the winch driver. The balance of the duty crew didn't bother to show and I'm sure they'll use the f… more »

There was a rather serious accident at the airfield today. During a routine winch launch of the Twin Astir, with an instructor and student on board, the left wing dropped and dragged in some thick knee high grass on the left of the runway. They were u… more »

Today I thought, as the glider rapidly approached the runway with that sinking bottomless feeling you get in your gut, we break this aeroplane! And it hard, very hard, hard enough for my head to get thrown forward and bashed back into the headrest. Bu… more »