Categories: aircraft, blanik L13, dimona, motor falke, twin astir

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28/01/2007

Permalink 23:00:00, by admin, 528 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
Left home at 8:30 and arrived back at 20:00, so that was a full 11½ away from home. The wife was not impressed. I feel guilty, but what can you do. I tried to reassure her by saying that once I had my license I would be less at the airfield, but while… more »

21/01/2007

Permalink 19:10:00, by admin, 365 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
The day started off with a sombre reminder of last Saturday’s accident, when I noticed the wreck of the plane that had crashed, neatly packed in a far corner of the hangar. The previous day some of the members had retrieved the wreck off the mounta… more »

31/12/2006

Permalink 18:30:00, by admin, 382 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring, cross-country
The light varying SW wind was changing between cross from the left and a 30° tail wind. I hopped aboard for my first aerotow as PIC; that on a downhill dust strip with a slight tail wind. I was doing well at the controls keeping the plane more or less st… more »

30/12/2006

Permalink 20:00:00, by admin, 339 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, motor falke, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
We arrived yesterday in Nieu Bethesda after a four hour drive; an hour of which was on reasonably good gravel roads. Our accommodation is in a small, but nice, rondawel situated on a local sheep farm that is about 15 minutes drive from the farm's airfiel… more »

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