My Flying

Today was my first full day of winch duty. I was pre-warned that this would be a very boring and lonely duty as one sat alone at the opposite end of the airfield with your only visitor being the guy who would come retrieve the cable after each launch.… more »

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 »

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 »

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 »