Category: thermaling & soaring
30/12/2006
20:00:00, by admin, 339 words 
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 »
10/12/2006
20:10:40, by admin, 344 words
Categories: student, twin astir, stalls & steep turns, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring, advanced training
Four launches from 26L with two flights each from two different instructors. The first was with the very hands-on instructor, not a style I enjoy. During the first launch there was a loud bang at 400ft as the launch suddenly lost momentum and the back re… more »
26/11/2006
19:08:10, by admin, 279 words
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring, advanced training
A pleasant day's gliding with instructor F(2). Things started off late and as there are three (soon to be four) students, including myself, air time is beginning to become scarce. The wind was blowing a slight South-Easterly and this made the ridge work,… more »
19/11/2006
19:45:00, by admin, 289 words
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
A nice day's flying and running around the airfield was good relief from a super crappy week at work. It was one of those weeks where you seriously wished you could torch the flippin'; place to the ground and toast marshmallows over the ashes of those @r… more »
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