Category: thermaling & soaring

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24/09/2006

Permalink 19:30:00, by admin, 289 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
A light blowing South-Easter meant that we could soar our ridge for the middle part of the day. My half an hour flight soaring to a maximum of 800 feet (above runway elevation) over the ridge made up for the frustration of arriving first at the field at… more »

13/08/2006

Permalink 18:55:20, by admin, 479 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
In aircraft crash investigation they often talk of the chain of events. This is an occurrence of certain events that take place leading up to a crash, where if any one of the events had or had not occurred, the crash would most likely have been averted.… more »

02/07/2006

Permalink 17:48:04, by admin, 363 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
A very decent winter's day, with some interesting weather resulting in some excellent lift around the airfield. One glider was up for 110 minutes and only returned because it was getting late. This is very impressive considering that the ridge wasn't use… more »

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