Category: advanced training
11/11/2007
20:25:00, by admin, 476 words 
Categories: student, take offs & landings, advanced training, blanik L13
The day started off feeling promising, and it was.
I had seven training flights covering just about everything: stalls, incipient spins, steep turns, flapped approaches, no flapped approaches, crabbing approaches, side slips, cable breaks, cross wind… more »
22/04/2007
18:18:24, by admin, 363 words
Categories: student, twin astir, stalls & steep turns, take offs & landings, advanced training
A day rather to forget. Yet another calm almost windless Sunday morning, ideal to be set loose alone in the skies, but no. The winch driver doesn’t pitch, so to keep things moving I volunteer to take the first stint of winch duty.
The first two… more »
15/04/2007
19:22:58, by admin, 556 words
Categories: student, twin astir, stalls & steep turns, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring, advanced training
Not the band, but the k@k going on in my head. It was a wonderfully sunny day, calm wind and some weak thermal activity. I had four amazing flights where I did everything required of me, but at the end of the day I heard those freaking dreaded words AGAI… 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 »
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