Categories: solo, aircraft, ASW 20, blanik L13, motor falke, single astir, twin astir, practical, achievments, advanced, backseat training, circuits & landings, cross-country, stalls, spins & steep turns, thermaling & soaring

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25/01/2009

Permalink 18:40:00, by admin, 596 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
I have often thought that it is a real pity that our club is so small and has such a tiny contingent of members (about 25), not because of the obvious reasons like the economics of scale and so on, but because some of these aviators actually read this bl… more »

18/01/2009

Permalink 19:32:45, by admin, 583 words   English (ZA)
Categories: thermaling & soaring, single astir
Today we put my bullet camera and MP4 recorder (actually Mpeg4, but everyone is calling it MP4 these days) to the test on the Twin Astir. Finding a good mounting point proved tricky and we eventually settled on mounting it on top of the instrument cover… more »

31/12/2008

Permalink 18:20:00, by admin, 209 words   English (ZA)
Categories: motor falke, thermaling & soaring
More work on the Single's tow out gear and some very nice looking clouds that invited me to take the Falke for a quick spin. I found a few decent thermals but I really had a hard time thermalling and using the lift. I find the Falke difficult to therm… more »

29/12/2008

Permalink 04:40:36, by admin, 222 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings
Once again I took the opportunity to do some further work on the Single's tow out gear and as the sky was looking really good I wanted to fly the Falke. The only problem was that the wind was blowing quite and bit and was also gusting some what. I would… more »

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