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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29/06/2008

Permalink 19:48:36, by admin, 225 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, stalls, spins & steep turns, single astir
Now here’s what I really enjoyed about today. I arrived at the airfield and for once there were enough people to get the operations going without my assistance. After I had given them some direction, they managed to get everything ready and had… more »

22/06/2008

Permalink 19:31:12, by admin, 99 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring, single astir
A very pleasant day at the airfield. I took two short flights in the Single Astir as the air was pretty dead. During the first flight I found a bit of lift downwind of the airfield and managed to scrimp and scrape to about 2500 feet. The westerly wind… more »

14/06/2008

Permalink 16:46:00, by admin, 439 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, achievments, cross-country
Today was a good day for my solo cross country in the motor glider, and after some planning I set off on a short trip to a nearby airfield on the coast. The weather report was good, but the wind at about 6000 ft was predicted to be 30 to 40 knots. No… more »

01/06/2008

Permalink 21:13:04, by admin, 207 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, single astir
When I arrived early at the airfield I wasn’t really expecting much to be happening, weather-wise. It was mostly overcast and even drizzled lightly at one stage. The sky however started opening up a little and we decided to launch the gliders. While o… more »

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