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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04/10/2009

Permalink 06:42:42, by admin, 32 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, circuits & landings, ASW 20
Not much to report today.Weather was again only good for circuits. Took a short flight in the ASW20 and then later another short backseat flight in the Twin Astir. Cost = 88.35ZAR. more »

03/10/2009

Permalink 06:24:59, by admin, 80 words   English (ZA)
Categories: no fly day, achievments
Today our club hosted a very successful glider display at a local shopping mall.Most of the club's members pitched in very nicely to give a hand and the display went off with a hitch. On display was a Salto aerobatic glider, mainly because it's in a… more »

26/09/2009

Permalink 06:10:05, by admin, 399 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, ASW 20
Again not a promising looking sky; though there were lots of clouds about, they mostly looked like they had blown in from the south west pushed by a 20-30 kph wind from the coast far away. The weather report had also advised that there was some bad w… more »

25/09/2009

Permalink 14:14:37, by admin, 464 words   English (ZA)
Categories: no fly day, solo, thermaling & soaring, ASW 20
Day 2 - Friday Day two was a whole lot more relaxed than the rush of the previous day, what with driving to Graaff-Reinet, rigging the planes and so on. The weather looked promising in the morning but pretty soon some nasty inversion took over an… more »

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