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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05/07/2009
19:15:00, by admin, 218 words 
Categories: solo, twin astir, circuits & landings, single astir, backseat training
Another successful day even though the soaring weather was non existent and only good for circuits.
I made two backseats flights in the Twin from winch launches on 34L and both went off very well. The only real problem that I am having is remembering… more »
21/06/2009
22:48:00, by admin, 343 words
Categories: solo, motor falke, twin astir, circuits & landings, backseat training
I've been planning now for a while to have a flight test in the Falke to get my Pax Rating (or Air Experience Rating to be politically correct because this is what the Soaring Society of SA now calls it). In gliding circles things work a little different… more »
14/06/2009
21:20:00, by admin, 512 words
Categories: solo, motor falke, twin astir, circuits & landings, single astir, backseat training
For today the weather forecast predicted a light-ish northerly wind and a dead sky as far as thermals go and they were bang on. However, as we have had four weekends in a row without flying gliders most the members were desperate to get airborne and so t… more »
24/05/2009
16:00:28, by admin, 279 words
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
I was the first to arrive at the airfield and over the course of the next hour the members arrived in dribs and drabs. No one, including myself, looked particularly in the mood for flying and this was compounded by a dead looking sky and a warm northerly… more »
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