My Flying

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 »

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 »

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 »

Yet another very quiet day at the airfield. Fortunately we had enough hands to get the gliders airborne. I took three short flights in the Single Astir, on winch launches, to fly three very nice circuits. The wind was a light Westerly and my circuits… more »