My Flying

The winch in still out of order and even though we had a tug driver today, the keys to the tug were out of town. :( The weather in the morning looked promising and the reports back from the Falke pilots was good. Unfortunately when my turn arrived, so… more »

The winch was still unfortunately kaput and so we could fly gliders, even though there was a good turnout of members. I took the Falke for a 50 minute spin. Talk about a frustrating flight. There were quite a few bumps that teased one into believing t… more »

I spent most of today, Saturday, working in the hangar at the airfield busy fixing and modifying the tail-dolly for the Single Astir. This is the fourth Saturday I have spent on this job and I'm almost done now. Firstly, I stripped down the old and br… more »

The started off looking promising, but this soon turned to disappointment and frustration when we realised that the winch was kaput. No amount of tinkering by any of the members managed to get it running. I took the Falke for a spin, first one circuit… more »