My Flying

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 »

As it turned out, a damn good day at the airfield. There was more than the usual turn out of members, everyone helped out and the flying was good. I spent half the day launching gliders with the winch and also managed to get my turn to fly. I had t… more »

The day started off early with a nice lecture on Human Limitations and I found the 'class room' environment and formal reading material very informative. This type of instruction is unfortunately very rare in our training and more, much more, is really n… more »

What a day!!! I was determined to fly this Sunday and arranged, at short notice, during the week for a new aerial to be made for the winch so that I could at least be winched launched. The weather was slightly overcast when I arrived early at the airf… more »