Categories: practical, achievments, advanced, backseat training, circuits & landings, cross-country, stalls, spins & steep turns, thermaling & soaring

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11/10/2008

Permalink 20:41:00, by admin, 305 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, cross-country
I spent the best part of Saturday morning at the airfield re-doing some of the wiring on the single. At the same time I did some neatened up behind the panel and under the seat where wires and vacuum hoses lay in some apparent bazaar and entangled multip… more »

05/10/2008

Permalink 20:32:00, by admin, 187 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, single astir
Another interesting weather day. On the way to the airfield the low stratus cloud started moving in at after the first launch in the Twin it started to rain lightly. The old hands at the airfield suggested that we wait, as the sky would soon start to ope… more »

28/09/2008

Permalink 20:21:00, by admin, 323 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, single astir
The weather did not look promising for the day with a light wind and a very blue sky. I took a winch launch from 08 into the South Easterly after having observed some of the other planes successfully staying aloft for more than a circuit. About 3/4 t… more »

21/09/2008

Permalink 15:58:38, by admin, 439 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring, single astir
Talk about weird and interesting weather. Nobody was quite too sure what was going on Sunday. On Saturday the dry and hot Northerly berg winds pushed the temperatures well into the 30’s. I sweltered in that heat while making further changes to, an… more »

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