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

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10/08/2008

Permalink 16:16:33, by admin, 154 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
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 »

27/07/2008

Permalink 18:23:26, by admin, 179 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, single astir
Though the winch is STILL out of order (week 3) we were fortunate to have a tug driver at the airfield today. The weather was also very unusual with a slight South-Westerly and banks of high level wave like clouds slowing rolling in through the day. I… more »

20/07/2008

Permalink 16:12:30, by admin, 92 words   English (ZA)
Categories: motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
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 »

19/07/2008

Permalink 18:19:41, by admin, 278 words   English (ZA)
Categories: motor falke, circuits & landings
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 »

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