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

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14/06/2009

Permalink 21:20:00, by admin, 512 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, twin astir, circuits & landings, single astir, backseat training
For today the weather forecast predicted a light-ish northerly wind and a dead sky as far as thermals go and they were bang on. However, as we have had four weekends in a row without flying gliders most the members were desperate to get airborne and so t… more »

24/05/2009

Permalink 16:00:28, by admin, 279 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
I was the first to arrive at the airfield and over the course of the next hour the members arrived in dribs and drabs. No one, including myself, looked particularly in the mood for flying and this was compounded by a dead looking sky and a warm northerly… more »

10/05/2009

Permalink 21:15:00, by admin, 225 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, twin astir, thermaling & soaring, single astir, backseat training
Another extremely hectic week behind me, but fortunately there was time to head out to the airfield to escape the pressures of normally daily life. Things got off to a late start as some repair/maintenance work first needed to be completed on the winch.… more »

03/05/2009

Permalink 19:20:00, by admin, 108 words   English (ZA)
Categories: circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring, single astir
Life as been extremely hectic the last two months on the work front and thus time for this blog has been little. Today there was a very good turn out of members at the club with some good flying in the morning. The lift was very weak but good for 15 to 2… more »

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