My Flying

Today was a little disappointing, but not unexpected. From early on in the week the weather forecast for today looked bleak. The blanket stratus clouds were low, but the wind was calm and we could easily have practiced some circuits. The okes on the grou… more »

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 »