My Flying

No instructor, no winch driver, no comment. Fortunately an off duty instructor arrived and he was happy to send me solo without a check flight. A nice confidence boost. The wind was starting to pick up and was gusting a bit from the South-West. The… more »

This morning I was up there all alone in the Falke on a beautiful calm sunny winter's morning doing a long circuit (waiting for all the traffic to clear) and I had a moment to take a breath, study the country side and enjoy the experience and I thought t… more »

Well, the Twin has been grounded. Seems as if the previous hard landings have left their mark and a crack was identified on the side of the fuselage near the rear cockpit. It will hopefully be repaired during the course of next week. So today it w… more »

As it turned out, my big day! I went solo. A really really lekker feeling. Everything went nice and smoothly, and to quote a phrase: I love it when a plan comes together. The day started off badly with a misfiring winch and the DI of the Twin finding… more »