Category: circuits & landings
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09/08/2009
Another day with the new aerie.
We spent the morning weighing and doing the weight and balance checks followed by a good hour's labour polishing.
Almost all the upper surfaces have nasty swirl marks where at some stage someone obvioulsy washed the p… more »
02/08/2009
Rather an exciting weekend for me (*understatement of the year*).
On Saturday we drove through to Bloemfontein to collect our new toy, an ASW 20F, that I purchased a share in along with two other guys. We drove for 12 hours flat to collect the plane… more »
26/07/2009
20:28:00, by admin, 42 words 
Categories: solo, aircraft, twin astir, circuits & landings, single astir, backseat training
Another day at the airfield and again the soaring weather was poor, even for winter, and disappointing.
I took two short backseat launches in the Twin Astir and then took a flight in the Single. Otherwise not much to report. Cost = 146.20ZAR. more »
19/07/2009
22:24:00, by admin, 265 words
Categories: solo, twin astir, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring, single astir, backseat training
Today was one of those days when one actually wonders why one bothers with gliding. All that work and labour for a few minutes of airtime. Sometimes it gets me a little down, especially when you get members hanging around and doing stuff all and expectin… more »
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