Category: thermaling & soaring

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26/09/2009

Permalink 06:10:05, by admin, 399 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, thermaling & soaring, ASW 20
Again not a promising looking sky; though there were lots of clouds about, they mostly looked like they had blown in from the south west pushed by a 20-30 kph wind from the coast far away. The weather report had also advised that there was some bad w… more »

25/09/2009

Permalink 14:14:37, by admin, 464 words   English (ZA)
Categories: no fly day, solo, thermaling & soaring, ASW 20
Day 2 - Friday Day two was a whole lot more relaxed than the rush of the previous day, what with driving to Graaff-Reinet, rigging the planes and so on. The weather looked promising in the morning but pretty soon some nasty inversion took over an… more »

02/08/2009

Permalink 20:45:00, by admin, 512 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring, ASW 20
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 »

19/07/2009

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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