Category: thermaling & soaring

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25/01/2009

Permalink 18:40:00, by admin, 596 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
I have often thought that it is a real pity that our club is so small and has such a tiny contingent of members (about 25), not because of the obvious reasons like the economics of scale and so on, but because some of these aviators actually read this bl… more »

18/01/2009

Permalink 19:32:45, by admin, 583 words   English (ZA)
Categories: thermaling & soaring, single astir
Today we put my bullet camera and MP4 recorder (actually Mpeg4, but everyone is calling it MP4 these days) to the test on the Twin Astir. Finding a good mounting point proved tricky and we eventually settled on mounting it on top of the instrument cover… more »

31/12/2008

Permalink 18:20:00, by admin, 209 words   English (ZA)
Categories: motor falke, thermaling & soaring
More work on the Single's tow out gear and some very nice looking clouds that invited me to take the Falke for a quick spin. I found a few decent thermals but I really had a hard time thermalling and using the lift. I find the Falke difficult to therm… more »

20/12/2008

Permalink 08:21:15, by admin, 145 words   English (ZA)
Categories: solo, motor falke, circuits & landings, thermaling & soaring
The Sunday flying activities of our club take their annual break from about mid December to mid January and thus there no organised flying. Presently I'm also on my three weeks annual leave and took this opportunity to head out to the airfield today to d… more »

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