My Flying

A very pleasant day at the airfield. I took two short flights in the Single Astir as the air was pretty dead. During the first flight I found a bit of lift downwind of the airfield and managed to scrimp and scrape to about 2500 feet. The westerly wind… more »

When I arrived early at the airfield I wasn’t really expecting much to be happening, weather-wise. It was mostly overcast and even drizzled lightly at one stage. The sky however started opening up a little and we decided to launch the gliders. While o… more »

Another weekday, another public holiday, another trip to the airfield. The weather was not looking to be the greatest and the cu’s were low and looked rather lifeless. As usual the chaps from the training schools were keeping the circuit busy and I de… more »

Rather a land mark day for me.:D It’s my first trip to the airfield and solo flying on a week day. Today is a public holiday; one of many this week. Viva! The clouds looked a little promising, but I started off with some circuits onto 16L for practice… more »