My Flying

Bloemfontein Camp - Day 1 There is really so much to say about today that I have absolutely no clue as to where to begin or as to how much detail to go into. So sit back and get comfortable, as this might take a while... Well I guess the beginning… more »

Bloemfontein Camp - Day 0 So now after months of preparation and hard work the trek up north had began. The trip from home to Bloemfontein turned out to be just over 700 km and with two short petrol and food stops it took just on 9 hours to complete.… more »

I spent a few hours on Saturday doing a bit of preparation work on the plane. I then decided to have a full dress rehearsal in that I got all my kit together and tried to arrange and squeeze it and myself into the cockpit. Now as gliders go, the Astir Je… more »

In preparation for my gliding trip to Bloemfontein, at the end of this month, I again spent the whole of Saturday afternoon at the airfield doing some work on the Single. It's amazing how much time gets consumed just doing small tasks. The oxygen bottl… more »

Well, what can I say about today? Mmmmhhh, it was definitely interesting to say the least, but where to start? Ok, for starters the day started off with me feeling a little lethargic and not really lus to do much, the weather forecast did not look gre… more »

After last week's self imposed flying embargo I was very eager to get into the air again. The weather forecast for today didn't look good as very strong winds were predicted from the afternoon onwards. I arrived early at the airfield and the winch dr… more »