Categories: student, aircraft, blanik L13, dimona, motor falke, twin astir, practical, advanced training, basic manoeuvres, cross-country, introduction, stalls & steep turns, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring

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01/10/2006

Permalink 07:36:10, by admin, 48 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
Today is a self imposed no fly day. I need to study for an important exam in two weeks time, so I will be skipping this Sunday and next. The weather forecast also looks like it might be a marginal day with a 60% chance of moderate afternoon showers. more »

24/09/2006

Permalink 19:30:00, by admin, 289 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, take offs & landings, thermaling & soaring
A light blowing South-Easter meant that we could soar our ridge for the middle part of the day. My half an hour flight soaring to a maximum of 800 feet (above runway elevation) over the ridge made up for the frustration of arriving first at the field at… more »

17/09/2006

Permalink 10:05:00, by admin, 66 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, no fly day
After last week’s great flying today was always going to be a bit of a let down. Weather forecast as been predicting rain for today since about Thursday. And sure enough, the light morning showers have arrived. :'( Phoned some people at the airf… more »

10/09/2006

Permalink 19:35:53, by admin, 134 words   English (ZA)
Categories: student, twin astir, stalls & steep turns, take offs & landings
Happy factor = 9/10. As there was a fresh westerly wind blowing we winch launched from runway 26L with instructor F(2). The first launch was a little rusty, but other than that all the flights went very well. During the day I practiced shallow and med… more »

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