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- Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:41 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Can someone bring a package from P.E ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 797
Re: Can someone bring a package from P.E ?
Thanks for replying Erica, hopefully someone can help
- Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:46 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Can someone bring a package from P.E ?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 797
Can someone bring a package from P.E ?
I need to get a Wooden Ship model kit up to JHB, can anyone help? The box is 100mm high x 900mm long x 500mm wide, roughly.
Food & drinks on me
Food & drinks on me
- Tue May 15, 2012 2:45 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Waterkloof & Zwartkop Fly-in 12 May 2012
- Replies: 460
- Views: 91211
Re: Waterkloof & Zwartkop Fly-in 12 May 2012
EDITED: Removed by ADMIN. PM's sent and appologies made. Lets just remember the great Weekend.
Tailspin
Tailspin

- Tue May 15, 2012 10:28 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Waterkloof & Zwartkop Fly-in 12 May 2012
- Replies: 460
- Views: 91211
Re: Waterkloof & Zwartkop Fly-in 12 May 2012
talking on the radio
by witwillem » Tue May 11, 2010 8:57 am
EDITED: Removed by ADMIN. PM's sent and appologies made. Lets just remember the great Weekend.
Tailspin
by witwillem » Tue May 11, 2010 8:57 am
EDITED: Removed by ADMIN. PM's sent and appologies made. Lets just remember the great Weekend.
Tailspin

- Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:07 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Morningside Farm
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3887
Re: Morningside Farm
Hi Madman, yea I used to Jump with Richard Charter, and yes, flew out of Crosswinds for 10 years, but don't have an aerie at the moment. I'll pull in and see you guys at the next braai (tell Trevor to sort out one as an end of year bash!)
- Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:49 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Morningside Farm
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3887
Re: Morningside Farm
I used to jump out of perfectly good aeroplanes with him
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:06 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Highest Altitude/Level in a trike?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7378
Re: Highest Altitude/Level in a trike?
If I'm not mistaken, Mike Blyth holds the South African Altitude record, maybe someone has more details
- Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:04 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Trike work in Tanzania
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2248
Re: Trike work in Tanzania
Maybe that's why they didn't take me last time out - 650hrs MPL, AP, Hon.Ranger experience, but when they saw my photo......
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:14 am
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: ICED TRIKE WINGS
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2690
Re: ICED TRIKE WINGS
I posted this in 2008 under the heading "I learned from that"......... Ice on the Wings I recall during my training how our instructor Peet at Crosswinds used to not allow us to take the trikes out of the hangar in the early winter pre dawn mornings to avoid dew forming on the wings. The dew might t...
- Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:43 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Francis Rogallo - the father of modern hang gliding
- Replies: 0
- Views: 622
Francis Rogallo - the father of modern hang gliding
Obituary Francis Rogallo – the father of modern hang gliding Francis Rogallo, an aeronautical engineer who was considered the father of modern hang gliding and other recreational sports for inventing a flexible wing in 1948, which revolutionised nonpowered flight, died at the age of 97 on 1 Septembe...
- Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:56 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: THE BEST AIRCRAFT?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4825
Re: THE BEST AIRCRAFT?
Nice video Ian, totally agree with you regarding your type of flying, but as Morph says, In these difficult times the best aircraft is the one you can afford to own and fly.
- Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:12 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Durban Air Show - breaking the sound barrier
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1646
Durban Air Show - breaking the sound barrier
Those of you going to the Virginia Airshow in Durbs this weekend are in for a real treat. On Saturday, Lt Col Glen Warden is going to take a Mirage 111 CZ 30km out to sea, and at 30,000 ft, will open the taps and take the aircraft through Mach 1, to break the Sound Barrier. The double boom will be h...
- Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:37 am
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Leaking Fuel Tank
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6563
Re: Leaking Fuel Tank
Phone Rob 083 648 1132
He had a similar problem on an Aquilla tank and fixed it successfully using Thread coils, they tap into an existing hole where the thread is stripped so you can then bolt down the gasket firmly.
Hope this helps
He had a similar problem on an Aquilla tank and fixed it successfully using Thread coils, they tap into an existing hole where the thread is stripped so you can then bolt down the gasket firmly.
Hope this helps
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Why we fly.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1701
Re: Why we fly.....
Ya Demon, I'll stick to your reason.... it's easier to remember!
- Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:10 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Why we fly.....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1701
Why we fly.....
I found this on a motorcycling website, and modified it as it applies just as aptly to us...... The act of flying is a form of meditation, because the concentration that's required to safely fly an aircraft tends to focus the mind in a way that eliminates other mental distractions that might interfe...