Hi Eben, Kan my net voorstel wat alles deur jou gemoed gaan op die oomblik. Ons moet maar net nederig aanvaar ons is op die ou end van die dag almal maar net mense en ons maak almal foute. Soos jy al baie vir my gese het : net ‘n paar oomblikke wat jou aandag nie 100% by jou taak is nie dan het jy m...

Interesting thread guys! Yesterday I was driving along the coast between Hangklip and Gordonsbay. There was a howling black southeaster blowing. As the wind came over the mountain tops, downdraughts rushed down the northwestern face to whip spray from the sea way below. I stopped and watched the phe...

Had a beautiful weekend of flying from Pearlybeach to Vredendal and back. To the guys at Vredendal : Dankie kerels-julle ken van! Ons was min, maar het lekker gekuier daar by julle (soos altyd). Sien julle weer daar einde Augustus! Maak net die weer vas....en die honne los! Groetnis

Learjet - Thanks for the work re the stats. Very informative all round. No matter what type of microlight, gyro, heli or fixed wing you fly, we all have to acknowledge and accept the risk of post-accident fire following a serious incident/accident - and we do. It has always been like that and will a...

I am once again distressed to read about a gyro burning following a serious incident. This is a reality we have to face but I have a serious engineering problem with the construction of some of the gyro's fuel tanks. Some time ago I was admiring a friend's Ela until I checked the whereabouts of the ...

Hi guys, Just returned from Bots on a similar trip - one Bantam & one Jabiru. Was great, just one snag - radios! At Maun the approach frequency is 126.0 : no problem, but Tower @ 118.7 Big problem! Very bad tower coms and understandably very agitated ATCs and shaken up pilots. The Bantam flies out o...