THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
- pietmeyer
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Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Aerode is always a nice place to visit. Oom Basie and Linda is always ready with coffee as soon as you land. We are spoiled to have this area as our local flying space. The ridge at the dam can get a bit bumpy and cause the odd scary moment once in a while. It was great seeing so many trikes in the air today. The easter egg drop from Rhino park was lots of fun and for the first time we got to fly our trikes over Bronkies dam. It is time for a nice fly-in to either Rhino, Microland or Eagle Creek.
Piet Meyer
Jabi J400 ZU-DUU (Wonderboom)
Jabi J400 ZU-DUU (Wonderboom)
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Weather looked bad towards Circus...so we just flew around the cabage patch for an hour or so. It was darkish and looked like it could rain anytime.
Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Tailwinds are the best
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Pretoria
- Madman
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Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Myself and Tank routed to Circus,Tank had a pax,Alpha got flat,but still met us at Circus...it was an awesome flip there and back.
Had a breakie,left there around 09h30..started to drizzle,cleared as soon as we passed Tedderfield :mrgreen
Got some awesome footage of what thermals can do..I was on Tank's 7 o clock all the way thru good and mad turbulence
Had a breakie,left there around 09h30..started to drizzle,cleared as soon as we passed Tedderfield :mrgreen
Got some awesome footage of what thermals can do..I was on Tank's 7 o clock all the way thru good and mad turbulence
ZU-BVV "The Black and Yellow Beast"
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"There's a party in the sky"
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Glad you guys enjoyed the flight. WX that side just didn't look good for us. We had a great breakfast at Kittyhawk. No rain. Tested my iPad knee pouch.....works perfectly and WATERPROOF Stef and Nick are now also in the market
Got some drizzle, Madman...your iPad OK?
Got some drizzle, Madman...your iPad OK?
Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Well done Tailwinds,
Had a great flight with all of you on Fri, Harties is one awesome piece of aerial real estate. That Northern Ridge spreading horizon to horizon was really special.
Please accept my apologies for the no show on Sat morning
Personally.... I blame the Mexicans...
Had a nice afternoon flight on Sat...ML all to myself and had great fun doing Forced lobs with noone else around. Grey skies but man it was smooth.
Circus is definately on my next destination list...thanks again boys!
Had a great flight with all of you on Fri, Harties is one awesome piece of aerial real estate. That Northern Ridge spreading horizon to horizon was really special.
Please accept my apologies for the no show on Sat morning
Personally.... I blame the Mexicans...
Had a nice afternoon flight on Sat...ML all to myself and had great fun doing Forced lobs with noone else around. Grey skies but man it was smooth.
Circus is definately on my next destination list...thanks again boys!
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Yes Piet we were "briefed" by the Rhino Horns who flew the same route a week before to watch out for the "washing machine" Funnily though I experienced almost no rock and roll over the main ridge but hell it was busy passing the southern ridges east of pelindaba! Lekker pap geroer I had a nice wing drop coming back through Pinedene as I crossed the warehouses along the N1...some nice warm columbs of air rising off those massive steel rooves. Most of my time was spent dodging Pieters flippin propwash! I will admit to having been nervous of the Pinedene route (houses) but if you look, there are actually many emergency options avalable. Would like to fly to eagles creek...never been before.pietmeyer wrote: The ridge at the dam can get a bit bumpy and cause the odd scary moment once in a while.
Great fun ... and was really nice to fly over different scenery for a change.
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Did the Cosmos run just otherside Delmas this morning. Was absolutely awsome. You can smeel the flowers. Wind picked up at 8 and blew well over 15 knts straight down 03. Missed you Stef. Hope you enjoyed the Easter Bunny this morning. Did you get chocolates
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Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
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Tailwinds are the best
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Pretoria
- BeanCounter
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Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Great shots of the cosmos Paul! Send me the co-ords please, I'd like to go show Softness.
But I'm not surprised you could smell the flowers...YOU WERE FLYING 10mm ABOVE THEM!!
My plane's been higher off the ground sitting on a trailer than that 3rd pic of yours
But I'm not surprised you could smell the flowers...YOU WERE FLYING 10mm ABOVE THEM!!
My plane's been higher off the ground sitting on a trailer than that 3rd pic of yours
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Slangetjie... if Mulder washes his wing once a year or so he will get more lift? All that dust is weighing AMH down!
Here's how Fri night went for Bundy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4QgxMqQzYk
Here's how Fri night went for Bundy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4QgxMqQzYk
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Not my plane One of the rotten forgotten wrecks in the hangar next to Faiz. Maybe the guy wants to sell it and asked Johannes to wash it. One thing is for sure, he wont get any UV damage, the UV cant get to the sail.Bundy wrote:Slangetjie... if Mulder washes his wing once a year or so he will get more lift? All that dust is weighing AMH down!
The Cosmos is best South West of Delmas. I just flew around looking for large patches of pink/white. The air was super smooth. Also did a fly-by / inspection first to make sure there are no wires crossing the patches. From previous trips the following were good spots: S26.032045 E28.66122, S26.28886 E28.67014. The photies were taken at S26.23645 E28.59892. But I would like to do this again...the flowers are still going to be around for a while.
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Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
En daar gebeur dit toe wraggies ook by ons geliefde Microland.
'n Skelm Wetter kom steel 'n prop in die nag.
Mag jy 'n permanente diaree ontwikkel.
'n Skelm Wetter kom steel 'n prop in die nag.
Mag jy 'n permanente diaree ontwikkel.
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Pieter Bezuidenhoudt
Groen Mamba
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Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
WTF???
Joune Piet??? Aggenee man!
Just when we thought this would not get to us...
Joune Piet??? Aggenee man!
Just when we thought this would not get to us...
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Damit. Heard from Faizal it belonged to Johan in the hangar behind Han's workshop...near the gate.
Now I will have to remove all valubels every time I park her in the hangar.
Now I will have to remove all valubels every time I park her in the hangar.
Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Tailwinds are the best
ZU-DBC Aquilla
Pretoria
Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Ja dis Johan se prop. Hy hanger reg voor my.
Pieter Bezuidenhoudt
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Re: THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"
Hope they catch him and nail him to the wall... If we can get the serial number then we can all look out for the prop. I believe it is a newish NC.Piet Bez wrote:Ja dis Johan se prop. Hy hanger reg voor my.
Paul Mulder
Tailwinds are the best
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Pretoria
Tailwinds are the best
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