Video - going solo

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Video - going solo

Postby Duck Rogers » Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:49 pm

Just for the fun of it, here's a short video of the day I went solo. I've edited it a little bit in order to get the file smaller and also cut out the boring bits like flight in the circuit and removed the soundtrack.

This was back in 2000. The plane is a Skyfox fixed wing microlight.

The file is here at this link: http://web.eject.co.za/seffriken/solo/duck_solo.wmv (right click and "save as" to download it to your pc...it's faster. File size 1.7 Meg)

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Postby Aerosan » Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:39 am

Baie baie baie mooi oom Eend :!: :twisted: :P
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Postby GR8-DAD » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:51 am

Jislaaik Duckie, dog amper jy druk jou hande deur die propeller :twisted:
mens kan mos nie daai vreugde van die eerste solo in woorde beskryf nie.
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Postby Morph » Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:30 pm

Nice to have that on video.

I owned one of those, I hated it. The dash was too far away, you couldn't change the QNH when strapped in, I couldn't trim it for hands off flying dual, it hated,as did I, turbulance. It flew like a brick.
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Postby Duck Rogers » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:57 pm

Morph wrote:....it hated,as did I, turbulance. It flew like a brick...
Hey Greg...there's a special fly-inn to Warmbaths and Thabazimbi. Only for Skyfox rated drivers....you're specially invited...are you in? :twisted: :twisted:

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Postby Duck Rogers » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:06 pm

Morph...... :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Postby Morph » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:17 am

Sorry, duck,

I was away this last weekend.

Thabazimbi, sure anytime, but this time I'll do it by road :wink:
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Postby Duck Rogers » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:32 pm

Morph wrote:Thabazimbi, sure anytime, but this time I'll do it by road
Boy, you gonna have sore feet....but at least clean underwear :D

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Postby Tailspin » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:05 am

Hey Duckie

Congrats with the SOLO :!: (^^)
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