Finally getting going!
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Finally getting going!
Hi guys! Havent posted w.r.t training in a long time! Been about 2 yrs I think... Anyway, just wanted to announce I have finally got some sudden bucks together and started my training. Have done 3:06 so far with Boris Benic in Witbank. Have to drive up and down to Witbank from Middelburg though, which is a bit of a bugger, but so worth it
Hoping for calm air in the morning, been too windy three days straight now, and I'm getting withdrawal!
If there're any other guys who have recently started training, let me know how you're doing! I've now done lessons 1,2 and 3, then touched on 4 and 5, and a bot of 12 and 13 in the circuit. Done around 14 landings, and I must say getting the hang of it! Feeling the wing go stiff during take off is just great, its right about there where the smile creeps onto my face and sticks until around an hour after flight
Cheeeeeeers!
Hoping for calm air in the morning, been too windy three days straight now, and I'm getting withdrawal!
If there're any other guys who have recently started training, let me know how you're doing! I've now done lessons 1,2 and 3, then touched on 4 and 5, and a bot of 12 and 13 in the circuit. Done around 14 landings, and I must say getting the hang of it! Feeling the wing go stiff during take off is just great, its right about there where the smile creeps onto my face and sticks until around an hour after flight
Cheeeeeeers!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hey Beef, I used to drive 100ks to my field for instruction. When my Instructor arrived, he would pull his bike in the hanger, change helmet and get in the back and off we go. I used to get up at 3am leave and drive, get there in the dark, do preflight in the hangar with lights, pull it out warm up, get geared up to be ready. 6am in the air for and hour or so.
What a huge schlepp it was and kak timing etc, BUT when you finished and you time is your own its the best experience you can have in the world. So push on and get finished it's worth every minute.
What a huge schlepp it was and kak timing etc, BUT when you finished and you time is your own its the best experience you can have in the world. So push on and get finished it's worth every minute.
"Hope the weather is calm tomorrow !!"
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hey Grumpy,
Thanks man, ja I'm doing it now til i'm done Did some more circuits yesterday, 15 in fact! Total now 4:36. These circuits are starting to come outta my ears man! Hehe Got my students licence as well, so will register for exams today and prob write on Friday, looking forward to getting that out of the way!
Thanks man, ja I'm doing it now til i'm done Did some more circuits yesterday, 15 in fact! Total now 4:36. These circuits are starting to come outta my ears man! Hehe Got my students licence as well, so will register for exams today and prob write on Friday, looking forward to getting that out of the way!
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A powerline never hits an aircraft, except in self-defence.
Gavin Kukard
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Re: Finally getting going!
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It's all worth it!Enjoy-keep by the rules,and stay safe.
It's all worth it!Enjoy-keep by the rules,and stay safe.
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Re: Finally getting going!
Thanks Nico,
Ja nee Boris is nogal 'n streng ou, so terwyl ons vlieg se hy sommer "hey where you going boy?" as ek 10m van die downwind paaitjie af is... Hehe!! Dis goed so, ek verkies om te weet as ek solo gaan dat ek KAN vlieg. Het 'n youtube clip gekyk van 'n whipstall, crazy en seriously scary!! Jy moet sien hoe plat styg ek op! Angle of climb 0.00000001° Lekke bang vi daai ding!
Ja nee Boris is nogal 'n streng ou, so terwyl ons vlieg se hy sommer "hey where you going boy?" as ek 10m van die downwind paaitjie af is... Hehe!! Dis goed so, ek verkies om te weet as ek solo gaan dat ek KAN vlieg. Het 'n youtube clip gekyk van 'n whipstall, crazy en seriously scary!! Jy moet sien hoe plat styg ek op! Angle of climb 0.00000001° Lekke bang vi daai ding!
ZU-DMB -> Worlds hottest Raptor 582
A powerline never hits an aircraft, except in self-defence.
Gavin Kukard
A powerline never hits an aircraft, except in self-defence.
Gavin Kukard
Re: Finally getting going!
Hi Beefmaster,
Glad to hear you've got started bud... dont stop!
I completed my NPL in Feb and can tell you it's worth every minute (and the moolah!)
Push through and most importantly always be safe! Good luck
Welcome to the world of financial ruin!
Glad to hear you've got started bud... dont stop!
I completed my NPL in Feb and can tell you it's worth every minute (and the moolah!)
Push through and most importantly always be safe! Good luck
Welcome to the world of financial ruin!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hehe!! Thanks I'm starting to feel the financial ruin bit!
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Re: Finally getting going!
5:41
Hoping someone switches this m**rse fan off outside so I can fly tomorrow morning! Gonna be cold though either way. Then radio course at Rhino, hopefully fly again on Sunday morning then off to the lowveld for a week. Gonna slot in a lesson with Deon in Hoedspruit as well
Cant get enough!!
Hoping someone switches this m**rse fan off outside so I can fly tomorrow morning! Gonna be cold though either way. Then radio course at Rhino, hopefully fly again on Sunday morning then off to the lowveld for a week. Gonna slot in a lesson with Deon in Hoedspruit as well
Cant get enough!!
ZU-DMB -> Worlds hottest Raptor 582
A powerline never hits an aircraft, except in self-defence.
Gavin Kukard
A powerline never hits an aircraft, except in self-defence.
Gavin Kukard
Re: Finally getting going!
Flying is probably worse than Heroin!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Thanks D2O Will probably bump into you sometime, as I said in the other thread, was at Rhino all day, and with that lekke chow in your clubhouse, will definitely do some weekend brekkie runs to there soon!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hey Beefmaster , i like your avatar, but , .........should your username not have been Cat-juice , perhaps To match old Alf there
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hehe Jean!! Good point, but i've gone enviro-friendly, I dont consume cats anymore
Did my hour with Deon in Hoedspruit, and another session with Boris on Friday, TT now 7:16! Boris reckons 3 more sessions, then solo!! Woohoo!! Gonna do idle approaches (hopefully today), then engine out approaches next, and stalls and forced landings, then solo!! Yeah!!
Did my hour with Deon in Hoedspruit, and another session with Boris on Friday, TT now 7:16! Boris reckons 3 more sessions, then solo!! Woohoo!! Gonna do idle approaches (hopefully today), then engine out approaches next, and stalls and forced landings, then solo!! Yeah!!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Hallo,Beefmaster!Enjoy your training it is the best part to become a pilot!Remeber every lesson!I've learn a new lesson with the CFI when we did the precaution landings!In the beginning I was a scared for engin out but now I looove it!Stall is a joyride if it is done right and safe!It took me 2 years for the training and I have my trike almost 5 years!Only 3 exams then Iwill be a pilot!It feels unbelieveable!Enjoy your training and get as much knowledge as possible from your instructor!!Beefmaster wrote:Hehe Jean!! Good point, but i've gone enviro-friendly, I dont consume cats anymore
Did my hour with Deon in Hoedspruit, and another session with Boris on Friday, TT now 7:16! Boris reckons 3 more sessions, then solo!! Woohoo!! Gonna do idle approaches (hopefully today), then engine out approaches next, and stalls and forced landings, then solo!! Yeah!!
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Re: Finally getting going!
Go for it Beefmaster and Henning Johan Just remember to make a really special day of it when you go .......SOLO
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