Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

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Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby flying-i » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:53 pm

Congratulations to Thinus (THI) who went solo in an ELA with Johan Froneman at Saldanha.... The Cape is busy building a formidable gyro community!

Hey Tinus, any pics? Tell us your story...
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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby mak » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:43 am

Congrats Thinus, enjoy the moment, one of the greatest feelings in anyones flying career. (^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby Morph » Fri Jul 17, 2009 10:57 am

congrats THI (^^) (^^) (^^)
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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby Low Level » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:44 pm

Great news THI. (^^) (^^)

Now the end of training and the new beginning is in sight, when you have that litlle book in the cubby hole. :wink:

Solo time flies by. :mrgreen:
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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby Grumpy » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:18 pm

MOOI MY BOOI !!!! (^^) (^^) (^^)

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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby Technocrat » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:36 am

Baie mooi THI. Wees versigtig! Vlieg laag en stadig! :wink:
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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby Gyronaut » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:10 pm

Hey well done Thinus! That was very quick no?

I wish you many happy ours of flight and may your number of landings always equal your number of take-offs!

Best wishes!

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Re: Another gyro solo in Saldanha..

Postby THI » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:10 am

Hi All,

Thanks for all the support. Much appreciated.

As usual I went for training. Luckily the weather played a long. Johann and I were doing a couple of circuits and he told me to land. So after I landed he climbed out. So I thought to myself, what was Johann up to….

So it hit me…. exercise 15!

Johann gave me the last speech on procedure and what to expect and I was off. It was a bit of mixed emotions…wow I’m flying alone (invincible) (!!) …wow I’m flying alone (this is not a pc game! You can die!) :shock:

What a feeling to be alone in the sky, watching the world below going by.

Can’t wait to fly again!

The pinnacle will be to fly around the Cape, meeting everybody, go for flying trips ect.

Pity the weather is not lekke today. :(

See you in the skies!

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