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What did you fly this week

Postby zoofly » Sun May 22, 2005 6:00 pm

At last we had a some great flying weather on a weekend :!: :P
What did you fly this weekend and where :?:
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Postby waveflyer » Sun May 22, 2005 7:18 pm

Good day zoofly,

We had a good flight to the west. The weather was really good. Thought we might be a bit low on juice and decided to stop in at a friendly strip down the valley for a top up.

But actually wasnt necessary in the end, we had more than enough to spare. The problem was that the new fuel flow sensor still has to be calibrated and it was crying wolf! Anyway, better safe than sinking!

How was your flight?
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Postby weedy » Mon May 23, 2005 10:19 am

Demon if you fly this weekend let me know, i'm lonly in the sky :(
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fuel flow meters

Postby PMarshall » Mon May 23, 2005 10:58 am

When fitting these fuel flow meters to the 912 take note of the fuel return line as this will cause the meter to under read. :?
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The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire

Postby ACE » Mon May 23, 2005 11:22 am

waveflyer wrote:Good day zoofly,

We had a good flight to the west. The weather was really good. Thought we might be a bit low on juice and decided to stop in at a friendly strip down the valley for a top up.

But actually wasnt necessary in the end, we had more than enough to spare. The problem was that the new fuel flow sensor still has to be calibrated and it was crying wolf! Anyway, better safe than sinking!

How was your flight?
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Postby Griffin » Mon May 23, 2005 1:26 pm

My favorite :evil: An Aquilla 503 round and round the patch at FAFK on Saturday (still a learning the trade :( ) and blown out on Sunday (Long way to go for a cup of coffee. Enjoyed the hanger talk though)
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Postby Wart » Mon May 23, 2005 3:01 pm

Flew excercises 1-6 on Sat and 6-11 on Sun at Catoridge in an Aquilla. Now I have 2.1hrs on the log :D
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Postby C205 » Tue May 24, 2005 7:53 am

Hey Wart
Did 12-13. Now getting dizzy of flying round in circles (downwind, base, finals, land, take-off, downwind, base....) :D
Problem is can only fly afternoons after 5 and with it getting dark so early, get only about 20 minutes in before hangar time. Getting there slowly.
Looking forward to that first solo :D
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Postby C205 » Tue May 24, 2005 8:08 am

Nope, he's a difficult type. Even though I don't always bend the trike on landing :D :D
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Postby weedy » Tue May 24, 2005 3:29 pm

demon wrote:Hi weedy - have redeye and vulture gone already?
Why don't you join us for the Friday afternoon tea flight then?
Redeye left a week ago, have to work most friday avies.
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Postby Griffin » Tue May 24, 2005 6:17 pm

ZooFLy
Glad to see that you have your avator back. When I saw the little 3-axis thingy you were using I though you had gone over to the dark side :evil: Did you have to shrink the Avcom graphic to use in on this forum?
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Postby zoofly » Tue May 24, 2005 6:31 pm

Griffin wrote:ZooFLy
Glad to see that you have your avator back. When I saw the little 3-axis thingy you were using I though you had gone over to the dark side :evil: Did you have to shrink the Avcom graphic to use in on this forum?
Haha - thanks griffen, i also felt a bit uncomfy in the little yellow job :oops:
yep, i lost the original downsized one, and had to re-make it.
I wish i know how to make an avatar gallery here for the guys :cry:
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Postby Wart » Wed May 25, 2005 7:44 am

Hey C205, at least you get the time in the afternoons, I am relying on good weather over the weekends which took a while to materialise. I'm looking forward to circuits and nailing this landing thing :shock:
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Postby C205 » Wed May 25, 2005 7:46 am

Wart I'm in Witbank, Mpumalanga. Also frustrated with this weather thing. No flying last night - wind; looks like no flying today - clouds & wind :( :( :(
Starting theory lectures tonight. Looking forward to that.
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Postby Wart » Wed May 25, 2005 8:21 am

C205
I am based at Cato Ridge (KZN) and tried to get some time in yesterday but the weather was s**t. Went for my medical on Monday, so at least that is out of the way.
I am hoping that the weather sorts itself out by the weekend so that I can get a couple of hours in.
I'm off to Europe for 2 weeks so that puts me out of circulation for a while :(

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