Hi All
Wife and I had a long trip on Sunday! Flew SAA to JHB on Friday, collected Mellow Yellow at Springs, and then Flew to a beautiful spot at the Witbank Dam.
Saturday fiddled with her wing, to try to remove the left turn. Only half successful.
Sunday morning departure at 6 am. 73 mph ground speed, all the way to Bethlehem, 2.5 hours. Nice place, refuelled with AVGAS. Nice flight.
Next stop Aliwal North, hot and bumpy, not a nice place, R200.00 call out for fuel, R500 for 50 l! Arrived at 12. Waited there for the thermals to calm down.
Left at 3.15, arrived Fort Beaufort at 6.15, refuelled, left in a hurry, strong headwind, 38 mph, not enough light, so turned back and overnighted.
Left 6.30 next morning for 40 min flight back to Grahamstown. Arrived all well, if a little tired.
550 miles, 9.5 hours.
LM
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Long Haul - new home
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Hi LM !
Great stuff :D Well done !
I am glad to see I am not the only one who believes planes are made to be flown and not trailered
More pics will be great,
Enjoy "Mellow Yellow"
Rudi
Great stuff :D Well done !
I am glad to see I am not the only one who believes planes are made to be flown and not trailered
More pics will be great,
Enjoy "Mellow Yellow"
Rudi
"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic."
Demon
Yes, Cobra 582, had 92 hours, now has 105, wing pulling badly to the left, but battens on left already have a LOT more camber than the ones on the right, so wing needs work.
Thermals were interesting enough to cause us to sit on the ground for 3 hours in Aliwal North. on a scale of 1-10, a few of 7, some of 6, lots of 4-5????
In all, about 5 hours of fun, rest just trying to get there!
Pic of storm nearby!
Yes, Cobra 582, had 92 hours, now has 105, wing pulling badly to the left, but battens on left already have a LOT more camber than the ones on the right, so wing needs work.
Thermals were interesting enough to cause us to sit on the ground for 3 hours in Aliwal North. on a scale of 1-10, a few of 7, some of 6, lots of 4-5????
In all, about 5 hours of fun, rest just trying to get there!
Pic of storm nearby!
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Easyplan works VERY well, and once you know your range etc, just a matter of looking at the straightest line, best places to land, FAD or FIR etc. Tells you all yor times, distances etc.
I have also got a disc of all the aviation maps, from maps and survey in CT, and using photoshop, crop maps from the 1 ;500 00 of the chosen areas to fly through and print copies of those to take with me, A3 or A4 size.
Only use a normal gps, no aviation functions, nothing fancy.
Obviously watch weather carefully for a week or so beforehand.
Planning to Zanzibar for next year!
I have also got a disc of all the aviation maps, from maps and survey in CT, and using photoshop, crop maps from the 1 ;500 00 of the chosen areas to fly through and print copies of those to take with me, A3 or A4 size.
Only use a normal gps, no aviation functions, nothing fancy.
Obviously watch weather carefully for a week or so beforehand.
Planning to Zanzibar for next year!
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