8 April 2007
Wing fixed. Graham is now a Kapie, and is hangared at Wintervogel. Went for a flip around Darling and the coast.
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9 April 2007
Fogged in at first. Did a LOW circuit under the fog, then did a bit of cleaning whilst waiting. Joined Keith, Mornemet'nstrepieopdiee, and Francois to Buffelsfontein. Had a pitstop at D200 first.
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Today 2:00
Fogged in at first. Did a LOW circuit under the fog, then did a bit of cleaning whilst waiting. Joined Keith, Mornemet'nstrepieopdiee, and Francois to Buffelsfontein. Had a pitstop at D200 first.
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Today 2:00
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- Taxing to runway at Buffelsfontein Intl
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- Buffelsfontein - looking back to parking area as airport transport takes us to terminal
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- Waiting for C210 to land
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Thursday 12 April 2007
A bumpy morning's flying ended with the sad news that yet another microlighter has been killed in an accident in the Western Cape.
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Today 1:00
A bumpy morning's flying ended with the sad news that yet another microlighter has been killed in an accident in the Western Cape.
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Today 1:00
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21 April 2007
A crowd at Darling, breakfast at Buffelsfontein and a pitstop at Silverstroomstrand.
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A crowd at Darling, breakfast at Buffelsfontein and a pitstop at Silverstroomstrand.
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Today 1:45
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- Panko I mean Francois
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- Silverstroomstrand
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- Development at Blouberg
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22 April 2007
Took off through the fog after waiting for 2 hours for a hole. Not a "wholesome" experience - broke through at about 700feet and saw that the fog blanket extended to the east as far as we could see, the coast was clear. So CDG and myself flew to Saldanha, a bit of really low flying going there, but on the way back only calmed down at above 3000ft.
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Today 3:00
Took off through the fog after waiting for 2 hours for a hole. Not a "wholesome" experience - broke through at about 700feet and saw that the fog blanket extended to the east as far as we could see, the coast was clear. So CDG and myself flew to Saldanha, a bit of really low flying going there, but on the way back only calmed down at above 3000ft.
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Today 3:00
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- Boats on the Lagoon
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- Lagoon Art
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- Leaving the fog behind
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Saturday 28 April 2007
Off to Morningstar to see if any other microlighters are planning some flying on a wonderful, dry, smooth morning. No-one else around, but my hangar landlord introduced me to Andrea, a friend from Switzerland who was keen for a flip. Took him to the beach for some low flying, then over some clouds at 1500ft all the way up to a chilling 4500feet before doing some landings.
A great days flying, see the log at http://www.zu-dve.com
Today: 1:75
Off to Morningstar to see if any other microlighters are planning some flying on a wonderful, dry, smooth morning. No-one else around, but my hangar landlord introduced me to Andrea, a friend from Switzerland who was keen for a flip. Took him to the beach for some low flying, then over some clouds at 1500ft all the way up to a chilling 4500feet before doing some landings.
A great days flying, see the log at http://www.zu-dve.com
Today: 1:75
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- Those clouds over the N7 is at around 1500 feet, we climbed to 4500ft where the temp was 7 Celcius. In the right upper corner is the sanddunes in the D200 close to Bokpunt.
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3 May 2007
I had to convince Francois that the rattling of his blinds (he lives at the coast) is probably caused by a ghost - he did not believe me but at the field it was all calm and quiet. So before he pitched I did a couple of T&Gs before we went off to Wintervogel, where Peter (I met him almost 2 years ago in Greyton and took him for a flip then) is now almost soloing with Trygve. Then off to Riebeeck Kasteel where it is a Olive Festival this weekend & we wanted to find a strip close to town. At last we found a two-track strip (I think we should start grading these, this will be a C but doable) about 2km from town. Before this we landed on what turned out to be a plowed and sown part of a cornfield (the farmer said he would not send us the bill for thetwo sack of corn he will now not be able to harvest). Then we flew back via the Agricultural School at Paarl, doing a T&G or two on the way there. After taking off from the Agricultural School I dedided that I will climb, and once at 1500ft will glide to a suitable forced landing spot, climb again etc. Did 8 of these, with 4 actual touch downs. Getting prepared for an engine out?
A great days winter flying - cold & calm.
Today 2:45 and see my log on http://www.zu-dve.com
I had to convince Francois that the rattling of his blinds (he lives at the coast) is probably caused by a ghost - he did not believe me but at the field it was all calm and quiet. So before he pitched I did a couple of T&Gs before we went off to Wintervogel, where Peter (I met him almost 2 years ago in Greyton and took him for a flip then) is now almost soloing with Trygve. Then off to Riebeeck Kasteel where it is a Olive Festival this weekend & we wanted to find a strip close to town. At last we found a two-track strip (I think we should start grading these, this will be a C but doable) about 2km from town. Before this we landed on what turned out to be a plowed and sown part of a cornfield (the farmer said he would not send us the bill for thetwo sack of corn he will now not be able to harvest). Then we flew back via the Agricultural School at Paarl, doing a T&G or two on the way there. After taking off from the Agricultural School I dedided that I will climb, and once at 1500ft will glide to a suitable forced landing spot, climb again etc. Did 8 of these, with 4 actual touch downs. Getting prepared for an engine out?
A great days winter flying - cold & calm.
Today 2:45 and see my log on http://www.zu-dve.com
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- First we landed on what looked like a strip but was just the peripheral end of a freshly plowed and sown land look at those rocks.JPG (60.26 KiB) Viewed 1809 times
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- Trygve and Peter who is going solo soon.JPG (70.54 KiB) Viewed 1810 times
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12 May 2007
2 hours and 12 minutes of flying. Fitted new aerial. Picture of the Cape of Smog today. Windfree.
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2 hours and 12 minutes of flying. Fitted new aerial. Picture of the Cape of Smog today. Windfree.
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13 May 2007
1 hour and 40 minutes of lovely flying, no make it 1 hour and 39 minutes, since the last minute was a typical Morningstar landing in an easterly. I did a landing on 02 and those hangars really gave me some rotors to cope with - see the groundspeed on base (my airspeed is 56).
Great nevertheless.
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1 hour and 40 minutes of lovely flying, no make it 1 hour and 39 minutes, since the last minute was a typical Morningstar landing in an easterly. I did a landing on 02 and those hangars really gave me some rotors to cope with - see the groundspeed on base (my airspeed is 56).
Great nevertheless.
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16 May 2007
2:12 flying with Francois as passenger. Amazing flying in the Paarl valley and landed at two farmfields. Did not get shot at.
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2:12 flying with Francois as passenger. Amazing flying in the Paarl valley and landed at two farmfields. Did not get shot at.
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- Farmstrip on Mr Serdyn's farm north of Diemerskraal
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- Du Toitskloof bridge leading up to the Hugenot Tunnel
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Saturday 2 June 2007
After a week of flu back into flying. A short flip today, and some maintenance.
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1:55 today
After a week of flu back into flying. A short flip today, and some maintenance.
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1:55 today
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- can you spot the troublemaker
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- film set sanddunes D200
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Hows the Vee Rabbit working Gert ??
Be nice to see a picture.
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