Proud New Father

[old no 7]

I am proud to announce the birth of my new baby, weighing in at a healthy 246kg.

I can now start looking to the skies with greater purpouse in my life.


Old No 7 (ZU-ONS)

[Massimo]

Beautiful, congrats

[t-bird]

The grey looks great !!!

[Condor]

Congratulations!!

I saw this baby at Kitty Hawk on Sunday, looks great.

Are you qualified or does the training start now?

Where will this newcommer be housed?

[Tailspin]

Congrats Dude

Blue skies and i hope you fly her for many happy hours.

[cornell]

Well done and congrats


Time to change this

Location: Still on the ground, but not for long

[old no 7]

Thanks Guys,
I will be training at 303 Squadrom and will then "come back home" to Kitty Hawk.
I'm like a kid with a new bicycle. Just hope I do't lose a few teach in the process of learning to "ride"

[Gyronaut]

Congratulations!!! What an awesome feeling!

Fly safe and may your number of takeoffs and landings always balance.

I enjoy seeing new gyronauts!

Len

[Learjet]

Brilliant! Not often that babies arrive with such good looks! Happy flying!!!

[Griffin]

Stunning. Hope you and the new baby have many happy "returns"

For the education of us "wannabees" how did you decide on an MT-03 ??

[grostek]

Hi old no 7
Congratulations,

She looks really awesome in silver.

May you enjoy many happy safe hours in her.

I like the Registration, it will appeal to your better half as well.


Kind regards,

Gunte Rostek.

[old no 7]

For the education of us "wannabees" how did you decide on an MT-03 ??

Hi Griffin,
It all eventually turned on $$$$

As a newbie to flying, I'm certainly not going to get into the debates of ela vs Magni vs MT-03 vs RAF vs Seycamore

They all have their good points as well as drawbacks.

I understand the justification that Magni is so pricey because of the more expensive steel used in it's airframe etc and their proven reliability and track record in SA, but it's not going to be long before there are as many MT-03's flying in SA as there are Magnis. (Just look at the latest aircraft registrations for November published in the flying magazines) And hey, if the MT-03 can pass UK and German flying standards, it's good enough for me.

I also did quite a bit of homework on the specs and although ELA stacks up well on paper (see below), my personal preference was either Magi or MT-03.

It then boiled down to price, price price. A like for like Magni would have cost me almost R250k more than the MT-03 with all the extras.

• MT-03 ELA-08 M16
  MTOW 550 550 550
  Empty 246 245 270
  Payload 304 305 280
  Engine 914 914 914
  Climb 5m/s 7.62m/s 5m/s
  Cruise: mph 81.25 93.75 110mph
  Cruise km/h 130 150 176
  Vne 101.875 112mph 125mph
  Vmin 18.75 18mph 18.75
  Tank 73 72 72
  Range 400 400 550

[Condor]

Hi Old nO 7

I now you will receive a good training at 303. Please sent my regards to Joshua and Matthew (my instructors in 2006).

You have done your homework, decided on what will be good for you, and please do not get involved in mine is better than yours.

My experience is that flying in a group the fast guys land at a refueling stop about 2 minutes earlier than the slow guys, so speed is no factor.

We can all have a lot of fun goinig places together.

Please enjoy your training!

You will come to points where you battle to get the damn plane smoothly on the ground, but stay focused, and enjoy.

[old no 7]

Thanks Condor,
Did a double lesson today. First one from the back and then straight to the front.

Talk about learning to swim by jumping in????

ABSOLUTELY AWSOME!!!