Mountain flying

[Low Level]

Here I am pouring my heart out about my fear of heights to a bunch of @#$%! astronauts!

....actually need the emoticon rolling around, laughing.

We have started a "Friday is Flyday" group to try and get into the air every Friday afternoon around 14h00.

Now you're really crapping in my fueltank - Please withhold the pictures of cape flying. My heart won't hold it.

FO, presume you're ejoying the scenery.

[Gyronaut]

Please withhold the pictures of cape flying. My heart won't hold it.

Is this kinda what you mean we shouldn't post?
(Couldn't resist, sorry Ldel... )

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Len

[Low Level]

Tsk,tsk,tsk.....





Pretty much

[mak]

Very incensitive to all our uplanders Jetranger , even after Ldels nice request. Can the moderators please remove these pictures Must be awesome to fly the peninsula on a clear day. Any restictions on where you can not fly, ie over harbour area, etc?

[FO Gyro]

Sorry, the moderators cannot comply with that request. In fact we might just have to add some more photo's. Sorry.

Overhead Rooi Els, looking towards Gordan's Bay. Starting to feel that fear of heights thing...

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[FO Gyro]

Sorry, just couple more photo's. I'll stop now...

[mak]

NOT FAIR!! Nice pics.

[FO Gyro]

Flew with Johan Meyer and Ivan, departing Fisantekraal towards Mossel Bay, as they started their journey back towards Joburg. After saying good bye to them 30 minutes into the flight, headed back towards Stellenbosch, via Somerset West. Dared myself to overfly the mighty Stellenbosch mountains. I climbed up to an eye-watering 6 500ft. The flying conditions were perfect, like skating on ice. Once over Somerset West, one is pretty much a5 6500 ft AGL at that stage.

Am trying to get over this fear of heights thing!

Johan with the Simonsberg mountain in the background

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The mighty Stellenbosch mountains up ahead

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[FO Gyro]

Did a vertical descent (hover) all the way from 6500' to 500'. I love gyro's!

False Bay with Cape Point on the LHS and Table Mountain on the RHS

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Gordon's Bay

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[Low Level]

Bloody hell, Glen.

That must have been awesome soaring with angels.

Glad you had your camera ready - incredible pix.

[mak]

Nice pics Glenn. Your gyro perhaps available for hire & fly this weekend?:lol: Had my intro flight in a MT, does that count for a conversion?

[FO Gyro]

For me it takes more guts to climb to 6500', with huge mountains below, than to climb to 41 000' in my Boeing 737. One feels very small and exposed up there in one's gyro. It a mixture of fun and sheer terror! Apparently the helicopter guys experience the same feeling. One of our 737 captains, who is a very experienced helicopter instructor as well, told me the other day he had to climb up to 9000ft in a R44 near Durban when trying to track a vehicle for one of the tracking companies. Once up there, he said he nearly &*^#$@# in his pants with the height!

Mak, am available Sat or Sun. Am not flying the big birds then.

[Gyronaut]

Congratulations Glen! you have clearly conquered your fear of high flying over the mountains!
Well done.

(Did you use the 1,2,3,4,5... self hipnosis method?)

[FO Gyro]

I didn't try that self hypnosis thing, but I do believe it can help your subconscious with things like that.

I was more or less ok, but if it was turbulent, I do think I would have tensed up a lot, and would not have enjoyed it at all.

Turbulence at altitudes below 2000 doesn't phase me at all, but not when so high!

[johnht]

Hi Glen

Those pictures should really be removed!! They could result in my wife's dream coming to pass of moving to the Gordon's Bay area!!

Awesome!!!

John
zu-jht