Lesson 6 Date:- 4 August 2017 Aircraft: – ZS-JAB Route: – FALA – Magalies GFA – FALA METAR: –METAR FALA 041300Z 14004KT 040V170 9999 SCT035 20/M00 Q1024 NOSIG Hours:- 1.3 Total Hours:- 9.7 Well it’s fair to say that I have had mixed feelings about this flight. It’s a bit of a rite of…
Author: Mike Blackburn
The correct attitude
Lesson 5 Date:- 28 July 2017 Aircraft: – ZS-BOR Route: – FALA – Magalies GFA – FALA METAR: – FALA 18110Z VRB05KT 9999 FEW030 17/03 Q1031 NOSIG Hours:- 1.4 Total Hours:- 8.4 Power + Attitude = PerformanceThis mantra is drummed into student pilots and has been for years. But I believe it goes beyond the…
#notflying (on Purpose) – Stalling and Guineafowl
So it seems stalling isn’t such a big issue after all. Sexy little Gen 5 SR22T ZS-BET Yeah, that’s not quite right is it? Stalling is a big issue and should be avoided at all costs. Except when you try to do it deliberately. When you’re learning to fly. I was fairly anxious about this…
Lesson 3 – Turnin’ and Burnin’
Route: FALA – Magalies GFA – FALA Aircraft: – ZS-ZIP (SR20 G3 Avidyne Avionics) METAR:- FALA 181300Z 28007KT 210V360 CAVOK 19/02 Q1029 NOSIG Hours: – 1.7 Total Hours to Date: 5.4 The plan for this trip was to ease back into the aircraft after almost 2 weeks of not flying. As previously mentioned I was feeling…
#NotFlying
Gorgeous day today. FALA 150900Z 35008KT 320V020 CAVOK 18/04 Q1024 NOSIG Ok. There is a bit of a crosswind on the 07/25 but it’s irrelevant. Because I’m not flying. And why is that? Because on call…. And there is apparently a massive cold front cruising in. Will probably be there just in time for next…
Incipient Stall lesson
(See what I did there?) My next lesson is due to be on slow flight and stalls. Now I know that these are safe and a necessary part of flight training but the whole concept worries me somewhat. I have 3.7hours of training under the belt so far which is essentially 3 lessons. My instructor…
Attitude Flying – Lesson 2
So its been a bit of a bad time for flying of late. What with the persistent winter inversion and ongoing IMC at Lanseria and then someone apparently broke an engine mount on one of the Avidyne equipped SR20s. Which prompted the flying school to pull all the Avidyne SR20s off the line and inspect…
Jumping Through Hoops (i.e Getting a Class II medical)
So part of the process of getting the PPL is collecting a Class 2 medical. Which should be a simple process for a nominally healthy 41y old like myself. (Well, that’s what I thought) For a Class 2 medical the following are required. Stress ECG Lung Function Test Visual assessment Auditory assessment Chest X-ray Fasting…