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Month: July 2017

#notflying (on Purpose) – Stalling and Guineafowl

Posted on July 20, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

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…

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Lesson 3 – Turnin’ and Burnin’

Posted on July 19, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

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…

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#NotFlying

Posted on July 15, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

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…

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Not Flying

Incipient Stall lesson

Posted on July 13, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

(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…

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Attitude Flying – Lesson 2

Posted on July 8, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

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…

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When VFR is not VFR

Posted on July 2, 2017June 17, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

More briefing, less flying… (and that’s not a bad thing)

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