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Month: May 2019

Getting a lift – My first time in a Taildragger

Posted on May 16, 2019July 2, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

My airplane needed to go to the AMO to have some work done. This, as most aircraft owners will appreciate, is a real pain. To achieve this 10nm flight requires two adults, at least one car and a fair bit of patience from the non flying adult. The usual rigmarole – drive to Baragwanath airfield….

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Aircraft Ownership, Maintenance

Admin months

Posted on May 7, 2019July 2, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

May and June are busy months from a flying admin point of view. My medical (which needs to be done annually) expires at the end of May. My PPL needs to be renewed by the end of June. This makes this a busy couple of weeks. To renew my medical requires an annual audiogram, lipogram…

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Aviation Medical

Breakfast in Villiers

Posted on May 2, 2019July 2, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

It’s a public holiday – Worker’s Day and those of us who work are restless to get some air between us and the ground. There is some discussion in the club WhatsApp group about a suitable location for breakfast – some guys want to go to Thabazimbi for the NGK Meifees (May fest) but many…

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Family, flying, Uncategorized

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