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Flying with a purpose

Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 by Mike Blackburn

Look, I’m all in favour of boring holes in the sky for the sake of flying. There’s nothing wrong with flying with no particular purpose in mind, flying for proficiency, practicing holds and tracking radials, stalling, steep turns, power off 180s etc. But occasionally we get to fly for something bigger, more important. Sadly, this…

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Aircraft Ownership, flying, General

Back to Cape Town

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Mike Blackburn

About 2 and a bit years ago I took myself and my new(to me) Sling down to Cape Town. This was the last time I had been able to do a big cross country flight so I was quite pleased when the opportunity presented itself for another tax deductible flying trip to the Mother City….

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Cross Country, flying

The Night Life – Nov 2020

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Mike Blackburn

I was very keen to get my night rating. So keen, in fact that I went straight from my PPL into night training. There was a lot to be said for the night rating – extra hours of sim time, extra instrument time, and the joy of flying at night where it is generally smooth…

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circuits, flying, Night rating

Turbulent times

Posted on September 23, 2020 by Mike Blackburn

It seems that I am going to log a decent month’s worth of flying in September. We are making the most of the lack of restrictions and enjoying the freedom of being able to travel anywhere we want. Date Aircraft Route Flight Time Total Time 19 September2020 ZU-IBM FAGM(Rand) – FASY(Baragwanath) – Florence Guest Farm…

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flying, General

Annual done and a new home

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 by Mike Blackburn

As much as May is a flying administration month with medicals and license renewals (did I mention it took 9 weeks to get my license renewal back from submission to collection?), August/September is annual time. Last year I had a big shock in that I had to pony up for the 5yearly rubber hose replacement,…

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Competition flying again

Posted on August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 by Mike Blackburn

The fluttering noise didn’t catch my attention as much as the white flash of paper passing before my eyes. Flailing wildly didn’t help as the paper in question – the photos of the start and finish gates – flew out the gullwing door of my Sling, and contrary to what would be expected, got sucked…

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flying, General, Sport Flying

Knocking off the rust

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Mike Blackburn

I think it goes without saying that we’re all a little bit fed up with this virus… The constant news bombardment, added to the constant fights we as frontline providers are having with hospital groups and government with respect to the provision and availability of PPE, the constant threat of infection and quarantine and the…

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flying

EAA (SA) Sun ‘n Fun Flyin 9 November 2019

Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

The South African chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year. Every year there is a flyin to the Brits Airfield (FABS) but this year promised to be even more special. Any excuse for a flight is a good one, so it was off to Brits I went. As summer…

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flying, General

Kitty Hawk Breakfast Run – (#31)

Posted on October 7, 2019December 2, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

I really enjoy flying to new (to me) airfields. I’ve been wanting to go to Kitty Hawk since I got my aircraft. Kitty Hawk is located to the east of Pretoria – about 30min flying time from Baragwanath. It is a very active field with a large number of Vans RV’s based there. The field…

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flying

Die Uys Huis Padstal (#30) Airfield

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

My aircraft is back from annual inspection – what they say about the first annual is all true, sadly – was a lot more expensive than I was anticipating due to the 5 year rubber change, but that at least is done (until the next time – when I may also be looking at a…

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Cross Country, flying
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