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Racing again

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Mike Blackburn

After a successful navigation rally held some weeks ago the groundwork was laid for the resumption of Speed Rally flying. The season has been completely disrupted by the COVID pandemic with the second and third races being cancelled. There was much excitement when it seemed that we could continue with two further events this year….

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flying, Sport 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

Annual time….

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

As I write this, ZU-IBM is in for annual inspection. This should only have been done in October, but the CAA is a bit of a hot mess at the moment, and it is taking 3-4weeks to get the airworthy certificate or Authority to Fly (ATF) after annual inspection so we moved it up a…

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Aircraft Ownership, Maintenance

Secunda Speed Rally 2019 – Day 1

Posted on August 11, 2019August 13, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

I’ve been trying to get involved in competition flying for a long time, but it has always seemed to not work out for one reason or another. I’ve been able to go to see the rally taking place at Middelberg and Springs in the past but haven’t been able to take part. This weekend though,…

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flying, Sport Flying

Aero South Africa Exhibition

Posted on July 7, 2019July 8, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

General aviation is widely accepted to be in somewhat of a decline in South Africa. Thus it is quite exciting when an exhibition aimed primarily at the general aviation sector is scheduled – look, it’s not Oshkosh or Sun ‘n Fun but this is about as good as it gets for us locals. It is…

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flying

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

Troubleshooting Low Oil pressure

Posted on April 11, 2019July 24, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

Oil. It’s quite important stuff in engines, especially in aeroplane engines. Considering the only thing keeping us up in the air is the engine it makes sense to keep a close eye on the oil. He who is without oil, shall throw the first rod Compressions 8.7:1 I have an issue with a low oil…

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Breakfast in Parys

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Mike Blackburn

To say that the year thus far has not been great for flying is no understatement. As soon as MGL Avionics opened this year I sent my EFiS in for hardware upgrade and that took 2 weeks – where I (obviously couldn’t fly). As that came back and it was re-installed, the wet season arrived…

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Family, flying

Taking Miss Daisy to Springs

Posted on December 4, 2018December 10, 2018 by Mike Blackburn

I have been looking for an opportunity to take some family members flying in ZU-IBM. There is a heck of a lot going on at the moment with year end functions, prize-givings, concerts and the like and there simply isn’t a lot of time. When the Springs airport fly-in came up though we decided to…

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Family, flying

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