Wintervogel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tobie]

Sandkloof

[Tobie]

More at Sandkloof.

[Tobie]

The views.

[Tobie]

There's not only flowers here, as John discovered.

[grostek]

Stunning photos.

Did anybody have 2l water handy for cleanup ops?

Kind regards,

Gunter Rostek

[John H Arnold]

Oh Man, Oh Man Oh Man

This was one of my worst landings ever (or shall I say, a real SH*T landing)

Can tell u guys, as the back wheels touch the ground this teeny whiney spot of dung became this huge mountain of cow SH*T and as the law of attraction worked it out the front wheel touched down +- 0.5 meters in front of this DUNG.

Needles to say the curtain of flying/spraying Dung in front of the trike was UMUNGUS and then I slipped thru it, as if there was nothing wrong.

For the first time in 6 years. I hated one of my own landings,

Grostek I don’t think 2 l would have help at that time, 200 l sound better, it took me almost 3 hours at Wintervogel to clean the trike and the flying overall had its half yearly wash as well .

But all in all a good days flying

[Bacchus]

Oh Man, Oh Man Oh Man


For the first time in 6 years. I hated one of my own landings,

Hulle se EK weet , maar eeeek weet darem nie so mooi van DIT nie.

[Tobie]

Saturday saw Waaier's big snake "BOA" being fired up successfully again. Interpret this as you wish!

[Grumpy]

Saturday saw Waaier's big snake "BOA" being fired up successfully again. Interpret this as you wish!

Thats good news. Did I miss this fine achievement. Damn !! Getting close now. About time.

[Bacchus]

Ek sou dit NOOIT glo vroeer die oggend nie. Dit was net drade en NOG drade!

[John H Arnold]

Bacchus,

Toemaar ek self het op n kol geglo daai trike start NOOIT OOIT weer nie
Moet se ou Tobie het n great job gedoen

En om nie eens te praat van die pod nie Francois het self n great job gedoen met daai "weggooi pod"

Die beste grap van alles was, die drade was alles vasgemaak sonder om te toets

Maar toe daai trike start, woeps daar werk alles 100%

Goeie job Tobie

[Rusty]

Tobs, jou doring.

I know where my trike will come to when it needs an internal, Dr. Tobie.

Great job !!

All we have to do now is get Francois to finish it and get in the air, hopefully soon

Kom broe, maak klaar , maybe flyable this weekend.

Regards,

Rusty

[extra300s]

Any one going to Wintervogel this afternoon?

[extra300s]

Flying from Wintervogel with a moderate Westerly wind blowing.

Do you guys fly if the winds are coming from the west - lets say 6-9 knts? Taking off from the down slope looks to be no problem, but I have never seen anyone trying to land on the down slope...? And with a 9knts wind a down wind landing will be a bit fast. Best to come in cross wind on runway 20 then?

Thanks
Karl

[Rusty]

Hi Karl,

Landing with a moderate westerly can be a bit tricky, but you should find it tends to be WNW, so use 02 with the cross wind component. We have landed on the down slope of the cross runway, take the slope into consideration and all is ok. Dont float too long, otherwise you run out of runway.
This weekend should be good, after all the rain, although John and I managed an hour between squals on Wednesday.

Regards,

Rusty