THE MICROLAND THREAD..."Home of the Tailwinds"

[Robbie Shaw]

Me 109....

Well done.... Many happy flying hours .... Be safe at all times.... Looking forward to chatting to you at the braai to find out how all went..... WELL DONE AGAIN.... I still have a long way to go .... One day is one day.... Looking so forward to that day you have no Idea...

Chat soon
Robbie Shaw (Rhodie)
Zu-JBU

[mulderpm]

Well done Andries

The nicest part of having your license is you can fly when and where you want. No need to book anything. .See you at the Fly and Braai on the 15th June. Hope the WX allows the fly part.

Thanks Faiz for the saamvlieg yesterday...enjoy your new hangar...I will stay put with the scaly wags that I am sharing with for the time being. Hans must now just fit the 95% shade cloth we gave him. String is now also provided! No excuses!

Steve, thanks for the invite and hope your exhaust paint works...please let us know.

Hope the guys are having a lekker time at Asterix's birthday party and please fly safe...the WX is not in your favor today. Be careful.

Remember...Fly & Braai 15th June....please come and join us.

[ME 109]

Thank you all for the well wishes, it is awesome to be accepted into this family....Robbie, looking forward to many hours of info sharing on the way to your license, that day will come sooner than you think....hang in there! Will definitely be there for the Fly braai 15th

[Bundy]

Hope the guys are having a lekker time at Asterix's birthday party and please fly safe...the WX is not in your favor today. Be careful.

Fri morning I was all packed and raring to go. 06h30....3-4knts NE wind....perfect...except for.....mist from here to Secunda Tribal Croc diverted to JAG and we waited. 08h00....09h00....eventually FABA started clearing from the West so I told Francios to hop over to FABA from JAG where there is at least some hanger space in case.

By 11h00, the mist was deteriorating but the wind had come up so I aborted my fly in plans.
Franna was confident the GT could handle the short (for him) 50 min flight so I decided to jump in the back with him and route to beginsel with Maxine following us by road. Nice a busy up there but we found some good air up at 7000ft or so. Have never seen such a profound inversion layer before and we landed with no hiccups at the farms strip 56min after leaving FABA.

Dissapointed to have missed out on the flying bit but we know the saying..."when there is doubt...."

Always fly within your limits...glad I didnt go in hindsight, because my plane would still be down there...en dis nie net half uur se ry om te gaan haal nie!

Otherwise we had a great jol down in Standerton. James and his family really spoilt us all.

Mulder I'm beginning to think that you are the "good luck charm"? As jy nie op my vlerk is nie is die weer altyd KAK op n fly away!!

[mulderpm]

Mulder I'm beginning to think that you are the "good luck charm"? As jy nie op my vlerk is nie is die weer altyd KAK op n fly away!!

Just luck of the draw. And you weren't going to Barberton and see what happened, canceled. Maybe you are right. You share the airspace with 3 things...other aircraft, birds and the weather. The latter is the least predictable and arguably the most dangerous. Don't hold your breath when you are planning a flying trip. You just might pass out. Glad you guys had a lekker weekend. As you can see we went flying on Saturday morning. Could not beleive the wx forcast for 13H00 was 15 Knt winds. Wind aloft was 20 Knts NW in the morning but nothing on the ground...what a windshear when you come in to land. Landed for coffee at Zynkraal.

Now watch... our fly and braai weekend...this comming weekend...is going to be perfect.

[mulderpm]

Tomorrow morning looks great...Faiz & Jaco????

Go Fly - Microland, South Africa - Bapsfontein - Microland Airfield:
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Day 1 (Tue 11.6.2013):
3.3 knots (Maximum wind speed during daylight)
4.1 knots (Maximum gust speed during daylight)

[NickSwardt]

Paul, julle maak my vreeslik jaloers met hierdie in week gevlieg van julle! Kan ek vir jou kom werk ?

It sucks that you could not fly in Allan but i think you made the right choice, i kept an eye on the weather this weekend and was slightly worried about you guys.
From the sound of it you had a lekker party any which way

[PeterGrant]

Hi Paul,
I might make it to Microland tomorrow morning, where you thinking of flying to and what time wheels-up?
Peter

[mulderpm]

Hi Peter, I have to get to work as early as possible so 06H30 - 45 latest wheels up. Thought of flying to the dam via kliprivier. Depends on which way the wind is blowing. Upwind out, downwind back, is first choice for me.

Nick, you don't want to work where I am. It barely pays enough to buy food never mind fly. Kan jy al plan maak vir die naweek se braai mr. Swart? Ons gaan jou verskriklik miss. Toe nou, maak n' plan!! Van dat ek vir Bundy gese het ons gaan gooie weer hê het die voorspelling toegetrek...maar braai gaan ons braai.

[NickSwardt]

Gaan die een nie kan maak nie, gaan bietjie warmer weer soek daar bo in mosambiek, en hoop om 'n duik of vier in te werk!
Drink maar vir my part ook n bier!

[Bundy]

Guys...we have precious few attending Episode 4!

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21100&p=204650#p204650

Please go RSVP above....I would encourage all novices and students to attend.

[mulderpm]

Gaan die een nie kan maak nie, gaan bietjie warmer weer soek daar bo in mosambiek, en hoop om 'n duik of vier in te werk!
Drink maar vir my part ook n bier!

Swak verskooning. Waar gaan julle en oppas vir die Malaria, veral Jana in haar toestand. Geniet dit.

Thanks Peter and of course Faizel for the lekker flight this morning. -4˚C over the swamps climbing to a warm, balmy +2˚C at 6300ft... eina. 10mm max. Like Fanie said, they have to do this but we are supose to be having fun...it was fun

The whole place was just ice and frost when we took off at 06H30. Took this picture outside my hangar when we returned at 07H40.

See you all this weekend for the Fly & Braai

[mulderpm]

Guys...we have precious few attending Episode 4!

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=21100&p=204650#p204650

Please go RSVP above....I would encourage all novices and students to attend.

Alan, you know I will be there.

[nicow]

Gaan die een nie kan maak nie, gaan bietjie warmer weer soek daar bo in mosambiek, en hoop om 'n duik of vier in te werk!
Drink maar vir my part ook n bier!

Swak verskooning. Waar gaan julle en oppas vir die Malaria, veral Jana in haar toestand. Geniet dit.

Thanks Peter and of course Faizel for the lekker flight this morning. -4˚C over the swamps climbing to a warm, balmy +2˚C at 6300ft... eina. 10mm max. Like Fanie said, they have to do this but we are supose to be having fun...it was fun

The whole place was just ice and frost when we took off at 06H30. Took this picture outside my hangar when we returned at 07H40.

See you all this weekend for the Fly & Braai

10mm is cold...

[NickSwardt]

Ons gaan Guinjata bay toe, net onder Inhambane

Jana gaan nie saam nie, gaan defnitief nie daai kans vat nie

Allan, I will be at Episode 4! Won't be able to wait until the next monthly braai to have a beer with you okes!