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

[skydancer]

Great pictures!I like the 3rd one especially.Keep up the good flying,and happy landings :D

Kind regards

Mark

[Harlequin]

Back after a long absence.

Had a great two days flying.
Saturday went out for breakfast along the coast landing at Buffelsfontein. The Delta Oscar x 2 Sierra left his camera at home. Water was clear and so many whales, dolphins and seals. Flew with Zirk and softness for the first time. Apologies for the no-photo day.
No camera so practiced some formation flying with Gert.

Sunday, out and up the coast with Trygve and pax, this time with the camera! Back down the coast to land at Jacobs bay where Shane and John were waiting with Hans to serve us coffee. Some good ground ATC work and a very short landing strip!! see Gert’s web.

FLY SAFELY
Graham

Trygve

Two is always better than one ??

Pink friends

The dismount!

Tea break with Hans

[Bacchus]

I like that last pic off cource. The place where you and Gert had coffee with me is called GANZEKRAAL. Jacobs Bay is further north up the coast.
What a nice surprise it was to have my flying friends pitch up out of nowhere to have coffee. Thanks guys. It is times like these that you never forget!

[Tobie]

Hans, maybe I should join u with the caravan thing in the meantime, still grounded and looking at the sky, I don't know if pictures like these make it better or worse.

[John H Arnold]

Nee mr Tobie,




Jy le mos jou G@T en afslaap terwyl jy moet kom vlieg



of het die antie jou in die bed gehou



Ons het saterdag en Sondag vir Bacchus en sy karevaan vriende gaan kuier.



Die soentoe vlieg was baie baie lekker



MAAAAAAARRRRR boeta die terugkom (±11:30) n perd van n ander kleur, Thermals en toe weer Thermals ens ens jy weet.



Ons was somma lekka geskommel

[Tobie]

Eish oom John, jy is ook al lank in die land, sal maar die antie die skuld gee, ek kry so 'n effense kleur van groen as ek al die fotos sien, glo my die vliegding gaan sit dieper in 'n ou se broek as wat mens besef, 'n ou besef dit eers die dag wat jy nie kan vlieg nie.

[Ou Man]

Jammer Wintervogel Clan dat ek nie Saterdag kon bly vir die beloofte koffie nie. Het julle hoor aankom op die radio maar het toe maar besluit om teen die Noord-Wester terug te beur Sandkloof toe.
Wat 'n interessante trippie! ASI = 58 MPH..Grondspoed by tye 30 MPH. Sak ek onder 1000 Ft dan skommel ek om van siek te word. Klim ek bo 1500Ft dan word daai 30 MHP net nog minder , net om by die huis aan te kom in 'n storm sterk Ooster.....dwars oor die baan. Moes toe maar in die stoppelland langsaan gaan sit . Die skape het nie veel daarvan gedink nie.
Wat het Gert nou die ander dag gesê...." shaken, but not stirred"
Maak weer so wanneer die wind my kans gee.

[Bacchus]

Dis die laaste keer dat ons jou sal verskoon!!!Maar dis al n REUSE sprong vorentoe. Ek het amper uit die trike uitgeval van skok toe ek op 4500 voet bo Darling hoor jy het vir ons kom kuier!

[John Young]

Dis die laaste keer dat ons jou sal verskoon!!!

Says the man Bacchus who single handedly owns the world's best 100 excuses.

Next time Swaar - "Jy kan op 'n boer staat maak".

Regards
John ZU-CIB

[Bacchus]

Mr YOUNG!
You dont miss anything on this forum now, do you!!!

[John Young]

Mr YOUNG!
You dont miss anything on this forum now, do you!!!

Nope - just minding me own business

The pity is that we only met briefly - looking forward to the next time.

"Wanna" try that 'cure of all tax problems' that you brew in that copper kettle down there.

Regards
John ZU-CIB

[gertcoetzee]

Can anyone give us an update on the plans with the Wintervogel runway? I have ordered a new prop, and would hate it to be go the same way my warp has gone. Of all the runways around here, Wintervogel currently is the biggest culprit - more like an obstacle course at at moment, and scattered with rocks.

[Tobie]

Gert, my prop is no longer an ivo-prop but rather a pratley prop as for pratley putty. The basic plan implemented at the moment, not costing an arm and a leg, is to get the runway covered with grass wich will contain any loose stones and prevent it from been thrown up.

In the meantime Andries undertook to roll the runway once a month pushing any loose stones into the ground and as for the grass humps the mower has now been set very low in order to cut any high humps down to almost ground level.

The pilots themselves also undertook to remove some of the very high grass humps manually and to "chicken parade" the runway regularly for loose stones, throwing them out.

Hopefully we can get the runway covered with grass asap but I also believe if we keep on removing the loose stones as they surface we might end up with a less damaging runway in near future.

[Harlequin]

Hi.
I see this post is one past the “wine me dine me ……” number.
Saturday, Marius practiced to be air sick and as hard as he tried could not manage, well done.
Not nice to train in wind, don’t get despondent you did well under the circumstances.
Gert and Marius keeping the craft down.

Sunday even more wind so we sat around and spoke kuk for an hour.
Gents note the condition of the hanger and aircraft, safety starts right here!! Clean hanger, clean aircraft etc.


Fly safely.
Graham

[John Young]

Man Harlequin,

That is not wind that you describe

Gee, now we know where "That Big Guy Bacchus" gets some of his legendary stories from.

Regards
John ZU-CIB