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

[mulderpm]

In any case Bundy, you were doing your 100 hr flight.....so you wouldn't be flying low

Started my 300 Hrs inspection yesterday with replacing the rotary valve oil, radiator fluid and gearbox oil. What a mess You can't stop the stuff from running onto the aluminium engine mounting plate and then dripping everywhere. With only 90 hrs on the gearbox oil I was amaized how dirty it was and how much black gunk (metal I guess) was trapped in the magnetic drain plug. Three things ticked off on the list.....20 to go.

[ME 109]

Congrats Bundy! Wish you many more 100's

[Bundy]

Some pic's Tinkerbell snapped at FAKT on Sat.

[Bundy]

Congrats Bundy! Wish you many more 100's

Dankie Mr Messerschmidt!...Ek hoop ook so!

[Bundy]

The last pic above is Johan...who flew his first sortie with the Tailwinds on Sat.

Welcome to the "club" chom. Dis nou die "Gees" ek se!

[nicow]

The last pic above is Johan...who flew his first sortie with the Tailwinds on Sat.

Welcome to the "club" chom. Dis nou die "Gees" ek se!

Kry nog so paar uur by deur die naweek saam Potties toe te vlieg...

[Bundy]

Nicow, I wont be coming through I'm afraid. Not sure if any of my comrades are flying up or not?

Too many other commitments chom. Hope you guys have a blast.

[KlapperKnop]

Congrats Bundy on your first 100hrs.

Now please announce as follows:

"Microland traffic, Delta Bravo Pappa lining up 03"
"Microland traffic, Delta Bravo Pappa rolling 03 for the next 100 hours!"

[Bundy]

Congrats Bundy on your first 100hrs.

Now please announce as follows:

"Microland traffic, Delta Bravo Pappa lining up 03"
"Microland traffic, Delta Bravo Pappa rolling 03 for the next 100 hours!"

Shoe....that's a long time to be "rolling"! Must be one hell of a long runway?

[Bundy]

Paul, will we have some sort of token system in place by next weekend? Episode 4 will need the fridge.

We can discuss it on Sat morning...DBP needs a serious wash. Also need to "fit" our training bars and make adjustments before I send them for powdercoating.

We only have 16 people booked for Episode 4....waaaay short of the 30 target here....looks like we will not make much profit gents.

Will we ever get our braai?

[mulderpm]

Paul, will we have some sort of token system in place by next weekend? Episode 4 will need the fridge.

Yes. This implies that the fridge will be a cashless honesty bar.

We can discuss it on Sat morning...DBP needs a serious wash. Also need to "fit" our training bars and make adjustments before I send them for powdercoating.

I am going out tomorrow..Friday....and most probably Saturday as well. My daughter, Dominique, is visiting from Cape Town and I want to take her for a flight tomorrow. Can you beleive it, she has never flown with me before...I think I am opening myself up for something with that statement. Go for it. She chickened out on Tuesday...I think she is scared. If it is super smooth, then maybe, she likes it so much she will come out on Saturday again.

[Paul Meanwell]

I know the feeling............... I have two daughters, and neither of them want to fly!

Nor with anyone else either, before you start!

[ME 109]

I had the privilege of taking may daughter for a flip last Saturday, she loved it! Sad to miss all the forthcoming activities at microland for the next 4 weeks, work before play they say..
Fly safely.

[mulderpm]

Ok...report back. She joined me this morning Conditions were not perfect...10Knt SSE wind i.e. slightly cross on 21...but constant, so we went. I briefed her on what she should expect for the take off...the poping into the air (Aquilla style) and the piching of the cart and wing as she swings into the wind on rotation. Luckily the take off was text book and all I heared was..."WOW". "Are you OK Dom?".... "This is great Didi! We flew for about half an hour crabbing against the wind and climbing to smoother air. Luckily above 500ft it was smooth. I kept her ocupied (distracted) by pointing out the flamingoes, Spoon Bills and other water birds in the pans. (she is also a very keen birder, like me). The landing on 17, straight into the wind, (no chances please), was also good "Dom do you want to come fly again?", "That was great Didi...anytime". Sadly she is flying back to Cape Town this afternoon. I realy think I got the fear of microlighting out of her

See you guys at FABA tomorrow morning. WX looks better than today.

[mulderpm]

Had some nice flights this weekend. Thanks Dawid and Stef. Sorry we just missed Anthony at Rhino. Don't think you guys could see much of the dam. The breakfast was fast and good. Appologies for my unconventional approach on 27. The mist to the east on finals necesitated my short, steep approach. Dionne and myself are our own best cutomers at the fridge. We only left after 12. Dawid & Stef also helped reduce the stock, thanks!

Stef, your iPad is now also loaded. I will bring it with next weekend.

Replaced my plugs on Sunday. This time after the flight and killing the engine imditely after stopping (no ideling in the hangar) There is definitly a difference in colour if you do that compared to the colour after an extended idle (pitch black). Just goes to show how the engine carbons up when ideling and why it is a good idea to have autolube, which reduces the oil on idle to 70 to 1, and only ups the mix to 50 to 1 when needed above half throttle.