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Postby Doug Gleen » Sat Nov 24, 2007 10:32 am

Any suggestions on where to buy windsocks and windsock frames. I have an airstrip near bluehills and need 2 windsocks :?:
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Postby Mogas » Sat Nov 24, 2007 2:09 pm

Try the tyre dealers, probably give you a couple mahala.
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Postby Arnulf » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:36 pm

Demon wrote:
Just remember there are differenr ratings, we find a 10-15 knot windsock is nice for our kind of flying.
For the guys flying around Durban a chain is more appropriate. :lol:
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Postby Cacofonix » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:00 pm

Thanks Demon...i did not now that a wind sock comes in knots. Cause i was looking to put one up at my friends place. There is a place called wings and things you can speak to wanda 011 701 3209.
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Ja, you're right.

Postby John Young » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:08 pm

Arnulf wrote:For the guys flying around Durban a chain is more appropriate. :lol:
Ja, you're right. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Postby Cacofonix » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:13 pm

are you serious? i could neva eva fly there
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Yip, but with practice, it’s a breeze.

Postby John Young » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:38 pm

peters wrote:are you serious? i could neva eva fly there
Yip, but with practice, it’s a breeze. Oops :oops: :oops:

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Postby Cacofonix » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:41 pm

thinking now of ground school...is that a sea breaze or a land breeze
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Neither.

Postby John Young » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:52 pm

peters wrote:...is that a sea breaze or a land breeze
Neither. It’s a Moer-of-a-breeze.

Quack-mate can fly this with one hand. :lol:

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Postby Cacofonix » Sat Nov 24, 2007 7:59 pm

jislaaik :shock:
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