Category Archives: Flying

It was a lovely gliding day yesterday with some puffy cumulus clouds up at 5,000 feet and plenty of strong lift. I broke my PB with a flight of 2 hours 34 minutes. It was a very enjoyable experience, but … Continue reading →

The gliding is moving along nicely. I now have my ‘B’ certificate (which doesn’t mean a lot), and I’m almost at my ‘C’, which means I can go cross-country. My check flight for the ‘B’ involved flying the glider with … Continue reading →

It’s been raining heaps in Sydney, but we had a lovely break in the weather on Wednesday which brought brilliant gliding conditions with puffy white cumulus clouds. I had a dual checkout with instructor Mike Woolley – we launched to … Continue reading →

The rainy summer weather has hampered my gliding progress, but on Friday, it added to the excitement. I had a check flight with my instructor and soared in some good thermals to 3700 feet. There were some big showers coming in from the … Continue reading →

Gliding is going well. On Wednesday I flew an older glider, the Schleicher K-13 with the Chief Flying Instructor and practised some spinning and steep turns. He was satisfied with my flying and said I was OK to go solo … Continue reading →