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  • The Signs Were There - when not to fly!

    Today I got some flying experience.  I learned a lesson or two!  Nature can be very unforgiving when you take it on. The wind at 2000ft was VRB/15.  We currently have beautiful weather due to a large high over most of Australia.  The skies are blue and looks great for f...

    Tags: weather, danger, skill, performance, thermals, turbulance, wind, willy, winds, minutes, departure, looked

  • Intermediate Syndrome

    We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this year.  You learn a lot in the first year or two of flying, and a lot of what you learn is not in the books.  Here is a list of topics that I had to learn on my own, or got help from other pilots, many of them GA pilo...

    Tags: dangers, winds, wings, awareness, cross winds