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June 7/13 – Flying circus tonight!

June 7, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

Graham 4 flights, Greg 4 flights, Darren 8 flights. What a great evening. Overcast winds from 10 to 15 km/h NNE. Perfect conditions. Greg showed up first and just as he was about to take off Darren showed hop. I had the gear ready for them so they were in the air 5 min after arrival. Darren has got it. He does not need any assistance at all. Gred did not get very nauseated this time even though he stayed up for quite a while on couple of flights. Garaham also did well. $ flight added to his log book. All are fine tuning their techniques and that is gbest done with bunch of flights back to back.

Greg

Darren

VIDEO: Darren, touch and go

VIDEO: Darren touch and go 2

VIDEO: Darren interview

June 6/13 – Be member of COPA

June 6, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

To get your insurance you must be member of COPA – Canadian Owners and Pilots Association

June 6/13 – No flying today

June 6, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

June 4/13 – Ground handling with Graham, Greg and Kiarash

June 4, 2013/in Training, Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

Forecast called for 20 km/h steady to 10 pm which would be acceptable for flying. Graham, Greg and Kiarash all have 4 flights in their respective log books and we were hoping to add more. At 5 pm when Kiarash has arrived we had nice breeze, bit too gusty but that was to be expected 4 hrs before sunset. We started with kiting as last time Kiarash flew was in Sep 2012. He did not forget anything. I guess once you know how to kite, it is like riding bicycle – you will never forget. After 30 min wind started to pick up and becoming gustier which was quite unusual especially since the wind was coming from SW which usually guarantees great flying. Not this time. By the time Greg and Graham showed up we had gusts up to 30 km/h. We all ground handled for an hour or so. At one pont we had to sit out as it was quite gusty. I looked at the forecast again and it has changed, current conditions were going to stay till 10 pm. That was it. No chance to fly. Bummer.

Kiarash kiting

VIDEO: Kiarash kiting

These puppies stayed in the trailer ;-(

May 31/13 – Niagara Falls restricted flight area CYR 518 demystified.

May 31, 2013/in Pilot resources, Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

Due to the restricted airspace around the Falls all aircraft must climb to 3500 ASL ft prior to entering the circuit. The circuit can be entered from SW (50) or NW (100) directions. The boundaries of this restricted space start at the Welland river on the south side and at the QEW highway so if you are flying in the area make sure that you have 3500 ft ASL before you cross these landmarks.

May 30/13 – Darren and Sergei – Sergei is ready to fly!

May 31, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

Fair amount of wind at the field. Sergei ground handled small training canopy then Fides 2 EVO XS. Darren worked with Cima K2 M. Wind was getting smoother but at 6:45 we still had some strong thermal gusts and since Darren had to leave by 7 – no flights for him. Sergei switched to forward inflations with motor on his back. No problem he has got it and is ready to fly!

VIDEO: Sergei ground handling

May 27/13 – Graham 2 more flights and Todd flight number 1!

May 28, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

Graham – 2 more flights and Todd flight number 1. Congrats.

Todd in simulator – this time with lighter engine

Feeling the power of Black Devil engine

Powered runs

Way up there…

VIDEO: Todd powered runs

VIDEO: Flight number 1

VIDEO: Graham having a ball 2

VIDEO: Todd and his little secret

May 26/13 – Graham PPG course – Day 4 – pm – Two flights!

May 27, 2013/in Uncategorized/by Andre Zeman

From Graham’s log book:

Powered training – Gear used: Fides 2 XS and small miniplane. 2 flights. First sat too early but OK – got off the round. Flight good. Some minor swinging. Landing – hard and turtle due to pulling brakes too early and not having energy for final flare. Second take off – good run but did not control directions of take off – flight great – landing ok with small stumble.