I haven’t written one of these in a while, so here goes..
Since the last GSR, I’ve done one flight on the winch, and three solo aerotow flights. The Last solo flight was interesting beause I erroniously left the break off too late, too low. Ended up having to land on the cross strip. Embarrasing.
Totals: 27h29 (5h32 solo) over 90 (20) flights.
Today I had two winch launches, full control over the whole launch. The first one I got a little excited in the transition, and pulled up to quickly. The second one was better, but the initial climb was too flat.
I managed to get the PDA to talk to the club’s Volkslogger. It seemed to require 4800b, not the 19200b that the OzFlarm requires.
Totals: 26h34 (4h44 solo) over 86 (17) flights.
I hate having the flu.
Apart from the total lack of energy to do anything, I can’t go flying!
I’ll have to see the Doc again tomorrow, as I may have a bacterial infection 🙁
I’ve got a little project going at the moment to get a PDA working with the gliders.
I’ve got See You Mobile running on a borrowed Acer n30. The first attempt at connecting it to the volkslogger didn’t work (I was using a slimline gender-bender). The second attempt with a home-made null modem cable worked, connected to the on-board OzFlarm
I have to devise a way of having the PDA operational in flight, where it won’t come up and hit me in the scone! I was thinking of some straps and excessive use of velcro.
Since the last GSR, I’ve done some training .. four winch launches and a general training flight for the post-solo syllabus.
The last winch launch got a little exciting, as we had a real life cable break! It was (fortunately) just after separation, so we were at most 2-3 ft off the ground. As for the winch training, I’m up to taking control just after the transition to full climb.
Totals: 26h19 (4h44 Solo) over 84 (17) flights.
Saturday I was trying for my 30minute flight for my B certificate. 4 Attempts, and no joy 🙁 17,13,13,21 minutes
Sunday I had one 14 minute flight and one 53 minute flight! Yay!
Totals: 24h55 (3h58 Solo) from 77 (15) flights
On Saturday:
Due to my enthusiasm for a winch launch I only managed one flight – a hanger flight from runway 01 to runway 27 for a duration of 19 minutes. (The winch broke just before our launch .. dammit)
On Sunday I had my first taste of wave lift. Unfortunately, it was only a taste, as by the time I got there, it had peatered out 🙁 Two flights today, one of 25 minutes, and a hanger flight for 18.
Totals: 22h44 (1h47 solo) over 71 (9) flights.
Pilfered from: Helen’s comment on Larvatus Prodeo
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Well, in today’s crikey, Charles Richardson opines that the masses have already chosen Kevin Rudd as the next prime minister in his article titled “Thanks for the Budget, but we’ve already made up our minds”
He proposes that the lack of bounce in the opinion polls shows that the average voter, whilst applicative of the budget, has not influenced their voting intentions.
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Today I managed three flights, 14, 8 and 14 minutes, all solo.
As I have already completed my A certificate (16 years ago, mind you), I didn’t need the daily checks. (It helps that I have flown quite a few times with today’s duty instructor.
I need to work on the landing finesse (getting the aiming point right) in high wind situations. I’m sure that I’ll get some practice at that over the next few months.
Totals: 21.7 hours, (1.5 solo) on 68 (8) flights
As an act of preservation, and a stand against censorship i post the following number:
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
It’s the processing key for most of the HD-DVDs that are out on the market at the moment. This should allow you to code your own player for these disks, escaping the proprietary lock in from the DVD association.
Don’t Ask me how to use it. I don’t know. I don’t have a HD-DVD player, or any HD-DVD disks for that matter.
Well, I have started gliding again (mid January). And, no not that dangerous hang gliding. The real deal.
I did gliding as kid in 1990. I Currently have 65 launches, and 21.1 hours. (Including 5 launches and 52 minutes as pilot-in-command or solo flights)
I went solo yesterday for the first time in sixteen years. It was a short flight of 14 minutes (there was very little lift – about half a knot up surrounded by 3-4 knots of sink).
Yes, I’ve been a bit slack lately. Or that I don’t seem to have any time.. Or I’ve been asleep. or all of the above.
It has been a while since I last updated this blog.
What’s happend? Sarah unfortunately had a miscarriage (hey, at least we know we are fertile!!). I’ve had a hernia corrected (hiatus hernia). I also fell down Sue’s back steps and sprained my ankle 🙁
Ana is down for the rest of the school holidays (the cats are less than impressed!)
I’ve finnally upgraded to 2.0.4!
In other news, Sarah is pregnant! The baby is due on the 8th of March.
We have a full house next weekend, with nearly everyone coming to visit!