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VALSKERMKLUB Die valskermklub het op Sondag 30 Januarie
by die vliegklub bymekaargekom en ‘n paar spronge uitgevoer.
Valskermspringers van so vêr as Pretoria
het dit bygewoon. CUU is gebruik om
die springers uit te gooi. Die
valskermspringers is gevra om elke tweede naweek vertoonspronge by die
sokker-wedstryde te doen en dit lyk asof dit hulle besig sal hou.
Ons hoop dat hulle binnekort sal kan begin opleiding gee. Ek kan net nog
steeds nie verstaan hoe iemand uit ‘n perfekte diensbare vliegtuig wil spring
nie. BELANGRIKE DATUMS 12 Februarie – Vliegveiligheidsdag CUU VOLTOOI CUU
is nou reeds voltooi en sal eerdaags pronk met sy nuwe strepe.
Die vliegtuig is onlangs binne en buite oorgedoen en het sy MPI geslaag. KOBUS IS NOU VOLWAARDIG INSTRUKTEUR Kobus Venter het sy instrukteurskursus in
Januarie suksesvol voltooi. Hy gaan
by Wings Over Africa opleiding verskaf op EKH.
Daar is ‘n paar studente wat reeds opleiding ontvang en eerdaags solo
moet gaan – ons wag in spanning sodat ons hulle partytjies kan hou! Louis Visser het ook onlangs onder die
vaandel van Wings Over Africa ingeskuif en gee opleiding op sy eie Cessna 150 en
172. Enigiemand wat in
vliegopleiding belangstel kan Kobus kontak by 073 208 2019 of oom
Vissie by 082 790 5761. Die DTSW kom kuier Klem Slabbert van Paradysstrand naby
Jeffreysbaai het onlangs op Tzaneen kom kuier met ‘n DTSW tydens ‘n
promosieveldtog. Die
demonstrasiemodel is aan ‘n kliënt in Pretoria verkoop en hy het die
geleentheid gebruik om dan sommer bemarking te doen. Die DTSW is ‘n Duits
vervaardigde tweesitplek vliegtuigie aangedryf deur ‘n 100pk Rotax enjin.
Die vliegtuig styg op in sowat 90m en klim
teen ongeveer 600vpm. Die vliegtuig
beskik oor klappe wat teen ‘n negatiewe hoek gestel kan word, wat die spoed
van 110mph verhoog na 140mph. Dit
beskik oor groot genoeg brandstoftenks om dit 9 uur lank in die lug te hou.
Alhoewel dit slegs ‘n tweesitplek
vliegtuig is, beskik dit oor enorme kajuitruimte en kan sowat 300kg vrag dra. HUMOR The scene is a newspaper office. The editor says to
one of his reporters: There's a fire raging out of control west of town and I
want you to get out there fast. And above all, get some good shots. If that
means you have to hire an airplane, just do it. Don't worry about the expense. So, the reporter calls the local FBO and orders a
plane. He rushes out to the airport, spots a small aircraft with a young pilot
in it, pulls open the door, jumps in and says to the pilot: Let's go, take off.
As directed, the pilot takes off, gets up to altitude, and the reporter then
tells him, "See that fire raging to the west? I want you to fly over that
and get down as close as you can." Incredulous, the pilot says, "You want me to fly
over that fire?" "Sure," the reporter says, "I am a
photojournalist and that's why I am here - to take dramatic shots of the
fire!" The pilot looks over with a quizzical look on his
face and says, "You're not the flight instructor?" -oOo- Tower: "Alpha Charlie, climb to 8000 ft for
noise abatement" AC: "How can I possibly be creating excess noise
at 6000 ft?" Tower: "At 8000 ft you will miss the twin coming
at you at 6000 ft, and that is bound to avoid one hell of a noise". -oOo- One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a
commercial airliner are seated, waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they
can get under way. The pilot and co-pilot finally appear in the rear of the
plane, and begin walking up to the cockpit through the centre aisle. Both appear
to be blind. The pilot is using a white cane, bumping into
passengers right and left as he stumbles down the aisle, and the co-pilot is
using a guide dog. Both have their eyes covered with huge sunglasses. At first
the passengers don't react, thinking that it must be some sort of practical
joke. However, after a few minutes the engines start revving and the airplane
starts moving. The passengers look at each other with some
uneasiness, whispering among themselves and looking desperately to the
stewardesses for reassurance. Then the airplane starts accelerating rapidly down
the runway and people begin panicking. Some passengers are praying, and as the
plane gets closer and closer to the end of the runway, the voices are becoming
more and more hysterical. Finally, when the airplane has less than 20 feet of
runway left, there is a sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone
screams at once, and at the very last moment the airplane lifts off and is
airborne. Up in the cockpit, the co-pilot breathes a sigh of relief and turns to the pilot: "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to scream, and we're gonna get killed!"
Vlieggroete Willie Leeuwner
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