Flights 5 Apr 2014 to 9 Apr 2016

Hours 47h 51m Flights 151

#	Date	Reg	Duration	From	Notes
151	Sat 9 Apr 16	1293	0h 6m	Salland	X-winds are not a problem anymore.	»
150	Sat 9 Apr 16	1293	0h 10m	Salland	Still need a bit of practice wind x-wind landing this early in the season.	»
149	Sat 9 Apr 16	1293	0h 8m	Salland	Much better landing this time, even though there's still a strong x-wind.	»
148	Sat 9 Apr 16	1293	0h 18m	Salland	Good landing, getting used to landing in x-wind again.	»
147	Sat 9 Apr 16	1293	0h 6m	Salland	Good landing.	»
146	Sat 26 Mar 16	1293	0h 4m	Salland	8 m/s cross wind on landing. Bumby but save landing.	»
145	Sun 13 Mar 16	1293	0h 18m	Salland	Much better coordination and speed control. Found a thermal or two to muck about in. Proper pattern	»
144	Sun 13 Mar 16	881	0h 32m	Salland	Checkstart. A bit rusty, especially in speed control but it improved as the flight progressed. Cut t	»
143	Mon 5 Oct 15	1469	0h 12m	Teuge	Aerotow in one of Vliegclub Teuge's ASK-21s. The company I work for (TenCate Advanced Composites) in	»
142	Sun 4 Oct 15	1309	0h 6m	Salland	Hazy, poor visibility. Good landing	»
141	Sun 4 Oct 15	1309	0h 6m	Salland	Even more hazy, poor visibility. Good landing	»
140	Sat 29 Aug 15	1309	0h 8m	Salland	Two minutes of fruitlessly trying to gain some altitude in a very weak thermal.	»
139	Sat 29 Aug 15	1514	0h 8m	Salland	A LS4 has a completely different seating position than a Junior (for me at least) and so the horizon	»
138	Sat 15 Aug 15	934	0h 17m	Salland	Solo tow again. Much better than previous flight because I remember to relax.	»
137	Sat 15 Aug 15	934	0h 16m	Salland	First solo tow! Went well but need to remember to relax. For the first 100mtr my leg were so tense I	»
136	Sat 15 Aug 15	881	0h 12m	Salland	Good aerotow again. Boxing the wake + descending on tow.	»
135	Sat 8 Aug 15	1474	0h 30m	Salland	Good on (bumpy) aerotow. Very bad forward slip to landing.	»
134	Sat 8 Aug 15	1309	0h 37m	Salland	Nothing special to report. Simply a nice flight.	»
133	Sun 26 Jul 15	G-JAPK	0h 24m	Feshie	Thermals in Scottland. Really nice views as well :-).	»
132	Sat 11 Jul 15	1293	0h 7m	Salland	Felt good being back in the air after almost a month of not flying.	»
131	Sun 7 Jun 15	1505	0h 11m	Salland	Tried landing long to get closer to hangar but came up 50mtr short.	»
130	Sun 7 Jun 15	1309	0h 41m	Salland	3m/s straight of the winch! Bouncy landing, need a smoother round-out.	»
129	Sun 7 Jun 15	1514	0h 13m	Salland		»
128	Sun 7 Jun 15	1514	1h 1m	Salland	1500mtr!	»
127	Sat 30 May 15	1474	0h 21m	Salland	Bumby ride! :-) A lot less strenuous than the first aerotow a year back.	»
126	Sat 30 May 15	1514	0h 9m	Salland	Finally figured out how to fit into a LS4: Lower seatback in rearmost hole, upper seatback all the w	»
125	Sat 30 May 15	1514	0h 7m	Salland	Couldn't connect with the lift.	»
124	Sat 30 May 15	881	0h 14m	Salland	A lot went wrong, everything really... too much bank, not coordinated, not taking control inputs ou	»
123	Sat 30 May 15	881	0h 34m	Salland	A lot went wrong, everything really... too much bank, not coordinated, not taking control inputs ou	»
122	Sun 24 May 15	1309	0h 21m	Salland	Messing around in 0.5m/s. Max 420mtr	»
121	Sun 24 May 15	1514	0h 38m	Salland	1250mtr, 3 m/s :-)	»
120	Sun 24 May 15	1309	0h 21m	Salland	Messing around in 0.5m/s. Max 420mtr. Couldn't get it to work.	»
119	Sun 17 May 15	1505	1h 6m	Salland	A nice long flight to get a better feel for the handling of the LS4.	»
118	Sun 17 May 15	1514	0h 10m	Salland	Cut inside a Duo Discus on the turn to final. Hadn't seen him so choose to land on the emergency str	»
117	Fri 15 May 15	1514	0h 18m	Salland	Got of the winch low because of conservative start (LS4 has tendency to pitch up on winch launch), c	»
116	Fri 15 May 15	934	0h 12m	Salland		»
115	Fri 15 May 15	934	1h 7m	Salland	Two spins, both to the right for 1/2 turn.	»
114	Fri 15 May 15	1293	0h 11m	Salland		»
113	Wed 13 May 15	934	0h 23m	Salland	Could have flown longer but wanted to be back on the ground to catch the next flight ;-)	»
112	Wed 13 May 15	1035	1h 50m	Salland	Second cross country introduction. To Terlet and back. Felt a bit sick towards the end, probably bec	»
111	Sun 10 May 15	934	0h 29m	Salland	Only one flight today as I had to leave early. Got of the winch as thermals started to develop. Spot	»
110	Mon 4 May 15	1309	0h 17m	Salland	Weak thermals; 0,5-1 m/s. Landings are getting better but still some degree of overshoot. I'm too af	»
109	Mon 4 May 15	1309	0h 36m	Salland	Strong winds made for gusty thermals. Manage to climb to 600mtr, about 200mtr below cludbase before	»
108	Mon 4 May 15	1309	0h 10m	Salland	Gusty x-wind. Landing ok.	»
107	Mon 4 May 15	1309	0h 9m	Salland	Gusty x-wind. Went for a spot landing but overshot slightly.	»
106	Mon 27 Apr 15	1474	0h 17m	Salland	Spin training with instructor. Installed spin kit on the tail of the ASK-21 (needed all 12 weights ;	»
105	Sat 11 Apr 15	881	0h 8m	Salland	BFR. Checkstart. Stiff x-wind. Instructor was happy with my flying, pattern work and landing.	»
104	Sat 11 Apr 15	881	0h 9m	Salland	BFR. Checkstart. Still a very stiff x-wind. Instructor was once again happy with my flying, pattern	»
103	Sat 11 Apr 15	1293	0h 8m	Salland	Solo in the Junior. Would have been safer if I kept it higher on short final with today's x-wind but	»
102	Sat 11 Apr 15	1309	1h 19m	Salland	First thermals of the year! Ba	»
101	Sun 26 Oct 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	Did not change the speed brakes on short final this time but overshot the landing.	»
100	Sun 26 Oct 14	1293	0h 11m	Salland	Feedback from instructor: keep the speedbrakes in a fixed position on short final and pull the stick	»
99	Sun 26 Oct 14	1293	0h 8m	Salland	Flare a little late and this too abrupt. Smooth touchdown though.	»
98	Sun 19 Oct 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	Strong cross wind (90 degrees cross). Lots of turbulence on final, hard work! :-)	»
97	Sun 19 Oct 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	Spotlanding? Never cross the (extended) runway centerline without sufficient altitude. Might get cau	»
96	Sun 19 Oct 14	1293	0h 17m	Salland	Spotlanding? Some thermal activity but not enough to stay airborne longer... Still a fiecre crosswin	»
95	Sun 19 Oct 14	1293	0h 7m	Salland	Spotlanding?	»
94	Sun 28 Sep 14	1309	0h 7m	Salland	Stalls, steep turns and spot landing.	»
93	Sun 28 Sep 14	1309	0h 7m	Salland	Stalls, steep S-turns and spot landing.	»
92	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 6m	Salland	Stalls, side-slip to landing. Side sliped, noticed I wasn lined up correctly but continued the slip,	»
91	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	Side-slip to landing.	»
90	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 12m	Salland	A minimal amount of thermal activity. Managed to keep 0 m/s on the vario or a couple of minutes.	»
89	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	Side-slip to landing. Should have held it a bit longer.	»
88	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 6m	Salland	Very nice side-slip to landing. Spot landing.	»
87	Sun 28 Sep 14	1293	0h 8m	Salland	Landing long, as near as possible to the hanger. Landed too early, should have sticked to the origin	»
86	Sat 13 Sep 14	1293	0h 20m	Salland	Nice thermal flight.	»
85	Sat 13 Sep 14	1293	0h 8m	Salland	Where did all the thermals go!?	»
84	Sat 13 Sep 14	1474	0h 6m	Salland	Spiraldive. Non-event really, just a couple of turns with a high bank angle (60 degrees or more, 2g)	»
83	Sat 13 Sep 14	1293	0h 10m	Salland	Nothing special really, hardly any lift around.	»
82	Sat 13 Sep 14	881	0h 4m	Salland	Circuit. Outlanding pattern practise again. Went without a hitch this time and passed.	»
81	Fri 12 Sep 14	1293	0h 6m	Salland	Circuit. Practised landing long on this flight (to stop closer to the hangar) but screwed the landin	»
80	Fri 12 Sep 14	934	0h 36m	Salland	Some more cloudstreets, although they didn't produce nearly as much lift as earlier in the day.	»
79	Fri 12 Sep 14	1293	1h 15m	Salland	Cloudstreets! Flew NE under one street, than crossed over to fly another street SW. Awesome flight :	»
78	Sat 6 Sep 14	1474	0h 4m	Salland	Outlanding pattern practice. Turned 90 degrees out of habit after overflying the field. Should have	»
77	Sat 6 Sep 14	881	0h 8m	Salland	Stall with and without brakes. Turn from base to final with brakes.	»
76	Sun 31 Aug 14	1474	0h 6m	Salland	Side slipping with instructor. No problem this time... I was too cautious the precious times. Now th	»
75	Sun 31 Aug 14	934	0h 5m	Salland	Side slip. 1x left wing low, 1x right wing low.	»
74	Sun 31 Aug 14	934	0h 6m	Salland	Side slips again. It all seems simple now that Iǘe got the hang of it.	»
73	Sun 31 Aug 14	934	0h 6m	Salland	Bit of turbulence on final all the way to touch down.	»
72	Sun 31 Aug 14	934	0h 6m	Salland	Side slip on base leg, should have done that with the wing closed to the airfield low so that I have	»
71	Sun 24 Aug 14	1309	0h 52m	Salland	Good thermals (up to 2m/s)! A lot of flying around at cloudbase trying to learn where the lift was i	»
70	Sun 24 Aug 14	1309	0h 20m	Salland	Nothing special apart from this being the first thermal flight in a long time. Wanted to practice sl	»
69	Fri 8 Aug 14	934	0h 10m	Salland	Another lap around the field.	»
68	Fri 8 Aug 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	There was some turbulence but I couldn't work it good enough to stay airborne.	»
67	Fri 8 Aug 14	1293	0h 11m	Salland	A few scattered "thermals" of 0 m/s.	»
66	Fri 8 Aug 14	934	0h 8m	Salland	Not much to report.	»
65	Fri 8 Aug 14	934	0h 8m	Salland	Had another try at side-slipping. Again with lots of problems. I just don seem to be able to get a g	»
64	Fri 18 Jul 14	934	0h 9m	Salland	Not much to report. No lift.	»
63	Fri 18 Jul 14	1293	0h 9m	Salland	As with the previous flight not much to report. No lift.	»
62	Fri 18 Jul 14	1309	0h 48m	Salland	Thermals! 1-1,5m/s so could sta airborne longer. Tried side-slipping but found it difficult to initi	»
61	Sun 13 Jul 14	1293	0h 25m	Salland	Practised some steep turns solo in the Junior. These turned out to be easier to do in a lighter weig	»
60	Sun 13 Jul 14	881	0h 13m	Salland	Circuit. Steep turns, alternating left & right at higher speeds than normal (around 110-120km/h) to	»
59	Sun 13 Jul 14	881	0h 6m	Salland	Circuit. Fast (180km/H) and slow flight. High speed stall by pulling back on the stick quickly at 11	»
58	Sun 29 Jun 14	1309	0h 15m	Salland	Found some weak lift and flew that for a couple of minutes but was drifting too far from the field.	»
57	Sun 29 Jun 14	881	0h 28m	Salland	First aerotow launch! Really hard work compared to which launch. I need to get a good feel for what	»
56	Sun 29 Jun 14	1309	0h 18m	Salland	Into rain of winch. Saw a pair of ASK-21s to my lift skimming the rain shower and joined them. Found	»
55	Sat 28 Jun 14	1293	0h 17m	Salland	A bit rusty in the circuit and landing. Although landing was quite all-right I kicked the side-slip	»
54	Sat 28 Jun 14	1293	0h 12m	Salland	Circuit. Landing was bad! Flared high while already low on energy so made a very positive landing. C	»
53	Sat 28 Jun 14	881	0h 55m	Salland	Check start (or check landing rather) with instructor. Thermal activity + convection line. Lots and	»
52	Sat 28 Jun 14	1309	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. It's not my best day today. Landing was not really good. Needed to land long to get the air	»
51	Mon 9 Jun 14	881	0h 6m	Salland	Short flight because there was no lift. Practising slips also tends to burn altitude ;-) One slip b	»
50	Mon 9 Jun 14	1309	0h 7m	Salland	Circuit. Practising slips on my own. Both left and righthanded slips. Lower sinkrate than in the ASK	»
49	Mon 9 Jun 14	1309	0h 17m	Salland	Circuit. "Hey!? Am I starting too steep? No...can't be..I'm not pulling the stick and the trim is se	»
48	Sat 31 May 14	934	1h 4m	Salland	Nice flight although I couldn't get higher than 600mtr AGL. Don't know whether that was because of m	»
47	Sat 31 May 14	934	0h 6m	Salland	Circuit. Same as #47. Couldn't connect with the thermals so short flight this time. Lots of thermal	»
46	Sat 31 May 14	934	0h 6m	Salland	Circuit. Couldn't connect with the thermals so short flight this time. Lots of thermal activity on t	»
45	Sat 31 May 14	934	1h 7m	Salland	First flight longer than 1 hour! Flew to 1400mtrs AGL. Needed to land because I needed to pee, could	»
44	Sun 25 May 14	934	0h 8m	Salland	Circuit. No thermals found. Remembered to pull stick full aft after touchdown.	»
43	Sun 25 May 14	934	0h 32m	Salland	Thermals to 1050mtr! 3m/s integrated	»
42	Sat 24 May 14	934	0h 21m	Salland	At 170mtr (50 mtr low) when entering circuit. Landing okay but forgot to pull stick full aft after l	»
41	Sat 24 May 14	865	0h 17m	Salland	First flight of intermediate training. Flight with covered ASI and altimeter. Flew around a bit whil	»
40	Sat 24 May 14	865	0h 5m	Salland	Circuit. Flight with instructor to practice unusual attitudes. No lift found so very short flight. U	»
39	Sat 24 May 14	934	0h 12m	Salland	Circuit. First start in Junior. Much lighter on the controls than the ASK-21. Need to flare earlier	»
38	Sat 24 May 14	865	0h 9m	Salland	Circuit. Check start. Instructor had me turn away from field even though there was clearly no lift.	»
37	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 15m	Salland	Circuit. Flared late, but otherwise good flight.	»
36	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 7m	Salland	Solo! Solo! Solo!	»
35	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 8m	Salland	Circuit. Nice landing. Found no lift but what a cool flight. I really enjoyed this flight now that t	»
34	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. Started a bit too steep.	»
33	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 7m	Salland	Circuit. More turbulence during landing which gave me a bit more to do. Nice one!	»
32	Fri 23 May 14	865	0h 11m	Salland	Circuit. A minor tailwind during landing which I handled nicely. Now that I have a couple of ASK-21	»
31	Thu 22 May 14	865	0h 12m	Salland	Circuit. Slow winch launch (<100km/h). Was concentrating on keeping the nose low so forgot to call 1	»
30	Thu 22 May 14	865	0h 2m	Salland	Circuit. Simulated tow brake at 100mtr AGL. Reacted quickly, did everything right although I could h	»
29	Thu 22 May 14	865	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. Crosswind landing. Need to keep the upwind wing low in the roll out. Need to watch the spee	»
28	Thu 22 May 14	865	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. Crosswind landing. Flew the circuit to close to the field.	»
27	Wed 21 May 14	881	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. Early day flight, overcast, no thermals. Need to fly a wider circuit as to give myself mor	»
26	Wed 21 May 14	881	0h 9m	Salland	Circuit. Good circuit and landing. Comment from instructor: "well done".	»
25	Wed 21 May 14	881	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. Still overcast, no thermals. Need a bit more speed on final so I have more energy for the	»
24	Wed 21 May 14	881	0h 8m	Salland	Circuit. Was afraid I wouldn't make the field so closed the speedbrakes most of the way. Turned out	»
23	Wed 21 May 14	881	0h 13m	Salland	Circuit. Instructor's comment: "Well done" I remembered to set 2/3 speedbrake on final and carried	»
22	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 6m	Salland	Circuit. Short flight to start the day of. Need to keep the speed at 90 km/h in the circuit.	»
21	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 15m	Salland	Circuit. Thermaling is very difficult. Keep loosing the lift after 10-15 turns. Need more training o	»
20	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 9m	Salland	Circuit. Birdstrike! Hit what I think was an Oystercatcher on final, appr. 15 meters AGL. No damage	»
19	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 21m	Salland	Circuit. Keep the circuit where it's supposed to be! Don't fly downwind too close to the runway or c	»
18	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 16m	Salland	Circuit.	»
17	Tue 20 May 14	881	0h 18m	Salland	Circuit. Crosswind landing again. Remembered to apply downwind rudder after touchdown this time but	»
16	Mon 19 May 14	881	0h 8m	Salland	Circuit. Was a bit low entering circuit, tried to correct to fly closer to field and promptly ended	»
15	Mon 19 May 14	881	0h 22m	Salland	Some thermaling. I find it difficult to stay centered. Need to get more experience in spotting where	»
14	Mon 19 May 14	881	1h 7m	Salland	Longest flight ever. Keep loosing the center of the thermal but had fun nonetheless. Lots of lift i	»
13	Sat 17 May 14	881	0h 52m	Salland	Longest flight of the day. Take was good this time. Flew late day thermals (2m/s max at best). Did m	»
12	Sat 17 May 14	881	0h 19m	Salland	Circuit. Flew winch launch but tried to pull up too soon and was corrected by instructor. Flew some	»
11	Sat 17 May 14	881	0h 27m	Salland	Circuit. Long wait for my first flight of the day but worth every minute, was good being airborne ag	»
10	Sun 4 May 14	1474	0h 18m	Salland	Circuit. Weak termals. Flown circuit, landed with Gert on the spoilers. Need to remember to keep fly	»
9	Sun 4 May 14	1474	0h 12m	Salland	Circuit. Weak termals, entered one and played around a bit. Gert had me fly away from the field and	»
8	Sat 3 May 14	865	3h 10m	Salland	Sallandse Overland Dag. My fir	»
7	Sun 13 Apr 14	1474	0h 16m	Salland	Circuit. Thermal to cloud base (1000mtr). Practised turns + s-turns again. Getting the hang of coord	»
6	Sun 13 Apr 14	1474	0h 10m	Salland	Circuit. No thermals. Practised turns + s-turns. Hands on controls as Paul flew circuit and landed.	»
5	Sun 13 Apr 14	1474	0h 22m	Salland	Practices more straight and level flight + turns. Flown the circuit, hands on controls as Harrie la	»
4	Sun 13 Apr 14	1474	0h 15m	Salland	Practices straight and level flight + turns. Flown the circuit.	»
3	Sun 13 Apr 14	1474	0h 36m	Salland	Thermal to cloud base @ 950mtr. Practices straight and level flight + turns. Two loops and a wing	»
2	Sat 5 Apr 14	1474	0h 7m	Salland	Note to self: don't forget "status aircraft" when performing preflight check. More coordinated flig	»
1	Sat 5 Apr 14	1474	0h 8m	Salland	Circuit. Trained on coordinated flight. Was shown the side effects of roll and yaw.	»