What is up everyone. It is yet another crisp morning in the Drakensberg
and today we are heading home. Yeah the plan is to do some low-level flying to Aero Farm
where we're going to refuel and then um yeah from there we're going to head straight back
to my home airfield. We wanted to go check in with some people at Ladysmith airport but looks like
there's some weather coming in so we'll actually be racing the weather back home yeah really like
to be on the ground before that weather up north um coming in from the east gets in so
yeah I'm sure it's gonna be a fun flight.
Okay so that is indeed icing on the wing
but it will melt off
by the time we're ready to take off
All right guys we're about to head out uh we're going to do
the same type of takeoff as yesterday, we're going to take a running start to use every inch of this runway
that we can. We're going to do a full flap take off, get the wheels up as soon as possible and
then stay in ground effect to pick up speed and then I will just drop a little bit of flap and
then we'll start climbing out we'll try to um aim for best rate of climb which is 70 miles per hour
if necessary we can drop down to best angle of climb which is 65 miles per hour if we
need that angle. Dragon Peaks traffic IJC now lining up and
immediately rolling runway 06, right turn out initially then heading Harrysmith IJC
Okay pick-up speed pick-up speed...and taking off, staying in ground-effect
drop a bitt of flap, that's it, nice! Flying speed
No problemo! 500 feet per minute
Fuel-pump off
Landing light off
Engine pressures and temperatures in the green
Dragon Peaks traffic, IJC now airborne and turning northbound to Harrismith
Currently 4500 climbing to 6500, IJC
And we're doing a nice cruise-climb, 75mph and still climbing 300 feet per minute
Definitely this cold thick air that is making the engine and the
wings perform really well. Let's see what the temperature is now, 7
100 miles per hour true airspeed, ground speed 80. So 20 miles per hour headwind, here we go
Wow!
Low-level traffic Sterkfontein dam area, IJC is a Bushbaby
15 miles to the east of Sterkfontein dam
6500 feet routing to Harrismith, IJC
Aero Farm traffic, IJC is a Bushbaby, 3 miles to the south of the field
6800 feet, will be joining overhead, coming in for full-stop landing
Aero Farm traffic, IJC, final..turning final approach runway 36, full stop landing
There's a bit of a hump
just land after the hump
Cool made it, now to refuel
Morning
Yeah we spent two days at the Dragon Peaks in the Drakensberg
Nice to meet you
What does she cruise at?
About true airspeed, 100 miles per hour
Okay, that's lekker
Aero Farm traffic, lining up for takeoff runway 36 maintaining runway heading northbound
uh climbing 6500 routing Rhino park airfield
Traffic at Harrismith we are inbound from the north, routing Aero Park and we
still got 10 nautical miles to go, Aero Farm humble apologies. what is your altitude currently
Last caller, what is your altitude
Currently 6700, QNH 1032
Okay so thank you we'll keep a lookout
Which airfield are you going out?
Tacking off from Aero Farm, routing north towards Rhino Park airfield
Copy. Is there still fuel at Aero Farm?
Affirm
And we're up. Yup
Aero Farm traffic, IJC is a Bushbaby
4 miles to the north of Aero Farm airfield, 6400 climbing 6500
routing northbound to Rhino Park airfield, IJC
You passed us already, ADT Bosbok
We coming up approximately 3 nautical miles, we'll keep a lookout anyway
I've actually got you in sight, your 11 o'clock about same height
We don't have your visual
I'm passing you now on your left
No conflict
You are the Youtube legend
I wouldn't say legend, but I do try
I watch them
Thanks so much
Doesn't look like this cloud is gonna bother us we are
at our altitude we're supposed to fly anyway and probably still...
I don't know, a thousand feet
maybe a bit less, above us
Okay so that place we just landed for fuel is called Aero Farm
and it's just literally across the road from Harrismith airfield
and it is really a very nice place very friendly people
they fueled for us, they even offered us coffee. They've got a very nice
clubhouse there unfortunately we were in the bit of a hurry so we couldn't stay
But they definitely people who love aviation, uh true aviators, so I really recommend you go and
when you pass there, go land there and fuel up, check out that club house, it's a really nice place
Okay so we are progressing relatively slowly um we've got again a 15 miles per hour headwind
yeah it looks like it's going to be another hour and 15 minutes before we are there
but yeah actually this flight is a little bit more fun than it was there
maybe of course a flying low level
Okay so we've just landed at Heidelberg
which is a bit of a diversion, just to stretch legs and and pee again. The wind is quite strong
but uh yeah we will get going in the next 10 minutes or so for the final leg back to Rhino Park airfield
Special Rules East, IJC is a Bushbaby, 2 miles north of Heidelberg, 5600
climbing to 6500 feet routing Rhino Park airfield, IJC
I must say, this last leg was a lot of active piloting
very gusty very turbulent very windy
Rhino park traffic, IJC overhead the field, 6100 feet
will be descending on the northern side of the field and join uh right hand downwind or runway 11 on the gravel
That was a rough one
But not too bad
Okay guys we are finally home. This last leg was a long one again we had 15 to 20 miles per hour
headwinds the whole time so it just made it a little bit longer trip but it was a fun flight
we did most of it low level so I really actually enjoyed it a lot. This last leg was just very bumpy
um but yeah it was an awesome trip um really we we had a great time really recommend Dragon Peaks
awesome place to go. Thank you so much for watching um this three-part video series
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