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Old April 27th 06, 07:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Gliding in Namibia

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:39:08 UTC, "Mal" wrote:

: Portmoak ? http://www.portmoak.force9.co.uk/

Learnt there and have flown occasionally since. Not my cup of tea as a
club, on the whole, though it's a nice place.

: Flew there had check off the winch he said only stay up for an hour on your
: solo never got what he meant till I was on the ridge for a while.

My first solo there was 4 minutes (strict instructions not to soar).
Second solo - immediately afterwards - was 1 h 29 m ...

Ian