Bush and Mountain Flying (3) - more snapshots

Bush and Mountain Flying (2) - more snapshots

Bush and Mountain Flying (1)

If you are thinking of Bush and Mountain flying in South Africa it would be wise to enrol for a course of instruction.

Here are some of the factors that you need to consider:

Bush Flying:

• Short, soft, rough and unimproved field take-off and landing
• Know the aircraft
• Optimum flap setting
• Maximum power for take-off
• Stabilized approach
• Braking
• Ground effect
• Very short landings
• Optimum speed at touch down
• Retracting flaps at touch down
• Taxying
• Unimproved surfaces
• Tailwheel/Nosewheel techniques
• Tying down
• Short field take-off
• Short field take-off with obstacle
• Short soft field take-off with obstacle
• Short rough field take-off
• Crosswind take-off
• Short field landing
• Short field spot landing
• Short soft field landing
• Landing over an obstacle

Mountain Flying

• Winds
• Rotors
• Mountain waves
• Orographic cloud
• Mountain breeze
• Valley breeze
• Fohn effect
• Katabatic wind
• Anabatic wind