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Schagerl pics & details

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:41:42 +1100

I’ve stuck a new button ‘Schagerl’ in the navigation menu (above). Just click on it to see more....

New Schagerl Horns

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:26:19 +1100

I have just received my new ‘James Morrison’ trumpet from Schagerl in Austria. This is an instrument that I chose when at their workshop in January. We tried many different bells, lead pipes, combinations of metal/finish and this design is the one that best suits me.

It plays very freely and has an extremely warm sound when you blow softly. At the other end of the spectrum, when you blow hard it’s very bright and really ‘cuts’. I’m looking forward to playing it on a gig!

Flying Blog 3

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 23:14:23 +1100

Great day flying. Did some good practice and feel much more ‘current’ than I did 2 days ago.

Hopefully I’ll be ready for the test next week. I’m flying to a couple of gigs in the meantime, so that should help too.

Flying Blog 2

Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:07:29 +1100

Ok, today was ground school - which is important because it’s the main thing you don’t want to hit!

I take to the skies in the morning to do about 2.5 hours of instrument approaches and simulated ‘situations’.

To make matters a little more interesting, my instructor received a call this afternoon saying she had to fly (airlines) immediately to Los Angeles to pick up a plane and fly it back to Australia! Something about having to go right away as the winds are just right for the trip. This is in a plane a bit smaller than mine...

Flying Blog

Sat, 6 Mar 2010 18:47:32 +1100

Going flying tomorrow. I’ve recently acquired the above aircraft (a Cirrus) and I need to get my instrument rating renewal done. For those of you who don’t know about that - it means I have to do a test of ‘blind’ flying (nothing to do with drinking!) The licence that allows you to fly at night and in weather where you can’t see only lasts for one year. Every year you do a test to renew it. As I’ve been without a plane for a little while longer than that, my licence has lapsed - hence the practice and study that are going on right now to get ready! I’ll blog tomorrow after the flight as to how it went....