Its not often that you get to see an Airbus doing circuits at a local airport. The pilots aboard were really being put through their paces. The Airbus did mostly visual landings in a tight circuit which is challenging considering the speeds. At one point the crosswind ticked up to around 15 knots and I watched the training from my vantage point just off alpha taxiway.
A youtube video of the circuits.
That was just before a flight to Brits and Pilansberg. I was forced to turn back as the clouds descended and visibility dropped to a thousand feet. At one point turbulence below the ceiling was increasing and was an ideal moment to get everything set up for a rate one turn and trying to stay on the numbers. Cleared inbound and landed smoothly, ZS-BOR featuring audio terrain warning systems always fun!
Desmond Latham 