ones that splatter the insects on to your sunglasses Keith :lol:
Very Good Bill :clap: ,…..that was almost funny! :roll:
So, another glide - in finishes on the Big L. A lot of members mentioned that the temperature was a little on the ‘cool’ side, which was true, and on Saturday we did get a couple of heavy showers. There was not much in the way of sunshine, (when I was there anyway) and a couple of models were blown into the dreaded forest behind the landing zone, (all of which were recovered) but that’s all the bad news.
So, what action was there over the weekend.
I don’t suggest that this is a comprehensive list of ‘happenings’ just some of the things that I, personally, remember.
Fred told me he counted 18 pilots on Saturday and with the wind coming straight onto the west slope for most of the time there were certainly a lot of planes in the air. I regularly counted more than half a dozen flying at a time. Surprisingly there were no collisions. (not to have been so on the following day,....more anon :lol: ) But staying with Saturday there were a great variety of models that were put through their paces. Large classic scale gliders seemed to be the models of choice, along with a couple of PSS, and some old favourites (of mine) Zagi and Skua wings & two, (or was it three?) Phase 6‘s. Landing conditions could be a little ‘challenging’ if the wind happened to be gusting at that time. But I don’t recall any major damage being reported.
For some reason the BBQ seems to attract a lot of attention at these glide-in's. Must confess I don’t really understand why. :?: I’ve spent ages watching it and it’s never taken off yet!
Sunday saw more good strong lift rather than the gentle breeze that had been forecast. Fred again put his new 5mtr scale glider into the air along with some of his other larger cherished scale models. At one point I saw Joe flying his Quark but I get the feeling this man is really another ‘scale’ flyer because the plane he flew the most was a very respectable looking Spitfire. Unfortunately it seems he got a little carried away with his desire for dog-fighting and managed to clip Stephens Skua wing. No permanent damage was done to either model though.
Talking of combat wings, they seem to be becoming extremely popular. There were eight of them there on the Sunday. Les and friend (someone else who’s name I can’t remember……I think I’m going soft in the head) were flying Zagi’s, Big Keith and Patrick also had one each. Stephen & myself were putting Skua’s through their paces while Justin had his ‘homebrew’ wing, which looks remarkably like a Zagi I have to say, but isn’t of solid foam construction. Even young Tom, (Stephens son) put his powered wing up for a spin.
Along with some very fast mouldies and an easy glider, the variety seemed endless. Unfortunately the easy Glider had it part of it’s tailplane removed (while in flight) by that sneaky Spitfire, but Justin just kept on flying it as though the collision had been nothing noteworthy. He’s a very cool dude that Justin!
Other members will post their own memories of the event. I’m hoping to put a short video/slide show of Saturdays meeting. Alas the cheap little camera I use seems to have given up the ghost half way through Saturday. Most of the stuff I shot was out of focus. I’ll see what I can recover.
Big thanks to one and all who turned up and made the event an EVENT. :clap:
Me,.... I’m off to bed now. Nighty night one and all, Zzzzzzzzzz
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(Little) Keith
