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Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: joe on July 03, 2008, 11:41:48 AM

FYI
Midlands MFC Aerotow will be held on the 26 July.
Contact Andreas Balsinger 086-8147891

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Alan_Perse on July 03, 2008, 13:36:30 PM

I hope to make it the Midland MFC Aerotow. Unfortunatly the K8 will not be ready  :( . Still a lot of work to be done.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Fred on July 03, 2008, 13:44:36 PM

By the way, if we could have more info by Andreas or else, that would be great !  :wink:

My only concern is the number of tow plane at the event  :?:

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Alan_Perse on July 24, 2008, 13:48:07 PM

Does anyone know if this aerotow event is taking place on Sunday the 27th as well, it says so in Flightlines. I probably will not be able to make it on the 26th, but I might be able to on the 27th. I may not have any models to fly though.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Fred on July 24, 2008, 15:08:15 PM

No, no clues... No communication...  :?:

Will be good if you go, take loads of photos !  :D

And that would be be good too to know more about the event !
How many tow plane, size of the biggest glider that can be towed and so on...

No more news, I'll stay at home slope soaring instead  :roll:

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Alan_Perse on July 24, 2008, 22:06:14 PM

I might try and give Andreas Balsinger a call tomorrow morning some time to see if I can get more information.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: joe on July 24, 2008, 22:24:33 PM

Hiya Lads
Just got a email from Andreas asking if I was head to the aero-tow on Saturday. So it's on. I am unfortunately on holidays from tomorrow. I will see if I can get some more info from him.
J

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: joe on July 24, 2008, 23:02:41 PM

Got some info from Andreas

They are going for Saturday as the weather is to be bad for Sunday ,They would like to start at around 10am. 3 tow planes  2x 1/3 scale Piper Cub's  with 60 cc petrol engines and a MPX Big Lift with a 26cc petrol engine. They are only expecting a few pilots so if anyway fancies going alone I'm sure they would be glad of the support. They mainly fly scale gliders from 2-5 m
span but,  long as it has a release mechanism any sort of glider will do!

Give Andreas a call if you are going along. Just so he has an idea.

J

Andreas Balsinger 086-8147891

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Alan_Perse on July 24, 2008, 23:18:49 PM

Ah Nuts. I won't be able to make it on Saturday. Ah well next year I guess.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: joe on July 25, 2008, 08:59:14 AM

They are hoping to do another one later in the year as well. Maybe Sept/Oct.
Hope to be able to make it to that one.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Alan_Perse on July 25, 2008, 13:45:54 PM

Might have the K8 built by then hopefully.

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: cvanscho on August 06, 2008, 15:51:13 PM

Did anyone go to this?  Any reports?

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Fred on August 06, 2008, 16:15:36 PM

Hi Chris,

Yeah, was going to ask the same question !  :D  :wink:

Any photos, reports, even the boring stuff, we'll take it !

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: joe on August 06, 2008, 16:34:59 PM

Sent an email to Andreas yesterday asking the same thing. No rely as yet!

Title: Midlands MFC Aerotow - July 26
Post by: Fred on August 07, 2008, 11:34:49 AM

Cool, that would be great to have some info / news..

Checked the website, latest news are from 2006... :roll:

I think that will confirm what I'm doing now : going only to events that are actually advertised, with a minimum of communication... If they don't bother communicate, why bother driving to the event ? (in a general point of view, not necesarely about this one by the way  :wink: )

Long debate anyway, but hopefully, we will have some photos/news about that one  :D