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Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 09, 2006, 19:24:48 PM

Anyone fancy it? Of course it depends on the weather!
A northerly wind would be perfect.Mt Leinster takes west around(north-west) to north/slightly north-east.
The north slope is the better all round slope.It's more fun to fly(a nice steep slope face) and easier to land(soft ferns behind the slope out of the lift zone)
If the wind is right.i recommend checkin it out.you won't regret it!
If the wind isn't looking great down here i might head for killakee  :wink:

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 10, 2006, 07:21:50 AM

Count me in !!  :D (if the weather is right of course !)

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 10, 2006, 07:23:06 AM

By the way...
I can do a lift from Dublin for those without a car / transportation...

1 seat, and space for gliders...

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 10, 2006, 09:13:18 AM

I'm not sure if I will be avalable or not  :( . I have to go to Mullingar on Saterday for an appointment, I can't get out of it. I might be available on Sunday and if you guys are not going on Sunday I might go anyway just to see what I'm missing.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: david_herbaut on August 10, 2006, 11:19:56 AM

Hello guys,

you can also count on me. :P
fred i need a lift cause still no car.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 10, 2006, 11:29:31 AM

Lets make it Sunday shall we? it's usually better for people.Hopefully it means Alan can come along too!
The more the merrier.Four people flying would be a new record for Mt Leinster :D
Weather looks ok at the moment.Fingers crossed!

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 10, 2006, 12:01:17 PM

Does ISR stand for Island Soaring Rebels. Will that be the offical name of the club, that will be OK with me.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 10, 2006, 12:50:56 PM

Hi All,

Yep, ISR, Island Slope Rebels is now the name of the club... I'll post somthing about it asap.

For David : We'll see how the weather goes. Joe, Tomorrow for a final decision, is that ok ?

For Alan : do you have a lift for sunday ?

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 10, 2006, 13:42:19 PM

Yep! Will post on the weather tomorrow :D

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 10, 2006, 13:50:35 PM

Quote from: "Fred"

Hi All,

Yep, ISR, Island Slope Rebels is now the name of the club... I'll post somthing about it asap.

For David : We'll see how the weather goes. Joe, Tomorrow for a final decision, is that ok ?

For Alan : do you have a lift for sunday ?

Fred

I won't know untill Sunday if I have a lift. You know what its like with parents  :roll: .

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 11, 2006, 14:17:45 PM

Ok so, weather lookin' good for sunday at the moment! 20km north-northwesterly easing off in the evening.A fairly early start would be a good idea.Be on the slope for noon maybe? about 11:30 at ferns OK for you Fred?.Alan if you head for Bunclody and call me just before you get there and i'll give you directions(hopefully you can get a lift).I'll PM you my number.
Always hard to tell how good the slope is flying till ya get there and have a look.More northerly wind would be better.We will be able to fly as it is no problem.Just want ya all to have a good day.Looking forward to it!  :D  :D
I'm out for the day and won't be on here till tomorrow.later!

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 11, 2006, 14:39:12 PM

Unfortunalty I wont be able to go  :( . I have things to do on Sunday also  :(  :( . But I defenatly want to fly Mt Lenister some time. Hopefully in the mext month or two. It would be cool if we could fly of the top of Mt Lenister, where the mast is.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 11, 2006, 15:25:14 PM

Hey Joe, Ok for me...11.30 at Ferns.

David, if you are coming, we need to leave Churchtown at 10am... Let me know via the forum if you can make it or not.

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: david_herbaut on August 11, 2006, 16:47:05 PM

ok for me

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 12, 2006, 20:41:30 PM

Ok see ya both tomorrow! looks like one or two of the lads from my club down here will come along too.
Wind still looks ok.could be better.should be ok though.we shall see  :?
Fred. If you have any room throw in the Grunau too so i can have a go :D please  :D
See ya tomorrow.looking forward to it :D

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 13, 2006, 00:13:12 AM

:D  :D

Grunau is in the car !  :D

See you tomorrow !

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 14, 2006, 08:48:22 AM

Hey lads,

What a beautiful day that was !  :D  Really happy, flying conditions were absolutely fabulous. Hours of flying !
So, for a first ISR meeting, we can already say that was a real success !

4 pilots, 11 models on the slope (more in the cars !  :wink: ). Next time, hopefully, we will be more, but for a start, that was great !

Those who were not here missed a great day of fun / flying !  :P

(http://acmangouleme.free.fr/group.jpg)

(http://acmangouleme.free.fr/models.jpg)

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 14, 2006, 08:57:03 AM

Ooopss..

Forgot to mention that a video "best of the day" will come soon (this week  :D )

Some really nice footage of the Grunau and Ka3 in the air (sorry, for me, that was the best moment...Ok, a bit of narcisism here...  :oops: )

And thanks to Alan's father for the group photo !

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Anonymous on August 14, 2006, 08:59:59 AM

YEH!! Can t wait to see the movie.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 14, 2006, 09:40:49 AM

:D  :D  :D

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 14, 2006, 11:48:51 AM

Excellent day!.Just what the doctor ordered  :D
5 pilots if you count Dermot who had his first glider flight.
A good selection of models too.vintage scale,modern scale,sports,electric,combat! the only thing missing is PSS(i'm not counting the F15).That will change for next time.My Spit is in hospital and the U2r is not ready yet and maybe a B25(Fred?).They'll be there next time  :D
Thanks to all for coming out.Was very nice to have ya all on my turf!!  :lol:  :lol:

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 14, 2006, 12:30:35 PM

Damn ! That's right, totally forgot Dermot !

Bah, It's monday.. That's my official excuse !  :oops:

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 17, 2006, 08:09:11 AM

Good morning lads,

So, here is the video "best of" of the week end in Mount Leinster, and the first ISR meeting.

(http://www.retroplane.net/forum/images/icone-wmv.gif) (http://acmangouleme.free.fr/ISR.wmv)

9Mo - 5.30 Mins - Right click and save as...


Enjoy !

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 17, 2006, 09:10:33 AM

Thats Brilliant  :D  :D  :D  :D . Its a great snapshot of the day. Only wish I could have stayed longer and had more than one flight.

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Fred on August 17, 2006, 09:39:49 AM

We'll do better next time !

For myself, the radio has count 3 hrs of flight in total, with 4 different machines... I can say that was a great day !  :D

And bring your Pilatus !!  :D  :D

Fred

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: Alan_Perse on August 17, 2006, 09:54:04 AM

I'll see if I can get the pilatus flying this weekend. It still needs some repairs. The only day I can get to laken is proably Sunday evening. Hopefully the weather cooperate  :roll: .

Title: ISR roadtrip to Mt Leinster
Post by: joe on August 18, 2006, 20:24:48 PM

Nice movie Fred.Well done.Looks great  :D  :D