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Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on January 13, 2015, 13:48:00 PM
hi all,

shannon mfc summer gliding starts on wed evening, 15th april and will continue every wed for the summer.

our fly-in will be on sat 13th june, with sun 14th the alternate if the weather is bad on sat.

all flying is on tountinna, which is near balina, co tipperary, over looking lough derg.

regards,  gb
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: johnfireball on January 13, 2015, 16:40:21 PM
Hi Gerry,
          Are the Shannon model flyers having a control line meet this spring?
John.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on January 14, 2015, 02:15:07 AM
i haven't heard anything so far john, i'll enquire for you and let you know
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: rogallo on January 14, 2015, 08:04:29 AM
John, keep an eye out on the MACI calender for it. Usually around end of April start of May,

Ralph
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on February 02, 2015, 00:31:13 AM
hi john,

re snn mfc control line event, this event will be in april, the date depending on what week end suits most people.

  if you want to contact our club c/l sec, please let me know and i'll send you on his details.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on March 06, 2015, 21:42:11 PM
hi john,

smfc are holding a control line event on

                        saturday, 11th april 2015

in shannon.


gb
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: johnfireball on March 29, 2015, 00:19:57 AM
Thanks Jerry. Will go weather dependent.
John.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on April 13, 2015, 14:27:21 PM
The Wednesday summer sessions are officially starting this wednesday!
Contact GB on the forum for meet up.

I will be there on the 13th and 27th of May! :)

A few photos of one of the 2013 evening session if you still need some motivation!

http://www.gliderireland.net/index.php/galleries/archives-2013/tountinna-2013-glide-in

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/img_5652.jpg)
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on April 13, 2015, 22:07:04 PM
thanks for the promo fred.  can't wait for wed.  anyone down our way wishing to fly with us will be more than welcome.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on May 12, 2015, 07:40:36 AM
Hi all,

Just as a reminder, Wednesday Flying sessions are full on!

I will be flying up there this Wednesday, and the 27th :)

See you there!
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on May 14, 2015, 21:33:44 PM
First visit to the Tountinna Gang last night :)
We had the sun and the wind, but unfortunately, not the correct direction. Never happy these slope flyers!
But that did not stopped anybody to fly!
Gerry told me before hand about the weather (thanks!) so I only brought the small stuff with me, but had the ASH26 just in case the forecast was not correct.

The usual craic, and good banter.
We even had our usual car trouble curse, but this time, it was a first, with a battery pack falling somewhere in the engine block of a lovely French car :)
The usual 4 watching and commenting with the usual jokes, while one was desperately trying to sort it out :)

Anyway, great evening! Looking forward to the next one already, hopefully on the good slope :)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0009.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0022.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0020.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0011.jpg)


(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0019.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0018.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0017.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0016.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0015.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0014.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0001.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0008.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0004.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0002.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0003.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0002.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/TountinnaMay2015-0010.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/20150513_190015_resized_1.jpg)

Thanks again lads for a great evening  :clap:  :clap:
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Happy Days on May 15, 2015, 09:57:05 AM
So, good weather but wrong wind. It can be a nuisance that.

Glad to see Ger back on his feet, :D  and what a lovely display of models.

Not quite sure what “a battery pack falling somewhere in the engine block of a lovely French car” means :?: . Sounds like a contradiction of term…Is there such a thing as a Lovely French car? :?  I’ve never known one! Ha!! :lol:  (Actually that’s not true, I had three Citroens during the ninety’s )

What is the black model in the 12th picture? It’s hard to make out. I can see the airbrakes so it's probably Freds or Gers.....

Thanks for posting Fred, maybe the Shannon lads will be out this weekend with westerly’s blowing. I hope to be on the Big L at some point myself.

See you later lads.

Little Keith.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on May 15, 2015, 16:56:47 PM
great to meet up with fred after such a long time.  we had a lovely evening's flying even though the wind was roughly easterly, not a great slope on tountinna.

thanks for good wishes keith, glad to be on the road to recovery.  that black model is a flamingo contest from mpx from when they produced their fibre glass models.  wally fogarty owns it and flew it to perfection on the night.  his was the only model to really make use of the marginal lift on the night, plenty of wind but not a lot of lift.

our fly-in is on june 13th, so keep that date in mind.  

gb
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on May 29, 2015, 14:33:07 PM
Hi all,

So last Wednesday, I had a second session down in Tountinna. The weather was not looking too good, but the Slope Soaring God must have answered a few prayers as the weather changed from low clouds and rain to what you see on the photos!
It was very windy and cold, but this time, we were on the "good" slope so all was set to have a great time!
We were 8 pilots up there, and I think everybody flew.
I re-maidened my ASW15 after a new paint job and a bit of TLC, and happy to report that everything went well. But it would have been weird otherwise with this glider!
I can't remember what time we left, I think it was about 20.30.
Happy!

Below are a few photos, a bit more on the gallery later  :D

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/WED2MAY2015-0016.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/WED2MAY2015-0011.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/WED2MAY2015-0023.jpg)

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/WED2MAY2015-0026.jpg)

Oh, and GB was drunk.. We had to carry him back in his car... Sad sad sad...  :P  :lol:

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/WED2MAY2015-0031.jpg)
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on May 29, 2015, 14:47:40 PM
Page and gallery with a few photos:
http://www.gliderireland.net/index.php/galleries/tountinna-wednesday-sessions
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on May 29, 2015, 21:30:53 PM
i wish it was drink caused my lack of stability!!!  unfortunately one of my new knees decided it had enough of standing around and simply packed up.

besides fred's asw 15 which was really impressive as it sliced through the air, other models to fly included both pete's and ralph's quarks, my own salto and a v-tail belonging to pete, the name of which escapes me at the moment.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Happy Days on May 31, 2015, 09:33:22 AM
Quote from: "gerryb"
i wish it was drink caused my lack of stability!!!  unfortunately one of my new knees decided it had enough of standing


Yeah,…..a likely story! :roll: :lol:
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 05, 2015, 21:50:19 PM
just a gentle reminder (always the best kind i think you'll agree!) shannon mfc glide - in is on saturday 13th june on tountinna near balina, co tipperary.

all glider guiders welcome, all gliders welcome.  hope you can be there,

regards,

gerryb
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: billscottni on June 06, 2015, 16:23:10 PM
Bit far for me for a one day event gerry, but good to see you out & about.  :)
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 06, 2015, 22:06:13 PM
thanks bill,  good to be getting back to normal again
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: rogallo on June 11, 2015, 18:04:15 PM
Sat is looking great. See you all there

R
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Fred on June 15, 2015, 09:00:41 AM
Howdy lads,

Any flying done? Photos?  :D
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 15, 2015, 22:09:22 PM
hi fred,

yea, great day, great turn out, lots of flying.

i'm in west clare at the moment, soon as i get home, i'll put up report and photos
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 22:43:51 PM
right i'm back........

sat 13th, shannon mfc glide-in, tountinna.

forecast was for northerly winds, 12kts (f4) decreasing as the day went on.

a great day, 20 pilots took part and i think everyone enjoyed themselves.
 
flying started about 10.30am.
the forecast was spot -on, good breeze on the northerly slope but interestingly, the lift came and went which made for some challenging flying at times.  those of us who had electricity as back up were glad to use it from time to time.

as the wind dropped, we were able to pick up some thermals and get to great height at times (well done andreas and kieran).

later on in the day, the wind backed nnw and we backed with it. now we were able to make use of a better slope.

a great selection of gliders were on display, not all flew as the iffy lift meant some pilots chose to stay grounded rather than risk long walk outlandings.

flying finished about 5.30pm, at which time we packed up and headed home.

i would like to thank everyone who took part in the event for their support, some travelled long distances to be with us.

a special welcome to ross porz who was on holidays in ireland and joined us during the day.  ross is from australia and normally flies flat field thermal soaring so he was delighted to see slope soaring first hand.

some photos i took during the day........
Title: smfc glide-in
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 23:12:14 PM
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20034.jpg)tom, john, and noel. there's at least 150 aeromodelling years between these three and they're still loving it!!!(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20040.jpg)mike with phoenix 2000, wally with flair sunrise and alex who built this model as his first attempt at glider building and made a beautiful job of it. unfortunately, i can't remember the name of it.(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20043.jpg)the 4 muskateers! ralph, les, matt and jack. great characters all(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20044.jpg)joe, jim and chris(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20046.jpg)brendan with sky 2100
Title: smfc glide-in
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 23:28:40 PM
some more.....(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20049.jpg)wally launching the sunrise(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20052.jpg)and in the air. pity these are out of production, lovely light air gliders(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20059.jpg)pete about to launch a very old algebra. had trouble with one airbrake but this did not stop him flying it(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20063.jpg)george with bird of time.(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20070.jpg)there are always a couple of numbnuts around......!!!!!!!
Title: smfc glide-in
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 23:33:36 PM
lastly some models........(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20056.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20057.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20058.jpg)(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20060.jpg)
Title: smfc glide-in
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 23:43:59 PM
almost forgot the group photo........(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20080.jpg)l to r alex, matt, john, ralph, andreas, jack, brendan, kieran, tom, gb, pete, noel, wally, les, joe, chris, mike, ross, george.
Title: smfc glide-in
Post by: gerryb on June 16, 2015, 23:50:26 PM
just after the group photo was taken, pj arrives.....(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/gerryb/tt%202015%20082.jpg)here he is with kieran


just noticed brendan's model should read 'ask 2100' not 'sky 2100'
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Alan_Perse on June 17, 2015, 15:08:05 PM
Nice pictures Gerry. I'm sorry I could not make it.
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 17, 2015, 15:14:18 PM
pity you missed it alan, a good day.  i was just on to you about the l-spatz, looks a good model
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: Happy Days on June 18, 2015, 01:07:59 AM
Glad to see so many smilling faces. Im in canada at the moment and reconized the canadian wind sock. Looked a bit chilly.....lots of wooly hats.....so no crashes then?
love and kisses
little keith :D
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 18, 2015, 14:16:35 PM
been there a couple of times keith, great country, great people.

no crashes i'm afraid, mid-air or otherwise. probably weren't trying hard enough.  you'll have to come over next time, show us how it should be done.

enjoy canada keith, talk soon

gb
Title: 2015 Shannon MFC Gliding events
Post by: gerryb on June 18, 2015, 14:24:20 PM
been there a couple of times keith, great country, great people.

no crashes i'm afraid, mid-air or otherwise.  probably weren't trying hard enough!  you'll have to come over next time, show us how good quality crashes should be done.

 yea, it was cool enough too, even though the sun shone all day.  wooly hats and jackets were required.

enjoy canada keith, talk soon,

gb