July/August When I wrote my last post in June my opening line was "We finally had a club day!" Clearly that excitement was a little premature. Since then we have had rain, rain and then more rain. In fact June & July this year was double that of the same period last year. No doubt we were probably spoilt last year where it was a very dry winter but we then suffered in the ... Read More
Hangar Talk – June 2016
June 6 We finally had a club day! Whilst quite a number of members had other commitments, there was a reasonable turnout on the day. The forecast was for the winds to increase during the day so there was a mad scramble to get as many flights in as possible before lunch. Despite a few rusty fliers (me), the day was (almost) incident free. Kevin Hay brought along the big Yak and ... Read More
Hangar Talk – May 2016
There was limited activity around the club this month, mainly due to inclement weather. Unfortunately this was also true for our club day (at least it was in the morning). However, a few of the boys went south on our club day and visited RFAM where an IMAC event was being held (Report below). It is hoped that future events are not held on our club day as no doubt it will have ... Read More
Hangar Talk – April 2016
Peter Daniel & "Doc" Baldock are building again! The latest projects of Peter Daniel & "Doc" Baldock. No sooner has one build been finished and another is on the board. In this article, Peter has updated us on a Vickers F.B 5 "Gunbus", maidened in March. They have another on the board now, a Fokker Trimotor (aka the "Southern Cross") which will feature in a later ... Read More
Hangar Talk – March 2016
March 17 Max Wiggins test flies Tim Sydes' latest project a Bellanca Skyrocket. I contacted Tim and he emailed the details - Hi George I can help out there, it is from a plan in Model Aircraft magazine circa 1965, scaled upsize at Xerox by me to 61” span, powered by Enya .25 glow motor, original model was for free flight. It is a very gentle, stable flyer. However, struts ... Read More