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Club Update March 2012

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

March was a great month for flying with superb weather almost the whole time.  The Harper Hawker Hunter made its debut and promptly destroyed its motor on the first flight, but Mick soon replaced it with a HET Typhoon motor … Continue reading →

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Patch News – 23rd March 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by admin

Chairman Mick’s RC Lander Hawker Hunter made it’s first appearance last weekend, and very nice it looked too. Mick has removed the retracting undercarriage having decided hand launching and belly landing would be better on our field. This has saved … Continue reading →

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Flying week 27th Feb

Posted on March 3, 2012 by admin

Lots of flying this week, it was a bit misty first thing most mornings but it burned off quickly and Thursday in particular was glorious.   The EDF fad continues apace and at various times over the past two weeks … Continue reading →

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Wednesday 15th Feb

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

Thought you’d like to see some pics I took this morning of Steve Montague’s Vampire. It’s the HobbyKing one, Tony Neal also has one on order.  It was very windy this morning but the plane handled it with no problems. … Continue reading →

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Club Update January 2012

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

I expect most of you know that the usual writer of the monthly blog (Duncan Dunfermline) has been forced to work in Scotland for a few weeks so he has asked me to fill in for him. Apparently he is … Continue reading →

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Sunday 5th February

Posted on February 6, 2012 by admin

Not sure if Andy Palmer was after another award. Here are a few pics of sunday, Andy said it was a quiet morning… wonder why ?                       

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Rod Jarvis visit 19th January

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

On 19th January we welcomed Squadron Leader Rod Jarvis, our guest speaker for the evening. Rod’s career with the RAF spanned a total of 50 years. He first enlisted in January 1956 and retired twice. When he rejoined he became … Continue reading →

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Steve Prideaux visit 8th December

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

Our PRO Steve Hastings introduced Steve Prideaux who began his talk with a potted history of his modeling career. He started out in 1985 and has continued pretty well continuously since. At the start he flew a Hi-Fly glider then moved … Continue reading →

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Club Meeting 19 January 2012

Posted on January 9, 2012 by admin

Happy New Year !! Just to remind you all, Woody has kindly organised for Squadron leader Rod Jarvis to visit the club to talk on air to air refueling and his time flying Victor tankers in the RAF

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Club Meeting 8 December 2011

Posted on December 2, 2011 by admin

Hi All,   Just a quick line to remind you all of a few things. I have had confirmation from Steve Prideaux, that he will be with us on the 8th Dec, you really don’t want to miss this chance … Continue reading →

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