Author Archives: Colin-Cowplain

After the pretty lousy weather of December there was a distinct improvement in January. Several of us flew on New Year’s Day and, although it was very blustery, it was a good start to the year.Sadly for the workers the … Continue reading →

Well that’s Christmas over for another year, I hope you all had a good time and received lots of modelling related presents. December was a pretty awful month for flying, lots of wet and windy weather that seemed to make … Continue reading →

It’s 10.30 on a Sunday morning and I should be at the patch, but it’s blowing a gale and there is light drizzle so I’m taking the opportunity to produce some light drivel of my own. The Hampshire Astronomical Group … Continue reading →

In Patch News last month I explained that I would be away on holiday at the end of September and beginning of October so would be relying on others to keep me up to date with patch happenings. Everything worked … Continue reading →

This will be rather an odd edition of Patch News as I’m off on holiday (yeah yeah, I know…again!), so it won’t include the last week of September. My aim is to complete this before I leave and, wi-fi permitting, … Continue reading →

I’ve made a quick video of some of the Deltas flying on Sunday. I didn’t film all that flew but you’ll get the idea of the fun! Other members filmed all the models and used ‘proper’ video cameras (I was using … Continue reading →

I am writing this on 1st September which is classed as the start of autumn but frankly August seemed like winter much of the time; it was mostly cold, windy, and very wet. However, some days weren’t bad (as you can … Continue reading →

Summer, what summer? July was really mixed up weather wise, we had some lovely weather at the beginning of the month but then it turned more like late autumn with wind and rain. Fortunately the last few days slowly improved … Continue reading →