Author Archives: Colin-Cowplain

This edition of Patch News is a little later than usual as I’ve been away for much of June. In fact I started writing this on 14th June in the hope that I can upload it to the website in … Continue reading →

Time flies and already it’s nearly June so time to report on May. The May weather was a bit of a let-down after some of the lovely weather we had in April, rather wet and fairly windy, although there were … Continue reading →

April saw the weather improve dramatically and for a couple of weeks after Easter it was perfect for flying. The Midweekers made good use of the weather and flew lots. Chairman Ron cut the grass a few times and the patch … Continue reading →

Last week Dougal Entendre sent me something he found in the April 1983 Epsom Radio Flying Club newsletter that seems appropriate for this time of year, he thinks it was written by the then editor, one Chris Hodson: “In the … Continue reading →

It’s the beginning of March and the signs of spring are here, roll on summer! February gave us the expected mixture of weather, some days were just wet and awful, others were cold but clear, but the overall trend seemed … Continue reading →

Well it’s 1st of February, a Sunday morning, and I’m sat at home writing Patch News instead of flying. Don’t upset yourselves, it’s not because I’m a slave to the ‘job’, it’s blowing a gale outside and very cold so … Continue reading →

Happy New Year to you all, let’s hope 2015 is good to us and we have a lovely year of warm windless days. No doubt Santa will have brought some aero modelling goodies to some of you and I look … Continue reading →

It’s already that time again. November seems to have flown by but it hasn’t included a lot of flying. It’s only to be expected that over the winter months we’ll lose some flying due to bad weather and that’s been … Continue reading →