Category Archives: Patch News

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 →

I’m writing this halfway through the month as I’m off to Vietnam on 22nd October and don’t get home until 4th November, so by the time you are reading this I will have missed anything that happened later in October. … Continue reading →

September has been a lovely month for flying, and the good weather brought out lots of new models. But before I get on to them, an apology, in last months’ Patch News I wrongly named Wonky Wiltshire as the owner … Continue reading →

August was a pretty good flying month weather wise but the first Sunday saw us all gathered in the barn for some ‘will it/won’t it’ time until the rain moved on and we were able to fly.You may wonder why … Continue reading →

After my holiday last month Patch News was very late. This month I’ve got loads of material, partly due to the fabulous weather no doubt, and I’m aiming to get back on track so this should be online by 1st … Continue reading →