Category Archives: Patch News

Unsurprisingly the October weather was rather autumnal and served up pretty much everything from sunny days with almost no wind to other days with heavy rain and gales. PAM members managed to fly regularly although some of the calm mornings … Continue reading →

We had a bit of an Indian summer in September with some lovely days of sunshine and light winds. This came as a real treat following the very poor July and August weather and it brought out lots of members … Continue reading →

I must start this edition with my Webmaster hat on and give a huge thank you to Dougal Entendre (AKA Mark Agate) for his work creating and setting up the new Petersfield Aero Modellers website. The original website was built … Continue reading →

In the last Patch News I said the grass in ‘our’ field was getting very long and we were expecting the farmer to cut it before too long. Right on time it was cut and when we flew on 1st … Continue reading →

Well that’s it then, the longest day has passed, the nights are drawing in, and winter’s on its way. Ok, that’s possibly a little pessimistic but the June weather really hasn’t been what we’d hoped for. I think ’variable’ describes … Continue reading →

Fortunately the month of May came and went without any further Covid-19 restrictions being brought in to prevent us from flying. At the start of the month the committee decided to raise the number of pilots allowed at each session … Continue reading →

After so many months of little or no flying due to various lockdowns we were able to fly for a full month in April. I think it’s fair to say that we made the most of the decent weather and … Continue reading →

At last, we’re flying again! As of Monday 29th March we are allowed to fly but the booking system remains in place and there are still some restrictions on numbers. Chairman John Wheeley has completed a risk assessment and emailed … Continue reading →

Here we are at the start of March having had zero flying in February. Fortunately things seem to be improving now with the vaccine rollout going well and Covid-19 cases dropping steadily so let’s hope flying is allowed soon. At … Continue reading →

Sadly I must start this edition with the news that Don Eades our club President has passed away at the age of 84.Don was a founder member of Petersfield Aero Modellers in 1972 but he had been an aero-modeller for … Continue reading →