Club Day May 3, 2008

Another magnificent Autumn day saw a great turnout for the May Club Day. These club days are turning out to be a great opportunity for like minded friends to catch up
and showcase their latest creations or to just have a good day out. The morning was relatively calm and lot's of models took to the air. Lunch arrived and the barbecue
was enjoyed by all. The afternoon saw the wind increase but still very flyable.

Fred Willis travelled the couple of hours from Swansea to have a good day out with his models. A "ground loop" resulted in a broken prop but he was quickly in the air
again with his tricycle undercarriage trainer. Craig Homan brought out his kit built Piper Cub in L4 Grasshopper livery. An excellent build that was capped off by a fault
free maiden flight. The Grasshopper colour scheme was a welcome change from the Cub yellow.
Tony Berg brought out his super fast all electric Hyperion Helios F3A. Tony is certainly not frightened to try anything new. He also flew his "Jug" and it flew more like an F16
than a Thunderbolt!

Paul O'Grady was also there and had a number of flights and also gave a hand to a few others with hand launches, including yours truly. Geoff Hays brought out his ACE
electric ducted fan model and it flew at blistering speed and had Geoff's heart pumping at a rapid rate. Geoff soon had it's measure and had a very successful flight.

Gerry de Groot flew the ex Fred Willis, Greg Robertson built Sportster as well as a Sports pattern model. Greg Robertson looks like he's returning to IC with a IC powered pattern
model on the building board; we'll have to wait and see what it is. John de Groot has a 7 cell glider in his sights and he will boost the ranks even further in this category
demonstrating the longevity of this event which seems to be going through a welcome revival.

It was nice to see Terry Pearson back in the fold and showing the same spark he had before his recent successful operation. He never ceases to smile. Kevin Hay had a touch
of "invertigo". I think he spent most of the afternoon flying around upside down with the exception of his landings fortunately! Mind you he and Merv seemed to think inverted
parking in the pits was the go too! Merv and Kevin dusted off a couple of "old stalwart" biplanes. Merv brought his Jabberwock and Kevin his Stamp.

Not to be beaten, a pair of wedge tail eagles graced us with their presence and showed us how easy flight can be. We are very fortunate to have these beautiful creatures
around to show us how much we have to learn. Of course it's a lot easier to find the thermals if you're right there in amongst them.

'til next time,

George Carnie

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