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with paragraphs but no carriage returns. DIARY 12th
- May Severn Valley Aerotow send a personal message from
the forum to Chris Morrison or call him on 07811826267. Right
click to download these event
notes and directions 13th
- Shropshire Aerotow see forum
thread. Further information from organiser Elliot
Howells May 19-20 BMFA Salisbury Plain Free
Flight Trimming June 16-17 Weston Park Model Show June 23-24 BMFA Mid West Area Scale
and Vintage Fly In The weather Hi Phil,
Have you missed me?
well I guess not. Reluctantly the first
one up is my superb ASK 8b. As you know this is a wooden model and
would not fare to well being put in the attic. It is with quite deal
of heart wrenching that I have decided to part with the model but I keep
telling myself it's for the best.
1/4 scale built from
the Flair Kit.
All servo's fitted, inc aero
tow.
7 Channel Multiplex IPD
receiver
2x 5cell NiMih batteries
Battery Fail safe device
Solartex covered with Solar
Loc paint job of a Swiss example.
Plans and scale doc's etc
Just Charge batteries, plug
the xtal in and go fly.
This model flies and handles
beautifully, majestic comes to mind, has the sit and elegance of the
full size version.
I would like to realise £350
for the model but to a SCSA member I will be willing to haggle (not far
though!).
X Models Whisper.
2 Metre span, flapped
version
All servos, battery and 7
chan receiver.
Ready to go.
£175.00
I have attached a couple of
photo's for you.
If I don't get any interest
from the club on the K8 I will be advertising on the Soaring UK website
in the near future so see what you can do.
Contact details; 01453
521427, 07887485861
All the best, Paul
Computer nerd bit
Even growing in a town, the Hawthorn retains the spirit of the wild,
and some town Hawthorn hedges have probably been there for hundreds of
years - long before the town built up around them. The beauty of this tree
in full blossom touches all our hearts and holds a special place in our
affections. Photo Pete Wolf
Photo Andy's Calypso
Nick's Alpina
Tim's Highlight
Bryan's ASW27 landing at Frocester Mike's Spitfire
7/05/2006
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18th-20th May 2007 G-VFWE 2007, now believed to be
Europe's largest flying event for vintage & classic
aircraft, will be held at Hullavington Airfield over . For
details, please visit the new website at gvfwe.co.uk.
All F/F Classes. Essential to Contact Bernard Aslett at 25,
Honeyhill, Wooton Basset, Swindon, SN4 7DX to pay fees and get on
Army security list, and Always Contact Peter Tribe on 01225
862748, Friday before travelling
Weston Park, Weston under Lizard. West Midlands Nr M54, J3 or M6
J12. Extensive Camping. Contact Steve Bishop on 01952 587298 or
07961 864415 or stevenbishop@blueyonder.co.uk
or see www.westonparkmodelairshow.co.uk
David Prosser Memorial Trophy. Camping Available. Charlton
Park, Nr Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Contact Robin Jones on 01451
830422 (Day) or 01608 737919 (Eve)
Trythis movie, it shows wind and temperature for the next three days http://pages.unibas.ch/geo/mcr/3d/meteo/movies/NMM22flowDX5HQ.avi
it is 6megs and runs in windows media player and is compressed with
DivX
I have been concentrating on other things just lately and as you will
probably have realised model flying has taken a bit of a back seat.
I still manage to keep my hand in albeit at odd times and whilst away in
the motor home. So this is a round about way of saying that I have
a couple of models to offer that are just going to deteriorate and
should be up in the air flying and not in my dusty study.
Below is an image of Selsley from Google earth, one useful feature is the
co-ordinates at the bottom. To view these images you need to download a
small program from http://earth.google.com/tour/thanks-win4.html
The Hawthorn (Crataegus mongyna), Whitethorn, Haegthorn, Quickthorn or May
Tree, is one of the most wild, enchanted and sacred of our native trees.
Known as the "faerie tree", this beautiful, often gnarled,
thorny little tree can live to a great age, and can be found growing in
the wildest and harshest of spots. It grows all over Europe, Greece, North
Africa and Western Asia and is rich in folklore and legend.
Friday at Selsley, the wind was between north and north east and did not
give good lift but it was possible to fly by using the small bowl in the
direction of the church.
Saturday started well with some smooth thermal lift, but went very lumpy
as the wind swung westerly and finally gave some good slope lift at
Selsley's west facing slope
Sunday at Frocester started with mist and drizzle later the sun
came out and the lift got very strong.