21/05/2007
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THAMES VALLEY MODEL AIR SHOW on Saturday 19th May.
This was a one day event at Blackbushe
Airport which is about 12 miles south of Reading and the first at this
venue, to my knowledge.
It was quite a nice day, a bit windy but
this did not bother most of the larger scale power models on display.
There is a proper concrete runway normally
used for full size aircraft.
The flying displays were very good, by the
likes of Steve Holland & Ali Machinsky of Al`s Hobbies + others.
There were many gas turbine jets &
quarter, third & half scale & non scale power models, also
aero towed gliders.
By contrast the few trade stands were
disappointing with the best being Puffin Models. West London Models
had a stand but had left most of their stuff back in the shop.
It didn`t help that Al`s Hobbies trade van
broke down on the way so they had no goods to look at.
The catering was also bad news with two
hot dog type places with long queues for most of the day. There were a
lot of visitors considering it was not well publicised.
Quite a lot had disappeared at about the
time the FA cup final started !
Conclusion: this could be a really good
show with more traders & better food & drink.
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| Wednesday at Frocester, a dull cold evening but the
lift was OK
Photo Paul's Flair
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Sunday at Selsley, a good morning, a light northerly and plenty of thermals |
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Peter side arm launching his Highlight |
Doug's Elipsoid |
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Andy doing a low pass for the camera |
Paul's multiplex Easy Glider |