A dry cloudy day not to cold even in the wind. A good westerly breeze gave
ideal conditions for lift on the west face of Selsley common.
The traditional Boxing day pylon race had been abandoned due low cloud
though technically it becomes fog when it reaches the ground.
Rescheduled for today Pete (The Hat) Wolfenden who has run these events
for many years stepped again up to the mark. Can't help but feel he was a
bit overwhelmed by numbers that came bearing models over the common.
Eighteen actually flew this has to be a record.
Most flew purpose built foamy type racers, Pete had is small moulded
racer plus one other competitor with a fully moulded glass/carbon
F3F machine, with the benefit of hindsight probably not the right machine.
Chris Bishop
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