Phil's news letter 24/06/2013

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Video

A few short bits of the GMFC field from my glider. it was a very dull day with mist and my camera kept missing focus.

I will have another go later

http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/video/gloss.wmv 

 

 Esoaring southern area championship

below is the flight log from the comp.

The blue was my discard, the red my lowest scoring slot and the brown the all up last down final bit of fun 

Some of you may recognise Chris Foss receiving second prize

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        Martin Bell ran the comp with help from

Photos at  http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/phil/sa13/1.htm 

 

NEWS ITEMS

 

This is a photo of a thief making off with my tool box, the police recovered it within half an hour and arrested the culprit

The photo was taken with a Swann outback camera

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The SCSA 

South Cotswold Soaring Association

2013 Records:

ALTITUDE GAIN:   2284 feet phil  "http://www.scsa.org.uk/records/2013/phil2284.jpg"

THERMAL DURATION: 42:06 Phil 

HLG Tony Hickson   14 mins 9 secs

Details at http://www.scsa.org.uk/records/records.htm 
 
Gloucester model flying club

Midsummer BBQ

29th and 30th June, new date

  More photos will be on http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog13/may13/may13.htm  later

 
Malvern Soaring Association


Calendar of events  http://www.malvernsoaringassociation.co.uk/cal13.html

I keep getting the dates wrong, please  visit the web site for the latest news of events

 July

Sunday 7th Thermal 4 − Regressive Times, start 10:30 am Upton − Fish Meadow
Saturday 13th British Triathlon Upton − Fish Meadow (no club flying)
Sunday 14th Slope 2 − X-Country, start 10:30 am Malverns − Table Hill area
Friday 19th, Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st, Monday 22nd		 Upton Blues Festival, Town venues, Upton Camping on Fish Meadow (no club flying)
Sunday 28th E Soaring 4 − 3 Flight Aggregate, 10:30 am Upton − Fish Meadow

 

Sunday 16th
Slope soaring

 

We need a reporter, please help
Phil

 

Monday

Tuesday

I flew at the GMFC, the lift was light, I spent the afternoon practicing landing on a spot at near to 10 minutes, on 4 flights I failed to stay up for ten minutes, a common problem in old age. 

I gave the club a gas hob and Paul Andy and Jon fitted it; it's great to be able to make a cup.

We need another propane cylinder, small enough to go under a work surface, red with a female thread 

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Wednesday

The wind was a little too strong  for us to fly and enjoy the HLG contest, it did not take place

Thursday

  

Friday

I had one good flight on Minch with my Shadow

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The wind increased in the afternoon, I tried flying at Selsley but changed to Frocester where we had some strong lift

Tim flew his Middle Phase, Tom a Mini Ellipse and Guy miriJ

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Saturday

That was a gusty afternoon!  The sustained gusts were pushing me back   from the slope edge. (Frocester) My unballasted Slipstrean penetrated  well and managed some of my twirly bits. While practicing close in flying
>> (tentative landing approaches) I rediscovered the technique of  Bushbraking. Parking in a small oak tree can be quite convenient. 

 Next up my heavyweight Hai. It flew well in the strong wind. Whenever  some one came to admire the view I took the Hai way out and let her soar  up as high as I could get her. When the hill top was clear I brought her  down to play a bit closer in. Landed in the same tree, but she snapped a  few twigs off it on her way through.

 Tony

Sunday

Around 09:45 I thought maybe it wouldn't rain after all, so headed to Selsley with a Bluto.  In my haste I forgot the ballast, but it went OK anyway.  The lift was very good but a bit turbulent at times, and having also put my gloves and other cold weather gear away for the 'summer' it was a case of five minutes flying and 10 minutes for the fingers to warm up.  Andy's Salto went well, Ben's HP18 had a dodgy left aileron servo so didn't get to fly.  Mike's VoltiJ was performing some creditable knife edges (for a glider) and my Bluto survived a high-speed pylon turn into the ground, only needing ironing to remove the creases. 

John

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Quad on Minch

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Latest photos at http://www.ebley.talktalk.net/photos2/?C=M;O=D 

 
For Sale

.flyquiet.flyquiet.co.uk/smf/index.php?board=10.0      .bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/index.php?catid=56 

glos-mfc.co.uk/forsale/for-sale.htm
esoaring.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=9be5e7aa62c38e0362754ed0a90eb9b0 

 For Sale at Glos-mfc

http://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/forum/59-for-salewanted/ 

Black magic kit,, Blade SR Huey RTF, Thunder Tiger Field Box, Scroll Saw, Blenderm tape, Spektrum DX7JP, Stinson, FRsky plug in 2.4gig Futaba/Hitec conversion module,

Events

We at the Whitesheet club are to hold an F3f event on Sunday 14th July to raise funds for the Whitesheet byway project. Full details of this project can be found on the Slope & dynamic soaring board under that heading.

The F3f comp will be open to all, experienced / regular f3f comp pilots and also anyone wishing to try F3f for the first time.

Entry fee to the comp will be 5 Pounds but anyone wishing to contribute more than this on the day is most welcome to do so and the extra money will be very much appreciated by the Whitesheet committee members. The extra money will be very gratefully received & will go directly to the fund.

We hope the event will get your support & help us with the Whitesheet byway project. 

Interglide 2013

Interglide will take place on the 3rd - 4th of August 2013.  The flying field is located Near Edgcott, about 7 miles east of Bicester, Oxford and not far from our old field at Marsh Gibbon.

 

30th June eSoaring BMFA League TVSF, Bracknell, Berks ELG X Bernie Jones: bernie@esoarer
21st July eSoaring BMFA League Dunston, Staffs ELG X Bernie Jones: bernie@esoarer.co.uk

Includes Team Selection
South Wales

Jun 14-15-16 Weston Park 21st Anniversary Model Show

Weston Park, Weston under Lizard. West Midlands, TF7 8LE. Nr M54, J3 or M6 J12. Extensive Camping. Contact Steve Bishop on 01952 587298 or 07758 895068 or stevenbishop@blueyonder.co.uk or see www.westonparkmodelairshow.co.uk

Jun 23 South Bristol Vintage Control Line Gala

Vintage Combat. Other events TBA. Hamfields Leisure, Formerly Berkeley Power Station Sports Club. Combat Contact Mick Lewis, 01453-542367 or mick@combatflyers.co.uk

Jul 6-7 Woodspring Wings 2013 Airshow

Yatton, Nr Clevedon, Bristol, J20 or 21, M5. Contact 07970 473717 or warren@westgatesystems.net or spitfire@woodspringwings.co.uk or see www.woodspringwings.co.uk

Jun 8-9 BMFA F3F Slope Racing National Championships

EVENT LISTS

http://www.esoaring.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2445&hilit=&sid=4d0c8caf50116f2793c6a973444d74fa 


 http://www.barcs.co.uk/event-calendar  

HLG http://www.flyquiet.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3706.0

Esoaring Dates http://www.esoaring.net/index.php?page=competition-calendar-2013 

 

 

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