07/08/06 Mike catching his Alula. (makes a change, I usually miss it)
Brilliant little model from Dream-Flight, it's only got a 4.5 Ounce flying weight and will fly in nothing.

Screaming in for a low pass!

Phoenix Model Products Tucano, a lovely aerobatic EPP model with no vices. Done in Brazilian airforce colours because the local model shop only had red Profilm!

Gulp! .. yup, that's what it's called.....it's a DS model from the USA, made from EPP and it's really quick. Nice...

Limbo competition time. Just as well the photographer's got a good zoom lens!

Limbo competition time again.

Blackthorn recyling. It's amazing how little ash remained after burning all the blackthorn/scrub

Glider pilot's revenge - With the full support and supervision of the National Trust we tackled the large area of Blackthorns on the slope. This area of scrub was getting bigger and bigger and caught out many a glider during landing. They will soon be no more. This helps us, and it also helps the NT maintain Rodborough Common as a grassland.

2026 update. Sadly the blackthorn has grown back with avengeance and hasn't been kept down by the NT trust, so the Easterly slope is now unflyable.

A visitor to the club....a hot air balloon decided to "pay us a visit". It came along the very bottom of the valley, just skirting over the trees, then disappeared overhead rising rapidly.

The balloon approaching along the valley

Is Bryan attempting to fly the balloon? Looks like it here...

Or maybe it's Pete flying the balloon?