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Phil's news letter 05/08/2013

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Esoaring

My next event is local

1st September eSoaring BMFA League Hawling, Gloucestershire Bernie Jones: bernie@esoarer.co.uk

News

Graupner has a new owner

http://www.graupner.de/en/newsdetail/0d57a0df-e859-4fb4-8177-6209865d4a03

· The business activities of the modelling company – rich in tradition- can go on in future

· The development of the well-known R/C system HoTT continues and the product range is limited

· The company`s location in Kirchheim/Teck can be retained

· The coustomer service for products, already sold, can be assured, too

Kirchheim unter Teck, 4th March 2013 - Founded 83 years ago, the modelling company Graupner has a new owner now. The previous principal supplier of the successful R/C system HoTT, also supplying other R/C electronics and charging technology, has now taken over the company after preceding insolvendy.

The official business transfer to the newly established company Graupner/SJ will be to 1st March 2013. The former company Graupner GmbH & Co.KG had several changes in the management in the past and although the company had full order books, they were forced to file for insolvency on 14th December 2012.

The company’s location in Kirchheim/Teck and the continuation of the R/C system HoTT is granted. The product range will be continued in a limited extent. Job maintenance in Kirchheim/Teck could not be guaranteed and the product range will be adapted for being competitive. The production facility could not be continued at the site in Kirchheim.

Gloucester model flying club

More photos will be on http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/blog/blog13/june13/june13.htm later

Afternoon tea & cakes
18th August

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

August

Sunday 4th	Thermal 4 − Progressive, start 10:30 am	Upton − Fish Meadow
Sunday 18th	Slope 4 − Speed, start 10:30 am	Malverns − Table Hill area
Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th Sunday 25th, Monday 26th	The Upton Music Festival	Camping on Fish Meadow (no club flying)

Photos updated http://www.glos-mfc.co.uk/malvern/photos.htm

I have had problems with the picture viewer, I have now linked it to a style sheet, so that the images are not repeated and displayed centre and top, but I will need to edit all 50 pages.

The viewer should preload the next 6 images so there is no delay as you click through

To download the main image right click and 'save background as '
to save images in the RH column right click and 'save image as'

The frame work is there with a few of my photos, I now need some photos to fill it, I know I have a bottle of wine in my hand in many of the away photos, but I am not a heavy drinker

Slope soaring

Monday

Tuesday

I flew at the GMFC, some very strong lift but a little more wind than I like

A Chinook flew past

Wednesday

Thursday

Well what a turn out for a Thursday! Four visitors from Birmingham + Guy, Phil, Richard and Tony.

We all enjoyed some great lift in the sunshine.

Photos: Guy's Gulp and a Brum M60

Friday

Pete was on the small slope at Haresfield when I arrived so I stayed on that slope too. He flew his M60 and weasel. I had my Fusion, mini-ferret and the experimental Flitza.

I had to watch as Pete beat up the slope with his M60. The grass whipped the underside of the model as he flew it across the slope just below our feet, then pulling up and turning out inches from the trees, Pete crying out ,"Ooh! That was close." then swinging it back across the slope in the opposite direction, repeat at the other end. He makes it sound like a panic reaction, I suspect it was some very precise flying, especially as he did it so often. Great fun to watch.

After that I got down to some relatively tame flying with my Fusion and Mini-Ferret. The Flitza flew well for a while, til I started over doing the controls and it put itself down in some brambles.

Tony

Saturday

A windy day at the GMFC , I flew my Shadow which liked the wind, I did not

Photos: Dave's, Kev's model and some gulls, could be Slender-billed and black headed, don't know if they were fighting or trying to mate

Slope

It was absolutely booming on Frocester: good, strong reliable slope lift boosted by thermals. I had a good hour belting my Bluto around, all on my own except for the picnickers and various spectators asking all the usual questions.

Wasn't it a bit too westerly for Haresfield Andy?

John

.Sunday

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http://www.electricsoaring.co.uk/events.html

Events

Aug 4	Bath SPA RCS All Electric Fly In Colerne, Wiltshire. Airfield Site. No Spectators. Contact Bob Partington on 01225 891441 or grpartington@gmail.com
Aug 4 Wessex	SA Slope Fly In For all Non-Powered Gliders. Slopes in South West Wiltshire, East of Shaftsbury. Contact Pete Carpenter on 07919 903742 or pete.carpenter12@gmail.com
Aug 10-11	North Cotswold MFC Annual Fly for Fun Flying off-the-peg all weekend. Bring and Buy Sale. Camping on site. Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. See https://sites.google.com/site/northcotswoldmac/home
11th August	The West Mendip SA are holding a PSS event at Crooke Peak (link for more details http://www.pssaonline.co.uk/main-pages/pssa%20events.htm ) Scale Gliders on Crook Peak, Somerset. 10am on. BS26 2HW. Contact Andrew Davey on 07989 361471 or andy-davey@slopesoaring.org.uk or see www.slopesoaring.org.uk
25th August	2013Woodspring E-Fly 2013 THE ALL ELECTRIC DAY E-Fly 2010 was a great day - for web page Click here The Woodspring E- Fly 2013 - 25th August 2013
Aug 24-25-26	BMFA British National Championships Radio Control Control Line Scale BMFA British Silent Flight National Championships
1st September	eSoaring BMFA League Hawling, Glouc ELG X Bernie Jones: bernie@esoarer.co.uk
8th September	eSoaring BMFA League TVSFb Bracknell, Berks ELG X Bernie Jones: bernie@esoarer.co.uk TVSF. Bracknell, Berkshire. Contact via www.esoaring.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
Sat 14th Sept	MSA open esoaring

Sept 22	BMFA eSoaringAMC. East Worldham, Hampshire. Contact via www.esoaring.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
29th September	F3F BMFA League 5Long Mynd, Salop martinnewnham@btinternet.com
Sep 28-29	Weston Fighter Meet Weston-Super-Mare Beach Large Model Show., Somerset, BS23 1BE. Contact Chris Willis on 01992 611250 or chris.willis7@ntlworld.com or see www.westonfightermeet.co.uk

EVENT LISTS

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

http://www.bmfa.org/events/index.html

http://www.electricsoaring.co.uk/events.html

http://www.rcmodelworld.com/article.aspx?a=5396

Phil's news letter 05/08/2013

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