Today up at Itford I was joined by Rob, Russell and Roger as well as 400+ Macmillan walkers proudly striding up the hill. Beautiful day with a swinging wind which started w or WNW but at times seemed to be coming straight of the Sea SSW but most of the time the hill together with some good thermals made it work well most of the time. Rob had his Stargazer and Moth, Russell had a foam wing and Roger brought along his friendly personality!
I had a great time with loads of flying done. The Dragon was screaming along and then slowed up nicely to become a thermal soarer. Even managed some decent landings with her. Played silly beggars with my Tracuer with lots of close up mucking about. So I was happy and it was nice to meet up with the two new guys Roger and Russell.
Slope Soaring Sussex is a friendly group of RC glider flying enthusiasts based in Sussex, UK. We slope soar at various locations on the South Downs and have a field for thermal soaring. ‘Slope Soaring Sussex’ is a BMFA affiliated RC Glider-only flying club. We fly many types of RC gliders from conventional slope soarers to Scale, DLG, F3B, F3J, F5J, PSS and more. Our aim is to encourage and promote safe, responsible and enjoyable radio controlled model flying. New and experienced flyers welcome.
I'd not flown from Itford Hill before last Saturday, it's a smashing site, thanks for the introduction. The forecast is WSW again next Saturday morning so I might try a different model there then...
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