Great Morning at Itford Hill 19 Aug 22

 Hi Everyone,

This morning we decided to meet at Itford Hill. The forecast was for Westerly wind but on arrival it appeared to be WSW , however it still created great lift.

I met George K and Martin J at the car park and we walked up together. Later we were joined by Robin S, Mark J, Gordon S, Bob C, David K and Paul H so it was a great turnout.

The lift wasn't always working and when it did work it was slightly to the South but the Wildthings went well at times and not at others. There was a total of 6 Wildthings today and at times they were all airborn together which makes a great sight. 

We had a great selection of models - Carrera and Wildthing brought by Martin J

I brought my Alula inherited from Paul H, George had his Wildthing, Robin had his Bird of Time and Phase 5, Mark had his Wildthing and an Irwin, Gordon had a Wildthing and Soarceror, Bob had a Wildthing, David had a new Wildthing and Paul had his SOAS wing.

All models except the Phase 5 and the Irwin saw action today and the flying was really good at times, especially for Robin's Bird of Time which was so aerodynamic and Robin's landings were textbook !

Gordon , George and Bob all flew their Wildthings very well and George was practicing landings. Bob and George have flown power models before so they were progressing very quickly. David managed to get a new Wildthing from Alan Head recently and he too has flown power and gliders before so he made great progress today.

Paul had his very light SOAS and that was flying brilliantly, it's a pretty impressive model. 

Martin flew his Wildthing and despite bringing the Carrera he didn't get it out of the box today.

Mark was flying his Wildthing and was also giving trimming advice and help to the others during the session.

I concentrated on training Gordon with his Wildthing and he was flying very well. Later he got me to fly the Soarceror a couple of times and after trimming it flew very well, I don't normally like Rudder/ Elevator models but this one is pretty responsive....

All told it was a great morning's flying and thanks to everyone who came along...

Rob