Itford Hill, Sunday 21st June

Hi All,
Paul, Graham, Will and I met up at Itford Hill yesterday morning to take advantage of a forecast westerly at 15 mph. When we got to the top, the wind was a little stronger than forecast but straight onto the hill so we were hoping for some good lift (which in fact wasn't as good as hoped).
Graham flew his Mijet and electric glider (can't remember the name) , both very well indeed.
I had the Moth and Quark made by Tim, the Moth flew as well as ever, but I had trouble slowing it down for landing for some reason (not flown for 5 weeks), but Paul gave me valuable information on future landings. I also maiden flew the Quark by Tim and it flew really well, but I tried a loop without enough air speed and had a hard landing. Some minor fuselage damage resulted.
Will had his trusty Spectre which he flew very well and managed to break his bad luck spell at Itford. Paul was instructing Will on how to practice landings.
Paul brought his new paraglider, but after he had untangled the strings, and with help from Will and I, we decided that the wind was just too strong to try it out. There's always next time, and it looked like it might be a great deal of fun. Paul then flew his Valenta Dragon which unfortunately suffered a broken servo, but he still managed to land it better than any of us with fully-working models and it lives to fly another day.

Thanks Rob for your excellent flying report.

What happened after Rob left?......well, after we had all stopped clapping & cheering !

Will kept chucking his Spectre off and then after a few quick turns, landing back near himself. A guy flying nearby with a Wildthing was watching Will's antics and wandered over to give him some constructive advice on how to keep his model up for longer, as Will obviously was having issues keeping it up (oh Matron !!!!). Will explained to the guy,  that all was OK and he was just practising his landings and was in complete control (well nearly). We believe Will - Honest !!

As Rob has already mentioned,  I brought MAX the RC Paraglider pilot along for a maiden flight. I tried to tell him that the wind was too strong and he should wait for a calmer day to fly but would he bloody listen? Even Graham told him on more than one occasion to stay in his box but some people just don't heed good advice and here what happened to the little chap.......

 

 

After Will and myself had extracted Max from the barbed wire fence, his only comment was (which I thought was very funny for a plastic bloke wearing a bright red jump suit) - '' I was saddened by the lack of penetration !''. Now where have I heard that before?
Maybe you need some Viagra Max........