Saturday 30th January

Hi All,
We decided to try Itford Hill this afternoon at 12:00 just after the forecast rain will have gone.
In fact when we arrived it was overcast but there seemed to be some clear sky on the horizon.
I arrived to be met to 2 new potential members - Mark Johnson and Ian Lisseter. We all walked up the hill together and although Ian didn't have any models, he was very interested to learn about RC gliding. Ian flies free-flight models.

Mark had a foamie model but when it was being pre-flight checked, one of the aileron horns was loose, so that stopped Mark in his tracks unfortunately.
I brought the Moth and the newly-acquired (from Ebay) 60" Fusion. Both flew very well.
Paul then joined us with his Traceur and Dragon. It seemed a bit too windy for the Tracer so Paul reverted to the Dragon which is a brilliant model.

Later we were joined by Ian Ashdown with his SAS Starjet , Jack Pritty with his Ninja and Scott Tompkins with a Vagabond and trusty foamie flying wing (can't think of the name).
The wind was very good and the lift excellent - all models flew very well (except the Vagabond which was too light).
Ian L spent his time asking questions about what is the best model and Tx / Rx to get as a beginner, so I hope his trip was worthwhile.

The weather got very cold after 2 hours, so we all decided to retire gracefully.

Jack left just before the rest of us and flew his Ninja all the way down the hill to the bottom while walking behind it - Ian then did the same and landed just before the gate to the road - great flying by both.

Rob