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

Blustery Itford Sunday 31 July 2022

 I met Martin L and Kevin M in the lay-by at the bottom of Itford Hill at around 8.45.  I was a little late as looking at the forecast first thing the wind was going to be a bit stronger than anticipated, I changed the models I was going to take. We took the dog leg walk up to the top of the hill and were flying by 9.15 after a leisurely walk and chat.

Then a nice chap called Colin from Surrey arrived with two moulded gliders.  

We were then joined by Mark, J Robin A and Rob P shortly followed by Nick V who took the hard man route up the side of the hill!

The wind strengthened and became more blustery throughout the morning which made the flying more tricky however there was lots of lift. I am not aware of any damaged models and everyone had plenty of stick time.

Well done to Martin L who flew my Wildthing using the buddy box and did very well given the conditions and having done very little slope flying before. 

The Wildthings were definitely the model of the day as there were four on the hill and as Martin L , Kevin M and I left, another flier was coming up the hill with a very colourful Wildthing.

Talking to people Itford seems to be a bit like Marmite but it is a forgiving slope when conditions are not their best and when things don’t quiet go to plan, even if it is a bit of a trek. 

It was great to see everyone and a nice morning with plenty of flying.

Scotty

A few of the models out this morning…