Friday, 23 June 2023

21/6/23 Baffling Beeding

 Four members made the trip to Beeding bowl on Wednesday morning,Myself and Dave King arriving around 9am to be greeted by a fair breeze.

Dave armed with his Spirit,Wildthing and an unknown model he tried his Wildthing first despite a reasonable breeze it would not fly so launched his Spirit model which flew quite well despite the strange conditions the unknown model would not fly at all.

Meanwhile I tried my Lidl model which was one of four models I had brought along,the others being my Wildhing,Easy Trainer and Starlet.

The Lidl just would not go,so i tried the Easy Trainer which flew ok despite the strange conditions.

Next to arrive was Russell Hawke with an array of models the first two models tried were a Summer Breeze which fly well as did his Jubilee 1977 vintage.

Next to join us was Martin Jones armed with his Aggressor and Skyclimber a powered glider which flew well despite the strange conditions. Martin tried his Aggressor with no success.

Russell returned to his car to bring out two more models a Quicksilver and Hacker Tomahawk flying wing.

As conditions were improving I decided to try try my Starlet which was flying ok till the lift just went and it ended up at the bottom likewise Russell had the same problem with one of his models and had a long walk to collect his model. I must say Russell had some great looking models and it was great to meet him for the first time.

After I left Russel tried two more models.

A good morning despite conditions and some good stick time

Thanks for a great morning guys.

Monday, 19 June 2023

Hello from South Wales

 Its been a long while since I have have posted on our wonderful blog but here we go.....

Today I met up with Ian and we went down to Aberavon Beach for some soaring on the dunes. When we arrived the wind was just not playing ball and too soft to soar. Even the Seagulls where flapping. Within the hour the wind was just about enough to keep my Phase 6 airborne.

The video below is Ian flying his scratch built Chris Foss Phase 5. He said he watched Chris Foss fly his Phase 5 prototype over 40 years ago at Mill Hill and said he was going to build pone of them. It has only taken him 40 years plus but Ian has built a beauty and of course it flew wonderfully from the start in Ian's capable hands.