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Phil's January 2008  Photos

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In the words of the song "and those that are last will later be first"  photos are now in blog order, latest on the top of the page

8-01-ash28-sels.jpg (54321 bytes) 8-01-grayham.jpg (46705 bytes) Wednesday at Selsley plenty of lift until mid afternoon when the wind went south west. Andy looked in trouble with his ASH26 very low, but recovered it and landed on the top. I failed to find lift on one flight and had to land down wind on the slope. 
Alan Ester flew his K8 spinning it to loose height, I arrived a little late and missed most of the flying, a total of 12 fliers

Photos

  1. Guy launching Andy's ASH26
  2. Graham's elderly model
  3. Bob's Talon
  4. My Pegase
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8-01-ken-sun2.jpg (50278 bytes) 8-01-ken-sun.jpg (56880 bytes) Sunday 27th
Ken's model at sunset.
Later as the sun went down, Ken's home made twin  diesel had a successful flight, running cool this time with a slight increase in clearances

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8-01-paul-line.jpg (99013 bytes) first flight of a Robobird's model and Paul's Control line, this went fine but click here to see what happened when Ken took over.

CB flew the Robotbirds model, enough power for normal flight but not for CB's extreme aerobatics

8-01-nyx.jpg (63572 bytes) 8-01-mike-calypso.jpg (92015 bytes) A cold start with a fresh breeze and turning into a gorgeous spring like day with a light breeze. A good turnout

Photos
My Nyx and Mike's Calypso

8-01-brian.jpg (63003 bytes) 8-01-me-ifo.jpg (66382 bytes) Indoor flying at Chosen Hill school

Brian's Depron wing
my IFO

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Thursday 24th at Selsley
A good day with strong lift but the fresh breeze made it feel very cold especially for Dave whose hat blew off.
Andy was happy with his recently purchased ASH26 two good flights and safe landings.
 photos 
  1. Guy launching his ProdiJ
  2. Nick's Alpina
  3. Andy's immaculate ASH26
  4. Dave landing
     

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8-01-dave.jpg (111976 bytes) 8-01-davem.jpg (103918 bytes) Wednesday 23rd at Frocester.
Plenty of lift and a good turn out, Dave flew one of his old pylon racers to test his new 2,4Gig gear. Alan's Phase5 liked the conditions. There were couple landings well down the slope, the wind had swung a little to the south giving strong sink on the landing slope.
Photos Dave and Alan's models
8-01-control.jpg (109172 bytes) 8-01-cb-bi.jpg (74082 bytes) Saturday 19th at Chosen Hill school

A good turnout 18 fliers who paid. Brian flew his wing but damaged it, Richard hit the wall with his Cessna loosening the motor. CB wrecked one Bi-plane, the other flew well; I flew it for a short while very precise, unlike my models that bend and twist

Photos
David with a control line model
CB's now departed bi-plane
Cookey's heli
My home brew Yak

 

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selsley-calypso.jpg (95633 bytes) 8-01-calypso.jpg (82945 bytes) Wednesday 16th at Selsley very warm for January and just a fickle breeze with a surprising amount of lift.
Dave Marlow flew his homebrew floater and his Highlight, both suffered radio problems with his 2.4 Gig Htz gear.
I test flew my Multiplex Hotliner, although it flew OK thermaling at one time I did not like it due to the high wing loading  and hit the ground hard  breaking a tail plane bolt.
Guy had a good time with his Highlight in conditions that were perfect for it.

Other photos Alan's pics of my Calypso trying to pose for the camera, 

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jan08-paul.jpg (20124 bytes) jan08-paul2.jpg (22685 bytes) Paul's radio Queen on a an unusually low pass and a one of Paul's normal low passes, it's the speck in the centre
8-01-guy-froster.jpg (93701 bytes) 8-01-tug-froster.jpg (42607 bytes) Frocester 12th Jan, Guy's ProdiJ and The Tug towing up the ASK21.
A pleasant day, the sun soon melted the snow after a very unpleasant week
jan08-ken.jpg (28724 bytes) Ken's
jan08-paul-a10.jpg (58351 bytes) Paul's  A10 underpowered by 2 X 400 brushed ducted fans
glos5-blade.jpg (106033 bytes) Chris Bishop's Blade hanging around at dusk, a huge lump of EPP over powered by a Hacker A30L
jan08-pete-sambal.jpg (104781 bytes) Peter's Sambal at Frocester, brakes deployed for a landing