The last Sunday of 2013 - A good turn-out despite the frosty
conditions |
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Over 22 members attended the 2013 Annual General Meeting was held at
the Aviator Hotel, Sywell Aerodrome on 4 Dec. |
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Dave Harbour presented Ray Cox (right) with the trophy for winning the
Electric Fun-Fly |
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Jeff Barringer (right) received the trophy for winning the 2013 Rookie
Competition |
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Dave Harbour presented John Morse (right) with the Andy Fowler Memorial
Trophy for winning the IC Fun-Fly |
Indoor Flying |
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<---<<<This season's indoor
flying started with a visit to a gym near Northampton. Dave was ready with
his camera when Simon forgot himself for a moment and thought he was
playing basketball - you can see the approaching window pole used to
liberate the stranded cub. |
IC Fun-Fly for the Andy Fowler Memorial trophy |
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John Morse receives one of his bottles of wine from Dave Harbour
(organisor of the competition) - and to the right, "The trophy now safely
back where it belongs", said Morse! |
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Simon
Fisher received his prize for winning the "loops in a minute" round. Simon
came second overall. |
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Round 2 of the Rookie Competition |
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Only 5 compeitors could make it on the day
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Overall Winner Jeff Barringer (right) receives the trophy from Dave
Harbour |
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Winner on the day Alan Smedley (right) receives his bottle of plonk from
Dave Harbour, the organisor of the comp
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OK ... I know these aren't Rookies ... but there was a free space and it's
a nice picture anyway!
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18 August 2013 |
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Andy prepares the machine for active duty .... |
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... and fires her up .... |
...has a quiet word with the pilot ...
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......while the spectators look on .... |
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at last .... up she goes! .... |
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..... and ...... back down again! |
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The unveiling ceremony of the club's new pop-up gazebo. This will be
available for all to use once a few technical issues have been resolved. |
The Rookie Comp Round 1 was held on 14 July - Steve took a few
pictures - here they are |
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Here are some of the competitors |
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The winner - Mick Addington (left) receiving his bottle of plonk from
the Chairman John Morse (porker in the shorts) |
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You're not trying to bribe the judges are you? |
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A little ceremonial dance before each flight didn't do Mick any harm
since he won! |
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Look behind you! |
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Dave Harbour, the organiser of the event gives his Rookie a good send
off! |
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That's the last of the Rookie
pictures? - we've got round 2 to go yet... so there'll be more! |
Early July flying session |
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Just as well that it wasn’t
going any faster, we would never have seen that fin sticking up.
Malcolm relieved to find his errant model. Suspect radio failure.
(Picture - courtesy of Andy Hibbert) |
2
June - Ian Wilde demonstrated his tri-copter - includes pictures taken
with the on-board camera |
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Highlights from the
electric fun-fly, held on 19th May. It attracted 11 entrants (results on
competitions page) - more pictures will arrive soon. |
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Chairman John Morse (blue hat)
presents the trophy for overall winner to Ray Cox. Ray
also won the limbo round for which he was awarded a bottle wine. |
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Guy Bowden receives his prize for winning the "Climb & Glide" round. |
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Chris Dickens receives one of his prizes for winning both the number of
8's and the spot landing rounds. |
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Alan Smedley (organiser) with his clip-board |
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That's the way to do it! |
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How not to do it! - these 5 pictures show how the tragedy unfolded |
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Andy gave us an
excellent and informative demonstration of what happens when you fly a
foamy into a wire fence. Still, nothing that glue won't fix - quite a lot
of glue actually!
Reminds me of the way we used to make chips ... before oven-chips were
invented. |
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Experimental Drone |
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14 April - too windy to fly (just Dave braved it) - so ... mower
maintenance instead |
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NVA at Windmill School Model Exhibition - Raunds |
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Experiment? |
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<--- what happens
when you nail a LiPo to a piece of wood - For information only -
definitely not recommended! |
A bit of excitement when ravers took over the forest behind the flying
field |
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Enjoying the Sun - 17 Feb (not so keen on the
mud though) |
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Indoor flying at St Neots MFC |
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<----- somebody (.... can't think who?)
managed to get their helicopter stuck on the heater - one kindly soul from
the host club climbed up the improvised ladder to get it down!
(Photo by Simon Fisher - so it probably wasn't him!) |
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<--The snow didn't stop Ash and Howard! |
Indoor Flying in January |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - Dave Harbour's birthday was celebrated in the usual way
- however the number of candles had to be limited after advice from the
fire brigade!
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Combat! |
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Mind your head Mick! |
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Looks like the mice thought this was cheese! |
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Ray's tiny plane gets a hand launch |
6 January |
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Here are the first pictures of the year, taken by Steve. It was a very
misty, moisty day with almost totally still conditions. However, the hardy
few flew despite this.
< ----- Here we see Michael modelling our new club winter uniform. The
cheerful smile due to the fact he managed not to lose his model in the
clouds! |
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