Articles by James Penman

Another successful ‘A’ test!

Congratulations to Harry who passed his ‘A’ test today. The wind didn’t put Harry off who, after a mishap with his own model borrowed Steve’s Discovery and displayed his skills to examiner Colin who awarded…

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Three maidens and more EDF action …

A lovely, calm Sunday with plenty of flying at the patch. Keith and Dave successfully maidened their new EDFs, John reshaped the nose of his Flycat and Peter decided the tree was a good place…

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More weekend training …

Another successful weekend of flying. Keith and Dave introduced three new potential members to RC flying (ably assisted by John fine tuning one of the club’s faithful trainers).

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Perfect approach …

Tim lining up his Chris Foss ‘Wots Wot’ for a perfect approach on Thursday, with John’s Extreme Flight ‘MXS’ waiting in the pits for its next flight. Not much chance of flying this weekend. Rain…

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A Great Day’s flying …

Keith carrying on the training scheme, with an impressive recovery from Harry who almost lost his model in the wind. Mike gave Allen’s gyrocopter it’s maiden flight. Keith tested his eyesight with some distant Jetcat…

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The importance of clearing the patch …

Please could all members be vigilant when clearing the patch and car park of any debris. Unfortunately, one of the mowers managed to find what looks like a hefty noseleg which imbedded itself in the…

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Congratulations to Daniel …

… on passing his A Test today. A few challenges along the way, including a broken prop and faulty receiver, but fellow fliers down at the patch (who had all signed in the Track and…

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TRACK AND TRACE

With the new restrictions that apply to social gatherings from Monday 14th September as a club we must be compliant with COVID-19 Secure guidance which means a TRACK AND TRACE protocol must be in place….

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