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3rd September
With Flying Aces over and the last of
the PMFC freeflight competitions on Friday week it is time to think about
indoor meetings.
Click Meetings/Events on the left for the Bushfield flying dates
as well as those for club meetings at Peakirk.
1st September
Mick was very busy with his camera at
Flying Aces yesterday, meanwhile thanks for his latest batch of front page
photographs which are from the "Sam 35 Competitions at the 2019 Free Flight
Nationals."
31st August
Click for Flying Aces
Results
29th August
With Micks photographs on the front page
you won't have missed it is Flying Aces on Saturday.
Last year David
Boddington and the Aeromodeller produced an excellent report, which I hope
he wont mind seeing here to show you that Flying Aces is a day out that should
not be missed - full details in the yellow block at the top of the page.
Aeromodeller Report page one - - - - - -Aeromodeller Report
page two
 27th August
At the Nats Saturday I saw
the fuselage of the latest model from Peter Illiffe.
Click the t/n for some snaps of this quality model.
25th August
Excellent weather at the start of the BMFA
Power Nats, with the forecast for the rest of the weekend good.
Click for some snaps
to give an idea of what was happening on Saturday.
22nd August
Nothing new when flying r/c gliders to
join groups of birds that are thermalling, also for the birds to join your
model when it is in lift, then, very occasionally, for a bird to follow your
model when slope soaring.
It seems when Alpine slope soaring the birds operate in
pairs.
Unlikely to be any birds doing formation flying at the Nats,
this coming Saturday to Monday, Barkstone Heath. Although, with the weather
looking good we might see some in the thermals at the Silent Flight Nats,
Buckminster.
20th August
Mixed conditions for the SAM35 Freeflight
event at BMFA Buckminster.
Click for some
snaps, to give an idea of what was going on.
18th August
Thanks to Mick for the latest batch of
front page photographs where Flying Aces is given a reminder.
16th August
Three important events coming up. On
Monday it is a freeflight session at BMFA Buckminster. See Meetings/Events on
the left for more details.
Then the following weekend, The Nationals at Barkston Heath,
PMFC have a particular interest in the free flight scale competitions as well
as control line.
On Saturday 31st it is Flying Aces at Ferry Meadows,
Peterborough. See the yellow block at the top of this page
14th August
I was disappointed with the web site
introducing the Silver Spitfire - see 4th August. The one page in which
I
had a continued interest has failed to work properly.
However, no problems with the excellent "Vintage Wings of
Canada", who have
a background piece on the aircrafts Canadian
connections.
 12th August
Click for latest PMFC
magazine "Borne on the Wind".
Now available to non-club members.
 10th August
The forecast wind strength
means there won't be much model flying done today in the southern part of the
country. The F3K comp at BMFA Buckminster has been cancelled because of this
and I ended up at a garden centre instead.
Click the restaurent notice for some photos.
 8th August
A BARCS Forum
subject of
"Fossil hunting in Bognor Regis" seemed unlikely but together
with some fossil information it led to the Graham and David Woods web site,
Favonius
(ancient Roman personification of the west wind).
Click Favonius himself for links to a varied list of
articles.
6th August
A new set of front page photographs -
thanks to Mick for this group taken at the PMFC Rubber Bowden competition,
which Mick won.
 4th August
Bryan picked up this piece
about the "Silver Spitfire" flying round the world.
Click the Spitfire for the, rather over the top, web site.
2nd August
Picked up from Slipstream that the GRANT
MIMLOCT 2019 is tomorrow.
Click for full details on the Enlesslift.com web site.
Well down the above page is a link to the December 2015 PMFC
magazine where the writer suggests "Scroll down to page 4 for an article on
getting the most out of your Cloud Tramp by Andy Sephton."
 31st July
Thanks
to Stan you can click the heading for the August/September Slipstream.
29th July
A couple of links from the latest
Aeromodeller that might be interesting.
The 8th single channel and retro r/c fly-in at Pontefract had a
report and gave Phil and
Shaun a mention.
Aviation Paintings of the Year, 2019 actual Exhibition is over
but you can view their
"gallery".
 27th July
PMFC
Windbreak Club could well be in action at the East Anglian Gala on Sculthorpe
this weekend.
See Meetings/Events on left for the free flight meeting at
Buckminster on Monday August 19th.
 25th July
Not much scope for Power Scale Soaring in
the Peterborough area but the PSSA have recently re-vamped their web site and
there are lots of quality photographs to be seen.
Click the Great Orme pic for more information.
 23rd July
War Birds Fly-in and Beer
Festival, BMFA Buckminster.
Click the t/n for some snaps to give an idea of what was being
flown.
There were lots of different beers to try but at mid-day on the
Sunday the beer hanger was empty with everyone out by the runway.
21st July
Thanks to Mick for the new set of front page
photographs, these from the Aeromodeller/Model Aircraft designs scale
competition at the 2019 Free Flight Nationals.
19th July
Area Comp on 21st. East Anglian Gala
Sculthorpe on 27th/28th. Details in Meetings/Events on the left.
Latest Aeromodeller is now out. Andrew Boddington has given an
excellent plug for Flying Aces.
In the Freeflight Nationals reports it is
good to see PMFC members appearing in various places.
In the reports Gary Catterick was given a mention with regard to
photographs. Click for his album on Flickr. - Scroll down when you reach
the page.
 17th July
Picked this up from the BARCS
Forum, not a great deal to do with model aircraft, although appreciation of
down thrust is needed. Click the t/n for a video, would make a good start to
Flying Aces at Ferry Meadows on Saturday, 31st August.
15th July
See Meetings/Events on the left for details
of the Nuneaton Model Aircraft Society control-line fly in at their field near
Hinckley on September 8th from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
Another enjoyable Old Warden meeting at the weekend, weather
co-operated, no miniature whirlwinds this time......
13th July
Old Warden Scale Weekend today and tomorrow.
Slight possibility of showers today but otherwise weather forecast is
reasonable.
Bryans Bargain, see 12th June below, gets better,
the Haynes Owners Workshop Manual for Lindberghs "Spirit of St
Louis" is now at £4 via The Works.
11th July
I read print magazines away from a screen
and keyboard and often forget to try out web links that are suggested. In case
others have the same problem here are the links from Mike Woodhouse in the the
currrent edition of "BMFA NEWS".
Quality images from Lost Hills, where the Kiwi Cup, the Ike, and
MaxMen contests were flown earlier this year. ONE - - - - -
TWO
Then an "intriguing" video concerning indoor duration from
Cleveland
International Film Festival. (There are a couple of non-Cleveland accents
in the voice over.)
 9th July
Chris continues to do
a good job keeping a
stream of cartoons flowing at Soo Modellers.
Click the t/n
for a recent one I particularly liked.
Might not be very sunny but a sensible wind speed for this
afternoons Bernie Nichols Trophy meeting at Ferry Meadows.
7th July
Thanks to Mick for the latest set of front page
photographs, these from the Bowden Trophy at the BMFA Free Flight
Nationals.
5th July
Not something that will be seen in SAM35 type
models (see 29th June and 1st July) is Graupner Vector Board. It has had a
mention in Aeromodeller and is stocked by
Steve Webb.
Click for a video showing comparisons between
Vector Board and other
foams.
3rd July
Click for the results of yesterdays club
competitions at Ferry Meadows.
John Says "Brigginshaw sweeps the board in electric: Many
other headline acts but the return of the Rod has changed the game in F500 and
E20 Open. Excellent conditions, fourteen members present: one of the very best
of or competitions. Several scores to be settled, decider in
September."
1st July
Less windy, with sunshine all day at
Buckminster on Saturday.
Click for some snaps, taken in the hanger, of
some entries for the
Eddie Riding Trophy and Open Free Flight Scale Events.
Just Monday, to recover from the SAM 35 weekend then the July
club free flight event at Ferry Meadows. - See Meetings/Events on the
left.
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Tony Beckett -
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