Cheshire Falcons
Model Flying Club
One fine evening in September 'The Falcons' were invited to visit The Terra Nova School at Holmes Chapel
to fly a few sorties and to chat 'RC Aeromodelling' with an eager and enthusiastic group of youngsters.
The green sward of their wonderful playing fields made ground handling a pleasure, by the greatest of good luck all our models reached home in one piece though we had dislodged several twigs from the topmost branches of those superb Chestnut trees.
The first time 'The Falcons' have launched a project of this type which we enjoyed enormously.
We would encourage other clubs to consider a carefully staged demonstration and presentation of this kind,
a gentle yet exciting way to promote our hobby and to demonstrate that discipline and personal safety often go hand in hand.
Our sincere thanks must go to the Headmaster and his Staff for their kind hospitality.
Our Hosts were generous in appreciation of our efforts as you can see in their Report in the Terra Nova News pages
As you can see above our treasurer Phil, recently acquired a new Skylark,
it appeared at the strip soon after our Subs had been collected!
but we trust him with our money!!
A neat looking aerobat
Phil's Strutter shows off on a tranquil Summer's Day.
On a sunny September afternoon Phil produced his new Red Baron
electric aerobat. It proved to be quite a handful even for a seasoned campaigner.
A last check of moveable surfaces for Phil's World Models LA Flyer 40
and 'Thar she goes' into a clear blue sky.
(We dont see too many of those!)
Sartorial elegance on the field............... but who cares.......... Mark's foamie looks the part!
Len launches Mark's leccy glider and once up there he found plenty of lift.
Chris with his Ultra Stick, a Versatile aerobat
One handed takeoff!............................................................. throw out the anchors!
Chris has been running in an RCV 90FS engine on his bench and has now decided that this would be effective traction for his new Razzle
(I always thought that a 'Razzle' was a slightly 'adult' magazine, but that shows my age and I stand corrected.) The Razzle is an attractive model displaying its ribs, and we hope that this marriage will be a long and happy one.
With safety in mind Chris tethers his stand.
Well I would not want that motor landing in my lap!
Prophanging the Razzle.
Chris introduced us to his Prodigy ARTF, from AllelectricRC
a pretty looking bird, and we waited in vain to cheer his Maiden flight, but the weather turned gusty
and the first launch had to be deferred to a calmer day- I wonder if that will be this season!
In earlier years we used to call Peter
'The Green & Yeller Baron'
but, of course, as his Dad is our Club Secretary we have to be much more respectful now!( look carefully at this snap, it was composed through a viewfinder long before Photoshop had been invented)
And from a Belgian flying club, how about this beautiful scale aerotow:
Wilga
2000
Voilà quelques photos du nouveau remorqueur de Jacques COBUT spécialiste du remorquage des très grand planeurs que l'on peut voir opérer en France notamment au meeting de la Ferté-Allais.
Kit modifié de
Rödellmodel
Enverg : 3.20
Mètres
Poids : 29 Kg
Cyl : 150 cc Bicyl
3W
Traité semi maquette et certifié
Ferté 2005 catégorie 3
Remorque des planeurs jusque
60
Kg
One of my favourite photos, courtesy of
airliners.net
Semi Scale model of the
Grumman AA5 Traveler
very pretty!
The Caproni CA60
A prototype Seaplane from 1920-21 designed for Transatlantic passenger service
A Nine winged monster that actually flew- but tragically not very far!
Can you imagine fettling a model of this at the strip?
I love the style of this sports plane, The Cirrus
The Cirrus SR 22
And this one as well
The Morris. Dyn Aero MCR-01 Club.
Not to mention the RV4
A beautiful self build plane, just a few years old
The Vans RV4
A Sport plane or two from the 1930s
An Utterley Butterley Boeing Stearman displaying recently at Broughton.
or from Deutschland,
this is a Buckner Jungmann recently spotted
at the
West London Aero Club
...and it's sister, the Buckner BU 133C Jungmeister
with the sinister insignia
but you dont start this motor with thumb over the carb & a flick of the finger!
This one takes a stepladder, a cupfull of priming fuel and a lot of muscle!
