Cyano will fix anything. Stuart applies a drop of the miracle substance to Ken's Ka6.

Plenty of advice available today.

This is Charlie's ingenious re-fuelling system for his jet.
Later on I tried to take some airborne video from the jet. Nothing came out. I must have pushed the buttons in the wrong order.

I didn't have much luck with airborne video today. It may have been the heat affecting he camera. But quite by accident I did get a view of an aerotow -- You can just make it out in this clip. The glider is flying in the low-tow position.

A Voltij at Hermanus

Here's a long, and somewhat boring clip taken with an airborne camera on a Voltij at Hermanus. It runs from just after launch to the ignominious end.

Another generation of flyers coming on. Let's hope they survive the rigours of growing up in the middle of the glide field.

The new glider tug of the Gray / Callaghan consortium.

Power comes from the finest petrol engine the Peoples' Republic can manufacture. -- looks really good.

We have another glider tug. Ken's (the other Ken) DH Beaver. 

Aerotow clip taken by a camera on Stuart's tug. From the clip it seems that a "V" tail might be the way to go in tug design.

A reminder of sunnier days

In memoriam Andre van Rensburg †

Friends,

sadly I share with you the passing of our friend and flying buddy Andre van Rensburg. Andre flew mostly on Saturday mornings and was always friendly and helpful - even after one of many of his famous less successful "landings".

Our condolences to his family and friends.

Regards,

Louis

An unsuccessful video experiment

Today I tried to capture airborne aerotow video from the glider tug. For whatever reason I failed. 

Plan B next week.

All I have is an aerial shot of the field from the camera on my Gentle Lady.

Not very smooth flying, I wonder who the pilot was.

Vintage Aircraft Fly In number 214

Flemming with his Buccaneer.

Here's an eight second clip of some action in the pits.

Ken's Flair Puppeteer.

It looks as if the glider and electric fraternity will soon need a bigger boma.

PSS weekend at Volksrust

When we were there the the wind was too light for anything but the electrics. As you can see though the atmosphere was festive.

Paul Carnall organized the event. He did such a good job that he'll have to do it again next year.

Paul's Dragonfly.

Piet's Aero Commander.

And then there was this scruffy fellow with a cartoon scale Harvard.

Eric's electric d/f F 18. He reckons the fan motor turns at 35 000 rpm.

Ken's scale DG 600 awaiting a tow by Stuart's Stinger. Francois hold the wing tip.

Stuart's Stinger tow plane. Ready just in time. I hear that Something Happened to Adrian's Ultra Stick

Ken built a second scale Slingsby Sky.

It flew very well considering that the pilot only had one hand.

Here's a short clip of it's maiden flight. the wind was quite strong and across the runway. Skillful flying by both pilots.
The landing is actually from the second flight. On the first he came in true Airshow style -- fast, low and steeply banked between the water tanks and the clubhouse roof. We asked him to do it again but he thought once was enough.

News from Rosendal

More info here on the SAMAA BLOG.

Howard's new Prolution.

Stuart has installed a new Zenoah 80cc petrol engine in his Stinger. Very impressive, an engine that commands respect. I think Charlie would like to highjack it for his Harvard.

Here's a video clip of the first run. It was very breezy so there's a bit of wind noise.

Timothy Hamman with his Oxalys

Two stalwarts and an Ultra Stick.

Here's Charlie with this helicopter.

I make no apology for including another clip of Ken's marvellous scale Slingsby Sky.

Scale gliders and aerotowing

Ken's new Slingsby Sky.

Here's a clip of its first flight

Adrian's Slingsby Swallow

Here's a clip of it on aerotow

Ken and Basil catching flies.

Andre Walters is back model flying after an absence of four years. His Easy Fly electric lived up to its name and he took it home in one piece. Welcome back Andre.

Mick's Impala.

Another clip of aerotowing

Charlie and Co with helicopters.

Sunday morning, cold and overcast but where is everybody? Surely Real Aeromodellers fly in any weather?

Cold and windy

Alex, Barry, Colin and Charles.

Alex's Precedent.

Howard's Super Stinker.

Here's a clip of the take-off.

Vintage Aircraft Fly In number 210

Perfect weather and a good turn-out of Old Timers, (not to mention Vintage Aircraft).

Courtesy of Adrian, the tx rack in the gliding shelter. There were going to be four hooks but some idiot broke one of them.

Adrian also filled-in some holes on the aerotow runway.

Ken and Howard prepare to launch Ken's Minimoa by aerotow.

Lanseria Weather

I've added a link to Lanseria Weather on the right and also on the main JOMAC page.

What's the collective noun for helicopters? A plague perhaps?

They don't make 'em like this anymore. Mark's twenty year old OS 60 four stroke.

Scale comp at JOMAC

Four pilots took part...

Koos Pretorius with his Harvard.

Ian Edwards with his Extra.

Eric Frost with his Turbulent.

Johan Ehlers with his Fokker DR 1.

Here's a clip of the DR 1.

More about the Mud Duck here.

Field Engineering

Adrian doing some work on a recalcitrant Saito four stroke fitted to the glider tow plane.