Denis' 1/4 scale Colditz Cock had its first flight today, suffered minor damage on landing.

Denis and Jon came to the field for some aerotow practice.

Denis' glider has its first tow behind Adrian's tug and its second behind Jon's.

Howard's own design five metre "505"

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The Large and the Small.

Howard's 6 m glider on aero tow behind Adrian's tug, and...

...Michael's  electric bipe complete with on board three axis gyro.

Adrian's 6m Nimbus.

Here's a clip of it getting airborne behind Donovan's Wilga tug.

Another perfect day.

Adrian and Howard with the glider tug.

Vintage Aircraft Fly In number 249

The morning was very cold and windy and the wise Old Timers stayed at home. Only the daft ones, that is to say me and Ted, went out to JOMAC. This was a pity as by 1100 the weather was pleasant.

Then, Francois' new 5 metre Thermik XL had its first flight.

Here's a short clip...

Many gliders at the field today taking advantage of the perfect weather.

Here's the aero tow queue.

And then of course there were Ken's shoes.  Something of a fashion statement.

The RCGF 50cc petrol engine in Valter's new 1/4 scale DH Chipmunk

The new XYZ 53 cc petrol engine in Adrian's glider tug.

The brands RCGF and XYZ are clearly two of the People's Republic's finest.

The engine suffered from a high speed miss, perhaps a faulty plug.

Here's a clip

AGM 2011

The committee from last year was re-elected unopposed. See rouges gallery in the links at the right of the page.
On another matter entirely, I was today wearing braces with a Union Jack pattern. This lead to several scornful remarks about the cricket. Perhaps people spoke too soon -- ha ha.

Here's a clip of Donovan's Wilga tug in action.

Adrian's 1:3,5 scale Slingsby Skylark 4 had its first flight today.

Here's a short clip of aero tow launches.

Basil's SHK.

Here's a short clip of the take-off, Howard at the controls.

A great day for gliding. Here are some large scale aircraft waiting for Adrian's tug, later joined by Stuart's super tug.

Stuart's new motor -- 110 cc DLE.

Ken's Aerobatic Fox.

Ken's Sky on aerotow behind the new tug. Notice the cunning use of the foot on take off.

Adrian's new glider tug, simple and robust. Powered by a Saito four stroke.

The replacement wall around the club house area.

An elegant Spitfire, Tim's I think

Francois' Mistral takes off on aerotow behind Stuart's tug

Adrian and Howard with the new glider tug.

Plenty of power there.

More Aerotow

Here's a one minute clip. The shadow in the last segment is my hand. I was shading the camera screen from the sun. Tsk tsk