Aerotow Sunday 14th

by Brian Colclough 2011-08-14, 18:14

A very successful day for the club, well attended despite clashes with other events and as usual the weather being none too kind. Here's three photos to give a flavour of the day, plenty more to follow Cool

Miss Daisy Sayle won the "Miss Aerotow 2011 Award"

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by **Tim** 2011-08-14, 19:34

@twas fun for the short time I was there, thanks Richie for piggybacking the little Falcon - its never been so high or fast Shocked

by **Mark Barnes** 2011-08-14, 20:14

Cought the last couple of hours all reports are you had a good day so well done all involved.

M

by **Mike S** 2011-08-14, 20:31

Gary and Rich just after takeoff

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Only problem was nobody told Gary he had to land in the same field as he took off from!!!!

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by **Mark Barnes** 2011-08-14, 21:10

hahahah quality

by Guest 2011-08-14, 21:32

Just like to give Rich a big thank you for all the tugs he gave through the day even when he was having problems with the engine on his Wilga he did his best to sort it (and he did Very Happy

) thanks Rich Very Happy

by Brian Colclough 2011-08-15, 10:11

A few more photos, as can be seen from one we had a couple of cases of our magnetic trees grabbing models mid-flight Wink

by **Mark Barnes** 2011-08-15, 10:17

Great Pics Bri

M

by **Rich** 2011-08-15, 10:33

Gary should stop leaning forward when attachiing the tow release, don't you think.

Shot 2 must have been awesome in the viewfinder

Thanks to all the glider pilots & cameramen nothing to tow or see without them

by Guest 2011-08-15, 11:25

looks like your picking my gliders nose Rich Razz

by **Rich** 2011-08-15, 12:01

I think the highlight of the day was Andy's black delta type thingy hitting the deck flat out, either blowback or brown out was the cause or maybe even lost orientation

by **Andy Sayle** 2011-08-15, 13:14

I had a great day out, some rather awesome rocket powered delta stuff off the deck, and a ratehr impressive delta into the deck. At the time I had no idea what the issue was, but on further inspection this morning, I can get the receiver to lock out on me by randomly moving the rx aerial about. So, despite the AR500 rx telling me there had been no problems with the signal received, it is likely that a loss of signal was the issue. Of course, that could have been caused by the impact, but I guess I'll never know for sure.

Andy