Weston Park 2010

A really good show and an enjoyable day out. Didn't spend much only few bits here and there !

Photo album LINK

excellent keep a couple except for the Helos for the autumn newsletter

Thanks Zaidy
Great pictures, almost like being there.

Owwww...... I thought it was next weekend
Well Have fun!
It looks like a good show!
It is a shame I missed it, due to my own stupidity really

Arived home last night after 3 days of madness,

Arived Friday afternon to a load of rain which cleared up by about 6pm so out came the planes, Friday night i flew my Hunter and and the most bizare duo flight with the Cherub and a 88" Yak.

After much merryment we returned to the flightline about 12.30am to fly through 6 packs on a RC Factory Flash a Yak untill security had had enough at around 1.30am

Saturday came round far to soon and 9.30 saw the pilots breifing, by 10am the show had begun, some great models and great flying was going on dispite quite a stiff cross wind from the rear, Models of the show for me were Ali`s Futura Jet, TJD`s awsome P38 Lighning thats 1/3rd scale and electric!

12.30 saw my first flight of the show with the Hunter, this passed incident free and we even managed to get 6 of them flying in formation. Two more flights followed with some loaner models untill the big moment arived

3.20 'Cath the Bommer was rolled out. It had all been abit of a laff upto that point but when you wheel a model pased 200 hundred odd children filled with exitment the nerves kicked in, Myself and Paul (other bomer pilot) gave each other a knowing look (we beter not mess this up) five minuts later it was all over, everything went perfect and the target was hit

Saturday night saw the biggest BBQ session in Weston Park with Chris Martindale as head cheif, 3 hours of cooking saw everyone fed well while the evening "off the peg" flying was in full swing,

After a few burgers and one or two shandys it was Sayle time, earlier that day Andy had bought himself a Multiplex Micro jet and all the gubbins to assemble it, during the afternoon it was built, so the gaunlet was thrown, CAN YOU BUY, BUILD AND MAIDEN A MODEL IN ONE DAY!

YES YOU CAN!, after some wonderfull launches by me and some replacments props it was flying 10 mins later it was practicly dead lol

Flying continued long into the night and i belive we finished about 2am!

Sunday morning aprox 7am I was back in the air with the cherub! ready for another full day.

The afternoon saw me me break my duck by finaly hitting a Weston Park tree, sadley I have to report the Hunter is no more!, I went for the Ripmax turn round the trees at the far right of the flight line and the plane didnt re apear , For hours later and with the help of Sam Cox (who scaled the great oak tree) the bits were reclamed along with 2 Weston Magnums, a Funfighter and a couple of bits of a 250mph F5D Pylon racer!

Secound toffee drop passed without any trouble and 'Cath proved her worth!

5pm saw the show come to an end, some fantastic flying, spectacular models and great company, Weston has long been the best show of the year and this year was no differnt and the addition of the 3d Cup for murder death kill machines was a stroke of genious from Steve Bishop, everyone i spoke to thought it a great addition

Some vid and pics to come!

Roll on next year!

Found some vid of the full size display from Weston, the Swift Team get better every time i see them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h0lqUOUY5o

Very nice!!!

Some movie film from the 3D Cup

Some nice photos there, I like the blue yellow and white jet.

Thuroughly enjoyed myself on the Saturday and spent lots of dosh!

The Bishops and the supurb Airworld Hawks

With a cheeky shot of me at the start

Some more pics care of the great Glen, Si and Dave off of 3DRC

And Dave's vid of the Bishops Hawks from Sunday (vid above is Saturday)

It was abit busy

Note the Turbine on the top, Jet cat 160 36lb of thrust

Some idea of scale

One of the best in show, huge 1/3rd scale and electric

Divine Wind slightly off target

55" Jug from CML foam/scale and flys loverly

A brace of full size Twists 90k buys you one

All the vay from Italy to display

I can't see any of the images you have put up.. Will try and update flash and what ever !!