13 March 2024
10 March 2024
light weights
February's finally over people... we've nearly made it through to spring time!
But the evenings are still dim and the weather is beyond shite, so where do
some of the regulars go to get their fix during such times.....?
24 December 2023
We've made it past the shortest day.... let's remember 6 months ago
with one eye on 6 months in the future!
long grass and good company
Mr F. shows us how it's done!
the sun doesn't get much more northwards than that!
the sub 250g class
and even on the 21st of June, the light must eventually fade
so it's time to illuminate the sky!
whoooosh!
...until next time!
26 November 2023
May... he reign
8th May was a Monday Fly Day courtesy of King Charles
good turnout on the patch
This rare beast is a 'Flying Special'
An early mouldie that boasted modular construction.
That same model (with the aid of various differing parts)
could serve as anything from a slope racer, to a large
F3J style model. Unfortunately, at this stage in moulded
slope model design, it had not yet been discovered that
he with most toys wins.... a formula that instantly
made the one model modular format redundant!
fettling another vintage beauty
followed by some modern-day fettling
you can tell by the grin that the fettling paid off
I think we decided that this was a Graupner LS3
a cheeky bit of PSS action
always good to see a Luna being set free...
guess they're now also considered vintage items!
Martin's beauty of a scratch built scalie!
under the bonnet
more vintage harkening with wing tips
reminiscent of an Avicraft Spider Glider.
23 October 2023
anyone on 2 point 4 ?
Did you know that (along with so many other of the simple pleasures in life) the frequency hopping technology
that has made our lives so much easier was invented by a woman?
Hedy Lamarr was a lass of many talents. Famous for her acting, she also filed the patent for
FHSS in the early 40s as a means of deflecting torpedoes.
Back when women were just one of two known genders, and they didn't feel the need to cover themselves in tattoos, or fill themselves with gelatinous plastics, or cultivate eyebrows that look like they're made from shag pile carpet offcuts, her notoriety knew no bounds.
Along with being no stranger to onscreen nudity, she was also the first to depict the female orgasm in a non-pornographic movie.
I'm sure the seedier slopers out there would lustfully leer their wanton gratifications in Hedy's direction
(only to have their torpedoes deflected)
but I'd like to think that a new peal necklace delivered by hand would be thanks enough from me!
20 October 2023
02 October 2023
Last Monday
Grabbing those last days of warmth and sun before the wintry black pit
of cold and damp is upon us!
A nice selection in the pits
David prepares to flex his rudder elevator skills with the iconic Centi-Phase...
away she goes to enjoy a bit of paraglider slalom.
They got high!
Eric arrived for the afternoon shift, along with the ground handling school.
Southerly and sundown...
goodbye summer :(
25 September 2023
equinox
Flying till sunset on the autumn equinox (Saturday just gone).
Prepare yourselves for the long hard slog of dark winter days!
Pagan ritual involves setting alight to the M25
15 September 2023
02 September 2023
Warden Bay today!
Sometimes spontaneity is the key to a successful sortie. And so it was today
when an ENE was offered up to the crumbling clay of Warden Bay.
can you see what I can see?
evidence of the infidels!
Smooth coastal air, autumn sun and upwards of 20deg C
why would you ever need to leave the British Isles on a
day like this?..... I suppose some might argue that we actually did!
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