Tonbridge Radio Flyers

 

Update email from Alastair Ramsay

No: 02/07 - 1st March 2007  

Club Website: - Tonbridge-flyers.co.uk

 

 

Hello fellow flyers,

 

I always seem to be bleating about the weather in these emails but February certainly seemed to merit a good moan with plenty of high winds, snow and lots of rain.  Last weekend someone commented to me that the flying field looked more like a paddy field than a pasture.  Miraculously however, we managed to fly all three of our scheduled winter league competitions during February.

 

Round 2 of the Thermal winter league, which took place on 11^th Feb, was won by Keith Fisher from Alan Twine in second place.

 

Round 3 of the Thermal league, on 18^th Feb, also saw Keith Fisher triumphant.  Simon Smith came into 2^nd place on that occasion.

 

Round 4 of the Electric winter league took place on 25^th Feb.  The Brushed motor class was won by Ken Dean with Alan Goddard in 2^nd place.  The Open class competition was won by Keith Fisher with Alan Twine in 2^nd place.

 

Congratulations to all of the above flyers.  The full results and updated league tables have been posted onto the club website.

 

The poor winter weather has prevented many attempts at recording times for the Winter High Time records.  Finally some times were posted in late January and February.  The winter high time for electric gliders has been nudged up by myself a couple of times and currently stands at 22minutes 14 seconds.  There has only been one claim so far for the thermal high time but that stands to Bob Hope at a whopping 77 minutes 17 secs.  Well done Bob!  That will take some beating BUT, stranger things have happened and there are still 3 weeks for further attempts to be made.

 

I have received notification from Keith Miller that a local camcorder club is planning to make a video of our activities between 11^th and 18^th April this year so if you want to be recorded for posterity please; a) come and be filmed and b) clean the mud off your model beforehand.

 

Unfortunately there are still a small number of members who have not yet paid their subscriptions for the current year.  If you are one of those, Steve Fysh would very much like to hear from you.  He would like it even more if he received your money.

 

DIARY REMINDERS!

 

Dates for you to remember over the coming month are as follows:

 

1. Sunday 11^th March – Thermal league round 4 -10am at LPF
2. Sunday 25^th March – Electric league round 5 – 10am at LPF
3. Thursday 29^th March – First opportunity - Thursday evening flying
4. Sunday 1^st April – Thermal league round 5 – 10 am at LPF

 

 

 

Best wishes,

 

Alastair Ramsay

Gliding Secretary – TRF

 

(Email AandJRamsay@aol.com, tel: 01892 534532)