Articles by Bill Scott

Competion was arranged for our field at Doagh. Forecast was borderline and as we arrived there was still a sniff of rain in the air. Fortunately this rapidly cleared but threatened for the entirety of…

Five hardy souls attended the competition at Mallusk on a bright and breezy day. Five rounds were flown with one discard. The weather improved as the day went on with the temperature rising while the…

Five flyers turned up at Doagh for the competition on a beautiful summer morning. Lift was plentiful giving some climbs to remarkable heights in the warm sunshine. Equally, brutal sink could also be easily found,…

Mainly due to weather this was our first event of 2024 and was all very last minute as the weather improved for the weekend. This resulted in a low turnout with members on holiday and…

The day was the first chance to hold a competition in two months, so we took it. The weather was grey and overcast with no clear signs of where lift might be. Six of us…

Forecast was very much on the iffy side and after some discussion on the club WhatsApp group on Sat night it was decided to go ahead, as the forecast said the weather should improve shortly…

Forecast was for sunshine and very low winds and that’s exactly what we got. Sunglasses and suncream were de rigeur and the majority were in shorts and T Shirts.   Paul set the event as 5…

The weather was just about kind to the flyers who assembled to contest the Electric Plate Trophy. Heavy overcast persisted throughout the contest, but the few drops of drizzle soon disappeared and the models began…

The day dawned clear and dry with light winds and some patchy lift. In the first round Sam got away and trashed the scores of everyone else. Sadly Tim struck a tree on approach and…

Sunday 23rd April was scheduled for our first thermal event of 2023. With the footballers appearing to have deserted Mallusk, we decided to use the better flying site there. Forecast was borderline with some high…