Articles by Bill Scott

We’ve finally got to the last trophy event of 2020, which earlier in the year was looking highly improbable! Well done to our CD Paul Freeman for taking things forward and insisting we attempt events…

6 flyers turned out to take part on a chilly September morning, which rapidly warmed up as the sun came through. There was an almost imperceptible NW breeze blowing which stayed fairly constant through the…

Forecast was sunny, light winds, we were met with light winds and overcast (and decidedly chilly compared to previous days!).  Keith had damaged his Q12 prior to the event and was also a bit under…

The forecast was again on the ‘iffy’ side for this event, but still 7 pilots turned out to compete. On arrival the wind was fairly strong, gusting to mid teens from the NW. Winch lines…

This class is proving to be extremely popular within the club and it was great to see Loudon Blair out with his model for this event. 8 Pilots turned out for this competition with Keith…

A poor forecast and a move within the field we use meant no one was too sure of the conditions for this event. Our CD decided to persevere and we all met up and set…

Forecast was for light SE winds so it was bit of a surprise to get to Mallusk and be almost blown away! While we set up the wind dropped a little but some of the…

The forecast in the run up to this event was awful, but despite this the decision was taken to at least turn up and see if it was possible to fly.  7 Pilots turned up…

A few pics supplied by Trevor McKee of PuRES flying midweek