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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…

  On a beautiful clear morning with light winds and sunshine, four flyers assembled at Doagh for the last scheduled competition of the year. Two were armed with ePuritos and two with ePures’.  Flying started…

With the forecast being all over the place in the week leading up to this event, Paul made the late decision that we could probably squeeze it in before the weather changed. He asked that…

The weather forecast showed rain approaching so everyone had expedition in mind. The day was breezy with plenty of turbulence making smooth flying difficult and landing on the spot a serious challenge.  Sam lost his…

A great days flying with a good turnout and only Bill having any issues. His model zipping right on luanch and out of sight behind the trees, before reappearing just before landing. Damage was limited…

For a change the competition was run in the afternoon and six people attended and it was good to have Adrian flying with us again. At first the wind was gusty but it calmed as…

Having run out of buoyant rain Paul decided to run a comp in (too) strong winds. It should have been an OK day but it wasn’t. It was a crash in. Six flyers started the…

A warm day with a steady NNW breeze in high single figures, but gusting up to mid teens. 6 pilots turned out to fly, but Brians TX decided to stop working (possibly a dodgy SD…