“Fun” PuRES Event 3/11/19
Despite an early forecast of high winds and heavy rain, the closer we got to the weekend the better the forecast became. On the day, we were welcomed to the flying site by clear skies,…
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Club Open Electric Soaring 27 October 2019
The weather, for a change, was great. Clear blue skies giving way to broken cloud propelled by a moderate wind. Turbulence inevitably raised it’s head making for interesting flying, particularly close to the ground. Seven…
Club Open Thermal 20 Oct 2019
The weather gods shone on us for a change, literally. The day started with light winds, from the north, picking up as the day went on and creating the inevitable low level turbulence. There was…
2m Electric Plate 22 Sept 2019
Apologies for this being out of sync, but I was in hospital! Report by CD: The day started grey and overcast but dry with moderate winds. As I drove to Mallusk the rain began to…
100S Cup – Sun 13 Oct 2019
Report from CD Paul Freeman: The day started well but as I drove towards Mallusk some drops of rain fell, a harbinger of the day ahead. I laid out the winches as drizzle set in…
2m RES Event 14 Sept 2019
A new class for NIMSA and at the AGM the decision was taken to make this a one design class using the PuRES from Hoellein. The first event was to be a low key fly…
100S Boyce Trophy 8 Sept 2019
With a reasonable forecast and enough interest we ran the 100S Boyce Trophy (for models up to 100″ & rudder/elevator/spoiler only). 6 pilots turned out to compete with a variety of models from old school…
2019 Area E-Soaring 25/8/19
Yet another event rescheduled due to the weather. Six flyers turned out, Chairman Bill Scott was unavailable for health reasons, but Ronnie Armstrong flew his first event in a while (good to see him back)…
Area Open Thermal Championships 2019 – 4/8/19
Finally we managed to get a competition run in 2019!! For a variety of reasons, but mainly due to weather we’ve been unable to fly any competitions. Weather has been great during the week and…
Aerotow March 2019
NIMSA & the NIAA held an aerotow event at Causeway Airfield on 25 April 2019, hosted by The Buzzards MFC who fly there. Our tug pilots for the day were Andrew Wallace with a Wot4…