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2019 AGM held on 4th December - the prize winners receive their trophies
from Dave Harbour
Bob Nicholson (left) received his trophy for winning the
Electric-Fun-Fly competition
John Grosvalds (left) received his trophy for winning the Aeroatics
competition
Simon Fisher (left) received his trophy for winning the IC Fun-Fly
competition
Mick Addington (left) received his trophy for winning the Rookie
competition
John Turner won the Open Electric-Glider comp but was unable to attend
the AGM - (you will have to wait for the picture folks) .........
...... here 'tiz, at last
Some time in November
You may have missed this on TV but recently
David Attenborough made a programme where he announced that he had
indentified a new bird species. You can almost hear his distinctive
voice: "This bird can be found deep in
the forests of southern Northamptonshire. It is very distinctive and
gayly coloured, but most interesting of all are its mating habits.
Unusually, the female is the colourful one and the male less so and much
smaller. In the mating season he mounts the female ..........
............ and hangs on for dear life
even when she takes flight and goes to a great height when she
eventually shakes him off leaving him ............
............ to float gently back to
earth. No doubt waiting for the next opportunity to do it all again":
(his birthday or Christmas perhaps)
27 Oct
Ray's very large model
18 Sept
<---One of our members (not mentioning any names) flew their plane into
a large prickly bush. Luckily a gallant team was on hand to help
retrieve it.
8 Sept - IC Fun-Fly
The contestants and the scorekeeper
Simon Fisher (left) received his prizes from the organiser John Morse.
Simon also won the "15 loops" and the spot landing.
(didn't he do well?)
John Grosvalds won the "climb & glide" and ......
...... Mick addington won the "2-loops+2-rolls"
A special prize was to be awarded for the best crash but no-one crashed!
So, the packet of Walkers crisps
(standing in for pork scratchings) went to Simon Fisher for the
most entertaining flight.
21 July - Rookie Comp - Round 2
Mick Addington (left) receives his prize from Andy Hibbert for winning
round 2 .....
....and the trophy for winning the overall competition.
16th June
<---- John Grosvalds (left) receives his certificate for winning the
2019 club aerobatics competition from the comp orgasniser Jeff
Barringer. John will be presented with the prestigeous trophy at the
2019 AGM in December.
19 May - Rookie Comp Round 1
Some of the contestants, timers and the organiser Andy Hibbert
(he with clip-board)
The winner, Mick Addington (left) receiving his prize
Contestants looking for a small dot in the sky - and hoping the one they
are focussed on is theirs
<-----During May Alan Moore went for a trip (down the runway) in a
Lancaster
5 May
<---- The pilot in the model Spitfire looks remarably like Andy Hibbert
.... looks almost real
28th April - Electric Fun-Fly
Bob Nicholson (right) receives the trophy as
the overall winner. Bob also won the spot landing and was joint winner
of the limbo - a sterling performance.
Ray Cox (Right) won the "Ring Drop"
John Grosvalds (right) won the "Climb & Glide"
.....
.... and Alan Smedly (Left) was joint winner
of the Limbo with Bob Nicholson. Here receiving his prize from John
Morse.
Alan was also the competition organiser.
Not all the models went unscathed ......
..... but Ray won the pork scratchings for the
most spectacular crash when his plane hit a tree.
Jim took the opportunity to retrieve our patio
table from the bushes following exceptionally high winds
Andy Hibbert did his score-keeper thing
A well lined-up pass under the limbo wire
......
....... oh dear
Competitors were required to stand in the
pilot's box - some interprretted the rule more closely than others
Mike Wilson (left) did the timing and measuring
The weather was not ideal as the windsock
shows but all had fun
6-7 April - Rushden RC Model Show
Video clip (spot the russian spy)
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27 Feb
In late 2018 a fellow aeromodeller John Parker, passed away and his
family, via Guy Bowden, donated his models to the club. Guy brought them
to the 2018 AGM where several members took them away. This one, a DB
Sopwith Pup, was adopted by Mick Addington and as you can see looks
happy flying round the skies once again. It's great to see John's hard
work still giving pleasure to others. A fine legacy, thanks to his and
his family's generosity.
Score for February: Trees 4 Pilots 0
Alan Moore (right) receives his tree-sticker from Dave Harbour ........
there's more ....
..... and Jeff Bell receives his ....... yet more ....
Mike Wilson gets one too .....
...... finally, John Morse parks his Wot 4 high in a tree to spend a
stormy night. Luckily it got blown low enough for it to be rescued the
next day.
27 Jan
The chaps took the opportunity to run the
mowers and to roll the strip while it was soft after heavy rain
Ever had trouble identifying which way round
your quadcopter is? - Mike Wilson has the solution to this age-old
problem
2 Jan
<---- A hardy few braved the cold to shake off their cabin fever .....
.... and Mike Wilson gave his own-design drone another test flight