The following e-mail was sent to all members today Dear members As you know, next year the club celebrates 80 years since a well known art master founded the “Model Air Squadron” at IVC with himself as the self appointed Commanding Officer. Well, a lot has happened since then and we are still going strong.… Read More »
The following e-mail was sent to all members today Dear members I have been contacted by Pam Missenden regarding the sale of her fathers model planes – you will see from the photos below and the details attached that they are all very nice models and may be of interest to some of you. She… Read More »
The following e-mail was sent to all members today Dear members We will need to inform the caterers by mid November, so still plenty of time to get your name on the list. To help you make up your mind I’ve attached a sample of the spread on offer – Tony Neal who is organising… Read More »
The following e-mail was sent to all members today with photos Dear members I have been contacted by Jon Elphick who has 3 old gliders to give away if any members want them to restore to flying condition. 2 of them are around 1.5m wingspan and the Habicht is 2m. They will need RC installation… Read More »
The last newsletter had details of the Christmas do which we are holding at the Cambridge Motor Boat club in Clayhithe. This will be a much more low key event than the expensive hotel shindigs of previous years. There will be a caterer supplied 2 course cold buffet with coffee afterwards and a cheap bar… Read More »
Malcolm Bates did a nice video edit of the fireworks, night flying and Tims Turboprop engine which you can see here Dusk Larking Also we found a 30″ carbon fibre wing joining tube in the RC pits area, so let me know if it’s yours!!
Tim Coles will be demonstrating his turboprop engine on his test bench during our last Friday evening flying meeting. Demo at 7pm – not to be missed!
This Friday 5th Sept is the last outdoor Friday session of the summer. I don’t want to jinx it, but the weather looks favourable so why not come along. From about 8.15pm we will be flying our night flyers with LED lights and inviting drone flyers to chase them and video the larking. I mean,… Read More »
This was advertised in the e-mail that was sent with the September newsletter. Club member Peter Cunnison has some models to give away to members who might get them flying again. They were hanging up in his workshop and some wings were wrapped up, so good photos were tricky. They will all need a bit… Read More »
We certainly had good weather for it and a great turnout. A full report with photos will be in the next newsletter, however a few highlights – Many thanks to Daniel Santos, friends and family for stepping in to do the BBQ Congratulations to Bruce for winning the catapult glider competition and well done to… Read More »