Category Archives: General

28/6 – EGM called to elect a new Treasurer

The committee has called an Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday 14th July for the purpose of voting in our new volunteer Treasurer Paul Burling. All the details are in the attached notice. Many members will probably not want to Zoom in to the meeting so it would be helpful if they could just reply to… Read More »

15/6 – Competitions this Friday 17th June

It was too windy at the Birthday Bash to run the competitions, so we have decided to run them this Friday evening regardless of the weather!! 1. FF rubber power for small models preferably Rays designs 2. Catapult and chuck glider 3. Radio Limbo under the tape Come along and have a go!!  The Malmstrom… Read More »

14/6 – Friday 1st July flying date moved

Our evening flying on Friday 1st July has been moved to Thursday 30th June.  This is because they are setting up on Friday for a big football tournament. The website has been updated to reflect this and there are 2 possible benefits – It may be less windy on the Thursday!! They may remove the… Read More »

6/6 – Safety update for CL and RC at Impington

There was an incident at IVC on Friday – luckily no one was hurt. There were relatively few club members there as it was a bit breezy. On arrival a small group of boys were playing football half way along the edge of the field near the hospital. As there was relatively little flying activity… Read More »

3/6 – Ray Malmstrom Cup postponed till Sunday 12th June

The Ray Malmstrom Cup competition for control line aerobatics due to be held at Girton this Sunday has been put back a week to the 12th June due to the rather grotty weather forecast!! Looking on the bright side, this will give our club CL pilots plenty of time to practice at the Birthday Bash… Read More »

25/5 – Centenary events

I have uploaded another video of the record attempt on 15th May – you can view it here You can view the one I sent round earlier here The final tally was 3,109 models in the air at noon, of which we contributed 34. 263 clubs participated. Thanks to Chris Constant for the videos. The… Read More »

21/5 – World Record Attempt on 15th May

24 of us gathered in the Impington Sports Hall to fly indoor models for the record attempt last Sunday. A pilots briefing was held with 5 minutes to go and then we had various countdowns to the launch times. RC flyers launched at 30 seconds to midday, FF rubber powered at 10 seconds to midday… Read More »

21/4 – Committee meeting held on 14th April

The minutes of the recent committee meeting are here.  Key points arising are summarised below but please read the minutes for full details – • The clubs bank balance has been reducing a little faster than planned with the free Saturdays indoor flying. As relatively few people attend this could be seen as somewhat unfair… Read More »

6/4 – last indoor meeting this Thursday

This Thursday 7th is the last indoor evening meeting, and then the following Day Friday 8th is the first outdoor meeting on the field from 7pm. The new school building is now complete and the attached photo shows the new car park. The road access down Park Drive is also now smooth and resurfaced. We… Read More »