Topic: South East Flyers

I have to go down to Harrietsham tomorrow to view a pre-WW1 chassis, and it's a continued Easterly forecast, so might swing on round to Butts Brow before returning to Bromley, anybody else likely to be there??

Sorry, working today Dave

Simon

I have to go down to Harrietsham tomorrow to view a pre-WW1 chassis, and it's a continued Easterly forecast, so might swing on round to Butts Brow before returning to Bromley, anybody else likely to be there??

you must be visiting that beautiful little garage on the high street, just how every garage would have looked back in the day....long drag from there to Butts though

parcel arrived today from bonny scotland who said a glider cant be posted  can yo guess what it is ?

A Wildthing?

I advertised this old Ripmax hotliner (the one I used at the Chailey comp) on BMFA Classifieds, and it was snapped up within hours ... that BMFA ads site really works.

I advertised this old Ripmax hotliner (the one I used at the Chailey comp) on BMFA Classifieds, and it was snapped up within hours ... that BMFA ads site really works.

Yes, I've sold quite a bit of stuff there too - great that it's free!

parcel arrived today from bonny scotland who said a glider cant be posted  can yo guess what it is ?

That is the most interesting parcel ever!  Something with a V tail?...

Si

parcel arrived today from bonny scotland   can yo guess what it is ?

a caber, a hammer and a kilt

Something with a V tail?...

That was my first thought too.  But unless the tail is detached from the fuz then the "V" is in the wrong place!  More likely to be a conventional tail then?

That was my first thought too.  But unless the tail is detached from the fuz then the "V" is in the wrong place!  More likely to be a conventional tail then?

A lot of gliders have removable tails... specially the big f3f ships...

Busy day at HoH at the F3F Nationals, a full compliment bar one, wind not so good however, but tomorrow should see an improvement.... 

Plenty of pictures but not at my home PC so only in camera conversion.....  here's a couple to give an idea of teh atmosphere.... craic is good its a bit like being at Thurnham but the plans are a lot lot faster! LOL

Weather great ... wish you were here 

That's one hell of a journey, that's real commitment
bit jealous to be honest

Have a good one J
 

oh my poor babies....don't worry daddy still loves you

some good guesses there lads but no prizes im afraid though    close on the wildthing same stable , its an apache  

oh my poor babies....don't worry daddy still loves you

Their having a whale of a time and flying faster times than me.... all my flights have been in the 60's today,  Hopefully better wind tomorrow will bring an improvement, need to beat 50 odd seconds! 

Paging Gary the Aeronaut (I think)

A while back were you asking about a WW2 warbird type but not genuine WW2 plane you had a picture of...........

Was it you, was it here??   

If so, I think I know what it is now..................... 

I'm probably going to enter the F3F comp at East Sussex Soarng Assoc tomorrow.  Any idea what plane I should fly out of Erwin, Jart, Banana or Minimoa?  (Minimoa just kidding!)

I guess the Erwin is the logical choice.  But that Banana, that can shift, and I dare to fly it harder ... then again, if it's really turbulent the steady old Jart might even be competitive ... decisions, decisions ...

Oh, Bad Raven, that was me.  Was it someone's kit plane made to look like a WWII warbird or something like that?

Oh, Bad Raven, that was me.  Was it someone's kit plane made to look like a WWII warbird or something like that?

I think (without finding/seeing the pic again, so only memory to work on) it was a plane I was in touching distance of on Friday, in the hangar at Headcorn.

If so, it's now been forced to display it's std GB Reg, G-SOCT, and it's a Yak 50 made in 1984.........

http://www.yakkes.com/thunderbolt2/50/842804.php

That's the one.  Quite an eccentric thing to do, turn a 1984 plane into a WWII warbird.

Nearly as annoying as the BBC reporter standing at Biggin Hill with two Spitfires waffling about "these wonderful Battle of Britain veterans"............................one a Mk 9 built long after, the other one not even built till AFTER the war ended...........


 


Bit like people who call my Slipstreams "Zagis" and my small wings "Alulas"...............   

The wind is from S-SE at Holly so I might try my luck this morning
Al

I could there as well around lunchtime, although it also looks as though the Hump at Thurnham willl be OK - if I do fly from there I'll be on 2.4.  

Busy day at HoH at the F3F Nationals, a full compliment bar one, wind not so good however, but tomorrow should see an improvement....  

Plenty of pictures but not at my home PC so only in camera conversion.....  here's a couple to give an idea of teh atmosphere.... craic is good its a bit like being at Thurnham but the plans are a lot lot faster! LOL

Weather great ... wish you were here  

It's all coming together now - I'd always wondered where the Hole of Horcum is and hadn't got round to Googling it. I've just looked at your photos and it's all coming back to me.

When I was doing a touring holiday 'up north' in the early 70's, I think it was 1972, I came across this excellent bowl on the North Yorks moors and spent a day soaring there on my own with my Phase Two and Mini-Phase.

I've told many people over the years what an excellent site it is and hadn't realised until now that it was the famous HoH - thanks Jason for enlightening me.  

PS -  I was most probably flying there before you were born!!

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What do you call the little Gremlin sitting on your v-tail?  

What do you call the little Gremlin sitting on your v-tail?  

its one of Pauls offspring 

 

Conditions at the F3F facing at Eastbourne today were ... er ... well, think of a polite word for awful.  Wind way off the slope, intermittent showers, cold as a cold thing ... maybe organised events and me just don't go together ...

Conditions at the F3F facing at Eastbourne today were ... er ... well, think of a polite word for awful.  Wind way off the slope, intermittent showers, cold as a cold thing ... maybe organised events and me just don't go together ...

It's not you and orgainised events
It's just organised events

Here's Allen's Falcon in happier times ... sob ...

Can you post that pic in my thread on the main page 

Me and Paul had a great day today flying some sand dunes at Greatstone on Sea near Lydd and also learnt how to DS a WT!   

I'm sure there will be some piccies on the goodwind blog and we got some good footage so no doubt there will be another blinder of a vid from Paul  

How did you guys get on up Holly? i hope you said hi to her from me...  

Steve

Here's more pics from Eastbourne F3F today.  Maybe boring to those who weren't there, but this is the southeast forum ...

It's all coming together now - I'd always wondered where the Hole of Horcum is and hadn't got round to Googling it. I've just looked at your photos and it's all coming back to me.

When I was doing a touring holiday 'up north' in the early 70's, I think it was 1972, I came across this excellent bowl on the North Yorks moors and spent a day soaring there on my own with my Phase Two and Mini-Phase.

I've told many people over the years what an excellent site it is and hadn't realised until now that it was the famous HoH - thanks Jason for enlightening me.  

PS -  I was most probably flying there before you were born!!

Depends on when in 1972 it was Eric

The last day of the Nationals today, wind was far far better and I managed to break my PB 3 times, so it is now down to 47 and a bit seconds.  I also narrowly missed decapitating myself which also got me 100 penalty points.  I didn't know anything about it until I felt the glider over the top of my head out of a turn -  it all went that quick in the compression zone! - that was my fastest run of the event as well.  Another foot and I probably wouldn't be typing this.  You think we do close low fast passes at Thurnaham, take that and times it by 10!  I lost my mojo somewhat after that, mostly due to needing a new pair of pants!

 There was nearly a new HoH record, a 32.27 but didnt manage to beat Richard Bago's 32 second run a few months ago..

I am sure the results will be out at some point... needless to say unfortunately I came last :( Simon T did very well (Second I think) and Martin (also from the area) was in the top 10 from memory.

Paul - your little friend decided to prove he was having a whale of a time in Whitby and enjoyed some fish and chips by the sea.

Paul - your little friend decided to prove he was having a whale of a time in Whitby and enjoyed some fish and chips by the sea.

 

Me and Paul had a great day today flying some sand dunes at Greatstone on Sea near Lydd and also learnt how to DS a WT!   

I'm sure there will be some piccies on the goodwind blog and we got some good footage so no doubt there will be another blinder of a vid from Paul  

How did you guys get on up Holly? i hope you said hi to her from me...  

Steve

You ought to have let me know you were heading in that direction, I would have come along as well to enjoy the fresh sea breezes.

As it was I went to Holly Hill and I was 'Billy no mates' - wind was at 45 deg to slope and although it worked OK it was a bit bumpy. Holly wasn't on her best form today!   

You ought to have let me know you were heading in that direction, I would have come along as well to enjoy the fresh sea breezes.

As it was I went to Holly Hill and I was 'Billy no mates' - wind was at 45 deg to slope and although it worked OK it was a bit bumpy. Holly wasn't on her best form today!   

Must have just missed you Eric as 2dog mad mick and myself were there to 1pm.Lift was OK for Floh and Gelette

2dog mad mick and myself were there to 1pm

you had Mick all to yourself Alan? you lucky man!

possibility of Hollingbourne XC attempt on Wednesday?

Is holly about to go tits-up? maybe! as I found today the slope being cleared of trees etc to prepare the area for grazing.I had a discreet flight from behind a bush before it was removed.

Is holly about to go tits-up? maybe! I found today the slope being cleared of trees etc

sounds like good news....I hope