Topic: Weston 2010 even less to wait now !!

sod it,  that vid was enough,  sod saturday at work,   dont care if we dont get the job out,   its Weston early saturday for me,    or may even be friday night--now there would be a novelty!!

  See ya tomorrow 

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Just about packed and all ready to go-after work on Friday. Finish at 2pm, leave shortly afterwards, be there within the hour.
Bought a few models to fly...
...and two to sell!

PAUL selling a model?       i can only think he has met a woman

just been out having a play,  i seem to have a small caravan, that will do 90--err--70,    camp bed fits in the mondy estate    just need somewhere to stash the models i want to sell off,  and if all else fails, i have a roof over me ed,   

really looking forward to this weekend,  hope they have the overflow parking sorted

DONT FORGET YOUR SUNBLOCK, and plenty of fluids

Alan  - are YT doing a display slot?

PAUL selling a model?       i can only think he has met a woman

Don't worry, he'll buy another 20 to replace them....

 and plenty of fluids

NOT a problem  

Alan  - are YT doing a display slot?

something or other will get flown,  warbird slots are booked,  Stuey will be flying,  dont know who else,  hopefully, Bish will be flying the new Pantera

I'm bringing my YT Mustang racer. Prob do a speed slot...

Peevie, I got here about 10 pm in the end.  No one on the gate, but just follow the camping signs and there is a nice lady directing people to camping spots. A coule of others have arrived after us, about 15 minutes ago.... Looks like it is going to be a scorcher!

Andy (in the bright yellow vw camper!)

Gates shut at 11:30 (ish) apparently. Lots of night flying tonight.

all packed, leaving first thing in the morning  

is there a rcmf campsite? the reds normally manage to group together

The West Wales contingent is leaving tomorrow morning - should be on site by 2 PM, can't wait - Birthday celebration time 

We're off this morning at about 09:00, White Sprinter and twin axle caravan, come and say hello if you see us.

J

Thanks Andy & GB. Will see if I can improve on my eta by sneaking out of work early. 

I am leaving in 20 mins, should be there about 1300.........................sorry you won't be there Mickey, cider is in the cool box if you change your mind

Pete

Have a great time guy's, I'll be thinking of you all whilst I'm slaving over a hot desk. (Working all weekend)

Summer Flu can't believe it what a time to come down with this, have a good time all

Summer Flu can't believe it what a time to come down with this, have a good time all

me too, had a day off work and feel just as bad....

hi all
     got back this afternoon what a great weekend hats off again to Steve Bishop and the team. had some great night flying and a couple of slots opened the show both days but i understand the cross wind was a little on the rough side on Saturday afternoon.
      nice to catchup with a few of the guys from here as well finally met Cactus at long last along with Peevie, Mudflap, Indigbo Kinverflyer. Slurp, John b, Simon Wood to name but a few
nasa

Just a big thank you to Steve Bishop and his crew for another top show.  Please pass on my thanks to the ladies who kept us all fed and watered.

 I was only there on Saturday, as I was at a BMFA scale comp at Warboys today but I really enjoyed Weston
Many thanks again, got to be the best show I reckon.

Richard Scarbrough

I cr#pped myself there this morning while walking through the trees from the right side on the flight line to the swap tent.

There i was minding my own business with the kids when a roody big spitfire came crashing through the trees vertically about 10m from where we was.

Needless to say it wont fly again............

Saw that when DB shouted a warning that one was out of control .
Saw it looping a couple of times behind me and behind the trade stands when it did its last loop stright into the tree .
Could of been bloody nasty that one !
I dare say though that failsafe settings were used 

I dare say though that failsafe settings were used 

Came in very fast after 2 very fast loops, I heard if clip something on the first loop, looked up saw something above the tree, then watched it come through the trees in pieces.

I think it might of been Throttle hold setting.

Any way the guys with walkie talkies and buggy was very unhappy when people started taking photos of the wreck.

Just to clarify a couple of things about this crash. It was not a radio problem, it was purely pilot error, and his helpers error. Needless to say that the incident was dealt with swiftly by both the Weston Crew and the BMFA bods who were present. A mate of mine was under the tree too, he called to the folks there to look out and they did.

I personally thought it was the best Weston, the full size displays were absolutely top notch and a big thanks should go to the whole team for another superb effort. Once again the show flowed very well with a good variety of model types, not enough scale stuff for me and too many averagely flown aerobats, amongst some very enjoyable well flown aerobats I must also add..... but there was something for everyone.

Top job and many thanks to the Wrekin peeps

Ian.

Thanks Ian I did wonder about radio problems and a lack of setup in the fail safe settings .
Still, I have another pair of underpants that I can use 

A mate of mine was under the tree too, he called to the folks there to look out and they did.

I didnt hear him, might of been muffled by the noise of a Spit at full chat

Anyway no one got hurt and it was a good show, but very nearly could of made headlines in the red tops for the wrong reasons as  no one would of survived that hitting them vertically.

Any way what about the traffic on the north bound M6 coming home ?? Nightmare !

Another top show   

Huge thanks to SB and his crew and all the pilots.


and a few pics before bedtime 

Just to clarify a couple of things about this crash. It was not a radio problem, it was purely pilot error, and his helpers error. Needless to say that the incident was dealt with swiftly by both the Weston Crew and the BMFA bods who were present. A mate of mine was under the tree too, he called to the folks there to look out and they did.

I personally thought it was the best Weston, the full size displays were absolutely top notch and a big thanks should go to the whole team for another superb effort. Once again the show flowed very well with a good variety of model types, not enough scale stuff for me and too many averagely flown aerobats, amongst some very enjoyable well flown aerobats I must also add..... but there was something for everyone.

Top job and many thanks to the Wrekin peeps




Ian.

Glad no one was hurt but if it was under control ( al beit not fully by the pilot, what was it doing behind the trade tents???

Cheers
Andy

Glad no one was hurt but if it was under control ( al beit not fully by the pilot, what was it doing behind the trade tents???

Cheers
Andy

Believe it was a "Wrong model" issue (as in not flying your own model).

Anyway, a great w/e again and a massive thanks to all the organisational team, it was a superb effort from start to finish .............and for once the TJD team lost more than the FunFighters in that last pyros slot (second photo above of F4U landing taken at the end of that slot with the orange smoke still going strong).

Pete

Sweeeeeet   

What plane is that?

It's a Pirotti Tuono brought to the show by 5 times Italian champion whose name I didn't get.  Ali will know.

This will likely follow the usual pattern of RCMF show threads from the past. Spectator reports a near-miss in the crowd from a model that crashed, thread ultimately closed, edited or removed. Rinse and repeat.

In no way do I want this thread to close down ( So maybe we might do well starting another thread ) But I was pretty close to the incident and the actual model ended up crashing right on top of our camping area ( Where mine and Duncan's young family were)
 Luckily the trees stopped the model fro hitting the area where a few of our group ( Including Duncan's Infant daughter were sat)
 At the time I assumed it was a battery failure/ disconnect. As the model seemed to be locked at full throttle and full up elevator. As always, I heard a few knee jerk reactions, which are always best played down. I said to a few of the chaps there at the time that these accidents, were just that accidents. Equipment does fail, and despite all that we do to protect against it, these things will happen and are sometimes out of our hands.
 But then to come on this thread and read it was a pilot mistaking his model for another is just shocking. Even more shocking is that fact that his caller ( I assume he had a caller ) did not do anything to avert this incident.... What the hell is that about? Where was the caller and what was he doing??
 

This will likely follow the usual pattern of RCMF show threads from the past. Spectator reports a near-miss in the crowd from a model that crashed, thread ultimately closed, edited or removed. Rinse and repeat.

I hope it doesn't get closed, I think the many people it could of hit in the trees may want to read about what went wrong, there was lots of people in that area.

Ali and Andy - I also hope it does not get closed, but this scenario has played out several times previously. Instead of the incident being discussed they are inevitably swept under the carpet and what would otherwise be valuable lessons to be learned are lost. It's happened with threads about Weston, about Woodvale and about other shows in the past.

Glad no one was hurt but if it was under control ( al beit not fully by the pilot, what was it doing behind the trade tents???

Cheers
Andy

For some extremely bizarre reason, both the pilot and apparently the helper both looked away, when they looked back the model funnily enough wasn't in the same place. What to do but keep it at full bore and hold in the elevator Simply was ridiculous but this isn't and cannot be the fault of any show organisers who book in pilots that have somehow passed all the relevant exams. The incident could not have been dealt with more swiftly by both the Wrekin crew or the BMFA who were very much on the ball from what it seemed.

Ian.

Where was the caller and what was he doing??

A very good question, if you don't act when something is going wrong, what's the point in being there at all?

Anyway, I also had a stunning show, so nice to have some decent weather, loads of smiling faces around, families enjoying themselves.
Didn't get to see that much flying (but I enjoyed what I did see) and almost everyone I spoke to seemed to be really enjoying themselves, both days.

Hope we get the same sort of weather next weekend - Sam35 at Old Warden.

Nige

Got back late last night and personaly want to thank Steve and the Crew for an exalent show, the addition of the 3D Cup was a great idea that everyone i spoke to agreed with Well done guys,

I broke my Weston Duck and finaly hit a tree after 3 years of trying, safe to say my Hunter wont be flying again lol, the Spit incedent was shoking but delt with well by the team (thank god for the trees)

Missed Mickey not shouting at me, just not the same having a calm flight line!,

Myself and Paul Bardoe officialy owned the toffee drop slots and are availible for weddings, and partys

BB

so what was the total for overlander losses over the weekend ?   

just got out of the pit,    and saw this about a crashed spit?  first i have heard of it,     glad no-one was hurt,     but anyway,  i suppose that all that where not there will be chucking teddies about,  so, let them get on with it,

ANYWAY,  great show,  i thought we on the YT stand had a fantastic static display of our wares,         nice to see a lot of the forum guys and gals again,   and the flying?  well,  there was something for everyone,       weston is still the ace venue for the tyro show flyer,       it can be a hell of a worry for the new showline pilot,  its good to have a venue like Weston for them,  

WREKIN BOYS, you did good,     few hiccups on the line with slotting,    but on the whole, a reet good weekend

OH, and the bring and buy?  there was a fair bit of good stuff, and a hell of a lot of TAT  with some of the prices being asked,    no chance comes to mind!!

great show lads, Ali awesome as ever, the best atmosphere for a show, people enjoying flying. I go to a fair few shows and this for me is the top show of the year, dont change anything youve got it right, well done Wrekin lads .