Slope Event 18th March .  (pictures here)

A much better turnout,  9 NIMSA members and 4 others.

The weather was also much better, bitterly cold but dry. The wind was ENE blowing between  5 - 12 mph straight on to the slope. Jimmy had arrived first at about 11.30 , closely followed by Bill, Adam & Stevie. Jimmy was flying his flair fledgling 100"  R/E/S model, Stevie had an Eppi-Soar from Phoenix Model Products which flew well until a collision with a rock on landing wiped out the tail! Adam & Bill were both flying Zagi's which went well even when the wind dropped. Bill also tried an old model called "Jack in a Box". Unfortunately on launch this refused to turn left and crashed. Still no idea why. Like a phoenix it will rise from the ashes, but the phoenix probably flies better!

Tommy flew his Banshee which occasionally struggled in the lighter conditions, but went well when the wind blew.

Frank arrived late on and had a few good flights with his Rico-She before the cold got the better of him.

Louden Blair, David Orr and his son arrived with some very nice kit. Dave had a Grace which flew very well. His son was flying an Ion hotliner which was capable of some very impressive high speed passes, whistling as it went by

An excellent days flying despite the biting temperatures.

A few pics follow, click on them to get the bigger image.

Thermal Event, 2nd April.

Cancelled due to weather and flooded field!

Thermal Event, 23rd April, 100S Shield  (pictures here)

Excellent conditions, sunny with a light variable wind. Good turn out of 9 fliers, with one flyer travelling from Coleraine. 4 rounds flown with a discard. Discard round in red.

Congratulations to Tommy for winning the first comp of the year and 100S shield

Thermal Event, 30th April, Open and Electric   (pictures here)

Good weather, slight overcast with wind fickle and varying from NW to S

Electric competition flown first. Sam damaged his model in the first round, breaking the firewall free from the fuselage and had to sit out the rest of the competition. Results as follows:

Electric.

Congratulations to Paul Freeman for winning the first electric of the year.

Thermal.

3 rounds of 6 minutes, no discard round this time

Tommy takes the second thermal event of the year.

Thermal Event, 28th May, Open and Electric

7 of us turned up to compete, but a 15mph wind creating severe turbulence over the tree line suggested that any attempts to fly and land would result in carnage, so the competition was cancelled. Apologies to anybody who turned up later

Thermal Event, 11th June, 100S Cup

Another event cancelled due to high winds.

Thermal Event, 25th June.  Open Area Championship:

8 fliers turned up on a blustery day to compete for the Area Championship in the Open Class. Conditions were not great with a 10 - 12 mph NNE wind. One round was flown, before we stopped for our club barbecue, (thanks to Ann Magee for turning out to help and to the other wives for food they prepared and sent along).  Flying continued with another 3 rounds after we'd eaten which allowed a discard round. Carnage was at a minimum, Andrew Wallace damaging his Eliminator in Round 2 with a loss of signal and Mike Leonard virtually writing off his model in round 3 with a wing fold during winch launch. Thermals were few and far between and rounds were in general fairly closely contested with people only occasionally getting away for the full 6 minutes. Pictures HERE