Sausage Sizzle

Sausage sizzle fundraiser today went very very well.
Weather was hot, but the bushfire smoke pretty much stayed away.
The BBQ tent, situated by the front left entrance is provided by Bunnings.

 The tent is enclosed on three sides and has set up.....

a big hot-plate BBQ with a bottle of gas.

There is a couple of small sinks next to it and a servery bench beside that.
We provide cooking irons and accessories etc etc.
It's a great setup and a different community group operates the fundraiser sizzle every Saturday.

Kevin B, Graeme M,Brian and Ken on afternoon shift.

BIG thanks to the guys who helped out today, especially to Graeme M and Brian who were there all day.

Sunday

Plenty of members turned up today, despite foggy start, then high humidity, then just plain hot.

  


Graeme has a new PC21, running in the engine with help and advice from Lin and David C

Cameron has this lovely customised Albatros D5.
The original finish by Eflite was too glossy and not detailed enough so he set to work.

Note his paint work on the engine and the added guns from Williams Kits.












Rodney arrived with a new radial 4 stroke petrol engine for his large scale F4U Corsair, says it will save him a fortune in fuel costs.
The stand and mount for his running-in setup is very strong.

Coming Up.

  We have our upcoming activities planned, see column to the right.

  Sausage sizzle at Bunnings Bairnsdale 15 February.

  Our club Fun Fly and BBQ the next day 16 February. The activities are listed for your study at the right. Remember there are prizes to be won for participating.

  Keep in mind the Muster in May, it will sneak up on you faster than you think.

Wednesday once more

Brian and Lin maidened the new Fly Baby

I switched to another computer and I can upload pics again!!!!

Breanna (11) and Dad David get the buddy lead organised.

Breanna and David concentrating, she is a good flyer.

Fully scale folding wing setup to fit in the trailer

Graeme and Brian get the PBY ready to fly.

See the video of the flight on YouTube

Wednesday again

Unfortunately Google will not allow me to upload Pics at the moment, so I will update when I can.

Fly New Year

Welcome to Two Thousand and Fourteen, I hope it will be everything you would like it to be.

Plenty of members at the field today.

A grey sky with a gentle breeze made the day a pleasant temperature.

Effective camouflage in this shot.

 


 Ian W brought along his large scale (and I DO mean scale) Piper Cub to be certified and have its maiden flight.

There is a VIDEO I shot on Youtube, you can view it if you wish.

Job not finished 'till paperwork done.

Floating past

David C is tweaking Kevin Cs' nice Fly Baby ready for its maiden flight.
Very successful it was too.

A Christmas Present

Yes, this Christmas present was in the form of  an unsolicited entry in the "Thumbs Up Thumbs Down" column of our free local paper, so it is distributed far and wide in the district.

Thanks to the anonymous writer and to all members whose helpful activities have made this possible.

We need to keep up this good work, it can only be of benefit to the club.

A Fine Day

Yes indeed, a fine day a little wind from southwest moving around to south from time to time, across the runway, everyone coped with it though.

 The drab coloured CUB is by Ian W.
A very fine model indeed, yet to fly.

 Brians PBY is there too, flew beautifully today.

 Not all of the cowl is installed as yet, running-in process underway today.

Some fast taxi trials in a cross wind were very interesting.

 A twin-cylinder petrol infernal combustion engine is providing the power.

VERY VERY NOISY!

 

Ian S fired up his nifty PT19 for its maiden flight today.
He was most perplexed when the model jumped in the air after about 3 or 4 metres when he was expecting a nice long take-off run.
A bit of a floater to get back on the runway.