Voltij

My Voltij is coming out to play on a trip to Lands End soon.  Just thought I'd remind myself what to do with it...

Welsh Winter League 2 - 10/11

• 10 to 15mph on the Wrecker, with a hint of easterly.  
• Some variability but generally pretty stable throughout the 12 rounds.  
• Flying two up with crow through. 
• Great to see Mark Southall back.
• Lots of pumping to gain height, none of which was particularly effective but it was great fun!
• When the wind shifted more to the east I finished up flying all French at Base B, which seemed to work pretty well but it's of course impossible to know what time you'd have had using a more orthodox technique.  There was a definite kick there though.
• The standard of flying was really high.  
• Particular mention has to be made of Clayton.  If we had a best newcomer award he'd be a shoo-in. And not just because he's the only newcomer!
• All in all one of those days where you struggle to get out of bed but end up so glad that you made the effort.

1	Kevin Newton	10597.14
2	Joel West	10530.70
3	Mark Southall	10306.83
4	Clayton Landells	10097.90
5	Mike Evans	9896.72
6	Stefan Bertschi	9834.71
7	Andrzej Tabero	9431.32
8	Scott Edwards	9022.79
9	John Treble	7630.55

Aufwind in English

There's only one thing better than Aufwind... and that's Aufwind in English.  Just have a look at the contents page below if you don't believe me.  Get your copy here.

Old stuff...

I had a bit of a clear out moving house yesterday and couldn't resist taking a few snaps of some old papers before they got binned.
The Newsletter goes back to the heady days before the internet when the co-ordinator, Mr Iain Rose in this case, used to run the 60" and F3F League, CD every event, write, print and send a Newsletter and clean everyone's boots after the race.
And then there was the Sympa, the plane that never quite was.
And finally the Renegade, I really loved that little rascal - although the bagged American stuff could have learnt a thing or two about leading edges from our own Mr Stevens.  Are you still out there John...?

Welsh Winter League 1 - 10/11

The lightest of breezes.  No rain.  One round. Some pleasant sport flying.  A fair bit of banter. Roll on league 2 and some proper winter league air.