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Post by john66 on Jan 9, 2010 13:20:13 GMT 1
Hi All
I had to re do my account as I was having probs with my previous email. I am using the same username as before and my youtube account is the one named Nigel Eggins. I posted my maiden flight afew weeks ago, the one where I nosedive my cub into the ground.
I will post a link to my maiden flight in the video section under the title "Development of ACT"
I have since received for christmas, the Reality Craft Plane Master flight sim and will be getting to grips with that till the weather is better.
I have also purchased one of those £17 MD80 video cams from ebay, so next crash will be filmed from ground and plane.
Im also planning to join my local RC fliying club NADMAS.
Happy New Year to you all, John
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Post by N4768Z on Jan 9, 2010 19:12:33 GMT 1
Welcome back! Looking forward to some cool video footage.
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Post by ginginho on Jan 11, 2010 11:40:57 GMT 1
Hi All [snipped] Im also planning to join my local RC fliying club NADMAS. Happy New Year to you all, John And to you John. Joining a club is a good idea, you'll get some good tuition and make some friends. However, I'd recommend that even if you don't join the club, at least join the BMFA. The insurance included within the membership is good value and should be mandatory for flyers (imho).
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Post by john66 on Jan 11, 2010 13:01:50 GMT 1
Too true ginginho. The main reason I want to join a club is although I live in the relative countryside (8 miles from Reading) and am surrounded by fields, there is nowhere for me to fly. When I ventured up the single track country lane that is at the end of my drive to ask local farmers permission to fly in their fields (ones with neither crops nor livestock and were only grass). To my dismay it transpired that every field within reasonable walkin distance with a plane were all owned by one man (prince charles's private secretary) and that I wouldnt get permission. This I was informed from his housekeeper via a buzzer at a gate aprox 1/4 mile from the house.
On the first day I walked my new pup Oscar mid aug 2010, there was an impromptu fly over and full display by the red arrows (litterally in the field behind my back garden) and I must say it was pretty breathtaking as they flew what felt like about 10' (exaggeration but ya get the idea) above our heads.
This impromptu display took place because apparently HRH Prince Charles was in the area shooting (I now know that to be in his private secretary's land) and is apparently an annual event.
I look forward to this years display. I also live in relative closeness to RAF Benson & Brize Norton and regularly have low flying wwii planes flying overhead which is awesome too, looking up at the underbelly of a Lancaster again relatively low.
sorry got on rambling abit there.
I checked out the BMFA site too, thanks for that, and have since found out because of that site that there is a club nearer to me in Reading. The website is packed with loads of info including the BMFA handbook as a downloadable pdf. So once again ginginho thanks for that.
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Post by ginginho on Jan 11, 2010 15:27:33 GMT 1
That's a shame, you'd've thought he wouldn't mind if you are well out of the way. Perhaps a letter to Charlie might help Rambling is good (as long as it's about planes), it's my turn now! I live pretty close to you, in a town that has a (rather famous) Airshow so get to see some really nice sights regularly. I've got a load of pictures of the Red Arrows from various times mostly taken from my back garden. One time (a few years back) I was walking my dog and was on a small hill next to the flight-line as a GR4 started his fast, low flyby of the airfield. I don't know whether the pilot saw us but must've thought we were mad as I was leaping about and the dog was going mental. The aircraft passed at about the same elevation as we were and only about 100 feet away! What a noise! Where me and my mates fly is a great big open sports field, at the home of the British Army. A few of my mates were flying not so long ago when a load of blokes dressed in black appeared on the field and a chopper landed and out stepped your local land-owners boss! No one seemed to mind that my mates were there flying in the vicinity, so on the letter front, you never know!! I noticed a few days ago that the Reading club do some indoor flying in the winter Link here which looks like fun. I may have to get myself something that I can use in the dome.
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Post by john66 on Jan 12, 2010 14:45:07 GMT 1
Sounds great ginginho.
I may have to come and join you guys for a couple of hours where you fly if thats poss, particularly if any of you are up for a bit of tuition/mentoring?
Speaking of Reading, I emailed the club through there website and was responded to by a guy called paul who I will quote in a new thread Hobbyzone Super Cub suitable for beginners?
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Post by ginginho on Jan 21, 2010 18:02:52 GMT 1
Sounds great ginginho. I may have to come and join you guys for a couple of hours where you fly if thats poss, particularly if any of you are up for a bit of tuition/mentoring? Speaking of Reading, I emailed the club through there website and was responded to by a guy called paul who I will quote in a new thread Hobbyzone Super Cub suitable for beginners? John, Apologies for not replying earlier, meant to, then got sidetracked You are more than welcome to come along when we are flying, although as you know the weather hasn't really been the most conducive recently. This time of year it tends to be weekends only, and then if it's not too windy, too bad a hangover etc etc..... Perhaps PM me a phone number and I can let you know when we are getting ready to go....
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Post by john66 on Jan 24, 2010 15:36:47 GMT 1
Cheers ginginho, No. on way!
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Post by john66 on Apr 27, 2010 15:55:47 GMT 1
Joined the BMFA today as a Country member, just thought I'd let y'all know, I'm worth suing now, should you be on the receiving end, though not in the climatic sense of Dill's! , but one of my marvelous Cub catastrophes! ;D John
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