Archive for May 2005
Sheffield PSS Fly-In – 22nd May 2005
Report by Peter Hitchborne Having organised an event I always feel somehow responsible for the weather on the day and anxiously check the forecasts from the Met Office, the BBC and the local Peak forecasters. The forecast had changed over the two days prior to the event and I emailed Steve Griffiths the very latest…
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Power Scale Soaring Part 4
by Alan Hulme originally published in Q&EFI Magazine No 39 May 2005 Alan Hulme continues his history of PSS Moving On In April 1989 the Clwyd Soaring Association held their 6th annual PSS meeting on Moel Famau mountain, North Wales. It was here that we first witnessed the initial flight of Fred Jackson’s scratch built…
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The Lleyn MAC Fly-In – 14/15th May 2005
Report by Alan Hulme. All photos by Rez Manzoori This event was held in brilliant sunshine with wind speeds varying between 10 and 20mph. Several participants arrived on the Friday staying at hotels and guest houses of which there are many in this area. Although the attendance level was rather low, with eight PSSA members…
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Ribble Valley MSA PSS meet – 8th May 2005
Report by Steve Griffiths I finished my last report from this venue hoping for a fifth consecutive successful meeting, and we got it! Another good North-Westerly wind, Pendle’s best direction, and it stayed dry. Bliss! Plenty of other pilots turned up, and there were about 21 models on the slope. Jean-Luc Belon brought his Me-110…
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