Banbury Model Flying Club Fly In


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Banbury Model Flying Club Fly-In 11/07/2010
The Banbury Model Flying Club extended an invite to WMF members to visit their flying site to enjoy a day of flying and socialising. The weather on the day was sunny and warm but unfortunately there was a reasonably strong wind in perhaps the least favourable direction and was extremely gusty. Nonetheless 5 members of WMF turned up to make the most of the day (2 members enjoyed the chatting to the BMFC club members and discussing their models but didn't fly). The other 3 members bit the bullet and put their planes in the air and enjoyed the opportunity of flying from a different field. BMFC had 5 air cadets visiting on the day and each of the cadets got an opportunity of flying a trainer around under the supervision of one of the clubs instructors, albeit without the take off and landing phases, as this was their first time. All 5 cadets put up an excellent show and speaking to them afterwards they thoroughly enjoyed their experience. It was good to see the BMFC encouraging these youthful potential model flyers as there are far too few youngsters participating in the hobby. We were made to feel very welcome and provisions had been made for the purchase of tea or coffee for a very small charge and it even included a cake or apple pie. A barbeque was also lit at lunchtime to enable the food we had taken to be cooked. A very special 'entertainment' had also been laid on at lunchtime. The Red Arrows could be seen giving their display to the crowds at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix and one of the BMFC members had made a request for them to overly the flying field on their return to base after the display. The formation flew almost over the field and one of the team waggled his wings as they did so - not a bad additional element to our day! The BMFC members had some very good models between them and some are pictured below. The arrangements were well thought out and safety was well coordinated with all visitors receiving a briefing on arrival as to the peg system employed on the day, where the pit area was, identifying the separate engine starting and run up area, the taxi ways to and from the strip, the no fly areas and the circuit direction all being covered. A road runs adjacent to the flying field and overflying was not permitted. The runway is at 90⁰ to the road and the wind was blowing towards the road, which would normally mean the approach would be over the road onto the strip but meant that the approach had to be made parallel to the road and a turn made immediately at the end of the strip which with the gusty wind needed care. Though there weren't many of our members in attendance, those who did go enjoyed the day and appreciated the hospitality and friendliness of the BMFC members

Preparation in the Pits	Strolling around the pits		Line up 1	Line up 2	Our very own display!

One of the many larger models	Beautiful model of a DC3 powered by 2 Wankel engines			They like them big....	....and bigger still

It looked good in the air too					This one was more normal in size though

Clive gave some impressive flights too
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