Event News

A Baby Boomerang heads skyward I’ve been getting my teeth into electric ducted fan (EDF) models over the last few months – you may have read my ‘Adventures in EDF’ feature in the May and July 2007 issues of RCM&E. Anyhow, what started this interest was my visit to the Paul Heckles School of Flying…

Continue reading »

The chaps from the Manx Model Flyers have been in touch to remind us about the Manx Model Meet 2007, which takes place between 29th June and July 10th inclusive. Modellers are invited to ‘come abroad to the Isle of Man and enjoy flat field and slope flying at its best’. Power, glider, electric, free…

Continue reading »

When it comes to the weather, putting on an outdoor model show in the UK can be a risky business, even in the height of summer. Mind you, for the last ten years the Hastings Model Airshow, located down south on the English Riviera, seems to have escaped the worst of our all too frequent…

Continue reading »

You know, high standards are all very well, but they can be the very devil to maintain! Take the recent dilemma faced by Wellingborough Model Flying Club, for example. On Sunday 3rd September, a year after hosting the superb 2005 RCM&E British Freestyle Championships, the club’s members were staring at a bright but windswept sky…

Continue reading »

When the first weekend in August arrives it’s time for the annual trip to Woodvale. I’ve been attending and competing there for more years than I care to remember, although, of course, the event is far more than just a model flying competition. With attractions including vintage car and motorbike displays, motorbike stunts and go-kart…

Continue reading »