CHRISTCHURCH AND DISTRICT MODEL FLYING CLUB
55 YEARS OF MODEL FLYING
BMFA  AFFILIATION NUMBER 2581

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ELEVEN YEARS FLYING AT STRAWBERRY FIELD - SEPTEMBER 2010 TO SEPTEMBER 2021

Most of the pictures were taken by the Editor and of course there are many flying days that he missed, but here’s a taste of what was the Club’s first private flying field after nearly 50 years of using public venues like Kings Park and Stanpit for our flat field flying. We have to thank the discoverer, Terry Butterfield, the Chairman at the time, Terry Antell and his Committee and in particular Malcolm Bird, the Secretary, who arranged the planning permission.

As we move on from SF, here’s some of the highlights. The owners must have benefited by over £10,000 by our flying there but their need for increased payments has encouraged us to find a much better venue, and many thanks to Guy and Alex for getting us there, and Jon for all the negotiations to get us flying.

So here we go year by year - click on a frame for a bigger picture

2010

07 first day of use

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21 September 2010

2 October 2010

4 October 2010

6 November 2010

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6 Nov 10

2011

2 Jul 11

2 Jul 11

2 Jul 11

2 Jul 11

2 Jul 11

2 Jul 11

15 Sep 11

15 Sep 11

28 Oct 11

28 Oct 11

28 Oct 11

23 Nov 11

2012

26 Feb 12

26 Feb 12

21 Jul 12

21 Jul 12

21 Jul 12

21 Jul 12

21 Jul 12

25 Jul 12

25 Jul 12

21 Aug 12

21 Aug 12