Christchurch and District Model Flying Club
 

editorial

Welcome back to Brian Wiseman and his inimitable articles. He says he has no plans to restart Leonard B Wise’s flying career* but who knows?

Congratulations to Terry and the Committee for resolving, at least for the time being, the Strawberry Field dilemma. I suppose it was only a matter of time before the bureau caught up with us! Although the field is a bit tricky in some wind directions and the ongoing drainage ditch seems to reach out and grab undercarriages, it is at least quiet and private , with no dogs or walkers, bird watchers or spectators...except for this guy Eric

who turned up a couple of months ago, set up his parascender, started up his engine, took a few steps forward and off he flew, down to the IoW and back.

Actually, in the couple of dozen or so times I’ve flown at SF this year, we have had spectators on at least half the days, just driving down the road and seeing the models flying and thinking “I’d like my lad to do that” (but perhaps, more like “I’d like to do that again”) and come over for a chat and a few minutes watching the planes. It might be a good idea to have a few Club stickers in your flight box to give away to these visitors, or better still their kids, so that they have some reminder of the visit and our website address. You never know, they might be the Chairman in 10 years time!

I had my first flight at Stanpit for at least 18 months just the other day, flying my depron Britten Norman Islander and met our new member Bruno who when I arrived was bent over an uncooperative helicopter. We chatted for a while, then we decided on where in the sky we could fly without getting in eachother’s way, where the dogs were, the sun, the safest place to land: it was all exactly as it should have been and we had a great hour’s flying, he with the second of his helicopters and me with my little seaplane. Fantastic 

*career—to rush about madly with no fixed purpose. Sounds familiar!

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