The Cheshire Plain Fliers Table Sale will take place on Wednesday April 14th 2010 at the Bowdon Rugby Club, Clay Lane Timperley WA15 7AF. Doors will be open at 7pm for sellers and 7.30 for buyers. Entrance fee is £1 for buyers and tables are £3 each. All are welcome to sell, buy or just drop in for a drink (the bar will be open). The sale is open to all sellers, trade and private to sell any model-related goods.
Safer Flying
SOMETIMES it is good to take a good hard look at our flying habits. Have we been getting a little complacent as far as safety is concerned. The Club’s Chief Safety Officer, Mark Armstrong, has been watching closely and he has some concerns, especially regarding landings close to the flightline, sometimes even towards the flightline.
He is also worried about some flyers not calling landings or low passes and going on to the field without announcing this clearly and loudly so that everyone knows this is happening, even if the pilots are concentrating on their flying.
Mark also reminds us all that all flyers should be standing reasonably close together on the flightline to minimise the risk of transmitters interfering with each other.
We make no apology for repeating this piece from an earlier newsletter on the subject of safety
Congratulations to our free-flight expert Barry Williams who achieved top marks in the static judging of his class in the prestigious Eddie Riding Trophy at the Woodvale International Rally in August.
Barry’s rubber-powered Fairchild Argus, built faithfully from an Eddie Riding plan, did not fare quite as well in the flying section of the competition, pushing him down to fifth overall. However he is already building a new Eddie Riding design and carving a modified propeller for 2010. Watch this space…
Tower Talk
Mark has also provided these gems which it is sworn have come from genuine tower exchanges
Tower “TWA 2341, for noise abatement turn right 45 degrees.”
TWA 2341 “Centre, we are at 35,000 feet. How much noise can we make up here?”
Tower “Sir, have you ever heard the noise a 747 makes when it hits a 727?”
A DC-10 had come in a little hot and thus had an exceedingly long roll out after touching down
San Jose Tower Noted: “American 751, make a hard right turn at the end of the runway, if you are able. If you are not able, take the Guadeloupe exit off highway 101, make a right at the lights and return to the airport.”
A Pam Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, Germany, overheard the following
Lufthansa (in German): “Gound, what is our start clearance time?
Ground (in English) “If you want an answer you must speak in English.”
Luftansa (in English) “ I am a German, flying a German airplane, in Germany.
Why must I speak English?”
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent) “Because you lost the bloody war!”
To see our airborne video of the area around our field, taken by Chris Ratcliffe with music by The Who, please click below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaNP3CfdlPI
