Stalwart PMFC Dorset member, Peter Hudson, recently passed his BMFA “A – Fixed Wing Power” test. Below we see him receiving his certificate from PMFC Chairman, David Watson. Peter is to be congratulated for gaining his “A”. He worked hard to reach the standard, showing great fortitude and patience in the process. Well done Pete!!… Read More »
Saturday 12 Sept saw a meeting of two adversaries…………… Thanks to Simon and Peter.
Sunday, August 30, saw us hold an informal Electric Ducted Fan model flying session. That is to say, not EDF exclusive, more an emphasis of that form of propulsion if you owned such a model. Conventional fixed wing’ was not excluded of course. The weather was excellent, very light winds from almost any direction you… Read More »
Sunday 12 July saw the club lift off a little more post the Covid-19 doldrums. In the light of the recent relaxation of “Lock-down Limitations”, the landowner kindly agreed to raise the maximum attendee number to ten at any one given time. So, nine members were able to attend and make good use of the… Read More »
Following on from the May flying patch update, much time and effort has been put in by your committee to not only return the facility to its former glory but also to embody some improvements! The south-west threshold area has been cleared of foliage and the area levelled making a landing approach from that direction… Read More »
Myself and Roly gained permission from the land owner to access our flying patch on the 13th to inspect its state after so many unattended weeks. What we found was disappointing but not perhaps as bad as it could have been. As had been expected, the grass was quite long in places but unfortunately punctuated… Read More »
On Sunday 15th of March 2020 several club members attended the popular table top sale at Romsey in Hampshire; our esteemed Secretary, Simon, reports….. The event was scheduled to start at 08:30 and finish at 12:30.We arrived at 08:25, to be greeted by happy modellers clutching their recently purchased bargains…………..so much for the 08:30 start!.There… Read More »
March Sunday 8th Trigon 10am Phoenix 2000 (winter) round robin gliding event (POSTPONED) Thursday 12th Carey Hall 7.30pm I LEARNED ABOUT FLYING FROM THAT. Roly presenting his route to his PPL, moving onto his twin rating and instrument rating. Club awards and prizes Sunday 22nd Trigon 10am Phoenix 2000 (winter) round robin gliding event Sunday… Read More »
It was most unfortunate that our December club meeting had been “torpedoed” by our political masters. They ejected us, most unkindly, from our hall indicating their needs were greater than ours whilst muttering something about an election. Hmmphhh! (Hopefully we can have it back in time for our scheduled 9th January meeting!) So, having missed… Read More »