Indoor Electric Fun Fly event -- 25 September 2013

Hi Everyone,

 

Just to let you know that there will be an Indoor Electric Fun Fly event taking place at Hatfield Christian Church on Wednesday 25th September.

 

Pilots briefing will be at 19:30.

 

This will be an informal affair - just a get together to have some fun flying indoor foamies. There will be events however to compete in but we will not be doing food, drinks and trophies this time around.

 

As David and I will not be available to organise the evening, Matthew and Stefan from Master Models have kindly agreed to run the event for us so please support them if you can.

 

Regards

 

Dave and Judy

Gliding Postal Results -- September 2013

Thanks to Jan Sime for the results which are here.

2013 Jet and Scale Nats entry form

The SAMJA and NASA Nats will be held at Zwartkop AFB 12 and 13 October.

The entry form is here.

2013 F3K World Champs report sent in by Juanita Smith

The report is here

F3A World Champs -- Roston Dugmore Snr

Tks for the posting Percy,

Just a small correction. The German kid Philip Rannetshauser (now 18) was third junior at the 2011 wc.

I'm very proud of Roston. It was very close, Roston was 0.3% behind as they began the semis but he held his nerve and flew two good flights in very windy conditions to clinch it. I was so very tense and nervous just watching. I don't know how he kept his composure, knowing even the tiniest mistake could ruin it all. The past 6 days of intense competition have been very stressful and of course the closer you get to the big prize the more the stress builds. Roston is now 24th best F3a pilot in the world and 1st junior. Couldn't be better.

Thankyou all for your  support. We are now relaxing and enjoying the moment. But spare a thought also for Rannetshauser, the big prize so near but not quite must be disapointment of the same intensity as Roston's joy. The fierce competition from him makes Roston's win even more special. Congratulations Philip Rannetshauser for a great performance.

Roston sen

F3A World Champs update from Percy Attfield

Roston Dugmore Jnr flew the new schedule of the semi-finals and beat the present JR World Champion from Germany by 3 places in the semi-final.

This is excellent news; well done Roston Snr and Junior who practised each day after school and weekends.  The hard work has its rewards.

Thank you to Andre Stockwell who not only called for Roston but helped on weekends with the preparation, yesterday he and Jnr spent the day practising the semi-finals schedule.

South Africa now have the Junior World Champions for F3A Pattern Roston Dugmore Jnr and last month Jason Weber became the F3K Glider World Champion.

Kind regards
Percy

Quick update on the F3A World Champs from Percy Attfield

Hi,
Keith, Bokkie, Rina and I went out to the F3A Worlds today and watched as Roston Dugmore Jnr became the only South African participant to qualify for the semi finals in heavy wind.
After the flight his caller Andre Stockwell described him as the “king of wind”.
Great achievement!!
For those who don't know how the F3A contest works.  The semi finals are the top 27 flyers.  They fly on Friday and the top 10 qualifies for the finals on Saturday.
Keep going Roston!!
Thanks for your support and calling Andre.
Kind regards
Perc