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2009
Events Calendar
If any person or club would like to include a scale sailplane related
event on this page, then please email me the details
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| 11th or 12th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross. Click here for location details |
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20th (Monday) Scale Aero Tow Event at Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club Camphill Gt Hucklow Nr Buxton Derbyshire SK17 8RQ. In the event of poor weather our back up date will be Monday 27th April 2009
The club have kindly lent us their exellent plateau site in the beautiful Peak District for the whole day. Event starts at 10:00 a.m and finishes early evening. Event is free to all those with 1/4 scale gliders and upwards however, glider pilots will be expected to contribute to tug pilots, fuel costs.Tug pilots also welcome. Food and refreshments available. Hangers will be open to inspect the full size aircraft. Air experience flights can also be arranged for future dates.
For further information please contact:
Andy Wagstaff on 0161 292 2412 evenings. Mobile 07747 756 140
E-mail: pumpman50@hotmail.com
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| 2nd & 3rd - TVSA aerotow event Middle Wallop. Click here for location details |
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| 10th - (Backup date 17th) White Sheet slope scale fly-in. Entry £3 (WSRFC members free) Go no-go decision will be posted on the SSUK forum on Saturday before the event. Click here for location details |
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| 16th - Blackbush Model Airshow |
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| 23rd/24th/25th - Vintage Glider Club invition to take part in the VGC Rally at Gransden Lodge Airfield, Longstowe Road, Little Gransden, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 3EB. (http://www.glide.co.uk) over the Bank Holiday period. Please refer to the forum for further details. |
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6th and 7th - Greenacres Fly-In
We will have several tugs and glider in attendance at the following event. Anyone is welcome to attend with a minimum of an "A" test or glider equivalent to fly solo. This is not a dedicated aerotow events, but there will be a strong glider presence.
The event is held at the excellent Greenacres MAC site in Aldridge, West Midlands. The closest postcode is WS9 0QQ and you can get more info from the club website
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| 6th and 7th - TVSA aerotow event Middle Wallop. Click here for location details |
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10th 'till 17th - Belle Vue Fly-in, North Devon
John Greenfield has arranged a week long fly-in and aerotow meeting at Belle Vue airfield near Barnstable, north Devon from 10th to 17th June.
Those of you who attended last year will know its a great site with the added bonus of a hanger to store models in overnight with electricity for charging.
Camping is available all week or just come down for a day or so and enjoy good company and relaxed flying. It is also a great base to camp and travel out to explore Devon. Flying goes on all day and there will be plenty of tugs of all sizes available to haul you aloft. Please feel free to bring any other types of flying machines with you for relaxed flying
Please feel free to contact John Greenfield on 01923 857009 any evening after 7.30 pm for joining instructions or for more details OR via a PM on the Forum.
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Camping will be £9 per night or £60 for the week including as much flying as you want. Day visitors at £5 per day again for as much flying as you want.
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| 14th - Shropshire Aerotow see forum thread. Further information from organiser Elliot Howells |
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| 20th & 21st - Biggs event at Pottes . For more details check the new Biggs website |
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| 27th or 28th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross.Click here for location details |
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10th-13th - Sandhays (Lincolnshire) open aero-tow event for 2009 .
"A number" of people from Holland, Belgium and possibly Germany are expected to visit, so please come and support the event. Website. Directions also available on this map
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| 10th to 13th - Retroplane slope soaring event in Ireland. Check the web page for details |
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| 17th - 19th. International Flying Model Picnic on the famous gliding slopes of the Zar Mountain in Poland with an "extension Week" in Bezmiechowa from 20th to 26th. Corrrespondence can be in Polish,German,English language. Further Information on the website in Polish and German language. or through Google translator - Folow links in left menu - Mix/ Piknik Zar |
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18th or 19th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross.Click here for location details
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| 19th - Long Mynd Scale Competition - Website |
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25th and 26th - YT International Fly-In
We will have several tugs and glider in attendance at the following event. Anyone is welcome to attend with a minimum of an "A" test or glider equivalent to fly solo. This is not a dedicated aerotow events, but there will be a strong glider presence.
The event is held at the excellent Greenacres MAC site in Aldridge, West Midlands. The closest postcode is WS9 0QQ and you can get more info from the club website
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| 9th - (Backup date 23rd) White Sheet slope scale fly-in. Entry £3 (WSRFC members free) Go no-go decision will be posted on the SSUK forum on Saturday before the event. Click here for location details |
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| 15th or 16th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross.Click here for location details |
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| 26th August - 2nd September
John Greenfield has arranged a week long fly-in and aerotow meeting at Home Farm, Binham, near Fakenham, North Norfolk from 26th August to 2nd September 2009.
The site is a dedicated model flying site suitable for all models including the largest gliders and tugs.
Camping is available all week or just come for a day or so and enjoy good company and relaxed flying. It is also a great base to camp and travel out to explore The North Norfolk coast. Flying goes on all day and there will be plenty of tugs of all sizes available to haul you aloft. Please feel free to bring any other types of flying machines with you for relaxed flying.
Please feel free to contact John Greenfield on 01923 857009 any evening after 7.30 pm for joining instructions or for more details OR via a PM on the Forum.
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Camping will be £9 per night or £60 for the week including as much flying as you want. Day visitors at £5 per day again for as much flying as you want.
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| 29th-30th - Leek & Moorlands Model Gliding Association invite you to come and enjoy flying your scale sailplanes with us on our superb slopes in Staffordshire/Derbyshire.
We are hosting a"Scale Sailplane" fly for fun event and all are welcome.We only stipulate that proof of insurance is provided and then we all get on with as much as air time as the weather and light allows!
We have club sites for almost all wind directions however, if the weather is fickle we have a few other flying sites up our sleeves that we can use to cover all other eventualities....so long as the wind blows of course!
We meet at the main slope site just 750 metres north east of The Mermaid Inn,Thorncliffe,Near Leek,ST13 8UN.at 9.30am .
Check out our new web pages
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| 6th - Long Mynd Scale Fun Fly- Website |
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| 12th and 13th - TVSA aerotow event Middle Wallop. Click here for location details |
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19th &20th. Clwyd Soaring Association’s Scale Slope Soaring Fun Fly. The event will held on one of our club flying sites, all but two of the sites are accessible by car; site selection will depend on wind direction on the day. This event is open to Scale models only and is not Competitive. Come and join us for a nice relaxing weekend in the Welsh Hills, with a few pints and a good chinwag on the Saturday Night.
Should the weather be unsuitable for slope soaring, (no wind) we hope to be able to offer you the opportunity to do some aero-towing.
A camping site will be available for the weekend, along with B&B accommodation.
For further information please contact, Vic Steel on Tel:No: 0151 678 6920 or Email |
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26th or 27th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross.Click here for location details
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| NOTE - DATE CHANGES
5th (Monday) - Scale Aero Tow Event at Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club Camphill Gt Hucklow Nr Buxton Derbyshire SK17 8RQ. In the event of poor weather our fall back date will be Monday19th October 2009
The club have once again kindly lent us their exellent site in the beautiful Peak District for the whole day. Event starts at 10:00 a.m and finishes late afternoon. Entry cost £5 to all flying glider pilots. Gliders from1/4 scale and upwards only permitted. Tug pilots also most welcome free of entry fee. Food and refreshments available. Hangers will be open to inspect the full size aircraft. Air experience flights can also be arranged for future dates.
For further information please contact:
Andy Wagstaff on 0161 292 2412 evenings. Mobile 07747 756 140
E-mail: pumpman50@hotmail.com
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| 17th or 18th - TVSA open event at Siege Cross.Click here for location details |
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