“A Test” Special Offer

The following is the contents of an offer that has just gone out to all Members from our erstwhile secretary, Keith Rathbone. If you have not received it due to some quirk of fate, here it is:- This is a special offer sent to you as a result of some very generous and unexpected funds
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CAA Stickers 4 You

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Scale Weekend 2021 – lockdown relief

Ant Jervis is organising yet another Scale Weekend for 14th and 15th August at one of our slopes. Scale Gliders are usually in abundance of all types both modern and ancient. It is an event not to be missed. If you are a modeller and want to come along, we usually start around 10am and
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New Flying Rules Published

Some or all of you will have received an email from the BMFA announcing that finally the Civil Aviation Authority have agreed the final format of the rules for Civil Aviation Authority licensing. As most modellers know the rules have been established after much hard negotiation. Other articles have been published both on this site
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LMMGA Large Scale Event (2019)

by Bob Jennings For more pictures, see the Competition Photographs Page The last line of Keith’s original email for this event went ‘Fingers crossed for fine  weather and light winds’. Well, one out of two was pretty good going.  Arriving early afternoon on the Saturday there was already a good selection of scale gliders  and their
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CAA & BMFA Flying Rules Published

On December 6th 2020 we received an email from BMFA which detailed the rules and procedure for flying Model Aircraft in this country. I can do no better than to copy and paste the email which is clear and speaks for itself. If things change, hopefully, this page will be updated. “The UK adopted the
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RAFMAA Weekend up the Leek Slopes

Here is a letter of thanks we received from RAFMAA for the use of our slopes for their weekend of fun flying “Good evening Keith, Gentlemen, Greetings once again from the RAF Model Aircraft Association. I hope this email finds you all well.  My apologies that it has taken so long to send this email. I’m
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PSSA Orme Event (October 2019)

“It’s such a perfect day, I’m so glad I spent it with you” Lou Reed, 1972, Transformer Album, produced by David Bowie. I was 15 and impressionable, how old were you? If you answer “older” then you may have attended day one of the Orme Fly-In on the weekend of 12th and 13th October 2019.
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Bosley Minn Flying News

Today was a South Easterly wind which meant that the flying was either at Bosley Minn, or on Mam Tor. Because of the Whaley  Bridge dam situation, all the roads from Macclesfield to Chapel would be shut. Keith would also struggle walking up Mam Tor unti he felt better so it was either going to
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The Orme Welcomes PSS Modellers to the Pier Site

We are always beholden to the weather at PSS events, such are the vagaries of flying model gliders. When you consider that we need, ideally, 20mph and above to confidently fly Scale Glider Jets, then being fortunate enough to enjoy ideal conditions is a matter of luck. When there are 2 weekend days then the
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