Tuesday saw a large turnout of Pilots and Planes and several maiden flights completed satisfactorily.

At one stage there were fourteen cars in the car park, something of a record for a weekday in February.

John W brought along his new Sedona which the 'Prof' checked over and test flew without incident.

Ken assembled his, straight off the production line, HobbyKing Stick and, after all the usual checks were completed, Stewart launched it skywards, powered by an ASP .91 2-stroke.  (Proper job!)  The motor was a perfect match for this model.  It sounded great and was very solid in the air.  A good next step up from a Trainer.

'Sparky' (M Bw) had no less that two new models along for maidening.  Peter the 'Prof' checked out the Sbach 342 (traditional materials in the build) and it flew convincingly powered by a Hacker electric motor (tut!)

Ed: A proper motor in this Sbach would have been a DLE20

Next in line from Sparky's squadron was a e-Flite Carbon Yak 54 for a maiden.   Stewart commented, 'it flew very well albeit an electrically motivated model!'  Yes.  Really.  It did Mike.

Just out ouf curiosity Mike, how many planes now reside in your Hangar?  I hear they are working overtime at the HK factory!

Bill M then produced a new Hype for a test flight.  After tuning a fickle Weston engine to peak revs, the maiden was completed without issue and Bill went home a very 'happy bunny'.

Good too to see 'young' Eric along after his recent break from the sport.  Eric advises that he's almost decided on his next model and hopes to 'get going' soon.  I think he let it slip that it would be powered by electrons!

It's not just the lights in San Francisco that will go out.  With all this charging it may well be the lights on the Ards penninsula!

A great day's flying for young and old and with wind speeds in the zero to 5 mph range,  what more could you wish for?

'Taildragger'