HPA

The clubs BMFA Scale Competition is ON for Saturday(1st August) on Port Meadow with a 9.30 start.  Full details on the link below:-
 
 Club Events » Oxford Model Flying Club (https://oxfordmfc.bmfa.club/club-events/)
 
As well as the scale competition there will be general free flight sport flying and also a Cloud Tramp mass launch so if you have a Cloud Tramp, bring it along. Mass launch at 12:00pm

  Spectators are welcome so if you have never seen free flight and in particular scale free flight then it is well worth seeing.
 
A couple of notes:-
 
It looks to be a bit cooler than of late which is good news but please come with suitable clothing(that includes a sunhat!), lots of sunblock and lots of water.  If you are heading off on a long retrieve, let someone know where you are off to and when you are back.

The Credgington went very today with 12 entries in the main BMFA event organised and judged in a lovely relaxed manner by Mike and Phil Smith. The event was warmer and slightly windier than forecast but I think we all had a good time. The heat and associated thermal created some difficult conditions for our flying realism based competition.

Congratulations to the winner of the wonderful Credgington Trophy... none other than our own Mr Peter Fardell with his fine flying Stinson Sentinel ( now sponsored by Locktite ;-) )

Second was another HPA parishioner Bill Dennis with his Stinson while joint third were Mike Stuart with his DH Fox Moth and me with my Cessna 170

Some photo's

The Credgington

Here's a run down the 'Static' line. BMFA comps are judged with a small workmanship score judged on the day

Bill's Max Holste
David Kings BAT Monoplane

Andy B's Lovely electric Bristol Scout which was going very well

Mike Stuart's DH Fox Moth a gorgeous model which came joint 3rd

Pete Fradell's winning Sentinel

My joint 3rd placed Cessna

Pete's Bleriot XI. It's always amazes me how well this model copes with tricky conditions

Bill Dennis' Levente II

Ivan Taylors Spitfire remained unflown in the tricky conditions

My Miles falcon

Mike Stuart with his new Fairchild 91

..It's a lonely life as a judge.. Mike and Phil did a brilliant job

Bill Dennis' Luscombe

Ivan's Rubber Scale Duration winning Auster

Some Scale gliders

Bill Dennis' Schwiezer

David King's Schweizer

Simon Burch launching his Slingsby

Aeromodeller editor Colin with his Cloud Tramp

Sorry I missed it, looks like it was a lot of fun.

There's a video on youtube now of some of the flights which hopefully gives a flavour of the day

Thanks for the pictures and video. Port Meadow looks like it belongs in Australia with that brown covering!