Trinity indoor flying meetings

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John Whatmore's build of Andy Blackburn's "Cartoon Scale" Hurricane.  John's probably going to decorate it as a MK II Sea Hurricane.

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Peter Smart & his OD FW190

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Last couple of Andy's snaps from this month.  Nick Peppiat's Guillows Dimer.  A Swallow Model C Coupé

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David Herman's "Anonymous".  He's forgotten the detail, but thinks it was designed by someone at OMFC about 30 years ago. 

The mystery is solved. This from David Lovegrove. 

"It's a 'Medda Flyer', designed many, many moons ago by the late Gerry Johnson, a long-time member of the Oxford Model Flyng Club. He was a keen model flyer, indoors and out.

As you said, the model is a real oddity, having an almost negative forward flying speed! The name? Well, the Club's traditional flying site is Port Medda, innit?"

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August Trinity today.  The Kinematography Club's Super 8 has been sent to Squirrelnet Laboratories for processing, but they're closed for holidays (and Lodge Farm tomorrow) which means you'll have to make to with a handful of stills for now.  Andy has sent me his in flight pics which I'll deal with tomorrow.

Colin decided he'd do a complete project today.  Build and fly.  This a Rylee (from Sri Lanka) Beginners' Model. Same sort of idea as the old Sleek Streaks but with foam flying surfaces.

1 - The kit
2 - The workforce downs tools for a tea break .
3 - Ready for trimming.

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The hot weather brings out the grasshoppers and crickets. Not only are the fields and gardens hereabouts busy with them so are the gymnasia.

1 Clockwise from bottom.  Paul's, Mick's & Lurk's
2 Standing. L-R David, Pete, Mick, Paul and the seated gargolye is me.

Tony Calvert was in hiding at the time, but there's film of his flying.

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1,2 A couple of GM's.  A Malmstrom Space Ace and the scissors that are a vital part of preparing the trim tabs for any Malmstrom design and a Mimi Bebe

3,4 John Foster's Malmstrom Space Ace being flown by Dan Dare.  Younger readers; ask your Great Grandfathers about Dan Dare, "Pilot of the Future!"

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1, 2 John Holman's "sort of" FROG Redwing.  Flies nicely, see the newsreel.

3 Laurie Kirby's table.  Piper Cub & Frogwell Flyer

4 Mick Langford's KK Elf.  You can more or less guarantee someone will be flying an Elf at Trinity

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Couple of pre-war Guillows "Dime Scale" models from Nick Peppiatt

1,2 WIP. A Cessna Airmaster from circa 1935
3,4 Swallow Coupé. Flies (forever) at 7.5g

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Mike Stuart's electric Fairchild 91.  Now successfully test flown (out of doors!) and waiting final paint. As seen ~84g. 

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1 Peter Brown's Ikara Butterfly
2 Peter Smart's Cartigny Gotha with added paint. Still WIP
3, 4 Peter Smart's Albatros C V

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Last of my stills from today.  Tune in tomorrow for Andy's exciting in flight action pictures.

1,2 Richard Preston's Reduced size FF Rubber version of David Boddington's Barn Stormer. Flies well. See newsreel.

3,4 Rob Smith's Piper PA-15 Vagabond

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Andy's in-flight pictures so only fair to start with some of his models.

1,2 Hannan Bede BD4
3   Andy's OD Euler D VI

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1, 2 Colin's experiments with the Rylee Stick model
3, 4 One of Peter Smart's many BE2 models

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A couple of John Scates' Bostonians

1,3 I didn't get around to asking JS what it was. If you know, please shout.

4 His Hyannis Helio / Cambridge Courier