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Severn Bridges from the air

From : Phil Wright

Although sure to be regarded by many as heresy, on Sunday I tried some power assisted flat field flights with my F3F Mirij. The motor is some kind of brushless Magnum with approx. 400g of thrust on a 2 cell 1000mAh LiPo and 16A ESC, giving a total weight of over 2.2kg. Despite the low power it actually flew and gained height provided some flap camber was added, all at a very low speed and right on the edge of stalling - not very comfortable. The photos were taken on the second flight which ended with a very hard tip stalling landing, luckly no damage in the long grass. The site is the tidal mud flats between the two Severn bridges at Aust - a great place for free flight models.

Glider Found

From : Lesley Ryall

We have found a glider at Selsey West just below the common. It has been stuck in a tree for a good few months and has come down in the high wind. Unfortunately the name and contact number have washed off in the rain. It is named Freedom and is white.

Does anyone know of who has lost one?

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First online 1000 km flight

From : Adrian Mesbah

On Thursday August 31, 2006 I completed the first online 1000 km flight in Silent Wings, and maybe the first simulated 1000 km soaring flight ever?

See www.flightsim.com

September Meeting

From : Mike Skitt

After several unsuccesful attempts I have failed to get Mike Nott for our September Meeting. It looks as though we will have to go to plan B which was the bring what you are making / Tip night.

Photos from the slopes

From : Bryan Tucker

And finally ....

Two Mexicans are flying their model gliders in the desert, when one of them lands in the branches of a small tree in the distance.

As they get closer, they can see that the small tree is draped with rasher upon rasher of bacon. There's smoked bacon, crispy bacon, nearly-raw bacon, all sorts.

"Hey, Pepe" says the first Mexican (Don Pedro). "Look! You've landed in a bacon tree!!!

"You're right, amigo!" says Pepe.

So Pepe goes on ahead and runs up to the tree to retrieve his glider. But as he gets to within five feet of the tree, there's the sound of machine gun fire, and he is shot down in a hail of bullets.

His friend quickly drops down on the sand, and calls across to the dying Pepe. "Pepe!! Pepe!! Que pasa hombre?"

With his dying breath Pepe calls out.... "Ugh, run, amigo, run!! Ees not a Bacon Tree" ... "ees... a.... Ham bush"