MARK'S MESSERSCHMITT ME190 'BUTCHER BIRD'

Put together from a HobbyKing kit this lovely 'ME190' is powered by an ASP .61 four stroke motor

Ready for the 'Off'.  The 'Be-Flyer' checks his controls

Satisfactorily trimmed out the 109 is ready for a landing

Nicely down.  A successful maiden flight in quite blustry conditions

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IT'S KILL TIME

Seems like no time has passed since we did this last year.  Our little weedy friends were getting quite well established on both runways, so out came the Zappers!

The magnificent ZAPPERS

Both runways have been treated so we shoud see the effects within a couple of weeks.

A big thank you to the committee members who turned out in force and also to Laurie who travelled up from Newcastle and did his bit.

Next.  Any volunteers to zap the lanes????

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Posts and Rails have been erected at the Pilots' Box on the Concrete Runway

Safety netting to follow.  Pilots are respectively requested to use the Pilots' Box

Bill decides to do it the easy way

Ricky ponders which model will fly next

Overhead - clear skys and vapour trails

Matthew's paper plane!  Complete with electric motor, battery and receiver.  Controlled with his iPhone.  Ready for the 'maiden'

MTK takes no chances and remains behind the fencing

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MY MAMA TOLD ME ''THERE'D BE DAYS LIKE THIS''

 Saturday 11th March.   A very tranquil Lough Cowey.

Virtually no wind and warm sunshine made for a wonderful day's flying.  We had the water to ourselves.

George, Matthew & Barry get set up	Barry makes fine adjustments to the Macchi M55
David with his new unflown Thunder Tiger	The Boss launches George's Seamaster
Taildragger with the Macchi M55	David and Bill (who's now back in the driving seat!)
'Rescue One'  prepares for deployment	The water was as smooth as a baby's bottom

Graham's HK 'Skipper' performed well.  Can fly off grass too

Peter the 'Prof' gets ready for a glider flight at Omarama, N.Z.

The Prof gets comfy

This is a 'Duo Discus' glider which was later towed aloft by a Piper 'Pawnee'.

The Omarama Airfield is a public airfield operated by the South Island gliding community.  It is jointly owned by the Waitaki District Council and the Omarama Soaring Centre, a committee of all the South Island and some of the North Island gliding clubs of New Zealand.  The Airfield is located on State Highway 8, 1 km north of Omarama town.

Click on the link below for more information:

http://www.glideomarama.com/

And when he's not flying, he's doing this:

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A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO GEORGE, MICHAEL AND RICKEY

These courageous lads braved extreme weather conditions on Saturday and continued with the runway repairs.

Despite 20-mph plus winds and chilling temperatures they worked hard and suceeded in filling more large gaps along the concrete runway.

You are to be commended for yor efforts.

Guys - next time you visit our wonderful flying site,  pause for a moment and reflect upon the effort that goes into maintaining this prized facility.

If you feel you are able to lend assistance I know it will be greatly appreciated.   Your help will lessen the burden on those ever dependable volunteers who willingly make themselves available when there are jobs to be done.

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Today Mark brought along his newly built Gipsy Moth for its maiden flight.

The model is from the DB Sport & Scale stable and is powered by an ASP four-stroke motor.  Mark did a wonderful job covering the plane with material purchased from Hobby King.  It's now ready for the maiden flight.

Up up and away.

Left hand down a bit!

Practise run before landing.

Mark commented, 'The model required only three clicks of elevator trim and handled the blustry conditions very well considering its diminutive size.  I'm very pleased with it'.

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EDDIE CALVERT

 Eddie      1959 - 2017

Those of us at NDMAC who were fortunate enough to know Eddie will forever remember his joyful personality and wonderful sense of humour.

Sadly missesd.               

TAILDRAGGER'S NEW PILOT RC 'SBACH' 342

A lovely quality kit from Pilot RC.  This was maidened yesterday and will benefit from a little more weight up front.

Equipped with a DLE30 and a wrap-around muffler there was no shortage of power.  The prop is an 18x8.  Ther servos are all Hitec HS5645MG's running on 6-volts.  Spats yet to be fitted.

The colour scheme is unusual being blue, white and pink(ish).  On the lookout now for a scale lady pilot!.

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LEST THERE BE ANY CONFUSION!

Tony positions the sign showing the runway to be used.