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Forthcoming Events for 2008
PLEASE NOTE :Club meetings take place at. St Barnabas Church Hall, Grove Road, Emmer Green on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 8:00 P.M.. Starting May 10th club meetings will be at the flying field. Please note as agreed at the AGM summer flying field meetings will now take place on a Wednesday evening, weekly, with priority to pilots training for A cert.
| Tue 15th Jan | Show off your Christmas presents and last chance to pay subs and avoid a joining fee of £50 | ||
| Thurs 24th Jan | White Horse Model club bring and buy/auction - 20:00hrs at Challow British Legion Club Nr Wantage. RDMAC members are invited | ||
| Thurs 24th Jan | Committee meeting - David Lloyd Centre | ||
| Tues 5th Feb | Indoor flying evening | ||
| Thurs 7th Feb | North Berks Annual Auction - East Hanny - RDMAC members are invited | ||
| Tues 19th Feb | TBC | ||
| Sat 1st March | Re-scheduled due to bad weather HIGH/LOW SPEED competition - where the margin between the highest and lowest flying speeds is the result required, to be timed by radar gun!! | ||
| Tues 4th March | Concours part 1 | ||
| Tues 18th March | Auction | ||
| Tues 1st April | Wacky flyers - organised by Dave B | ||
| Sat 5th April | TIMED take off competition
- Stall turn - Roll each way - Loop - Landing
HIGH/LOW SPEED competition - where the margin between the highest and lowest flying speeds is the result required, to be timed by radar gun!! Once again postponed due to weather - rescheduled for 3rd May |
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| Tues 15th April | Model drop in surgery | ||
| Sun 27th April | Beale park float plane fly in - more details to follow | ||
| Sat 3rd May | VINTAGE Take off -
Lazy figure of eight - Touch and Go - Landing
TIMED take off competition - Stall turn - Roll each way - Loop - Landing HIGH/LOW SPEED competition - where the margin between the highest and lowest flying speeds is the result required, to be timed by radar gun!! |
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| Wed 7th May | Concours part 2 where planes are to be flown - at Dreadnought | ||
| Sat 24th May | Grand opening of
Museum of Berkshire Aviation's new hangar 10 am onwards,
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| Sat 31st May | TEAM EVENT - content to be advised on day | ||
| Sun 22nd June | Flying field closed due to regatta | ||
| Sat 28th June | Flying field closed due to regatta | ||
| Sat 28th June | Fly in at Enstone (no full size flying - only models) | ||
| Sat 5th July | TEAM EVENT - content to be advised on day | ||
| Sat 19th July | Club coach trip to the LMA show at Cosford - TBC | ||
| Sat 26th July | TIMED GLIDE TO RUNWAY - after a 1 min power run | ||
| Sun 27th July | Cholsey Model Mania | ||
| Sat 2nd Aug | Beale Park August show, with float plane flying for B cert's only. | ||
| Wed 10th Sep | Last night of summer flying at Dreadnought. | ||
| Tues 16th Sep | Indoor meeting at St Barnabas - Subject TBD | ||
| Tues 7th Oct | Indoor meeting at St Barnabas - Subject TBD | ||
| Tues 21st Oct | Indoor meeting at St Barnabas - Subject TBD | ||
| Tues 4th Nov | Indoor meeting at St Barnabas - Subject TBD | ||
| Tues 18th Nov | Indoor meeting at St Barnabas - Subject TBD | ||
| Tues 2nd Dec | AGM | ||
| Tues 16th Dec | Christmas meet |
- All competitions will be open to electric powered models but must be capable of taking off and landing under own power, chucking model will not count. Further competitions will be arranged if the above competitions are well attended, events will be scheduled to take place from 11 to 1200 hours on the days indicated, one attempt per person, prizes will be trophies awarded at the AGM and may include money or vouchers on the day subject to committees agreement
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2008 Event Reports