It was great to see my old friend Andy Ellison for a couple of days of flying and catching up.
Day 1 was perfect timing- a day’s playing on Whitesheet and a chance to trim out the new Merlin- my favourite ‘sports model and racer’. I should have the hang of the Merlin by now. The only change with the other models is the new lighter stiffer boom construction and the internal controls on the wing. The Merlin went straight from my hand and ate up the sky in it’s usual way. It really reminds me of my much loved wizard Compacts and had replaced them very well in the fleet.
Day 1 was perfect timing- a day’s playing on Whitesheet and a chance to trim out the new Merlin- my favourite ‘sports model and racer’. I should have the hang of the Merlin by now. The only change with the other models is the new lighter stiffer boom construction and the internal controls on the wing. The Merlin went straight from my hand and ate up the sky in it’s usual way. It really reminds me of my much loved wizard Compacts and had replaced them very well in the fleet.
Thanks for the picture Andy!
I’ll down load some more pictures later but it was great to see 8 modellers at Whitesheet on a Monday- I think everyone in Wiltshire must have been on part time working. I know Andy and Daniel’s Freestyler and Willow would go well and be pushed but I was impressed with the way that Dan threw Vagabond about.
One toy that came from the back of Andy’s car was a D130, I’ve been around a number of gliders of this span but nothing quite like this. 38lbs of ballistic missile that Andy had rescued and was showing around the country. The D130 wasn’t flown- we did have a who can hold it up contest!
Little grommit and his D60?
Day 2 and Andy took Dan to fly my local ‘Wiz cliff’ in Exmouth- They flew off the promenade next to the car and on the path on the way up- you have to have some fun!
Fish chips and great to see some good friends!
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