Due to COVID restrictions on the number of people we can have in the clubhouse right now we have decided to temporarily put our monthly member meetings on hold. Perhaps when it gets warmer we can do one outside if we aren’t able to return to unrestricted clubhouse meetings. Until…
Due to the latest COVID restrictions we will have to hold the AGM online using Zoom again this year. Please check your email for login details. Thank you for understanding. Agenda Welcome by President Terry Gold. Apologies Minutes of the 2020 AGM Business Arising from the Minutes President’s Report Treasurer’s Report…
This meeting has already happened but this post is being left online for historical purposes. Thanks to all the Pylon Racers who attended and everyone else who came out to the meeting. There was enough interest that we will schedule a time for people to come out and have a…
Hi everyone – the May Social Meeting was a big success, so we’re going to do it again in June. This time we will host a Show and Tell, so bring your projects and let us see what you are working on. Whether you are building something or just bought…
The next in-person mini meeting will be 7 May 2021. Graham Paterson will be showing us his scale Curtis P-40 Warhawk as flown by the Flying Tigers out of Burma during World War II. Graham is an avid researcher and we will hear about how he found the detail he…
An incident was reported to the Committee this month about the total loss of a plane and potential damage to property when the plane landed out of bounds. Luckily no harm was done, other than to the plane, but a lesson might be learned. And that’s why we do incidence…
Last night we had our first offical “mini meeting” which was the first in-person club meeting since the lockdown. It went well and we will be doing more. Unfortunately I didn’t get any photos, but I’m sharing the agenda here since there were web links that might be useful to…
Our first mini-meeting will be held 4 February at 7:30 PM. The idea is to hold smaller COVID-Safe-Compliant meetings on a particular topic each month. This month’s meeting will be for the newest members, whether you are still in training or have recently received your Bronze Wings and are wondering…
Earlier this week I had my new electric-powered Phoenix Scanner on the table getting it ready to fly for the first time. I almost had an incident that is worth reviewing here in hopes of saving someone else have having and incident or injury. But first, let’s review the basic…
Happy New Year everyone! We are all hoping this year will be easier than the last but we have learned we can get through a lot and we will fly when we can. I was out on 2 January for my first flight of the year and despite the forecast…
