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That should read massive thankyou but it doesn't fit on the title. It's always the same you've got so many people to thank and it always starts with I don't know where to start, well I do.
Without you lot we wouldn't have an event, to every single pilot and visitor to our flyin, thankyou. From the nervous first flyin pilots to the 3D sky gods, from the scale guys (okay Pete Christy) to the 64 pilots registered with Tx control 4 of which were lady pilots a massive thankyou.
Our sponsors who exceeded all previous generous donations with a line up of fantastic prizes for the raffle a massive thankyou.
I personally met some fantastic people, Pete Christy first time and I certainly hope not the last, I was bowled over by his enthusiasm and stories about his models, an absolute pleasure. Trillian, a lady that made it to the flyin with a 90 in her bag and everything that goes with it, halfway on a train from central London and the rest with the generosity of an RCHA member, Jesus! Rachel, the first pilot up this morning and again an absolute heli nut, good pilot too. Stu Smith and his brother Adie, 2 of the nicest fellas you could meet and my 2nd favourite pilot in the UK. I could ramble all night but I'll not except for a special mention for 2 of the biggest fellas in the hobby, Matt Lodge and Richie Clarke, both being pilots extraordinaire but much more. Matt along with Jason Platts spent most of the afternoon taking 2 pilots through their B certs, not doing his own thing doing something for someone else. Richie spent most of the afternoon entertaining the crowd with some fantastic flying capped off with some fantastic autos which were the roundly booed by the Midland boys. The autos got better and better, but he was still booed, they had found someone who could be egged on, absolutely hilarious. I think he did get the joke in the end and an auto from a few inches got the cheers and applause the others deserved. I don't know what it is but you meet anyone off here and it's like you've known them for years. It is the first flyin where I've felt the comraderie.
Lastly, I must mention the superb 4 man displays put on by Rob Turnbull, Edders, Jason Platts and Pete (Ayriss I think). Has to be seen to be believed, the tail slides all together and the tick tocks with a heli at all 4 points was fantastic.
No, this is definitely me done, the pylon racing was again superb, again won by Bob Johnston who gave his prize for winning back to the raffle, thankyou and Rob Turnbull. Someone has to knock them off the top.
No, this is definitely the last, the last demo flight was our very own Duncan, a fantastic flight to music, yes it was Muse but out of this world nevertheless.
I've missed people out I know but thanks to you all.
We would like to ask for something in return though, was there anything you'd like us to do different? Was the Tx control okay, did it work for you, was the PA okay, the cooking, breakfast, anything that you thought we could do better/differently. We want next years to be even better, bigger, we got 64 pilots on the book today, our best yet, but we want more.
Without you lot we wouldn't have an event, to every single pilot and visitor to our flyin, thankyou. From the nervous first flyin pilots to the 3D sky gods, from the scale guys (okay Pete Christy) to the 64 pilots registered with Tx control 4 of which were lady pilots a massive thankyou.
Our sponsors who exceeded all previous generous donations with a line up of fantastic prizes for the raffle a massive thankyou.
I personally met some fantastic people, Pete Christy first time and I certainly hope not the last, I was bowled over by his enthusiasm and stories about his models, an absolute pleasure. Trillian, a lady that made it to the flyin with a 90 in her bag and everything that goes with it, halfway on a train from central London and the rest with the generosity of an RCHA member, Jesus! Rachel, the first pilot up this morning and again an absolute heli nut, good pilot too. Stu Smith and his brother Adie, 2 of the nicest fellas you could meet and my 2nd favourite pilot in the UK. I could ramble all night but I'll not except for a special mention for 2 of the biggest fellas in the hobby, Matt Lodge and Richie Clarke, both being pilots extraordinaire but much more. Matt along with Jason Platts spent most of the afternoon taking 2 pilots through their B certs, not doing his own thing doing something for someone else. Richie spent most of the afternoon entertaining the crowd with some fantastic flying capped off with some fantastic autos which were the roundly booed by the Midland boys. The autos got better and better, but he was still booed, they had found someone who could be egged on, absolutely hilarious. I think he did get the joke in the end and an auto from a few inches got the cheers and applause the others deserved. I don't know what it is but you meet anyone off here and it's like you've known them for years. It is the first flyin where I've felt the comraderie.
Lastly, I must mention the superb 4 man displays put on by Rob Turnbull, Edders, Jason Platts and Pete (Ayriss I think). Has to be seen to be believed, the tail slides all together and the tick tocks with a heli at all 4 points was fantastic.
No, this is definitely me done, the pylon racing was again superb, again won by Bob Johnston who gave his prize for winning back to the raffle, thankyou and Rob Turnbull. Someone has to knock them off the top.
No, this is definitely the last, the last demo flight was our very own Duncan, a fantastic flight to music, yes it was Muse but out of this world nevertheless.
I've missed people out I know but thanks to you all.
We would like to ask for something in return though, was there anything you'd like us to do different? Was the Tx control okay, did it work for you, was the PA okay, the cooking, breakfast, anything that you thought we could do better/differently. We want next years to be even better, bigger, we got 64 pilots on the book today, our best yet, but we want more.
. It was real good to finally meet you, be it brief but it was a pleasure.
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