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  1. David Ashby
    Recovering after a busy weekend at Interglide 2025, nr Ashford, Kent. International competitors and UK F5J pilots battled away for the silverware in very warm conditions. Oh, and we discovered that chickens like ice cream too.
  2. David Ashby
    We had our annual summer solstice hill gathering the night before last, delayed until the wind direction came good. We fly until the sun goes down and very enjoyable it was too with a good turnout.
  3. David Ashby
    Well done, despite its simple appearance the Radian is a surprisingly capable machine in the right hands.
  4. David Ashby
    snap Nick, took me 25 yrs to do them all, it’s a long drive from Kent. 😒
  5. David Ashby
    Met up with Tony Nijhuis yesterday to shoot some of his new jet designs. This Javelin (70mm fan if memory serves) stood out in my opinion, looked good with that certain something in the air.
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    Probably the best day of the week so we had to make the most down here in Kent. Club mate Andy flew his one-tank Sabre. We have asked why he flew it with one tank missing but haven't had a sensible answer yet. Mike flew his newly built Chilli Breeze EP, very nice, and I maidened my new Stork Light F5J (new to me).
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    Busy weekend at the Bickley Club (north Kent) boot sale and glider day.
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    Reminds me of my time with the mag', and the special issue with the Nijhuis FW 190 on the cover a few years ago. Just as well we didn't sell many issues in Germany because the whole lot got pulped the moment the German distributor saw them 🙂. Perhaps it should have done but it never even crossed our minds...
  9. David Ashby
    Kent Interclub glider comp on Saturday, nice weather, the field was firm and the company good. We welcomed visitor Steve from Aberdeen way too. One of your gang Brian 😉
  10. David Ashby
    Yep, Junior 60 of course. Trouble is, at my club, we're all far too young to know. 😉
  11. David Ashby
    A fine spring day with calm conditions this morning. Jim flew an old model donated to the club last year. It was obviously i.c. at first then electrified in the late 1990s with a brushed motor with a belt drive reduction (sounded really good). It pottered along beautifully. Only thing is we've been arguing as to what it is, the word Matador keeps cropping up but is this correct?
  12. David Ashby
    Perkins service and repair Futaba so give them a call, Geoff in the service dept will advise. They’ve also invested in a new Futaba UK website.
  13. David Ashby
    An excellent account Mark 🙂
  14. David Ashby
    A strong NE wind meant some coastal soaring yesterday. The Phase 6 flew beautifully.
  15. David Ashby
    It’ll have to be compatible with your radio’s protocol John. In this case the add-on SBus Rx is bypassing existing board’s receiving duties.
  16. David Ashby
    Good question Rich. I’ve subsequently bought an aftermarket Fuby SFHSS RX from Ali Express, bound and flown it using a Futaba TX. I’m going to cover that in a future column. But I’ve not tried the Radio Link. Why not give Perkins service dept a call and see what they say?
  17. David Ashby
    I think we’ve found it. It’s rather nice…. https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/151687-if-you-have-flown-by-betty-huyler-gillies/
  18. David Ashby
    Morning all. An unusual request but, one of our club founder members recently passed away and, at his funeral, he asked that a poem ‘if you have flown’ be read. Trouble is, the family can’t find the poem and a web search has shown anything. Can anyone help please?
  19. David Ashby
    Latest (Jan 25) issue, page 44.
  20. David Ashby
    Back to the hill today, first time in a few weeks. The wind wasn’t quite on the slope but good enough, I steered the old Cluster F5J around and got checked out by one of the locals. 😁
  21. David Ashby
    For info Peter's funeral is Wednesday 27th November, 1pm, at Bury St.Edmunds Crematorium - West Suffolk Cemetery and Crematorium.
  22. David Ashby
    I just had a little count up, it's 30 ready to g - the majority gliders - with Rx, and about 5 more that fly every now and then when an Rx needs a home.
  23. David Ashby
    Runner-up then 😉
  24. David Ashby
    Someone once said "the person with the most models wins", I think that may just be you Brian 😉
  25. David Ashby
    The north Kent sea cliffs beckoned yesterday. The NE wind was measuring 50mph on the very edge too, so they went straight up when you let go 😁
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