Phil Cooke Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 PSSA EVENT CANCELLATION WESTBURY WHITE HORSE PSSA EVENT 17/18th SEPTEMBER 2022 Following the passing of HRH Queen Elizabeth II and with a state funeral now aligned for Monday 19th September, we have taken the balanced decision to CANCEL our planned flying event at The White Horse near Westbury - 17/18th September as a mark of respect with the nation in mourning. Thank-you for your understanding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 Hi all, Having completed a little work with local councils and club commitees the PSSA is happy to announce its plans for flying events between April and October 2023. More details on the PSSA website, our Facebook page and in the modelflying site Events calendar. Please note that at The Great Orme event in May we will be marking the 80th Anniversary of the RAF 617 Sqn 'Dambusters' raid by bringing together as many PSS Lancasters as we can muster - if you have a PSS Lancaster in your flying arsenal and can prepare it for our event please do join us! - Around the usual Fly for Fun set up there will be dedicated Lancaster flying slots and there will be a static area set up for all the models set to be viewed up close when not in action! See you there 20th/21st May! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris collis Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 The May event with possibly a squadron of Lancasters in the air would be a superb sight to see and a small tribute to the men who flew with 617 squadron.Hope someone has a good video camera to capture the event and the weather looks kindly on the spectacle!Hopefully will be there with three Lancs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Let me know if a Lanc needs to be steered again Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris collis Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 If you don’t mind Andy,that would be brilliant.Many thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 A pleasure as always Chris 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 A short event write up covering our somewhat curtailed season opener at the Lleyn Peninsular 15/16 April. Thanks to all who travelled! https://www.pssaonline.co.uk/2023/04/23/a-curtailed-flying-start-to-our-season-at-the-lleyn/?fbclid=IwAR2gokQzpjaVC9pxyudMDIV4KDkObF6Zxhjo3csnxXJKDUMJI4hwpxze_Kk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 Reminder that our next PSSA event at The Great Orme in May we will be marking the 80th Anniversary of the RAF 617 Sqn 'Dambusters' raid by bringing together as many PSS Lancasters as we can muster - if you have a PSS Lancaster in your flying arsenal and can prepare it for our event please do join us! - Around the usual Fly for Fun set up there will be dedicated Lancaster flying slots and there will be a static area set up for all the models set to be viewed up close when not in action! See you there 20th/21st May! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Great write up and pictures Phil, many thanks. Looking forward to the May meet - even though I'll be Lanc-less, I'll be bringing plenty of support airframes from the era 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris collis Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I will be bringing my old Lanc to the event along with a couple of other models and will be looking for a pilot willing to fly them.Unfortunately due to my partial sight loss, I cannot safely fly them myself.Any takers? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I'm happy to fly the other Lanc for you if she's available still Chris, and anything else you fancy having airborne. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris collis Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Andy,the other models I’m looking to bring are;Wellington,Spitfire,XB70 and possibly Ov10 and A37.All depends on weather forecast.All could do with an airing if possible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I'll have a couple of spare receivers with me Chris, see you then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris collis Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 That would be brilliant,many thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Some important info regarding this weekends PSSA Fly in at Llandudno - wind direction is dictating we use the NE slope above the pier meaning a revised parking location for all visitors. More below; https://www.pssaonline.co.uk/2023/05/19/may-20th-21st-dambusters-fly-in-to-take-place-from-north-east-slope-above-the-pier/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 Just a quick round up from our PSSA Dambusters 80th Anniversary meet held last weekend at The Great Orme. Sadly the high pressure forecast led to light North Easterly winds and we spent two days up above the pier in glorious conditions but for the winds needed to fly our heavier PSS models, including the Lancasters... that said we did fly Chris Collis's Lanc on Saturday afternoon when the wind speed peaked I guess 10-12 mph max, Chris' 102" span Lanc was lightly loaded and handled these conditions superbly for a 25 minute tribute flight. A big thanks to all who travelled and took part over both days, we saw 8 different Lancasters present ranging in scale from large to small, including the soon to be released RCM&E pull-out plan from Martin Gay and Gordon Studley. Dambusters themed prizes were awarded to Andy Johnson, Harry Twist and Al Gorham, who took the model of the event award with his superb 617 Sqn Lanc equipped with both Upkeep and Tallboy weapons, and everyone left with a memento can of real ale speciallly brewed for the PSSA again with a Dambusters theme. Of course we flew all weekend with the lighter loaded PSS models and sports/thermal/vintage stuff, making the most of the conditions as we always do. 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint 1 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Thanks to you Phil for all the work you put in to making this and every other PSSA event the success they always are, I'm looking forward to the next one already 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBaron Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 If you like really big scale gliders (1:1) then there are 3 National level glider competitions (15m, Open, Standard classes) commencing today at Lasham. Follow at https://www.lashamcomps.co.uk/entries and see all the glider transponders thermalling along during each comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) Thanks Phil for the organization as always - we had a great event in some fantastic winds. Phil has a photo album online here (click the pic!) : Edited July 10 by Andy Meade 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Cooke Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 WHITE HORSE PSSA EVENT 9th/10th September CANCELLED due to High Pressure system with resultant low wind speeds of varying direction. https://www.pssaonline.co.uk/2023/09/06/white-horse-pssa-event-cancelled/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 That's a shame - not often in the UK do you here the words - Cancelled due to low wind speeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Meade Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Another lovely set of Phil's pictures from a fantastic last official meet of the season. https://www.flickr.com/photos/98511435@N05/albums/72177720312040799/with/53268299250/?fbclid=IwAR1mIEM6pRdDYVN6QLsnVKu4IXLqV5CpvCcP8c-dHj3vQeRTpxeWG2Vb5uA 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 Some really nice photos, and planes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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