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Second round of the area aerobatics

The second round of the area aerobatics is to be held on Saturday 4th September at Newbuildings.
We will fly Basic/Sportsman & Intermediate (as per Ballymoney & Tyrella) and any aeroplane can be used from a EEP foamy to a £10000 jet!
Schedules can be found here.
Scores from first round can be found here.
We will hold pilots [...]

Tigers over Tyrella..

Could be the title of a new book, but it’s simpler: It’s only Gerry and Collin having some fun.
Owen is the creator of this nice video!

Snow in Tyrella??

Early spring and we have snow!  Not to be detered, a solution is quickly found: put some bottles on the wheels, and you have instant ski’s. By the looks of it, both Colin and Dessie were the brave lads today.

Pitts special, that for sure!!

Below a few pics of Dessies Pitts. 
It’s been flying a lot recently, hence the ‘tapes’ to keep all the vital bits together. Somewhere it reminds me of the story you hear telling about the old B-52′s: ‘A collection of loose spareparts, generally moving in the same direction.’  
Never mind, it flies, it’s just thirsty, drinking approx [...]

Some nice scenery.

I found some very nice pics from Peter’s Cub.  
 
 
 
And a RTF waterplane. Flew nice too.. 

what do you mean it's a bit windy..

35 mph wind? That all?? Phelim certainly enjoyed himself going full blast down the field. My camera never managed to catch him going past.
 
A few slow passes were needed to get him in the picture. Of course Roxy like to chase planes, she does not understand what a waste of time that is. They will [...]

Long time no see..

I know, I’ve been in hiding! Since there was nothing extremely exiting to report, there were no stories. But since the summer is definitely on the way south, it is a good time to catch with some pictures. This Sunday was actually a good day, almost no wind, a bit chilly, but for the rest, [...]

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