Club night is on 12 of Feb
Bring along a Model
General get together over a cupper and a chat, why not bring a long a model or your latest project for us to see, I’m sure we’re all be interested. Please note: In Light of the fact there may be a number large models on display there will be no indoor flying. Static aircraft only at this event. Thankyou.
Photo Competition Winner 2011, F16 on take of by Mark Heffer 
Hope to see you all there
The Club nights will be held at the West Hill Community Centre. The address for witch is shown below and they will start second Sunday in the new Year. 7.00pm till 9.00pm. West Hill Community Centre. Croft Road, Hastings TN34 3JT. UPDATE FROM DAVE ON MEMBERSHIPS.
I have just received the pack from the BMFA for 2012, they have put the insurance up this time. Seniors £31.00 up by £2.00
Juniors £16.00 up by £1.00 Some of you have already sent me a cheque for £34.00 so I will have to ask you to arrange some how to pay the extra money, may be at the AGM,if not in the post.
Thanks. Dave Many thanks to our Guest Speaker: John Farley OBE AFC CEng, for a wonderful evening. John Farley first flew the P.1127 in 1964 while a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Establishment. He spent 19 years contributing to the development of the Harrier, retiring as Chief Test Pilot BAe Dunsfold. He then spent five years as Manager of Dunsfold and a further two as Special Operations Manager at BAe Kingston. In 1990 he became the first Western test pilot to fly the MiG-29 fighter. He is currently part of the Farnborough Aircraft team developing the F1 air taxi. The Photo Completetion is now Closed and final juding will be carried out At the AGM. see below for details. 
The Old Contemptible (A poem sent in by a member)
When work it seems never ending The daily grind The kids Out spending Looking forward to weekend flying The only time that you’re not grafting Batteries charged on Friday night For an early start and that first flight. You wake up early your heart a flutter You hear the wife, with lowly mutter It’s raining, may be hail No flying today it’s blowing a gale Then you think of those other geeks That other lot who fly all week. No restriction when they fly Just bide their time until its dry They served their time in far off days Grafted hard for little pay Baby boomers and even older Now in flux and not much solder! They had it good I hear you say No.. We were balsa bashers of the past Simple planes that had to last No ARTF no two point four Just control line Free flight And little more Now we come with creaking limbs Across the fields of Bulverhythe That ancient marsh of yester year To fly once more. We may have time to fly and dream To pick the days when wind is slim But remember you will have your day And then I hear you say. “They were right you know Work wasn’t bad” And now those old boys of yore Are flying, flying forever more. Anon. Wow.. look at this, we have poetic rivalry in a poem response to the above.
Works not so bad we hear you say. There’ll come the time when we’ll have our day But bear in mind we’re now in a fix As the latest is, we’ll be sixty six. The ill informed might think we have plenty But to enjoy our endeavours we might even be seventy! Your creaking limbs may be supported with sticks made of wood But the truth of it is, you’ve never had it so good The reality is , when it’s our day to fly All we'll be fit for, is to curl up and bloody die!!! Written by a modern day grafter for and on behalf of all modern day grafters/part time flyers. |
