On Saturdays in January - December 2018
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 29 December 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alex Z & Lee F -
Apprentice |
Alex Z & Grant S - Calmato
|
Anton S - glider ??? |
Michael B -
TRex600
Hughes |
Drew B - Calmato with 3D
printed parts |
Michael K - Trojan T-28 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 22 December 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Egon and Lambi Eflite
Apprentice |
How many people to fly an
apprentice
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Lambi and Stan Viggen
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Alex Z Nan Orion glider
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Andrew trying out Grahams Trojan
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John S Ugly Stik successful remaiden
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15 December 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brendon, Imogen, Ric -
Apprentice |
Sheltering from the storm |
Michael B - Thunderbolt P47 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 December 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Christmas Party
2018 & Fundraiser for Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS).
More photos
here. Also
this is how the day unfolded
YouTube clip
here


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 December 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael K - Trojan T-28 |
Colin getting blown away |
Jake F - Timber with added feature |
Strong westerly wind.... |
.... No easterly .... |
.... No wind from west |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 November 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Benny L - Delta Wing ??
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Spektrum DXe wheelchair
integration
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Keith, Alex & Benny |
Egon F - Apprentice |
Michael and Egon in training |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 November 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Douglas with Brendan Z -
Apprentice
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Brendan's high tech wheel
chair
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Anton S - Teksumo
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Colin G - Apprentice |
Lee F - Apprentice |
Egon F, blown away -
Apprentice |
Twins (Apprentice) |
Egon, Victor, Alex hats, and
Graham |
Rick, Michael, Andrew,
Graham Trojans |
Michael K - Trojan T-28 |
Benny, Graham, Victor,
Walter, Anthony |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 November 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Andrew M - Cherokee, maiden |
Anton S - SU35
|
Jake, John, Alex - Fun Cubs
& Timber |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 November 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael B, Lu & Patrick B
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Patrick B - After first
ever RC flight |
Michael K - Trojan T-28 |
Alex Z & Michael K pilot
line |
Colin G - Apprentice, maiden |
Geoff L - Bixler |
Keith H - Apprentice |
Lambi E - Jackaroo |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 27 October 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael, Brendan & Ric -
Phoenix 2000
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Jake F & Andrew F - Komet
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Keith P - Apprentice |
Michael K - Trojan T-28,
maiden |
Roger B, Jet B & John S -
Apprentice |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20 October 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Victor L twin boom and
advisors
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Michael & Egon - Apprentice
training
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Formation flying team
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DAC strip from the North end
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Teksumu and Komets |

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Lee F - Apprentice |
John S - Aveos bush mule |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13 October 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Brendan Z & Ric - Phoenix
2000
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Jet B - Apprentice
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Drew B - Teksumo |
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Victor L with Alex's
electric glider
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 October 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Cliff M - Ringmaster
Fly-A-Thon 2018,
YouTube
and
Facebook
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DAC field from above
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DAC Control line from above
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Fire at Wantirna in the
distance
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DAC strip from the North end
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Britt Jake and Alex
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Alex Z - Trex500
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Greg E - Trojan T-28
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____ & John S - FunCub
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 22 September 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grant S Eflite Cherokee
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Bill Eflite Apprentice
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Twins Alex and Egon
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Walter Warthog
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Walter Teksumo
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Lambi Teksumo
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15 September 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lots of building on this
rainy windy day
|
Victor and Graham building
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Walter and Lambi building
Teksumo
|
Graham and Victor Teksumo
maiden
|
Graham teksumo
|
Lamberto Teksumo successful
maiden
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Jethro on the simulator
between rain
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Egon braving the cold windy
conditions
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Jethro braving the cold and
strong winds
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 September 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1 September 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith P - Apprentice S 15e
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Alex & Lee - Cessna 182 |
John S - Pilatus PC9 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 25 August 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nice sunny day with lost of
aircraft |
Formation flying ....
|
.... lots of fun
|
Michael B -
TRex600
Hughes |
Grant S - 2.0m Trojan T28
|
Steve H - Pitts
|
Jose M - Alara & EasyStar |
Victor L - Victorski
|
Andrew F - A-10 Warthog |
Jet B - Apprentice |
Walter & Andrew (twins) - A-10
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 18 August 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Keith P - ME163 Komet,
remaiden |
Lambi E - Trojan T-28
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John S - ME163 Komet |
Jet B - Apprentice
|
Windy.... ME163 Komet formation
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Anton S - Viper 90
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 August 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The three amigos |
A great turnout on a cool
winters day
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Drew B 3D printed Balsa
composite Calmato successful maiden |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 August 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Egon & Michael Apprentice,
maiden |
Alex & Rex training
|
Rick - Apprentice |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28 July 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrew and Cliff Control
Line (C/L) |
Jake, Andrew Cliff & Bailey start motor
|
Andrew Bailey and Cliff C/L
launch
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Andrew Bailey and Cliff C/L |
Bailey C/L
|
Bailey and Jake C/L
|
Jose M - Alara & EasyStar |
Anton S - Avanti
|
Alex Z - Protos |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21 July 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jose M - Alara, maiden |
Lambi E - Jackaroo
|
Lee F - Apprentice |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14 July 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Formation flying |
Victor L - Victorski
|
Jake & Britt F - Timber
|
Missing Komet. Found
it ... |
...right here. Michael
B - Komet |
Alex Z - Avanti
|
Michael B -
TRex600
Hughes |
Trojan time
|
Lambi certificate presented by Juris
|
Brendan Z & Michael B
training |
|
Brendan after successful
flight |
Brendan Z tryout IMU head
controller |
Lambi trying out modified
yoke controller |
Jake also had a go of yoke
controller |
Grant S & Anton - Teksumo,
maiden |
Nice day for flying. |
Iwona G & Michael B trial
flight |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 July 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ben Simple Scout maiden
|
Lamberto Trojan in a windy
day |
Alex Z Trex 700
|
Victor L holding John S ME163 remaiden
|
Simon F Mavic Air |
Grant S Phantom 3 Pro
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30 June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lambi, Greg & Alex - FunCub
|
.... Greg S under
instruction |
Anton S - Teksumo
|
Lambi presented with Bronze(P) wings
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Lambi & Graham - T28 Trojans |
... on the pilot line in
strong winds
|
Michael B with IMU head
controller
Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)
|
Michael & Jose about to try
IMU
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Michael & John about to try
IMU
|
John S - Look at me, hands
free |
More head tilt to complete
the turn |
John with IMU now on hand |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 23 June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Drew B - Calmato with 3D
printed parts |
Lambi passed his Bronze(P) wings |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 16 June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark R - Komet ...
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.... and still setup using
36MHz |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9 June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Brendan Z & Michael B ....
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.... flying the Apprentice |
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Brendan landing Apprentice
...
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... successfully on the
runway
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Around the pits |
Graham & Lambi |
Jonathon G - Micro Radian |
Ashton P - Apprentice maidened |
Ashton and family
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Around the pits |
Busy flight line |
Walter M - Warthog A10 |
Anton Viper 90
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Walter M - Thunderbolt P47
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Lee F - Apprentice maidened
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Ken D - HawkSky V2 maidened |
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 02 June 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Formation flying
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Steve H - FunCub
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Michael B -
TRex600
Hughes
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Grant S - AT-6 Texan |
Jet B - Apprentice, maiden
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Adrian K - Ultimate
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Grant S - AT-6 Texan |
Alex Z - View looking north
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Alex Z - View looking south
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DAC at dusk |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 26 May 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Formation flying ....
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.... Juris, Dan, Michael &
Alex
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Alex & Michael - Komet
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Alex Z - X35 jet
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Juris B - Edge 540
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Anton & Alex Avanti jets
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Graeme always comes well prepared
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Saj’s amazing lightweight kite
|
Drew
3D printed fuselage
|
Full pit on Saturday
|
throwing a medium chuck glider
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Greg’s flight is growing too
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Lambi E - Trojan T-28 |
John S - Spitfire
|
Min F - Chronos 700e
|
Anton & Alex Avanti jets at
dusk ...
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... with after burners...
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... on take off
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Victor to Lambi E - Cessna
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Bill S - Apprentice
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Lambi E - Jackaroo
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Indy B - Edge 540T
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 19 May 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael presented with his
bronze wings |

Jose M - EasyStar |

Drew B -
3D printed Cessna
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 May 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael R - Scratch built, maidened |

Alex Z - T-Rex 600e |

Anton S - Teksumo EPP Wing 900mm
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Lambi E - Trojan T-28, solo flights |
Anton S - Avanti 80mm EDF
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 May 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lambi E - Trojan T-28 |

Graham E - Bonsai II EPP Wing 600mm |

Michael B - Classic EP
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Lambi E - Jackaroo
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Anton S - Avanti 80mm EDF
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28 Apr 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jake F - Timber
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Walter M - L4 Grasshopper
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Indy B - 3D foamy
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Graham E - Trojan, runway that way!
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Walter M - A10 Thunderbolt
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Lambi E - Jackaroo, maidened |
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Drew & Graham,
Vickers machine gun
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Drew 3D printed Vickers machine gun
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Graham score
beneath the cockpit
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 21 Apr 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Indy B - Edge 540
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Anton S - glider ??? |

Alex Z - Avanti EDF
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Walter M - A10 Thunderbolt
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Min F, professional approach to flying. |
Drew presented with his
silver wings
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Drew with his X-Vert
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14 Apr 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

And the rain came .... |

.... bucketing down. |

Stan, Alex & Lambi building
Jackaroo
|
Victor helping Graham with
wing |
Keeping out of the wind |

and then the showers cleared. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7 Apr 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grant S - 1.2m Trojan T28 |

Grant S - 2.0m Trojan T28 |

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Peter S - FunCub XL |
Rick W - Corsair |

Flock of corellas circling |
Andrew S - RC paraglider
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 31 Mar 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Michael B - X-Vert, maiden |

Grant S - Albatros |

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Graham E - AT-6 Texan
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Lambi E - Trojan T-28
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Cliff & Andrew - Solius |
Michael B -
TRex600
Hughes |
Alex Z - 450 Augusta
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Drew B - Calmato
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Anton S - Avanti 80mm EDF
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Peter S - Spacewalker
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Con G - Slicks |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 Mar 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alex Z & Graham E - Trojan |

Alex Z - FunCub |

Rick W - Corsair |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Mar 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bill S - Apprentice, maiden |

Alex Z - Field looking very dry |

Looking south with city in
back ground |
Grant S - AT-6 Texan |
Indy B - Cap 232
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Con G - 3D foamy |
Michael B - Radian, spot
landing
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Craig - Apprentice, maiden
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Apprentice queue |
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Anton S - ???
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Mar 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Victor L - Sonic64 ducted fan
wing |

Graham E - AT-6 Texan |

Grant S - 2.0m Trojan T28 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 24 Feb 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Drew B - 3D printed Edge, Ver 2 |

Alex Z & Lambi E soldering |

Lambi E - Jackaroo, still in
box |
Bill S - Apprentice assembly
|
Bill S - Apprentice, ready
for maiden
|

Grant S - AT-6 Texan |
Jet & Roger - Assembly of Super
Cub S
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Jet - Super Cub S, maiden
|

Lambi E - Trojan T-28 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 Feb 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Graham E - AT-6 Texan, maiden
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Dave S - Calmato
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Ivan V - Spitfire |
Anton S - Sonic 64 EDF Wing
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 Anton S - Avanti 80mm EDF |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Feb 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alex Z - Avanti EDF
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Michael R - RM Trainer scratch
built, ... |

... maiden flight. Well
built, 5 stars |
Steve H - Pitts |
Greg E - Trojan T-28, maiden
#2
|

Michael R waiting for Victor L |
Keith P - Quadcopter, CX-10WD-TX
|
Alex Z after flight,
batteries warm, .... |

... and all good. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Feb 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grant S - AT-6 Texan
|

Con G - 3D foamy |

Drew B - Calmato |
Peter S - FunCub XL
|
Graham E - Trojan T-28
number ___
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Lambi E - Trojan T-28 |
Jake F - Timber
|
Greg E - Trojan T-28, maiden
|
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Lambi E, Jake F with Andrew
F at the ...
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.... controls of DLG
WhipIt ...
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... and lots of laughing going on. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 27 Jan 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Peter S - Silver(P) presented by
Jurius |

Lambi & Alex training using
buddy box |

Keith P - Apprentice S 15e
|
Drew B - Calmato |
Greg E - Sports Cub S,
maiden
|

John S - Pilatus PC9 |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13 Jan 2018 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Drew B - Trex450, maiden |

Michael R - Trojan T-28 |

Jake F - Timber, maiden |
Graham E - Spitfire, maiden |
Jake F - Cessna 182, maiden |

End of day rainbow |
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