2022 Annual General Meeting Details
Wednesday, 09 November 2022
Just a reminder that the Leek & Moorlands AGM is being held as usual at the Winking Man on the Leek to Buxton Road on Sunday the 27th of November 2022, the doors are open at 12.00 midday for lunch. The AGM will start at 2pm and should finish by 3pm. Flying will take place,
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PSS Competition (October 2022)
Friday, 21 October 2022
For the first time for about 5 years we held a Power Scale Club Competition under the auspicious leadership of Peter Anthony Jervis, our tireless administrator extraordinaire on 30th October 2022. A good time to hold a competition because:- So, we all assembled to take part at 10.30am as invited (some were late and missed
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Big “A” Test Stars
Saturday, 15 October 2022
Straight from HQ, we have now been able to find out the names of the successful A Test passers as well as those who have already taken A Tests successfully. Unforrtunately I cannot identify correctly all those who appear in the photograph but I am almost there. There are still many who have not passed
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3 Pass “A” Tests for Silent Flight
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Well done to these three as yet unnamed stalwarts who passed their A Tests under the generous scrutiny of John Biggin – shown punching the air in triumph. These three took up the unmissable free offer which our erstwhile Secretary Keith Rathbone made in our recent round robin email and more fully set out in
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“A Test” Special Offer
Monday, 11 July 2022
The following is the contents of an offer that has just gone out to all Members from our erstwhile secretary, Keith Rathbone. If you have not received it due to some quirk of fate, here it is:- This is a special offer sent to you as a result of some very generous and unexpected funds
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Scale Weekend 2021 – lockdown relief
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Ant Jervis is organising yet another Scale Weekend for 14th and 15th August at one of our slopes. Scale Gliders are usually in abundance of all types both modern and ancient. It is an event not to be missed. If you are a modeller and want to come along, we usually start around 10am and
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New Flying Rules Published
Wednesday, 06 January 2021
Some or all of you will have received an email from the BMFA announcing that finally the Civil Aviation Authority have agreed the final format of the rules for Civil Aviation Authority licensing. As most modellers know the rules have been established after much hard negotiation. Other articles have been published both on this site
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LMMGA Large Scale Event (2019)
Tuesday, 05 January 2021
by Bob Jennings For more pictures, see the Competition Photographs Page The last line of Keith’s original email for this event went ‘Fingers crossed for fine weather and light winds’. Well, one out of two was pretty good going. Arriving early afternoon on the Saturday there was already a good selection of scale gliders and their
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CAA & BMFA Flying Rules Published
Sunday, 06 December 2020
On December 6th 2020 we received an email from BMFA which detailed the rules and procedure for flying Model Aircraft in this country. I can do no better than to copy and paste the email which is clear and speaks for itself. If things change, hopefully, this page will be updated. “The UK adopted the
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