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Scale events
    Peanut scale saw a couple of great new models that look
    promising.  Martin  Evans  entered  his  Blackburn
    Monoplane, a model that did well in static and should get
    good flying times when further trimmed. Jason Magill’s
    Sorrel Guppy dispelled any ideas that forward staggered
    models cannot be trimmed to fly well. Paul Squires turned
    in  the  top  flight  time  with  his  Lacey  M-10  and  this
    combined with a great static score took top spot. This was
    a  well-supported  event.  Kit  Scale  also  gained  good
    entries. Static marks reflected the good model building
    standards in this event. Everyone put in good flights too.
    Graham Lovejoy just pipped Martin Evans for first, with his
    very appealing Comet floatplane. Martin’s Taylorcraft is a
    strong Kit Scale contender too. Ken Smith was in third
    spot with his VMC Cessna, a reliable flyer.

    Once again F4D Open Rubber Scale just attracted three
    starters to make a contest. Graham Lovejoy’s Stahlwerke
    was the clear winner with Ricky Bould’s Comper Swift in
    second. Stan Mauger ran out of time to put some flying
    points on the board with his much-flown Fleet Canuck. It’s
    time  for  some  new  models  in  this  class  to  swell  the
    numbers.

    After a promising number of flyers in Memorial Scale last
    year, it was a surprise to see only a few models flown in
    this event. Most of us have inherited ‘gifted’ models so the
    potential for entries in this class is considerable. Hopefully
    it will be a stand-out event next year!

    Organisation
    The contribution of the judging team to assist the CD was
    essential to the smooth running of the contest.
                                                              Top to bottom:
    Special thanks is due to Paul Evans, Rex Bain, Bruce      Mike  Mulholland’s  Keil  Kraft  Westland  Lysander  is  equally  at  home
    Heasley  and  Brian  Howell  who  kept  timekeeping  and   indoors as it is out. Beyond is his present project, a much larger Curtiss
                                                              Sparrowhawk. Photo: Ken Smith
    judging going in the day, and also to Ken Buckley and
                                                              Kit Scale winner, Graham Lovejoy’s Comet Taylorcraft Floatplane. Photo:
    Richard  McFadden  who  assisted  with  scale  judging  at   Ken Smith
    short notice.                                             Peanut Scale entries on the judging table. Photo: Ken Smith

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