The ISA Nostalgia Day was a very enjoyable event but there was very little wind, mostly flat calm with the occasional and randomly directed breath. This is the Beacon looking from the NT car park - its quite a walk!
Here are a few pics. Star model of the day was Nick's 'Zeitgeist' which was finished at 2am on the day of the meeting, and outperformed everything. While purpose-built thermal soarers were being retrieved over and over again from the bottom of the hill, Nick was happily soaring away, often a spec in thermic lift.
Mike flew his Galloping-Ghost 'Impala' which I think must be the very first 'new wave GG' soarer with a Tobe and a genuine (updated) 'Min-X' GG radio.
Nick's Zeitgeist (sorry about the crappy music, I've not done youtube audio before)
My 'Garybuilt' S/C Moonbeam flew very well after a bit of trimming (OS Pixie)
but inevitably went down... and found the only outcrop of rock on the hillside - no damage
I'd done my ankle the week before and was struggling on the uneven ground, good-ole-Nick stepped in as fetchermite:
Town Farm Campsite is superb, spotlessly clean with a huge games room for the kids, kitchen with fridges, freezers and microwave ovens for customers use, washing up sinks, laundry room... everything
Its actually closer to the slope than the official car NT park, could have left the van onsite and walked up!
Here's the hill from my campsite pitch:
Pete Beadle sent the 'official' photos, thanks Pete:
Cheers
Phil
PS our group were the only flyers with matching 'period' radios
Edit: sorry the photos are no longer in order, probably shuffled when they were reduced to save forum space
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