The event kicked off at 5pm with the 27th Charles Hampson Grant Memorial International Mass Cloud Tramp Launch.
The Cloud Tramp was designed by American Charles H Grant as a basic stick rubber model for beginners and first appeared Model Airplane News, August , 1954. They can be built very quickly and easily and are available as a free plan to download from OuterZone or even as a kit from the Vintage Model Company
A short video of the launch can be found here on Youtube (thanks to Lurk for filming)
In addition to the mass launch the club ran a duration competition for Cloud Tramps. Won with some very consistent flights by Alan Trinder
| Position | Name | Flight 1 | Flight 2 | Flight 3 | Total
|
| 1 | Alan Trinder | 53 | 50 | Max (60) | 160 |
| 2 | Simon Milan | 30 | 36 | 54 | 120 |
| 3 | Gary Law | 29 | 16 | Max(60) | 105 |
| 4 | Aubrey King | 18 | 17 | 19 | 54 |
Gary Dicken’s Cloud Tramp Bill Dennis’s Trumeaux and Garter Knight (photos Lurk)
There was also a competition for P30/Coupe D’Hiver designs flown to a 90’s max. It was a combined duration event flown over 3 rounds
| Position | Name | Model | Flight 1 | Flight 2 | Flight 3 | Total |
| 1 | Andrew Longhurst | O/D | Max | Max | Max | 270 |
| 2 | Bill Dennis | Teacher’s Pet
Garter Knight Trumeaux |
TP
49 |
GK
1:24 |
T
1:27 |
230 |
| 3 | Simon Milan | Spencer Willis P30 | 1:10 | 57 | 1:16 | 220 |
| 4 | Bob Lee | Spencer Willis P30 | Max | 1:27 | —- | 177 |
| 5 | Aubrey King | P30 | 16 | 34 | 35 | 85 |
The club Kit scale competition was also flown to old BMFA rules. There’s a full report with results and photo’s here
The Bill Dean Centenary fly-in saw a little less action but Bill Dennis’s KK Piper Super Cruiser put in some lovely flights powered by it’s ED Baby
Aside from the competitions there were a wide range of models flown for fun.
Peter Smart’s FF Electric Fokker XXVIII climbs out ( photos Andy Blackburn)
Simon Rogers FF Scale De Pischof Avionette
There are more photos of the models and the days flying in the gallery below
