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