A great night was had by all who found their way clear to attend ETSA Park on the 15th May. Some magnificent flying was shown by our experts in residence, and I speak mainly of Justin Galbraith (making his first reappearance after returning from a tour of duty in Iraq) who showed that he has lost none of his smoothness with, either his Ikarus Shock Flyer or Helicopter – Don Rosella displaying several of his own design and manufacture helis – Dirk just improves with each appearance and his displays tonight were nothing short of brilliant – Mike Schneider his usual Mr. Efficiency – Andy Hollitt showed his arms full of models, with which he arrived, to the best of his ability and I’m sure to disclose the names of more pilots as I make my way through this monthly bulletin.
I was brought up to recognise a well known adage which states:- “If you cannot say anything nice about a person, don’t say anything.” I find it rather shameful when a person, who was not even in attendance on the night in question, and, in fact has not attended ETSA Park for a couple of years, or more, should be so critical of an overseas guest who found that a small mechanical problem with his Blade 400 helicopter, caused him to park it quite heavily in the centre of the highly polished floor of the Netball stadium. Jealous? Perhaps, or just upset in a rather childish sort of way, now that he has some sort of official position, in which he finds himself, whether by his ability or, perhaps, there was just no one else interested. I shudder a little, thinking of the next Sensational Air Races. They could be quite sensational.
Several pilots at our indoor gatherings, be they at ETSA Park The Hub, or out East have often said that, due to the somewhat confined space at an indoor venue, if one can fly indoor, they can fly anywhere. When you, all of a sudden find yourself with acres of space, doing things that you did within the confines of a netball court, it is a wonderful feeling. I often wonder how those American indoor pilots can contain themselves when they are flying at venues, such as the Houston Astrodome, or whatever it is called. Such an enormous space that one can only stand in wonder at how they would contain themselves at one of our indoor venues. 
It was great to see Brad (seen here holding his heli) in action tonight, for he is the boss over at Goodwood Road, and it seems that he flies most models. Been flying helis about six months, and really looks good. My second pix shows Dirk, concentrating, as always, and this time with his heli. Huge progress he is making.
Don Rosella had several of his models on display. It is becoming quite a big business for Don, who is now finding some difficulties in obtaining some of the parts that he has been able to out-source in the past. 
If I can get my act in gear, early in the day tomorrow, I shall try and include some pix of the new showrooms at Model Flight. I hope the staff all turn up for work on time tomorrow, as quite a large contingent of their staffers flew a variety of craft tonight, even extending their interests to autos which, in the skilful hands of Mathew Waye, put on a great show of power sliding. When one mentions Mattie, though, it is remiss not to mention his capable handling of his helicopter. Such a pleasure to watch. Others to make great progress with their helies are Todd and Michael’s son Jack, who has moved from a Blade CX2 to a Blade 400. Drat those 8-year-olds who can, thanks to some expert instruction, make such great inroads. 
Andy Hollitt is next featured in my picture gallery and, whilst I might add that Andy seems to concentrate on his foamies, he too is making great progress with his helicopters. Keep at it Andy. 
It did happen, you know, cos there was Scotty Gage, me ol mate Broad, who fronted up tonight with an ultra light weight foamie. Now nothing, other than the motor weighs in at much more than 2 grams. Yep – the servos weigh 2 grams each – the receiver weighs 2 grams but – gotcha Scott, the brushless motor does weigh in at 5 grams. Yep 5 grams. Gosh it flew delightfully, though – well done Scott. I wonder what he will come up with next in his quest to have the absolute lightest?? Tummy uh? But, apart from Scott’s aforementioned tummy, this is what indoor flying is all about. Well done Scott. But! Why did you speak to me when my Blade was up among the rafters. Thanks mate. Goodness me – I AM running out of replacement blades.
The last pix shows Tim, yet another Model Flight Staffer who flew with us in May. Tim is seen making some adjustment to his Blade CX2, although I haven’t yet worked out what adjustment that would require.
Dear friends, would you please bear with me, in fact you can bare with me if you prefer, whilst I have a look at tonight’s pickies cos I am inclined to shoot all over the place, with the hope that, perhaps, just one shot will be worth sending to our wonderful webmaster.
Okay, I have been through the pickies and I submit them for your approval. I can never get these pages worked out to be a reasonable publication.
Drive carefully, dear friends and we shall meet, just one month from now.
Phoenix Indoor Flight Reports
Indoor Flying at ETSA Park 2008
| Date |
Court |
Time |
| September 18th |
1 |
8.30-10.30pm |
| October 16th |
1 |
8.30-10.30pm |
| November 20th |
1 |
8.30-10.30pm |
| December 18th |
1 |
8.30-10.30pm |
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