RCM&E Greenacres Fly-In 23rd-24th June 2012

 (Photo from modelflying website - click here for more)

Despite some problems I did get to fly at Greenacres where I also met up with some familiar faces as well as meeting new friends. 

Things didn't quite go to plan for me for this event. I wasn't too well and this years disappointing weather didn't help either so it had actually looked like I wasn't going to go. The rescue came in the shape of my friend Martyn Kinder, in the black cap in this photo, when he offered me a spare seat in his car for the Sunday. It was obviously going to be too windy for the SE5a and with car space being somewhat limited anyway I decided to take my trusty old Vampire.

Well a cross wind and heavy showers made it tricky to get flights in but both Martyn and I did so. I broke a prop in one landing but I had a spare so no problem there and I finished the day with 4 flights completed. Martyn had brought his Astro Hogs with him and joined in his first ever Fly-in of this type having taken the trouble to get his "A" certificate just before event.

I left my electrics box open in the rain and that ruined my power panel which was something of blow (literally) and I subsequently took out a subscription to the RCM&E magazine which was running a well timed gift for doing so... bet you've guessed it, yes a power panel!

It was great to meet up with friends I had met the previous year, others that I knew only by name from the www.modelflying.co.uk website forum and others that I met this year for the first time. It was good to see the T shirts were a success too.

So despite everything it actually turned out to be a pretty good day.

Lots more can be found out about the event at:

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EU E-Privacy Directive keeping me busy

I've been pretty busy over recent months and will be for sometime to come reviewing my customers websites for compliance with the European Union E-Privacy Directive.

The EU E-Privacy Directive has been referred to by a number of other names, not all of them pleasant but one of the best known is the "EU Cookie Law". The introduction of this directive is why you may have noticed more and more websites asking for permission to use cookies.

As of May 26 2012, any website available to European visitors must comply with the EU E-Privacy Directive. This very much criticised piece of legislation is going to be something of a nuisance to many website owners and developers but fortunately the impact on my pevisoulsy developed websites is going to be quite small. All the same the extra work is going to be something of a distraction

Getting Ready For The RCM&E Greenacres Fly-In

The Greenacres Fly-in is on 23rd-24th June this year and having enjoyed it last year, I'm planning on going again.

Some of the Aircraft I will taking to Greenacres this year.

Subject to aircraft serviceability (;¬) I will be taking the old faithful SE5a, the recently refurbed Fizza, Vampire, Hawk & Flying Aces Sportster. Apart from the SE5a all the aircraft I'm taking have been plans in RCM&E magazine which seems appropriate for the occasion. 

None of these aircraft like the wind very much and though I have flown the SE5a in quite merciless winds I'm really hoping for calm conditions.

Fly-In T-Shirt (available from IPJ Aeroshirts)

I'm pleased to be supplying T-shirts for the Fly-In using the logo RCM&E designed for the event.