Dan Reece speaks of 75 years of modelling and full size aviation
At the September 14 Club night, a talk was given by one of our members, Dan Reece. Part 1 finished in 1951 with Dan flying Mustangs for the Royal Australian Air Force.
Part 2 of Dan’s talk covers his later years especially in Australia.
Following on from Phil Coupe's suggestion to Radio Wimborne presenter Philip Webster to come to Cashmoor and have a trial flight, this offer was taken up more quickly than initially thought and hasty arrangements on a suitable date were put together. Thursday 22nd Jan, although quite cold to say the least was the most likely candidate for a trial flight session. A quick call out to instructors was made and our very own slightly bearded Dave Bright said he was available. That little problem solved, David Tappin was keen to help as requested and brought along his Boomerang turbine jet. Phil Coupe had his SIG Rascal, the same model that he had described on the radio show previously.
Philip Webster, presenter with Radio Wimborne, interested in all things local contacted the Club requesting if we could do an interview about the Club, what we do and RC flying in general. The chat was recorded at the Allendale Centre around midday and our illustrious secretary, Phil Coupe was the only member available to do this, although with some reservation.
In fact he did an excellent job at short notice. The interview was aired on Radio Wimborne lunchtime and again on Forest FM on Friday 16th January during Philip Webster's evening show. The show also contained music with flying and air in the song lyrics. Now isn't that professionalism?
Now that the website has a new look and feel, I thought it maybe time to relax now and get back to some RC maintenance. Alas this was not to be. The Community component ver 1.9, which handles registration, your profile, PMS (private messaging system) and links it all together with the Forum, has had a new update that I had not noticed. Version 2.0.1. The latest version on the admin side is clean and tidy as per the Website's admin panel. Simplicity the key and logical layouts.
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