Congratulations

A new member touched down safely at 0630 hrs 17th August 2004.

Graham Peter Sargent with a wing span of 49cm and AUW of 3.21Kg is the son of a very proud mother and father. O.R.A.M. send their hearty congratulations to Peter and Michelle.

Next Meeting

Will be held on Wednesday August 26th at the East Torrens Primary School, Montacute Road Hectorville

Use the entrance closer to Montacute Road and Enter from Robson Road.

The Meeting will start at 8.00 PM

Those without E-mail addresses will only get a black and white copy. Copies of this newsletter by E-mail will be in glorious colour.

Presidents Report

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Air Youth

‘Hey man, huge cool ‘. This epithet being voiced by a prospective young aeromodeller when viewing a display of model aircraft put on by members of O.R.A.M., during the St.Peters Colledge assembly in May this year.

The R / C model aeroplane built by the young members of Air Youth Squadron 9, under the the guidance of O.R.A.M. club members, Later in the year it is proposed that the model will be flown at O.R.A.M. field by the members of the Air Youth, using the Buddy-Box system of model aircraft flight training.

If the boys are as keen to fly the model , as they were to build it, aeromodelling will have gained a number of lifelong devotees. Tom and Peter W. successfully test flew the model on 30th June. It is an excellent flyer and I am sure it will delight the boys and the members who took part in this project. Tom guides the model for a perfect touch down.

Thermal Soaring

The newcomer to thermal flying will wonder, at first, where all the thermals are — it is possible to fly for weeks and never apparently contact lift. Gradually, as the all-important “feel” for both lift and the model’s reaction to it is acquired, an increasing percentage of flights will involve some thermalling. Finding lift is a matter of developing this “feel” and the ability to spot instantly when the model enters good air.

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