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Far North Radio Control Fliers
Good friends, good times, good memories.
Safe, considerate flying is fun flying
2018
2019
Listening.... 8,000 rpm and rising
Another warm January day,.. now where is that model..
All out at the runway.. the site before the club room..
Jeff, a Radian and a pose..
Jeff, a Radian and its owner.
That was a smooth landing Brent...
April 2019... a regular Sunday morning...
Brent Emmet... a great club member... sadly gone
April... a superb flying day
May... winter is approaching.. fog filling the valleys..
The fog has cleared.. time to go flying...
Pre-flight checks for the Chipmunk.. Adrian..
Checks done... time to start the engine and fly some knife edge passes...
May.. Dismantled, loaded, 190km back to the field..
190km later, reconstruction underway..
June... 3 walls and a roof..
Brent fixing the roof down..
Now for the other side..
L-R: Brent, Peter. Adrian, Jeff, Graham behind the camera.
A wonderful Sunday morning.. good friends, good flying.
Brent, heading into the unknown...
2020
Phase 2 ~ Shelter from the sun and the rain..
Building the Kiwi way..
Ready for the roof covering
A nice shade of red
( to make it visible from on high)
( to make it visible from on high)
Complete ~ 10th January 2020
Jeff and Mike congratulating Brent for a job well done..
Mid-winter ~ July 2020
Late February ~ it has been a very dry summer
It has been a long, hot and dry summer
Mid-winter Sundays.. July 2020
Waiting for the mid-winter mist to clear..
Mist? What mist?
DC3 maiden flight December 2020
Pylon racing meet 20th and 21st March 2021
Superbly prepared airfield (mown the day before)
Pylon Models ready to go (John Danks and Steve Moor chatting in the distance)
John Knox F3d and F3T models ready to go
Les King F3E and F3T model in the process of being made ready for flying
Q500 sport Pylon models ready to race
Pilots safety briefing underway
Dave Coleman fuelling up ready to go (far right) ***note you have to click on this photo to see Dave
Close up of Pilots/contestant meeting underway
"On the start line" about to race 3 up, Q500 class
John Knox giving his engine a runup prior to racing, F3T model, Dave Coleman assists
Les King refuelling his F3T model whist Judy King is supervising!
King Team and John Knox flying F3T
Danks Team and John Knox/Dave Coleman racing F3D
In the Pitts
P51 Mustang visiting Kaikohe
John Knox from: Kingseat in South Auckland.
Flight was its maiden in this configuration. The flight had been delayed, and went well. Motor is a Moki 3 cylinder, 4 stroke
2021
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