16/12/2025 / Last updated : 17/12/2025 David King General Hanky Planky Contest 10th December 2025 Six members braved wintry conditions to challenge for this hotly contested series. John Ivory reported “Well, Clive arranged a very interesting competition. Spot landing first round then takeoff from a […]
08/12/2025 / Last updated : 08/12/2025 David King General Horsham Indoor meetings Those of you who attended any of the indoor events in Worthing High School may be interested to hear that Horsham club have booked the sports hall at the Bohunt […]
03/10/2025 / Last updated : 03/10/2025 David King General The Ashurst contest season closes The RES (Rudder, Elevator and Spoiler, 2m span) and eCaprice contests proved popular social as well as flying events this year. Although the 6 contest series was reduced to 4 […]
19/08/2025 / Last updated : 30/08/2025 David King General Vintage fly-in and BBQ August 2025 Last year I acquired a vintage model ready for the Club Vintage fly-in and BBQ. By all accounts the day was a resounding success. Unfortunately due to holiday commitments I […]
08/08/2025 / Last updated : 08/08/2025 David King General White Sheet Scale Fly-in 3rd August 2025 Last year an ex long-time SRFC club member, Pete Cushion, emailed the club to get in touch with old friends. I flew gliders with him for many years and welcomed […]
04/07/2025 / Last updated : 04/07/2025 David King General eCaprice fun at Ashurst Another fun round of eCaprice flying was had by seven participants at Ashurst on Sunday 29th June 2025. Clive Upperton triumphed, hotly pursued by Robin Strange and John Ivory. John […]
01/07/2025 / Last updated : 01/07/2025 David King General Grahame Pearson’s Black Horse Typhoon Maiden Grahame’s Hawker Typhoon took to the skies over Coombes on 29th June 2025. Although the model has flown several years ago this was essentially a maiden flight. It flew very […]
11/05/2025 / Last updated : 11/05/2025 David King General May 2025 BBQ and Chris Foss models fly-in The May club meeting was the first this year in the Summer Saturday BBQ format. It came with bright sunny weather, if a little breezy, and had a good turnout. […]
08/05/2025 / Last updated : 08/05/2025 David King General eCaprice at Ashurst The first round of the 2025 eCaprice competition was well suited by the conditions on the morning of the 27th April, with glorious weather and huge thermals before lunch. There […]
03/12/2024 / Last updated : 03/12/2024 David King General Glen Tennant flies his Dracan A group of Hanky Planky fliers were impressed today by the successful maiden flight of Glen Tennant’s version of the Terry Anderson’s Dracan. This was originally described as “an easy […]