But Worms had a bloody great idea. Frost Pots !! What on earth are frost pots you may ask ? Well they are Diesel power heaters that the Hawkes Bay Vineyards run to stop frost. Just perfect for on the flightline, in fact the judging spot was the toastiest place to be. Out of the wind, next to the fire. Two of them could be heard chuffing away all weekend, with the occasional WOOF !! To keep you on your toes.
Other than a little chilly, the weather was pretty good and we flew. We flew Pattern. We flew Classic. We flew IMAC. We flew lots !!
A great weekend away down on the farm. If you didn’t make it, you missed a really good comp. A very social weekend, and worth the drive.
John Knox sent me a text on Saturday night. Find that 200 of Hamishes, the won he won in the Shootout Raffle, the one gathering dust … now see if you can sneak it into your van for me Bogan. ?Well we found the 200 alright, and John proceeded to receive as many photos of it as we could all night.
Congrats to Sean Galloway who was awarded the Mike Johnson Memorial Trophy.
Photos and results follow.
Pits lineup
Ian’s Katana
Judging spot
Derek Whelan flying. Stinky calling.
Lots of BS being talked by Lew Woods in the pits.
The magic frost pot
Stinky and Slim Jim
Worms and Cormac flying
Derek and Ian
Mike Shears with Classic UFO
Ruben Woods. Aka Ruby Tuesday. Was busy all weekend !!
Cormac Galloway flying in his first contest. Clubman. With a Super 60. Electric.
Cormac gets his flight scores
Slim Jim
Ruben gets a turn patting the 200
Sprocket wishes it was his
Worms
Stinky … doe she look like grandad off Only Fools and Horses or what !!
Derek
Ian Hill
Jeff Winter
Ewan
Worms having a nap after one beer
Night Radians
Bogan and Stinky did some night flying
Loomey showed up
Complete with Jane the Hostie
Galloway models
Galloway Clan
Classics
Ian Hill, another Classic
Sean Galloway awarded the Mike Johnson Memorial Trophy.
(NZL)