Crickets at Cardington
An extract from John Andrews report on his latest GC experience (the full report will be available at the ITC webpage shortly)
The Cardington indoor meeting on Sunday May 4th. saw a profusion of Gyminnie Crickets being put through their paces by a variety of flyers. The initiative masterminded by the indoor committee seems to be catching on, many sports hall flyers are taking up the challenge.
The natural desire for participants to improve their flight times is resulting in flyers paying a visit to the ultimate venue for indoor duration flying, the No1 Shed at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The 150ft or so ceiling in the old airship hanger proved quite a challenge for the Gyminnie Cricket flyers as they tried to wring out the ultimate performance from their machines. The renewed netting in the roof was never threatened but a number of flights were made with models reaching the 100ft mark at the top of their climb.