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Whitesheet RFC, South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day'

Posted: 02 Jun 2019, 14:42
by stuart wallace
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The Whitesheet RFC presents.
South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day' June 16th 2019


Hi All,
On June 16th the Whitesheet RFC have invited South Coast Sailplanes to our beautiful Wiltshire slopes, and will be staging a ‘South Coast Sailplanes showcase day’.
The day has been organized as a thank you from the Whitesheet RFC & on behalf of the UK F3f community, to South Coast Sailplanes owner peter Payne. This being for his 5 successive years of exceptional sponsorship & support of the English Open F3f event,
South Coast Sailplanes are the UK distributors of ‘Glider-it’ models. For those of you unfamiliar with this name, 'Glider-it' was formed around a year ago & is a joining of the Italian company's of X Models, (all X models), Voloinpendia, (Graecalis, Cobra fling wing, Vettore), & Fulcro. (bags & accessories) .
The day has been designed for South Coast Sailplanes to ‘showcase’ a good selection of models from the ‘Glider-it’ range. Peter will be bringing along his own personal models, putting many of these in the air during the day (conditions allowing).
The day will be a unique opportunity for you to come along & have a very good look at each of these models, & have a good chat with Peter about them.
For practical reasons models & goods will not be available for sale during the day, however should you wish to purchase a model Peter will be pleased to take all orders, Alternatively you can of course follow up on any purchases with Peter in the days after the event.

Here then is the list of ‘Cracking’ models that Peter is planning to bring along (subject to change)
Stingray, Prismaray, Bhyron, Graecalis , Swift 3.2 m, Swift 2.5 m Ventus 2 c, Excallibur, Sword 2mtr DS, Funray, Vettore.

For detailed information & spec of each of these models, plus the full range of other models / goods available at South Coast Sailplanes, please visit their website http://www.south-coast-sailplanes.com/

Of particular interest to myself is the new Vettore, this being a T tail glider from Voloinpendia designed for both Thermal & aerobatic flight.
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Above, South Coast Sailplanes owner Peter Payne with his new Vettore, this was taken just a few days ago when hoping to maiden this gorgeous model. Frustratingly conditions weren’t quite suitable.

Both the Whitesheet RFC & South Coast Sailplanes look forward to welcoming you to this South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day' .

Regards to All,
Stu, Whitesheet Competition Secretary.

Re: Whitesheet RFC, South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day'

Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 08:27
by stuart wallace
South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day' June 16th 2019

Hi All,
Weather Call ;- I will be posting a weather call for this coming Sunday's event, this evening ie Friday 14th June .
Really looking forward to what will be a fantastic / unique opportunity for everyone to have a really good look at many of the 'Cracking' models available at South Coast Sailplanes, & to chat about them with owner Peter Payne
Peter will be bringing along many of his own personal models, these being fully installed & flight ready. During the day conditions permitting Peter will be putting many of these models in the air ; - Stingray, Prismaray, Bhyron, Graecalis , Swift 3.2 m, Swift 2.5 m Ventus 2 c, Excallibur, Sword 2mtr DS, Funray, Vettore.
For full details of the day please see my opening post in this thread .

Note;- The Whitesheet slopes will be open as per usual to come along & enjoy a good days flying on our beautiful slopes

Stu, Whitesheet Comp Sec.

Re: Whitesheet RFC, South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day'

Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 11:32
by stuart wallace
Hi Cliff,
I totally agree, it is always such a shame & frustrating both for the organisers & those wishing to attend both events, when the dates of 'Cracking' events clash.

The 'showcase day' has itself been 10 months in the planning / organising, the date being carefully chosen many months ago to avoid many other nationwide events & F3f competitions.

Stu, Whitesheet Comp Sec.

Re: Whitesheet RFC, South Coast Sailplanes 'Showcase day'

Posted: 14 Jun 2019, 20:31
by stuart wallace
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Whitesheet RFC, South Coast Sailplanes Showcase day'

WEATHER CALL (posted 8.30pm 14/06/19);- I am delighted to announce that with the various forecasts all showing a dry day with a15 mph SW, this event is ON.

South Coast Sailplanes will be on the slope from around 10.00am – 4.00pm .

For full event details of this event please see my first post in this thread.

The Whitesheet RFC, & South Coast Sailplanes owner Peter Payne are looking forward to welcoming you to this unique ‘Show case’ event.


Stu, Whitesheet RFC,