By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster UPDATED Monday May 16th:Saturday, eight members flew in the first contest of 2022 braving light and variable conditions with temps in the low 90s. Despite a forecast of overnight rain today’s CD Bob G. pushed … Continued
By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster The first event of the year brings ten members out for chilly, swapping stories and flying under a blue sky with medium winds. The wind kept half of those who ate John’s homemade chili today … Continued
Rough Weather “Sweeps” March Contest Schedule By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster Tomorrow’s Thermal Duration makeup contest will be a no go due to a forecast of 17mph winds gusting to 30mph. The announcement was made via the club’s Google Group … Continued
Dan G., MVSA Webmaster Warm spring air and light winds bring eight club members to the field and two new longest flights. Hours after Saturday’s TD (Thermal Duration) Contest was postponed due to temps in the 20’s, Wayne W. posted … Continued
By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster Tomorrow’s contest thermal duration contest will be postponed due to cold temperatures. “Conditions tomorrow are going to be way too cold,” Contest Director Bob G. said. “We will probably postpone until the fourth Saturday of … Continued
By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster Dave Q., CD for today’s contest, held a vote and it was unanimous – no contest on account of marginal conditions worsening. Two hours later at 11:50am Lambert International Airport was reporting 25-34kt wind. Today … Continued
By Dan G. MVSA Webmaster On the week of his birthday, Robert S. looked up and smiled at the field with seven other flyers. A rare warm January flying day is now in the books. A promising forecast brought a … Continued
By Dan G.MVSA Webmaster Awards for the 2021 season were announced in a club meeting held on Zoom and distributed at the “Frozen Fingers” fun fly held last Friday. – Seventeen flyers competed in five classes (Unlimited, RES, ALES, 2-Meter … Continued
By Dan G., MVSA Webmaster Fourteen flyers and one newbie came out to fly in the 67-degree air today at the main field for the annual “Frozen Fingers” fun fly which turned into a “Last Warm Hurrah” for 2021. The … Continued
By Dan G.MVSA Webmaster Last fall Bryan G., my brother, and I made an experimental video which I am happy to release to the club today. In mid-November Bryan G. brought a high-performance quad copter with a 2.5k (between HD … Continued