A report by Graeme Frauenfelder
All Friday, Saturday & Sunday the flying was anywhere between good and fantastic. Saturday brought a bit of a breeze, but, its was just along the water’s edge, so all was good.
The 3-day Club event exceeded all expectations. After 2 years of very low water levels and cancelled Public Events, Lake Hume was at 73%, our 9-page request to NSW Water, with 3-page COVID19 declaration was approved and the event was also Albury City Council approved. We looked forward to a great event. The weather forecast was not the best, but, as often happens, it wasn’t what happened.
The rescue boat got a bit of a workout, several tip overs and a few prangs. Apparently Puddleducks have this unique feature of “battery ejection through the front windscreen” 1 battery has gone to Atlantis, the other hung on.
Sunday was probably the busiest day with some 18 cars in the pits.
As some brought out more than a model or 3, we easily had over 30 models that flew across the Weekend.
In all, 3 X Seamaster’s, 5 X Polaris, 3 X Sea Darts, 3 X Puddleducks, a Sikorsky S 42, a Piaggio 136L, a Macchi 72, as well as many sport models and foamies.
Sharpie had his first taste of Sea plane flying fun with a Seamaster and loved it.
Only 1 flying visitor, Roly, from Benalla with a very nice performing STOL foamy and he had a ball. We also had two or three other Wang Club members arrive for a look on the Sunday.
In summary, a great low-key event with No dramas, No catering, No registration, No security fencing & No dismantling of all the preceding.
TCMAC members & guest were able to thoroughly enjoy themselves.
As soon as we have approval from NSW Water, we are trying to have Saturdays on Lake Hume at Tabletop Reserve as often as wanted.
Thanks to Rod McRae for all his work in the background with NSW Water & boat Insurance, Adeh for liaising with Albury City Council and Charlie for the loan of his Mariner 3.3 outboard, thanks again guys.
More photos and some videos will be available shortly in the Gallery section of the website.