Welcome to the Garnock Valley Model Aircraft Club Website

Other clubs book Priority Days as well, so look out for the published list early Spring.

The Angling Club has the 3^rd Saturday of each month March until September.

The Water Ski Club usually has a couple of weekends in summer. So far we know about Saturday June 28th, Saturday 30th August and Saturday 6th September when they have events and we cannot fly, even off the field.

We cannot fly when they have events running, because we have agreed that there will be no overflying of the boathouse when they have booked events.




	Website
	Due to pressures of work Steven has had to withdraw from the task of webmaster. Alasdair has decided to give it a try, but as he starts from knowing nothing you can expect a deterioration in the website before it begins to improve. It should however be updated more often.

	Please see Events page for 2008 events
	Kilbirnie Splash-in
	Our club’s annual weekend waterplane event was on Saturday and Sunday May 3^rd and 4^th 2008, and was a good success. We had no visitors from the North or East of Scotland but Frank Garner and Richard Harrison came up from the north of England. We had Priority use of the water for the weekend, and all frequencies were allocated to our members and our guests flying seaplanes. So get one and take part in 2009. The event is informal these days. We put up a windsock, a pegboard, hire a rescue boat from the fishing club and take a couple of pounds from each entrant to cover the hire. We would like to thank all the club members who supported the event, and those from Cumbernauld and Lanark who made up most of the entries.

	Closed Days
	Other clubs book Priority Days as well, so look out for the published list early Spring. The Angling Club has the 3^rd Saturday of each month March until September. The Water Ski Club usually has a couple of weekends in summer. So far we know about Saturday June 28th, Saturday 30th August and Saturday 6th September when they have events and we cannot fly, even off the field. We cannot fly when they have events running, because we have agreed that there will be no overflying of the boathouse when they have booked events.
	Club Field
	We still have permission to fly on the playing fields at any other time, so all club flying, for radio controlled models at least, will be on the Playing Fields at Lochshore. But be very careful, and stop flying if anyone strays onto the field. The access road (for those who have not been for a while) is lovely smooth tarmac, but watch out for the speed bumps!
	Spektrum Radios
	These new radios which have been widely advertised are beginning to be used. They have been legal since some time in December, and just recently I have seen a few in use. They operate on a different waveband ( 2.4 Giga-Hertz) and are said to be immune from interference, accidental or deliberate. Users should have a black pennant (instead of orange used by 35 MHz), but as the Tx aerial is so short I don’t know where you should wear it.