Welcome to the Garnock Valley Model Aircraft Club Website.

On Saturday we had nice weather, just a few drops of rain when we started at 10.00 but that soon cleared and the water conditions were good with just a light Easterly wind, perfect. Around lunchtime the wind freshened, but then dropped away again and by 2.30 the sun came out.

On Sunday we had a good couple of hours up until noon then the rain started. The wind veered to south-east but was no problem. The rain eased a couple of times to get our hopes up, but never went away so we packed up by 2.30.

I'll stick some pictures up on an event gallery when I find out how.

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Our Annual General Meeting took place this year on the afternoon of Sunday 25th November.

Attended by the committee of four plus four members. Chairman, Phil Hallam, opened the meeting at 13.37, thanked everyone for attending and received apologies for absence from A Aird, D McAllister, and H Mulholland.

Last year’s minutes were accepted without comment or amendment. The Secretary reported the usual correspondence with other clubs and Loch Management Group and booked dates for next year’s Splash-in. Since the last AGM, 5 newsletters have been sent out. Membership at year end was 35, down 2 since this time last year, and all are SAA members. 18 members hold a safety scheme certificate of some sort. Some website updating has been done but Alasdair needs more help from someone more computer literate. The club held one waterplane event this year in May, with a good turnout on the Saturday in good weather but the Sunday was a washout.

The Treasurer reported that the club’s finances were in a healthy situation given that no major expenditure was envisaged,  and so a reduction in club fees might be in order.

The same committee was re-elected:- Phil Hallam, Chairman; Jim Campbell Treasurer; Alasdair Sutherland, Secretary and Membership Secretary; and Jim Deans general purpose committee member, all re-elected unopposed.

The club fees have been set at £1 for 2008 (Yes, one pound) with an additional £5 joining fee for new adult members. Please pay now to Treasurer Jim Campbell.

                    ??? starting up                                                                                        Sonas 60, by Alastair Nicol

                              Mew Gull by Jim McCall           Tomahawk by Jim McCall          George & Sandy in Rescue boat 

Northstar, Alastair Nicol                  Cava by Dougie Eustace                       Bob Irvine's Leven

Check out our Gallery for photos of club activities, and also the video section.

Look at our Events Gallery for photos of other Events that we've visited around the country.

There is a Members' Only section (entry by password) with club rules, minutes of meetings, club specific safety information, and contact information for most members

Alasdair's Section  will be updated with articles and files related to Aerodynamics and theory, some of which supplement his magazine articles in R/C Model World and Aviation Modeller International

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