MAAA Wingspan - Quarterly Magazine

25 MAY WING SPAN MAAALogo. Naturally, safety was paramount and the club erected temporary safety barriers to protect observers, while pre-flight safety briefings were given to those visitors who wanted to have a go. “Flight priority was given to visitors but members were happy to sit back and observe while making ‘helpful’ notes on the performance of the instructing pilots,” says Ken. “Overall, a great day was had by all.” For more information about this inspiring club, visit: www.namadgisfc.com new people to the sport. Our proximity to the national park results in regular drop-ins from passing campers and bush-walkers. Our members pride themselves on giving a warm welcome to our visitors and taking the time to explain some of the mysteries of our sport. Our most recent initiative was an Open Day promoted through pamphleteering at local shopping centres and utilising local radio station event calendars. The focus of the day was educating our visitors about our sport and offering the opportunity for them to pilot an RC Model around the field under the supervision of an experienced pilot sing bu dy-system technology. Our focus is on flying and having fun and we’re small enough to be able to take an cadre of helicopter modellers who fly at a separate, nearby field. Our focus is on flying and having fun and we’re small enough to be able to take an Our proximity to the national regular drop-ins from passing bush-walkers. Our members p on giving a warm welcome to taking the time to explain som mysteries of our sport. Our most recent initiative was promot d through pamphlete shopping centres and utilising station event calendars. The focus of the day was educ visitors about our sport and of opportunity for them to pilot around the field under the sup experienced pilot using buddy technology.