SLOPING OFF...
...the Newsletter of Christchurch and District Model Flying Club for...June 2025
TWENTY QUESTIONS - SLOPING OFF AND CLUB BUSINESS (35 points) (Best score was 19 by Absent Friends)
1. Name any five of the Club fliers who flew most often at Oldfield in 2024 (five points)
OR, name any five Club members who flew at Longham in 2024
OR, any five Club members who went slope soaring last year
2. What is the name of David and Josie Bintcliffe’s dog? (one point)
3. Which team ran the Quiz Night in 2024? Then please name all four members (Five points)
4. In “The Doctor will see you now” in the June Sloping Off, how does the Diogenes Syndrome manifest itself?
5. In the June Sloping Off, to the nearest 3, how many Club members were pictured at the D Day event? (one point)
6. Colin Dean’s favourite model was his Miles Sparrowhawk. What was Alex Bush’s favourite, with a nominal link to the Miles aircraft?
7. In the September issue, where was Brian Brockway flying his Gentle Lady? (One point)
8. Also in this issue, who won the Construction and Finish Comp, and with what model? (Two points)
9. As well as flying indoors at Durlston Court School, where else do we fly indoors? (one point)
10. September S Off again, in 2009, Trevor flew the maiden of which big model at Howards Field? (one point)
11. Finally in September, who is our Slope Correspondent, and where was he taking the long walk back up? (two points)
12. What was the crop that caused so much unintentional fun at Oldfield this year? (one point)
13. John Levelle had a number of successful flights last year, the slowest of which was a Curtiss Jenny – this was a kit model, by which manufacturer? (one point)
14. The Editor made an EDF model of the Avro 707: which kit was it based on and what was the enlargement? What was its limiting factor at Oldfield? (three points)
15. We had a very successful Open Day at Longham last year. But whose Grumman Albatross had to rescued by the owner, and what RC blog does he author? (two points)
16. At the recent Club AGM, what was the membership fee increased to? (one point)
17. In “Heads Up” #5, who wrote about flying safety? (One point)
18. What change did the Club Website hosts make to the http part of our web address to ensure the site was secure? (one point)
19. On the Club website front page, what full-size aircraft manufacturer is represented in the Scale Flying picture? (one point)
20. At the Club Fun-Fly events, what was the name of the ground-only part of the competition?
21. According to Sloping Off in December, which two slopes are mostly used by Club fliers?