{"id":396,"date":"2017-06-04T13:51:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T13:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesilmodelflyingclub.co.uk\/radiocontrol\/?page_id=396"},"modified":"2021-01-23T19:01:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T19:01:17","slug":"crashed-models","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/chesilmodelflyingclub.co.uk\/radiocontrol\/crashed-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Planes"},"content":{"rendered":"

With apologies to Monty Python:<\/p>\n

‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies!
\n‘Is metabolic processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig!
\n‘E’s kicked the bucket, ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!!<\/p>\n

THIS IS AN EX-PARROT<\/p>\n

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This page is dedicated to loved but no longer airborne models.<\/p>\n

“May they take wings and fly in our dreams and memories”<\/p>\n

(If you would like your ex-plane to achieve immortality please send me a photo<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Compo Powell contemplates what looks like it used to be a Boomerang Trainer. Now never to come back!<\/p>\n

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Lewis’s belated Attilla: Looks like the damage is only cosmetic!<\/p>\n

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Then & now. Simon says”If we keep going like this Fred won’t have to plough his fields anymore.<\/p>\n

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This is (was) Peter’s first plane. a trainer. He has cherished it and nursed it through good and bad for thirty or forty years. Now it joins the community of ex-planes who have a permanent place in the sky.<\/p>\n

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Alan and Paul weep over their “Arising Star” trainer. (No longer to arise!)<\/p>\n

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Too much Yakking? … silent at last!<\/p>\n

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You might have seen this “pattern ship” flown expertly over the years by “Small Boy” Sparks. It is only fitting that its final exit took place in front of a large crowd at the funfly day!
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