les hommes de la Menez hom

[mario]

trop cool pour vous
top cool for you :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:

[rogallo]

Cool is right, the weather is fair. Good inshore wind and mist an drizzle. Ireland is so beautiful, n'est pas? Oh forgot we are in France.

Hope the weather improves, not sure where the wifi is coming from but hope to post more pics soon.

A bientot,

Les Hommes,  maybe hombres? We are cowboys

[rogallo]

Wifi is poor here, but a quick report sans pics,
Flying all three days, calm on first but improves during the day. Good winds and lift on the Sunday , fantastic hospitality, great new friends.
Will go to Chateau du Ronan tomorrow. Looking forward to meeting old friends. Hope to depart around 10.30 and arrive at? We wil see.

Ronan we will text you in the morning with our departure time. See you all tomorrow .

Les Hommes

[Fred]

Very good guys,glad to hear you has fun!  :clap:  

[Fred]

Who's glider is that flying at the Menez Hom??      

[Fred]

So, all they did was talking about gliders...
Here in Ronan's workshop



And the occasional drink and food... Everyday, all day long.. And at night too...



I'm told they are off to Utah Beach now  

[mario]

et le derniere, mais a l apero :mrgreen:

[erwan]

Dommage , j'ai pas su que la compagnie passait ce soir la chez le frangin.

[rogallo]

I am at home resting at last, what a week. My friends everyone should go to Menez Hom at least once in their life, the people the food and the wine is fantastic. I must thank mr Ger Buckley first for proposing to travel to the event and secondly for being so patient with our Cork ways and finally for all the driving, over 1000 miles for the week.
I would also like to thank our fantastic hosts, the Plu family for a wonderful night. A thanks to Lolo and the Pope for their special appearance on the night.
Over the next few days I hope to document our story, that is Les Hommes of the Menez hom. Or in English the Men of the Menez!

[gerryb]

hi fred, that's my ask 18.  cliff charlesworth plan, 4m, about 4kg. 1/4 scale.  colour scheme is based on full size in dublin gliding club.  

flew very well on menez hom along with my ask 13 (4m)and asw 20 (4.8m). photos soon when i get over jet lag!!!

big thanks to everyone at menez for making us feel so welcome, great few days spent there and with the plu family.

[Fred]

I received a mail from Michel last night
He thanks you for coming, and he hope you had a good time!

Also, as a remember, next year, this will be the 20th anniversary of the meeting!And of course, you are more than welcome to come back! (I should be in for that one   )

He also started to post some photos of the event : http://www.brestaeromodelisme.com/wakka.php?wiki=Gprmenez20douzE

 

[gerryb]

finally got a chance to put up some photos of our trip to menez hom.  it was a most enjoyable experience and it proved to me that people who enjoy sports flying gliders are basically the same where ever you go.  anyway, the photos.......





this is a beautiful nemere which had been rebuilt after it crashed when the pilot took his eye off it and didn't notice he was trying to fly someone else's model....it happens to all of us.

[gerryb]

some more.......it wasn't all flying, some socialising had to be done as well!!!!



my ask 18 with rhonsperber

atmospheric photo of model being launched

aperitifs this time.....


these two keep showing up when there's food around.....

[andrew wallace]

looks good  :clap:  :clap:
my sort of weekend food, drink, a wee bit of flying and good craic  :clap:  :clap:

[gerryb]

this is the group we were mixing with. i'm sure fred can put names to faces better than i can.....

these models are 'l'air 100''s and are some of the best aerobatic models i've seen. 4m wing span, less than 5kg weight and can roll to inverted immediately after launching, that's less than a wing span off the ground......




that young lad on the right is about 15 years old and is a very impressive flyer