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Thank to those who helped and participated on the day as it truly was a fun day filled with laughs and yes, some skillful flying. The event finished around 2:30pm with the recover y of the remains of JayвЂ™s Scanner and prizes being awarded to all. There was another unfortunate incident which resulted in the loss of Jay EverettвЂ™s Scanner, but itвЂ™s OK, he wasnвЂ™t flying it when it crashed, I think he was watching another Scanner as a comment from the said pilot вЂњhas anyone seen my planeвЂќ? Peter Van Alkemade (PVA) walk the course to find JayвЂ™s model South East corner of the field. This was done for two reasons, one, to give Joe Finocchiaro time to tally up the scores from the morningsвЂ™ racing (Thank you Joe) and the other was for pure entertainment.

#Scannerz racing full

The rules were simple all aircraft up at once, flown full throttle around the circuit with the last aircraft to land coming first. A big thank you goes to Kevin for looking after the BBQ and canteen for the day as he kept the food coming and the drinks flowing.ДЄfter our lunch break we decided to have a fly off for the consolation prize. Round four was uneventful and all survived.ДЄfter round four we decided to take a break for lunch where we were able to savour some of Kevin ThomasвЂ™s culinary delights. Murray was rewarded for his efforts with a bottle of ZAP which should give him many hours of joy in the evenings gluing the pieces back together. Blame was laid against his caller, who will remain nameless, as apparently he was supposed to let him know that the turn was complete and to stop turningвЂ¦ Hmmm.

The real entertainment started in round three with Murray Ellis losing his Scanner on the first turn. The first two rounds were flown extremely close, clean and with no loss of life or models.

Flying commenced around 9:30am with pilots along with their aircraft, split into three groups which allowed for two groups of three and one group of four. A couple of the pilots was their first time in any form of pylon racing so it was great see these pilots participating in the event.ДЄ Pilot brief was held at 9:15am including a comprehensive safety brief from Ken Mollison our Safety officer, thanks Ken. We ended up with ten entries in total five from Bacchus Marsh, four from Geelong and one from Northern Flying Group, all keen for a slice of the action. I reluctantly rolled out of my nice warm bed grabbed my little flying companion and my gear then headed out to the field with anticipation of a great day at the Marsh.

The big Day had finally arrived with a perfect wintersвЂ™ morning. Thank you to the guys who turned up to help prepare the field for the big day as there were a few bits and pieces to do. The Working Bee on the Saturday morning before the scanner day on Sunday was well represented despite the weather being freezing, no doubt as a result of the snow in Ballarat the day before.