Nearly 3 years ago it was suggested to us that we should have some accommodation at our flying site at Tommy Paton Park, something to protect our poor ageing bodies during periods of inclement weather and Oh Yes to protect our models also.
After much chat and âshould we or should we notâ discussion there came a time 2 years ago when we decided yes we should. Yellow pages and the Internet were trolled, suppliers visited and a suitable building sourced, no stopping us now . WRONG.
Just as we had got our ball rolling Belfast City Council were commissioning an audit of containers on Council owned property.
Again major discussion ensued ‘What do you want??’ ‘This is what you can have, is it suitable??’ ‘But our needs are this!!’ ’Well that’s not what we will accept, it must fall into this criteria.’
The ball was being well and truly bounced and the building we had sourced was no longer available , great sadness.
And so as one year rolled into the next, discussion, site meetings, plans drawn etc etc etc, the ball wasn’t bouncing quite so high. Suddenly the ball started rolling again, again Yellow Pages and the Internet were investigated and suppliers contacted and visited and lo and behold a suitable building was sourced and it fitted everyone’s criteria and everyone was happy, Oh joy our site hut was on its way. But then the ball slowed down and was barely moving.
Father Christmas came and went, 2013 arrived and all was quiet in the woods.
Thursday 7th February arrived as most days do in Northern Ireland, grey and overcast with heavy rain forecast.
At 0850 Maurice received a phone call. The building will be delivered to your site in about 45 minutes
ARGH.. lots of notice! NOPE.. Get yourself sorted, contact other members, get to the site to open it and upon arrival there waiting for us was the trailer with our Hanger sitting quietly waiting for us.
The attached pictures tell the tale of its delivery and
positioning at our flying site and we are all trying to be the same Dwarf Happy.
Who said BMFC was on its last legs ! ONWARDS AND UPWARDS.
Eric Millar
CONTROL-LINE FLYING
ROCKS – YEEHA


