Shankill Radio Flying Club is an open and friendly club for the flying of model aircraft of all types located just south of Dublin off the N11 near the Sugarloaf mountain.
Radio Controlled Aircraft
Recent Club News
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More SRFC Summer 2010 BBQ Pictures
Colin Block has kindly sent in some pictures from the Barbecue held recently at the field which I've added to the gallery.
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SRFC Summer 2010 BBQ Pictures
Graham Dwyer has sent in pictures from the Barbecue held last Sunday. He also sent in a link to a YouTube video of the epic flight by John Armstrong & Terry Heffernan of his "difficult" DH-88 Comet!
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SRFC Summer BBQ - Sunday 22nd August
We are holding the official SRFC Summer 2010 Barbecue on the 22nd August. As usual the food will be excellent, the weather perfect and we might have a flight or two. Put it in your Diary!
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New Pictures
I've added some pictures to the photo gallery sent in by Garry Keogh. They are of his new Piper J-3 Cub undergoing its maiden flight. In addition Garry sent in a couple of pictures taken at Newcastle airport of some of the full-size planes that displayed at the recent Bray Air show.
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Laois Scale Champs
Graham Dwyer has sent in a few pics of some very nice Scale models from the Laois Scale Championship held recently at Laois Model Aero Club. Well done to Graham who won the bronze medal in the Novice section at the event.
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News Archive tidy up
I've finally got around to fixing the broken links in the news archive section of the site. It covers Club News for the years 2002 to 2009 (apart from 2005 which is mysteriously missing - Bob?).
From 2002 we have Bob Finley flying a very realistic looking Scale Irish Coast Guard Rescue Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Also from that year are pictures from the Turkey and Ham Fun Fly.
From 2003 we have pictures taken at the Laferte event of that year. 2004 seem to have been the era of Weasel glider flying. From 2006 we have Garry the cook and the emergence of the Zagi that was to go on to dominate the Turkey and Ham Fun Fly events in future years.
In 2007 we have some nice pictures of the SRFC Heli Fly-In and in 2008 the move to the new field is documented. Garry also appears pictured in some very fetching bright red shorts.
In 2009 the Zagi dominates another Turkey and Ham and that Scale Sikorsky S-61 reappears.
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MACI Flight Lines - June 2010
Part 2 of the Fox Glider Conversion, Gerard Feeney recalls an old favourite model and an article by SRFC member, John Giles, on the origins of model flying in Ireland.
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For Sale
Seagull Models Pilatus PC-9 Roulette .40 Semi Scale ARF
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July's Newsletter
July's Newsletter, expertly produced by Garry Keogh is now available. Contents include the latest club news, some excellent tips from Tim Costello and a message from our Safety Officer about how important it is to take care when around radio controlled planes and helicopters. Click the link to view the PDF.