Cocklebarrow Vintage Model Plane Rally, England - 14 July 2024

Cocklebarrow Vintage Model Plane Rally, England - 14 July 2024, made a mistake and put 2023 in the video, whoops, definitely was 2024!

[@FlyingForFunTrecanair]

I landed my Aeronca C3 - with me in it - at a model rally at Cocklebarrow in 1998. It was the only full size aeroplane there!

[@raylawrence1]

Excellent photography. Wonderful memories of sunny days at Fairlop in the late forties. The models are familiar but the fliers have turned into grandads. So much more worthwhile than endless video0games.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Pleased you enjoyed the video, thanks for the comment

[@haydenbrown8421]

Nice to have someone capture the essence of aero modelling. I missed the spectacle of Cocklebarrow from previous years passed and hoped someone would restart videos of this event, thank you.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Glad you enjoyed it, appreciate the comment

[@haydenbrown5725]

I visited the site back on 2019 at the end of the last day. Only two souls in the car park and no flying. Happy just to have found the field and can understand its appeal. I’m from New Zealand.

[@markford7682]

Great to see vintage people still enjoying the hobby too,A wealth of experience and knowledge that benefits all of us without them even knowing, thank you 👌

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thank you, pleased you enjoyed the video

[@alanreynolds2125]

Nice to see so many proper engines out these days! thank you Mark

[@MarkRobinson555]

You are very welcome, thanks for the comment

[@MarkCroucherRC4fun]

Great video, some great models on display too. Love the Scram. ❤

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks Mark, pleased you liked it, thought you may 😉

[@terryblackman6217]

A really nice collection of vintage models.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks Terry, was a great day, pleased you enjoyed the video 😀

[@jeffreyspringstun6546]

Mark, thank you taking us all to Cocklebarrow again, it is still on my bucket list but living thousands of miles away, you may be my only salvation ! Thanks again for your content, I greatly enjoy it.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks for the comment, really pleased you enjoyed the video 😀

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Absolutely brilliant Mark-!!-I'm building a 'Falcon"-from the kit,-& getting a lot of great idea's-from your "channel"-I have old "frog 500"-to put in her !!--just loving it !!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thank you really pleased you enjoyed it along with my other videos. The Falcon is a great model you will love it, good luck with the build

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

A great day was had by all by the look of it Mark, I even recognised 'Ted' who flies at our club in the south west, I think he and his brother organise the event, thanks for sharing, cheers

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi Cliff, thanks for the comment, pleased you enjoyed the video. There is another one in a couple of weeks, you should pop along, its a great day 😀👍

[@CliffHarveyRCPlanes]

@@MarkRobinson555 I'd love to Mark, one of these days, it's a 2.5 hrs journey, I'd have to make a weekend out of it 🤔👍

[@RC-Flight]

Love all of the aircraft, the engines sound great. The Electrics sound like nails running down a chalkboard!😮

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thank you, pleased you are enjoying the videos 😀

[@mtacoustic1]

Super way to spend a nice summer's day!

[@MarkRobinson555]

It really is! Thank you very much for the comment 😀

[@NormanLedoyen]

This shows me "old coots can still have fun". Nice watching this Mark.

[@MarkRobinson555]

@@NormanLedoyen thanks very much you old coot! 555

[@EleanorPeterson]

Ah, nostalgia... Nostalgia's not what it was back in my day [joke]. Today's 2.4GHz radios are excellent, but I do miss the old 27MHz etiquette of checking for a free channel (there were originally only 6, but they introduced another 6 'in-between' frequencies later on). You'd swap crystals if necessary, getting dirty looks if you were using a 'split' frequency [because some receivers weren't great at rejecting interference from nearby channels]. Then you'd check you were displaying the right channel ribbon (which was also a handy wind-direction indicator), before taking the coloured clothes-peg off the all-important peg board and clipping it onto your Tx's (4' long!) aerial before flying. You couldn't fly without the right peg on your aerial; it meant the channel was already in use. Sessions were also more relaxed when you could only have a couple of models SAFELY airborne at once (because of the dodgy receivers which were prone to responding to adjacent channel interference). If your channel was in use, you'd watch the planes, listen to the larks, have a cup of tea and a bag of crisps and relax till your frequency was free. Nowadays, with unlimited reliable frequency options, things can get a bit hectic.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hahaha, good times, thanks for the comment and memories, greatly appreciated

[@ronitsingh85]

love the older floater planes! just nice looking, very graceful and can glide down if engine stalls. Also got to love the reliable OS, satio and other 4 strokes. pays to have a nice reliable engine at the front pulling your scratch built plane.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Couldn't agree more, pleased you enjoyed the video 😀

[@WayneCook306]

I would have thought that the sign at the beginning of the video was common sense, but then again, I guess some people have no common sense these days, thank you for the video, Mark looks like a good time. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi, thanks for the comment, yes, it was a great day! Guess the sign is for insurance reasons, mayby.

[@WayneCook306]

@@MarkRobinson555 Yep maybe. thank you.

[@Tom-wl9sx]

Hi Mark, beautiful day with lovely old vintage planes in the air. Would really liked to have been there. 🙃🙃

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi, pleased you enjoyed the video 😀

[@ajj1285]

Super!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thank you very much!

[@habanerodesigns]

Are there any events like this near Essex? Everything seems to be either, far north or far east of England. Awesome video by the way. Cheers.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Pleased you enjoyed the video, thanks for the comment. With regards events near Essex, there is Old Warden this weekend at Biggleswade, and there are Bucky Power Strugglers and SAM 35 events coming up at BMFA Buckminster, all vintage oriented, hope that helps

[@cyborgbadger1015]

Nice scaled up galahad. And that big white one G-ELLA, is that a Comet Clipper?

[@MarkRobinson555]

The G-Ella is his own design, he is a very gifted builder and pilot

[@forero8502]

Mark greetings friend my good videos a question what airplane model is the one at minute 6.24 ?

[@MarkRobinson555]

Pleased you liked the video. The plane is a Junior 60. You can find plans for it on OuterZone 😀

[@pauloduarte6395]

Please, can anyone tell me what is that white and blue wonderful model at 01:55 and whose design is it?... Please! I would like to search if it is comercially available or by a plan!... It's a very nice model with a nice flying/gliding behaviour and it's kind a like Dynaflite's "Butterfly"! There are gorgeous models on the video - it's a very nice video, Mark, thank you! - and they challenge us to go, build and fly a model! I wish I was there at the show! Many greetings from Portugal! Paulo

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi there, thanks for the comment, really pleased you enjoyed the video. Its a double size Payee, the plans are on OuterZone outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=1841

[@pauloduarte6395]

@@MarkRobinson555 , Wow!... Spot on! I've been already searched for it in Outerzone and Aerofred but, without the name, it has been challenging! Thank you very, very much Mark for your answer and your trouble on answering (link to outerzone, included)! With all the details I can even go further and exlore about the model's and designer history! It's a fantastic thing this internet video-contacts changing possibility!... Really apreciate your effort! Keep on sending videos! Have a nice day, Mark!

[@MarkRobinson555]

@@pauloduarte6395 pleased I could help

[@stearman52]

What design is the model with G-ELLA on its side at about 2:44?

[@MarkRobinson555]

@@stearman52 not sure, but I think I will be seeing the owner at the weekend so I will ask 😀

[@stearman52]

@@MarkRobinson555 Thank you!

[@cyborgbadger1015]

I think it might be a Comet Clipper going by the cowl shape.

[@MarkRobinson555]

The G-Ella is his own design, he is a very gifted builder and pilot. Hope that helps 😀

[@stearman52]

@@MarkRobinson555 Thank you for asking, Mark. It is a very attractive design. Jim