News Archive 2012
Scale judges course 5 May
30/04/2012
Judges course for scale flying and static will take place this Saturday the 5th May 2012 at the Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise for the time of 9.30am sharp. Please attend.
Tea, coffee, biscuits and, weather permitting, a demonstration flight of scale manoeuvres in the afternoon at Laois MAC.
See you there.
Scale Secretary.
Impressive photos from Waterford Fly In
25/04/2012
Photos from Waterford Fly In 21/22 April 2012. Click here.
Ali Machinchy Fun-fly going ahead this weekend at Waterford Model Flying Club
18/04/2012
Ali Machinchy is coming to Ireland to join us for a Fun-Fly at Waterford Model Flying Club.
Any members wishing to join us at the flightline are welcome - all aircraft types are welcome to fly.
Please check the Waterford Model Flying Club website for more details.
Or follow our event on Facebook here.
A/B Certificate examination sites
29/03/2012
Following the holding of A/B certificate exams at a number of club sites recently, MACI are keen to organise further exams at other sites.
If your club can offer a site for such a session, please email Tony Greene at chairperson@maci.ie.
Celebration of Flight - 100th anniversary of first flight into Ireland - 22 April
07/03/2012
One hundred years ago, on the 22 April 1912, Denys Corbett Wilson completed the first ever flight from the UK to Ireland. In fact it was the first flight to Ireland from anywhere.
To commerate this event celebrations are being arranged in West Wales and in Enniscorthy. The 75th anniversary was also celebrated. Click for details of the Welsh celebrations.
A local committee in Wexford has been formed and the Model County Flying Club has two members on it.
Activities for Sunday 22 April in Enniscorthy will have MACI and Model County Flying Club involvement. The schedule is:
Celebration of Flight
--1200hrs : Enniscorthy Castle - Civic reception and unveiling of commemorative plaque.
--1230hrs : Over flight of the field at Crane (where he landed)by the Welsh on route to Killkenny.
--1300hrs : Enniscorthy Castle - Reception on castle roof.
--1300hrs : Over-flight (20-30 mins) of the castle and town centre by Wexford and Waterford aircraft.
--1400hrs : Irish Air Corps arrival and town centre over-flight.
--1445hrs : County Showgrounds Enniscorthy - the Iolar and the Wexford Tiger Moth display flight.
--1500hrs : County Showgrounds Enniscorthy - Model County Flying Club and MACI model aircraft static and flying display.
--1600hrs : County Showgrounds - Planned arrival of a Radio Control model Bleriot from Wales.
--1730hrs : Close.
We should have a great day’s flying activity.
Website: scheduled maintenance
22/02/2012
Unfortunately, due to scheduled maintenance work from our web hosting provider, maci.ie will be unreachable for four hours early on Saturday morning.
The planned downtime will take place on Saturday, February 25th, from 5:01am until 9:00am (GMT). We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause to anyone wishing to access the site at these times.
Helicopter Judges Course set for 10th March
21/02/2012
On Saturday 10th March 2012, starting at 10 am.
In Abbeyleix Manor Hotel County Laois (GPS Coordinates 52.91324, 7.349199).
AB Examiner and Contest Director courses planned for March 24
21/02/2012
Date: Saturday 24th March 2012.
Venue: Abbeyleix Manor Hotel County Laois (GPS Coordinates 52.91324, 7.349199).
A & B Cert Examiners Course at 11am.
Contest Directors Course at 2pm.
Organiser: Declan Heneghan, Midland Model Flying Club, 087-2625868, puckaunelectrical@gmail.com.
Fixed Wing Instructor: Tony Greene.
Heli Instructor: Philip Hughes.
February Flight Lines published
18/02/2012
February 2012 issue of Flight Lines has now been published and may be downloaded here.
If you received a paper copy, you should get it shortly. However if you can take it electronically it saves, paper, postage, effort, the planet and you get it earlier ! If you have not already opted for this delivery method, you can do so by emailing membership@maci.ie.
2012/13 Affiliation time - Notice for Club Officers
14/02/2012
Renewal of affiliation to MACI is now open and required by March 31st.
All club secretaries and treasurers who have an email address recorded with MACI have been emailed a renewal pack for their club.
Seperately they should also have received an email giving instructions and log-in details to access the Club Officials section of the website.
If you are a club secretary or treasurer and have not received both of these, please email membership@maci.ie immediately.
Large Model Registration renewal
13/02/2012
All MACI members who have a large model registered have been emailed or posted a renewal form. This should be returned before March 31st next.
If you have a large model (over 7 kgs) and have not yet registered it, you should do so immediately. A Large Model Registration Form may be downloaded from the forms section of the website.
Monday’s website problem
07/02/2012
This website experienced considerable downtime yesterday due to a number of unexpected technical issues. We are terribly sorry for any inconvenience caused.
There was a technical problem with our website hosting company which unfortunately was beyond our control. When they finally brought the server back online late yesterday evening, a number of system settings had been disrupted, causing further problems that had to be solved at our end. The end result was that maci.ie was not fully accessible to the majority of users for most of the day.
We eventually got the last of the issues resolved this morning, and access to the website should now have returned to normal.
2012 Contest Calendar agreed
20/01/2012
At its Council meeting on Jan 17th, MACI approved the provisional Events Calendar for 2012.
Any amendments or corrections should be emailed to secretarygeneral@maci.ie and copied to webmaster@maci.ie
New Members section added to website
01/01/2012
Members can now check their details online.
To confirm MACI hold the correct details, A/B achievement level, communication method, etc just go to Membership section.
Under data protections legislation, if any information MACI hold on their database is incorrect you have the right to have it amended.