[chrism]

Hi Guys,
I was down Ultimate Hobbies at Parramatta this afternoon for some retail therapy of the plane kind and got taking to the sales guys.
One guy was quite interested in where we fly at Toongabbie and the other then said that they are trying to find a venue in the area to conduct indoor flying of a similar nature to that the H Store runs at Menai.
If they are successful in obtaining a venue I thought this may be of interest to some of our club members. I will enquire with them from time to time and keep you informed.

Also for those in the Ermington area, in particular Kendal Reserve, the 1st sales guy said that he was looking at forming a club and trying to secure Kendal for their field with the council. It does pose a few problems the worst of which is the helicopter traffic that uses the river as a flight path, so a maximum height restriction would have to be adhered too.

[paulj]

At Darren's request I approached Ultimate Hobbies re obtaining a discount
for club members. I was very disappointed with their responce.
I was told that they feel that their prices are cheap enough compared to other hobby shops
and that if anyone was buying a "Big" ticket item sure they would offer a discount but
not interested in a general discount on small items.
The offer of a discount on big ticket items is for all the general public not just club members.
They did offer however that they would happily distribute any club leaflets etc to help promote
our club.
I tried to explain that we would promote them through our website if they offered us a discount but
they were not that interested.

Paul

[Drew]

I'm keen to be able to find somewhere to do indoor flying a bit closer than Menai. I'd even drop in and visit a club at ermington from time to time as it would halve my travel - however, the club is more about the people than location. There's another club closer to me that I don't think is anywhere a great as ours.