Many thanks go to Steve Mallinder who single-handedly organised and ran the first ever Langar Aerobatics clinic.
The day started with Steve, whose currently the UK's top IMAC pilot, giving a very informative and entertaining talk on the basics of aerobatics, the Aresti 'Aerobatic Diagram' System, the IMAC Basic schedule and aircraft trimming.
As most of the attendees were competent club flyers with little or no experience of competition aerobatics Steve did an excellent job with each subject by covering all the relevant points and issues that us newbie’s need to know to get us off the ground (pun intended) without bogging us down with to much technical detail but showed and shared his extensive knowledge by giving a full, in-depth explanation to any questions raised.
As the ground school progressed Steve also distributed handouts that contained additional information on each of the subjects he was covering.
After a short break Steve flew a demonstration of the Basic schedule followed by the Unlimited schedule in extremely adverse wind conditions with a gusty cross wind of 25mph+!
The itinerary had included a have a go session for the attendees but time and the weather conspired against us and the event drew to a close.
Many thanks to Steve from all who attended for a well thought out and informative day.

Stew Davies

A copy of the 2007 IMAC Basic Schedule can be downloaded HERE
Plus a Basic Sequence Narrative HERE