Andrew Johnstone aged 15 years of The Widnes Model Flying Club started flying radio controlled areoplanes at the age of 7 following in his dads footsteps and was doing very well until about 12 months ago when he was watching a helicopter doing loops and rolls that he had never seen before and thought to himself I would like to do that. With help from a flight simulator he started flying all the 3D moves and it wasn’t long before he stated to do them for real with his own helicopter. After going to a few shows he realized that he wanted to go in for the competitions himself but needed his B certificate, but our club did not have any examiners, so Kevin our safety officer phoned Bury Model Club and Andrew was invited by Richard Budd to take the test at their club which of course Andrew passed. We would like to thank Bury Model Club and the Examiners Richard and Ian. Andrews ambition is to join the competition circuit in 2009 for the 3DX Clubman and we have several interested parties who wish to sponsor him. Andrew is also a cadet in 2359 (Woolton) Squadron Air Training Corps Liverpool and with them he has had the opportunity to fly Grob Tutor aeroplanes at RAF Woodvale.

My Helicopters