I spent five weeks in London this summer visiting our new grandchild. Flying and writing about old time models is fun, but the grandfather gig has it all beat hollow. I've been visiting England and English modelers off and on for 30 years now. Other American modelers have been on some of those trips and we've always been treated well. There are two active SAM Chapters in England. SAM 35 focuses a bit more on radio control models, while SAM 1066 focuses on freeflight. Both clubs have active websites and newsletters or magazines. If you're planning a jaunt to England, you might check their websites, along with the website of the British Model Flying Association to see what's on by way of model airplane activity. If your stay in England will be limited to a few days in London, you should try to visit the RAF Museum in Hendon-on the north side of London, but easily reachable by public transit. It's free and has airplanes from WW I to the era of Britain's nuclear "V Bombers".
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机译：今年夏天，我在伦敦呆了五个星期，拜访了我们的新孙子。飞行和写旧模型很有趣，但是祖父演出却无聊了。我已经不停地拜访英格兰和英国的建模者已有30年了。其他美国建模师也参加了其中的一些旅行，我们一直都受到很好的对待。在英格兰有两个活跃的SAM章节。 SAM 35重点关注无线电控制模型，而SAM 1066重点关注自由飞行。这两个俱乐部都有活跃的网站和新闻通讯或杂志。如果您打算对英格兰进行一次短途旅行，则可以查看他们的网站，以及英国模型飞行协会的网站，以了解通过飞机模型活动进行的活动。如果您在英国的逗留仅限于在伦敦呆几天，那么您应该尝试参观位于伦敦北侧Hendon的英国皇家空军博物馆，但可通过公共交通轻松到达。它是免费的，并且拥有从第一次世界大战到英国核“ V轰炸机”时代的飞机。
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