Author Archives: Alan Paul

4/4 – Dates for the diary

The last indoor session of the winter is this Saturday 6th April and is a Radio Control only session.  If you haven’t seen the fun and semi organised chaos of indoor RC, why not pop along!  When we resume indoor flying in September, we will start with mixed and then FF to keep the 3 week… Read More »

25/3 – Friday evening outdoor flying starts soon

Please check the dates for indoor and outdoor flying as we approach the summer changeover!! Surely this will be the cue for good outdoor flying weather?  For the first time we will be setting up a dedicated area for quad flying on Friday evenings as requested at the AGM, and the site layout for outdoor… Read More »

2/2 – Indoor CL demo on Sat 10th Feb

On Saturday 10th February, club member Dave Marquis will be coming along to do a few demonstration flights with his indoor Control Line F2b aerobatic model. This will be at the mid point of the afternoons flying and we will give him the use of the hall between 2.45pm and 3.15pm.  That is to say RC… Read More »

11/1 – Indoor RC safety

The large number attending indoor RC sessions has led to some incidents and near misses.  Whilst some incidents are inevitable with indoor flying, we need to fly with consideration for others to minimise these and to avoid having to impose undue restrictions on our activities. We have created a new page on our website with… Read More »

5/1 – CAA survey on model flying restrictions

The e-mail below was sent to all members along with the idiots guide to filling out the survey. You may already have done the CAA survey as requested by the BMFA, however, the guide to completing it was rather complicated and this has put many off. We have discovered (don’t ask) that you don’t have… Read More »

8/12 – BMFA News paper copies

Just an update and a thank you to the 28 members who have already renewed!! BMFA are having to cut costs and the quarterly BMFA News is now going to be a digital publication which will save over £100k per year.  You will get the first edition in 2024 as a paper copy with stickers… Read More »

4/12 – Revised indoor RC flying guidelines

Following the 2023 AGM and suggestions from regular indoor RC flyers, the committee has further refined the flying slots into 4 x 15 minute slots as outlined in the revised guidelines attached. We realise that there is no perfect solution for indoor RC flying but think this should work if everyone follows the spirit of… Read More »

1/12 – Renewals for club and BMFA now open

You can now renew your club and BMFA subs as shown below Membership We don’t have a joining fee and the fee for new members is reduced as we progress through the year. The adult club membership fee for 2024 remains at £28.  This covers outdoor flying sites as shown on the website, the regular… Read More »

26/11 – Minutes from 2023 AGM published

The minutes from the AGM held on Saturday 25th November have been published on the Meetings and Reports page here The following e-mail was sent to all members on 26th November. Dear members Thanks to those who attended the AGM on Saturday and for the lively discussions.  It was great to be able to meet… Read More »