Author Archives: Alan Paul

And of course a reminder to renew your Club and BMFA membership if you haven’t already done this to make sure that your insurance cover remains in place!!  

We have been canvassing opinions from members and with the onset of winter and a rise in covid cases there is some concern that we may be putting members at risk by not requiring face coverings. With immediate effect the following rules are temporarily in place for the safety of our members and will be… Read More »

The club has been given a very nice collection of mainly FF modelling items by Adrian Barney from Framlingham who contacted us via the website.  These are good quality items and we are seeking to collect a small donation from any members who want bits of the collection.  This could be 50p for a sheet… Read More »

A motion has been received asking the club to look for a new flying site.  This has been circulated to all members asking them to vote on the matter.  The full details are below.

We have been enjoying free Saturday indoor flying sessions since September, but this was due to change after Christmas to a flat fee of £5 per Saturday session. The committee has decided that for this winter season only, the £5 charge will be waived and members will be able to fly free of charge at… Read More »

We have had requests from some FF modellers to allow limited small RC models to fly during the FF Saturday sessions as used to be the case pre Covid.  This is because some FF modellers also build and fly small RC models but don’t want to risk them at the rather more “free for all”… Read More »

From 20th November, pilots of control line aircraft weighing less than 7.5Kg operated on lines of no more than 25 metres will once again be exempted from the requirement to register with the CAA as an operator. This is an increase on the current limit and effectively means most, if not all, CL models will… Read More »

Today is our club presidents Chris Strachans 80th birthday. Happy birthday Chris and thanks for all you have done for the club over the last 40 years!!

We have been advised by the College that due to their 6th Form Open Evening taking place this Thursday, we will not be able to use the playground for parking. Please use the main sports centre car park or the temporary parking area on the grass along Park Drive.

We had our first Thursday indoor session last week. There was some discussion about the timings for FF and RC and we have decided to revert to the traditional timings. This will be alternating 30 minute sessions for FF and RC. Because the evening is 2 ½ hours, we start with FF one week and… Read More »