Author Archives: Alan Paul

Following discussions with BMFA and the Sports Centre, indoor meetings are back on from this Thursday.  See the Upcoming Events for full details, but the Covid Safe rules are below for info.

Well, the honest truth is we just don’t know, but after the recent “Rule of 6” it seems that indoor meetings may require a bit of work to operate within the new rules Indoor meetings up to and including Saturday 12th Sept remain booked and available to members. We are awaiting info from the BMFA… Read More »

This FF competition is on for the next week.  If you are having a go, the full details are below

Face coverings are required for our indoor flying sessions.  This applies to flyers and spectators.  In addition we should all aim to keep 2m social distancing where possible, but the use of face coverings means the new 1m “plus” rule can be applied. Face masks are primarily for the protection of others, so anyone not… Read More »

In addition to the regular Thursday evening flying in the Gropius Hall, we have booked 2 sessions for FF only and 2 for RC only in the Sports Hall on Saturday afternoons.  See the Events Calendar for dates and full info. Note that as at today, we can only have half the Sports Hall as… Read More »

Indoor flying is temporarily in the Gropius Hall starting Thursday 10th Sept at the revised time of 18.30 to 20.30.  We do hope to relocate to a better location when the Sports centre has sorted itself out!!  The Gropius is accessed via the main school entrance and is smaller than what we are used to… Read More »

This is still scheduled for the 10th Sept, but the Sports Centre can’t yet confirm if they can accept us.  John Copsey is in daily contact and an e-mail will be sent as soon as we know anything.  They have  various ongoing problems with a flood and boiler issues!!

We have taken the decision to cancel this event and concentrate instead on a successful event in March 2021 when we hope that more people will want to attend.

The full details of this event are on the “Upcoming Events” section of the website along with directions etc. To help club member Richard Holland organise the event, please let him know if you plan to attend. richardholland147@msn.com 0794 1234828 01353 741626 Leave a voice message on mobile or on home line and he will… Read More »

A short aerial video of the mixed flying at Impington last Friday with Free Flight, Radio, Control Line and FPV mini drones all co-existing very happily.  Surely this is unique for a model club these days? See the video here