Category Archives: General

24/6 – Birthday Bash and fly in Sunday 9th July

A special reminder of our Birthday Bash all day fly in at Impington on Sunday 9th July – all the details are on the website Annual Birthday Bash and BMFA Round the World challenge – Impington Village College Model Aeroplane Club Feel free to come along for the whole day or parts of it as… Read More »

13/6 – Flight Safety News

You may have seen a news article about a fatal model plane accident in Spain earlier this month.  A man was walking out to retrieve his model at a well established club when he was hit on the head by a large turbine powered model coming in to land.  He was killed instantly by his… Read More »

5/6 – Guidance for Quadcopter and Drone flyers at IVC

The following information was sent to all club members on 5th June Impington is a very rare club where we have a regular Friday meeting and fly a varied mix of Free Flight, Control Line, Fixed Wing Radio and Quads / Drones.  We also aim to have a very light touch on rules and are… Read More »

15/5 – World record attempt – IVCMAC contribution

23 of us joined in yesterday and managed to fly 36 models at noon – 2 up on last year due to cunning methods being employed. A full report will be in the next newsletter, but a video of the carnage is below.  Thanks also to Chris Constant who took the photo at the end… Read More »

10/4 – World Record attempt this Sunday 14th May

Just a reminder that we are taking part in the BMFAs attempt to break last years record of 3,109 models in the air across the country at 12 noon We have booked the Sports Hall from 11am to 1pm this Sunday 14th. This is for mixed RC and FF flying with a break at noon… Read More »

11/4 – Outdoor flying starts on Friday 14th

Well, the indoor flying season has finished for this winter – it seems to have gone well with plenty of people coming along on Saturday afternoons.  If you have any comments, please let me have them for the committee to review.  The indoor dates in the run up to Christmas are now on the website… Read More »

8/2 – Access to the Girton flying site

Just an update on Girton. The field is usually not accessible by car in Dec, Jan and Feb, but my spies have been out and parts of the field are dry enough at the moment, but avoid the area along the hedge on the right which as usual is a bit boggy. We do not… Read More »