There will be a Meeting of the Technical Council on Saturday 9th March 2019 at 11.00am at Chacksfield House,31 St Andrew's Road,Leicester LE2 8RETel: 0116-2440028 Fax: 0116-2440645.   The agenda can be downloaded from https://bmfa.org/Home/Minutes-Agenda?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=3060

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Bill Michie on Wednesday 9th January 2019. Bill was born in Essex but his family moved to West Africa when he was aged 2. They then moved to Rhodesia where Bill served in the Rhodesian Air Force 74 - 81 before moving to South Africa. He flew precision aerobatics (F3A) in South Africa - called pattern then - and won several National competitions, but was not in the National Team due to work and family commitments. Made the FunFly Championsh...

Notice to Club Officials – Fraud Warning It has come to our attention that some sports clubs, including some model aircraft clubs are being targeted by fraudsters. Club officials are receiving an email from address chairsaa@aol.com and other similar email addresses with the following text Hi XXXXXX We need to make a payment by Bank transfer, would you be able to do it today? let me know if you can Regards, XXXXXX Please double check with other club officials and take extra care before m...

Sadly on the 19th December Noel passed away in Alnwick Infirmary , aged 82. His family comprising Mel, Zoe and Lia were at his bedside. The funeral was held in St Pauls church Alnwick where the numbers attending indicated how much Noel was loved and respected-very much so. His family are greatly appreciative of the condolence cards and messages of sympathy they have received about their Dad. Noel was well known in the local area , clubs and societies of various kinds and from the aeromodelling c...

Applications are invited for an Assistant Team Managerfor the 2019 F European Championships

The Department for Transport has published the Government’s response to the public consultation on the Future of Drones in the UK.  There were 5061 responses to the consultation with 1947 respondents identifying themselves as ‘model flyers’ and 2310 identifying themselves as ‘using drones for leisure’. Several members have suggested that the publication is a knee jerk reaction to the recent issues reported at Gatwick and whilst the Aviation Minister does make reference to Gatwick, the cont...

Applications are invited for the GBR Team Manager for the 2019 F3K & F5J FAI Championships.

The latest club bulletin can be downloaded from the link below. Merry Christmas to all.   https://bmfa.org/Downloads/All-Downloads?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=2789  

Introducing the new BMFA membership portal for individuals and club management. It became apparent about 18 months ago that we would need to replace our existing membership database and online membership capabilities as they  could not be made compliant with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), nor were they any longer supported by the developers. This prompted a search for a suitable replacement which involved investigating a number of bespoke solutions specifically tailored to our ...

The Society annual general meeting took place this afternoon at the Jury's Inn Hinckley Island Hotel. The fees agreed for 2019 are as follows.   Senior £38 Junior  £17 Family Senior  £38 Family Partner  £25 Family Junior  £13