<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Representatives from the BMFA attended the ‘annual review of model flying’ with the CAA yesterday (26</span><sup><span style="font-size: 13px;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: 16px;"> November) along with representatives of the LMA, SAA, BARCS and FPVuK.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times … Read More
Author: BMFAAdministrator
CAA Annual Review of Model Flying
Achievement Scheme testing at Commercial Flying Schools
At the BMFA Full Council meeting in May earlier this year, a vote was passed that effectively prohibits achievement scheme tests being conducted by examiners working in commercial model flight training schools. It prevents them testing their own pupils and or those of other instructors working at the same school. This doesn’t necessarily put an … Read More
GBR F1D European Championship Silver!
<p>Silver Medals for the British F1D European Championship Team </p> <p>Congratulations to the British team of Tony Hebb, Mark Benns and Derek Richards for bringing home the Team Silver medal at the F1D (Indoor Duration) European Championships in Serbia. To achieve this fantastic result in an extremely competitive field, their individual positions were 4th (Tony … Read More
GBR European Gold for the British Speed Team.
<p><strong>Gold medals for the British Speed Team at the 2013 European Championships.</strong></p> <p>British Speed team member Ken Morrissey has retained his European crown won in 2011 in Poland and is the 2013 European Champion with a best speed of 301.5 kph. The Speed Team Gold medal goes to the British team of Ken Morrissey, Paul … Read More
GBR F3N World Championship Silver!
A very well deserved World Championship silver medal for the British Team of Duncan Osbourn, Stuart Mott and Stuart Smith at the second F3N Freestyle Helicopter Championships! Duncan placed 4th, Stuart Mott, 5th and Stuart Smith 17th. The World Championships were fiercely fought from the first day and the GBR team under Team Manager Rob … Read More
Possible amendments to Poisons Act (1972). Affects users of fuel containing nitromethane. Please respond to the consultation.
Members may be aware that the Home Office are currently undertaking a consultation on amendments to the Poisons Act 1972, which controls the sale of certain explosives precursors and poisons – including nitromethane. At the present time, members of the public are permitted to acquire, import, possess and use products containing up to 30% nitromethane. It … Read More
BMFA Article 16 Mandatory Occurrence reporting Guidance
The BMFA Article 16 Authorisation includes a requirement for remote pilots to report certain accidents, serious incidents and other occurrences to the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This was an existing requirement, but has been emphasised in the terms of our Authorisation. To read the full guidance about mandatory … Read More
CAA Publish CAP 722F- Model Aircraft Operations Policy and Guidance
The CAA have today published CAP722F, the annex to CAP722 specific to model flying. Please see https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11&mode=detail&id=10792 for further details. CAP722F describes the how the current regulatory framework applies to the operation of model aircraft, sets out CAA policy for model aircraft operations, describes the boundaries between operations which require an authorisation and those that do … Read More
GBR F3K Manager Vacancy – World Championships July 2022
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3K team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Slovak National Aeroclub, RC Model Klub Martin (plus the Martin Cup 22-23 July which precedes it). Because of the pandemic, the World Championship is subject to confirmation … Read More
GBR F3F Team Manager Vacancy – World Championships October 2022
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3F team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Hanstholm, Denmark on 2nd-8th October (plus the week beforehand, when an open warm-up competition is held). The role of the Team Manager includes arranging international and local … Read More