Great news today from the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM). The UK bid to host the 2026 FAI F4 Scale World Championships has been approved. The Championships will take place at BMFA Buckminster in 2026. More details will be published when they are available. To receive updates on the 2026 World Championships direct to your inbox … Read More
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2026 FAI F4 World Scale Championships to be held at BMFA Buckminster!
CAA Operator Registration, price increase from 02/04/2024
Please note that the price of CAA Operator Registration has increased to £11.13 from £10.33 from 2nd April 2024 Due to pressure from the BMFA and it’s members responding to consultations on price increases the CAA have changed how they calculate price increases for items costing less than £20. Previously the protocol was to apply … Read More
F1D World Champs Final Day
So here we are at the last day of the World Champs, its been a long week with seven of them down the mine, its been around 11C down there so not cold but if you are not moving you can start to feel the chill. Nothing to lose today so I was gifted some … Read More
F1D World Champs Day 7
Today is the second of the World Championships and our 6th day in the mine, rounds 3 and 4 have been flown with some interesting results, from a personal perspective I needed to do a lot to improve on yesterdays dismal performance and think I came away successful. Air conditions in the mine were near … Read More
F1D World Champs Day Sunday
Arrived at the mines at 07:45 straight into practice until 09:00, at 09:00 round one starts, each competitor flies one flight per round, conditions early were very good with negligible drift, early in the round Ivan Treger (Slovakia) set a 27:37 flight, the UK team started off with Hans who got a 22:22 flight in … Read More
F1D World Champs day 4 official practice
Early start, breakfast at 06:30, buses to the mine arrive at 07:30 Today is a day of free practice allowing competitors to finalise model set up for main and reserve models, not a great deal happening except get flights in, check and confirm trim, speculate on the drift for the competition days and get around … Read More
F1D World Champs Day 3 Otto Hints Trophy
Friday and things are hotting up (as far as they can in a cold Salt mine), UK team used the day mostly for setting up and practice, strangely Tony’s No 1 model sustained damage overnight and had a broken tailplane in the morning setting him back by several hours. The first full motor flights were … Read More
F1D World champs update 21/03/2024
Breakfast at 06:30 buses at 7:30 for an early start to a long day Today is day one of the Otto Hints trophy, this event is open to all European F1D flyers and held in accordance with the current rules, there was a large number of people present, flyers, assistants, time keepers plus others, this … Read More
The fully interactive February issue of the BMFA News is now online.
The new fully interactive online versions are now online. You can view the latest issue at https://online.fliphtml5.com/doorh/mina The BMFA News Archive is now available at https://bmfa.org/bmfa-news If you would like to submit articles please email the editor at editor@bmfanews.org
Vacancy – Team Manager, F5B World Championships, USA 10th-15th November
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F5B team competing in the World Championships to be held in Maricopa, Arizona, USA 10-15 November 2024*. The role of the Team Manager includes arranging international and local travel for team members and their equipment, co-ordinating with organisers before … Read More