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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Representatives from the BMFA attended the &lsquo;annual review of
model flying&rsquo; 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>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">The BMFA submitted proposals that
came out of the BMFA <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">FPV &amp; Multirotor
Special Interest Group meeting<strong> </strong>held on 20/4/2013 </span>that the
existing General Exemption for First Person View Flying should be amended to
increase the maximum take off mass for all aircraft types to 3.5Kg (currently
1.8Kg for fixed wing aircraft and 2.5Kg for rotorcraft) and that the maximum
height of operation should be increased from 400ft to 1000ft agl. These were
agreed and will <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>come into effect from
March 2014. </span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
minutes of the FPV &amp; Multirotor SIG can be downloaded <a href="/Portals/0/Minutes Archive/Other Minutes/FPV-MR SIG Minutes 20-4-13.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Please note the requirement for
a &ldquo;competent observer&rdquo; still applies. The current exemption can be downloaded
<a href="http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/ORS4%20number%20956.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">The BMFA&rsquo;s proposal was supported by all parties including
FPVuK who provided some useful input.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;">Other topics discussed included permanent inclusion of
selected flying sites on the CAA Air Charts, the use of metal helicopter
blades, the use of return to home failsafes, programmable waypoint flying and
the operation of high speed turbine powered aircraft. </span></p>
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