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<p>Yes, medals, plural! The GBR F3N team of Duncan Osbourn, Dave Fisher, Steve Gerrard and Junior Aaron Cole have won the Team Gold medal at the 2016 FAI F3N European Championships.</p> <p> Duncan took the Individual Bronze medal and the cherry on the cake was young Aaron Cole in his first outing on the GBR team … Read More

<p><a name="_GoBack"></a>The 2016 RAeC Queen's Air Race Challenge Cup</p> <p>Her Majesty The Queen approved the gift of the trophy to the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom (RAeC) in 2010 and competitions were held in 2011 (British Aerobatic Association), 2012 (British Microlight Aircraft Association) and 2013 (British Balloon &amp; Airship Club). The trophy is … Read More

<p>Congratulations to our GBR F4H Radio Controlled Stand Off Scale team on their team bronze medal at the recent World Championships held in Ploiesti, Romania.</p> <p>Team members Mick Reeves, Richard Crapp &amp; Dave Toyer with Team Manager, Stephen Kessel, worked very hard to ensure that they stood on the podium at the F4H World Championships … Read More

<p>North Luffenham will be available for the 6^th Area Centralised event this Sunday. The BMFA office has now received the signed licence thereby enabling all remaining competitions booked for the site in 2015 to now go ahead as planned.</p>

<p>The British F1C (Free Flight Power) team of John Cuthbert, Ken Faux &amp; Mick Lester took the Team Bronze medal at the F1 FAI World Championships in Mongolia.  Congratulations to all three pilots.</p> <p>The GBR team of nine pilots placed 3rd in the F1 Challenge which cover all three F1 classes: F1A, F1B &amp; F1C … Read More

<p>Paul Eisner, GBR, is the 2015 European Champion in F2A Speed.  He beat 27 other top-level competitors to take the European Championship gold medal with an individual flight of 302.1 kph.  At the end of the European Championship, the F2A Speed Team of Paul, Ken Morrissey (4th place) and Peter Halman (7th) were 5.20 kph … Read More

<p>At the full Council Meeting held today (12/9/2015) the British FPV Racing Association has been accepted as a BMFA RC Power Specialist Body after an excellent presentation from BFPVRA Chairman, aided by Warren Sherman, Chairman of the Bury Metro Club, and a unanimous vote in support from the BMFA Council.</p>

<p>At the BMFA full Council Meeting held on Saturday (9/1/2016) Model Balloons UK was accepted as the BMFA Specialist Body for Model Ballooning after an excellent presentation from MBUK Treasurer Dave Milkin.  To find out more about this fascinating new discipline, please visit <em><a href="http://www.modelballoonsuk.com">www.<strong>modelballoonsuk</strong>.com</a></em></p>

<p>The FAI has released rules for a provisional class to be known as F3U – RC MULTI -ROTOR FPV RACING</p> <p>These rules can be downloaded from the link below.</p> <p><a href="https://www.bmfa.org/Downloads/All-Downloads?Command=Core_Download&amp;EntryId=1571" target="_blank">www.bmfa.org/Downloads/All-Downloads?Command=Core_Download&amp;EntryId=1571</a></p>

<p>Her Majesty The Queen approved the gift of the trophy to the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom in 2010 and events were held in 2011 (British Aerobatic Association), 2012 (British Microlight Aircraft Association) and 2013 (British Balloon &amp; Airship Club). The trophy is of Irish silver and dates from around 1719 and sits … Read More