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
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F1D World Champs Final Day
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
F9U Drone Racing World Championships, Namwon, Korea, Team GBR Report
We have been receiving daily reports from the GBR F9U Drone Racing Team Manager for the World Championships that have just finished in Korea. You can read the pilot bios and daily reports at https://bmfa.org/gbr-teams/f9u-world-championships. Many thanks to Team Manager David Allen for such interesting daily reports and a huge congratulations for all the Team … Read More
More GBR Medal Success!
Congratulations to the GBR F2A Control Line Speed team of Peter Halman, Paul Eisner and David Brewin (pictured with Team Manager, Val James) who have captured a very creditable Team Silver medal at the F2 Control Line European Championships in Wloclawek, Poland. Team Manager Val James has been provided daily updates from the championships which … Read More
GBR F3N Aerobatic Freestyle Helicopter team capture World Championships Silver!
Congratulations to the GBR F3N team of Aaron Cole, Duncan Osbourn and Dave Fisher, also Team Manager Julie Fisher who have taken the Team silver medal in the FAI World Championships in Muncie, Indiana, USA.
Best ever Team GBR result at the F3D Pylon Racing World Championships.
Final results are in from the F3D Pylon Racing World Championships in Drachten, Holland. We are pleased to report the best ever GBR Team finish, just missing out on a medals in 4th Place. What a great effort from the Team of Ollie Witt, Shane Egan and Nathan Attridge. Team Manager Barrie Lever has been … Read More
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