Obituaries

<p>Mike Evatt started his career in competitive free flight in 1957 when he won the Golden Wings contest for under 16s organised by Aeromodeller magazine. He was a member of the Northampton Club then. Along with people like Jaguar designer Ted Evans, Bert Revell and one time Aeromodeller editor and F1C team member Martyn Cowley. … Read More

It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of my good friend Dave Swarbrick, after a long illness. Many of you will have met and know Dave from the model aircraft shows that he attended. Born 10th May 1945, Dave’s childhood was spent in the family’s 3- acre market garden on … Read More

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px;">Leslie Goule 1943 – 2013</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times … Read More

<p>His signature tune was contained within his telephone answering message <em>“Sorry John is not here to take your call. If it is to do with the Church or aeromodelling, please, please leave a message and John will get back to you.”</em> This message explained his wide range of friends. His work for the Church will … Read More

<p>It is with great sadness we inform everyone that Malcolm (Mac) Taylor passed away on July 30th 2016.</p> <p>Malcolm was a member of the BMFA for several years including the SMAE. He was a Chief Examiner for the Midlands region for many years in the 1908/90s.</p> <p>He formed the company of Taylorcraft in the 80s. … Read More

<p>It is with sadness that we have to report the death of Mr Syd Marshall who had been the President of Boston Model Aero Club for the past 35 years and was one of the founder members in 1948.</p> <p>Syd served in the RAF as a flight engineer and flew 36 operations with Bomber Command … Read More

<p>It is with deep sadness that we announce the untimely departure of Richard Russell on Tuesday 10th March 20 after a short illness.</p> <p>Chairman of the Corby &amp; District Model Flying Club for many years. He has been proactive and a supportive member of the club through many changes and establish our new site at … Read More

A tribute to Reg Strudley. It was sad to hear from his long-time partner Sylvia that Reg Strudley had passed away on February 14 at the age of 79 and it was a surprise that just a few days before I had had a fifteen minutes conversation with Reg when I rang him to have … Read More

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;"> </span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Ken, a Life Member of the Marquis Model Flying Club, passed away on 3</span>^{<span style="font-size: 13px;">rd</span>}<span style="font-size: 16px;"> December at the age of 87 Ken was not only a founder member of the Club but … Read More

<p>It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of Graham Lynn MBE FSMAE on the morning of 12^th April.</p> <p>The contribution that Graham made to the model flying movement over many years was remarkable.  Having had a long career in the RAF (rising to the rank of Wing Commander) and serving … Read More