Members may be aware that the Home Office are currently undertaking a consultation on amendments to the Poisons Act 1972, which controls the sale of certain explosives precursors and poisons – including nitromethane. At the present time, members of the public are permitted to acquire, import, possess and use products containing up to 30% nitromethane. It … Read More
Possible amendments to Poisons Act (1972). Affects users of fuel containing nitromethane. Please respond to the consultation.
BMFA Article 16 Mandatory Occurrence reporting Guidance
The BMFA Article 16 Authorisation includes a requirement for remote pilots to report certain accidents, serious incidents and other occurrences to the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This was an existing requirement, but has been emphasised in the terms of our Authorisation. To read the full guidance about mandatory … Read More
CAA Publish CAP 722F- Model Aircraft Operations Policy and Guidance
The CAA have today published CAP722F, the annex to CAP722 specific to model flying. Please see https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11&mode=detail&id=10792 for further details. CAP722F describes the how the current regulatory framework applies to the operation of model aircraft, sets out CAA policy for model aircraft operations, describes the boundaries between operations which require an authorisation and those that do … Read More
GBR F3K Manager Vacancy – World Championships July 2022
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3K team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Slovak National Aeroclub, RC Model Klub Martin (plus the Martin Cup 22-23 July which precedes it). Because of the pandemic, the World Championship is subject to confirmation … Read More
GBR F3F Team Manager Vacancy – World Championships October 2022
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3F team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Hanstholm, Denmark on 2nd-8th October (plus the week beforehand, when an open warm-up competition is held). The role of the Team Manager includes arranging international and local … Read More
GBR F5B Team Manager Vacancy – World championships September 2022
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F5B team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 11-16 September 2022, 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
Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager required for 2022 F2 World Championships.
Applications are invited for the posts of Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager for the 2022 F2 Control Line World Championships to be held in Wloclawek, Poland 8th-13th Aug 2022. The successful applicants will have a working knowledge of all aspects of F2 classes and the FAI sporting code. Duties include preparations ahead of the … Read More
BMFA issued with an updated Article 16 Authorisation (21/12/2021)
We are pleased to confirm that the BMFA has now been issued with a revised Article 16 Authorisation for the benefit of its members in 2022, which is effective immediately (from 21 December 2021). The only changes to our Authorisation have been made to reflect the recent changes to the operator registration requirements for control … Read More
BMFA Membership Fees 2022
The Annual General Meeting of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers (SMAE) took place on Saturday 20th November. The AGM approved a small increase in the membership fees for 2022 (the first increase since 2019) to cover inflation and the increased cost of insurance premiums. 2022 Membership fees (renewals will be available from 1st December … Read More
Attention Control Line Flyers! – Changes to CAA Operator Registration Requirements
Members may recall that when the requirement for CAA Operator Registration was first introduced in November 2019, that control line flyers were exempted from the requirement to register. When the EU regulations came into effect on the 31st December 2020, the situation changed because the EU regulations only exempted those operating control line aircraft weighing … Read More