Halloween Party
Don’t forget the clubs Halloween Party at the field next Saturday 3rd of November. As previously this will be a low key, informal affair for members and their families only. Joe and Ange will be supplying food, similar to before, pizzas, jacket potatoes and fillings. As prediction of numbers is difficult there will be […]
Air Navigation (Amendment) Order 2018
You will be aware that as of July this year there were amendments to the Air Navigation Order (ANO) which details the law regarding all flying (full size of all types including commercial and models). This is mainly as a result of concerns about quadcopters commonly known as drones. However the amendments, the full import […]
BMFA Financial Update
In case your have not read your latest BMFA News, there will be a proposal at the BMFA AGM in November to increase the senior membership fees to £38. Click on the link to see the article explaining the reasons for the proposed increase. BMFA Financial Update The club renewal procedure will be well […]
Please help trace a model stolen at Southern Model Air Show
Model stolen from the security tent at SMAS last night. Not owned by a club member, but he has a number of friends who are also as it isrelatively local I thought putting on here may help. Its copied from Facebook. What a brilliant weekend at Headcorn model show. During the night some thieving scum […]
BMFA Club Bulletin 237 & Proposals for new Legislation for Drones
Dear Club Secretary Please find below the link and attached for the latest BMFA Club Bulletin 237 and Drone Legislation for you to pass to your members. http://www.bmfa.org/Clubs/Club-Bulletins Kind Regards Helen Feaver Membership Secretary Tel: 0116 2440028 Fax: 0116 2440645 email: admin@bmfa.org BULLETIN 237 Drone Legislation – Consultation Response
Thank you to the few
Many thanks to Alan Cooper, Alan Banks, Aidan Angel, Bob Dyer-Hamblett and Mark Fricker who turned up to help with clearing the overgrown sections on the patch today. Work was well underway by the time I arrived at 10:30. Alan Cooper was operating the power scythe which he had collected from the hire shop in […]
Car Boot Swap Meet on Saturday 11th August
Once again this was a great success with a good number of non club members selling. These swap meets seem to be a great success and I’m sure they will be a feature in next years events We sold a number of models that had belonged to a Roger Balmer who was a member some […]
Scale Open Day
Despite the dismal weather forecast and occasional short showers, there was a reasonable attendance by a hardcore of guests and members who put on some good displays in spite of the conditions not being ideal. Thank you to John Veasey and all those who put in a lot of effort to make this and all […]
This weekends events at the field
The weather having returned to what we normally expect for a summer in the UK has prompted a couple of queries to ask if the events planned for the weekend are going ahead. YES is the answer and we look forward to seeing members and guests on both days. Considering the good dose of rain […]
Barry Pelham
Aaron I’Anson has called to report the very sad news that club member Barry Pelham passed away in hospital this morning. It was Barry’s wish for his Wake to take place at our flying field, so we can arrange something special for him. We will miss him. He was one of life’s characters.