Notice From BMFA South East Area about Event in July
BMFA S.E. Area Electric fly in The BMFA SE Area in conjunction with Epsom Radio Flying Club will be holding an electric fixed wing fly in on Sunday 16thJuly 2017in the area of Horley, Surrey. Open from 11:00, pilots briefing at 11:30, flying from 12:00 to 18:00. Large models up to 20Kg welcome. […]
Tuesday June 13th Club Night and Barbecue.
Excellent warm evening with little or no wind. Jon Young had several flights with his 1/4 scale SE5a flying at impossibly low speed and almost zero height which was most entertaining. Lots of other interesting models and flying including a particularly watchable display by Paul Privett with his large electric helicopter. The barbecue was as usual […]
Electric Open Day on Sunday.
Went well and those there seemed to enjoy it, however I suspect that the strong winds and threat of rain kept the numbers down to that on previous years. There were some excellent models on show ranging from large EDF jets to highly aerobatic prop aircraft. The performance of electric aerobatic models still astounds me. […]
Car Boot Swap Meet on Saturday
Once again this was a popular event with a good number of sellers and buyers. The car park was packed with the selling area being in the viewing area in front of the shelter. Lots of bargains on offer and seemingly no shortage of cash to take them up. The next one is 12th of […]
May Club Night at the Field
First club night at the field was well attended as the weather was kind if chilly. Thank you to John Veasey for the donkey work for the Bar-B-Q
Sunday 23rd April at the field
Good crowd at the field yesterday, lots of planes, lots of flying. Very enjoyable day and to make it better I got to hand over the last of the tee shirts to those who had ordered them.
At the field on Wednesday 19th April
Good flying conditions at the field on Wednesday and Don Fraser did his first helicopter loop. Here are a few photos
Bob the weedkiller
I arrived at the field today, to once again find our Chairman Bob Ryan spraying the weeds on either side of the lane with weedkiller. Evidence of his work of a week or so ago was evident around our gate where the weeds are looking quite sick and have died back in a very satisfying […]
Message from Peter Bennett of the North Kent Nomads
Open Day For all BMFA Members Saturday 27th May 2017 10am-6pm Join us at North Kent Nomads for an electric open day… Only £5.00 to fly… Food and Drink available to purchase on the day. See web site for location. http://www.nomadsmc.co.uk/or
April Club Night at Pedham Place
Main feature of last nights club night at Pedham Place was a talk by ex member Justin Wells, which was a very informative and entertaining presentation about his diverse career as a pilot of both fixed wing and helicopter aircraft in the Navy, on oil rigs and now flying a police helicopter. Justin aided his talk […]