BMFA Membership Fees for 2024
The 76th AGM took place on November 18th. In the face of reducing membership numbers, the Board proposed some significant cuts in expenditure coupled with an inflationary increase in the senior...
View ArticleCAA – Review of UK Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Regulations
The CAA have recently launched a consultation on a review of the current regulations for unmanned aircraft systems along with the introduction of some new requirements including Remote I.D. The...
View ArticleF3A Team Manager Vacancy
Applications are invited for the role of Team Manager for the 2024 F3A European Championship, to be held at Sivry, Belgium, from 20th to 27th July 2024. Candidates should possess extensive knowledge of...
View ArticleF3F Team Manager Vacancy
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3F team competing in the World Championships to be held in Limoux, France 6-12 October 20241....
View ArticleF3K Team Manager and Helper Vacancy
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F3K team competing in the European Championships to be held in Włocławek, Poland 7-13 July 20241....
View ArticleF5J Team Manager & Helper Vacancy
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F5J team competing in the European Championships to be held in Deva, Romania 25-30 August 20241....
View ArticleBMFA Christmas Opening Hours
BMFA Registered Office and Membership Services are moving. The BMFA Registered Office is now Buckminster Lodge, Sewstern, Grantham, NG33 5RW However, any post relating to membership or achievements...
View ArticleBMFA Model Engine & Aircraft Auction, Saturday 6th January 2024
The next BMFA Model Engine & Aircraft Auction will take place on Saturday 6th January from 10am. As per last January this auction is an on-line only event and will once again be administered under...
View ArticleCAA – Review of UK Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Regulations – BMFA/LMA...
Further to our previous post (https://bmfa.org/caa-review-of-uk-unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas-regulations) regarding the CAA consultation on a review of the current regulations for unmanned aircraft...
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Robin Innes Gowler FSMAE – 1933-2023
It is with great sadness that we report the death of our former Chairman, Robin Gowler, Fellow. Robin passed away peacefully at home on Friday 8th December with his wife Poppy at his side. Robin...
View ArticleVacancy – Team Manager, F5B World Championships, USA 10th-15th November
The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F5B team competing in the World Championships to be held in Maricopa, Arizona, USA 10-15 November...
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BMFA Question Time Returns with the CAA, 27/02/2024 @ 7pm
Taking place on Zoom, we will have a panel comprised of members of the CAA Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) team and senior members of the BMFA Board and Staff. This is your opportunity to...
View ArticleThe fully interactive February issue of the BMFA News is now online.
The new fully interactive online versions are now online. You can view the latest issue at https://online.fliphtml5.com/doorh/mina The BMFA News Archive is now available at https://bmfa.org/bmfa-news...
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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,...
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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...
View ArticleF1D 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...
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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...
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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...
View ArticleF1D World Champs Final Day
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...
View ArticleCAA Operator Registration, price increase from 02/04/2024
Please note that the price of CAA Operator Registration has increased to £11.13 from £10.33 from 2nd April 2024 Due to pressure from the BMFA and it’s members responding to consultations on price...
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