<p>North Luffenham will be available for the 6<sup>th</sup> Area Centralised event this Sunday. The BMFA office has now received the signed licence thereby enabling all remaining competitions booked for the site in 2015 to now go ahead as planned.</p>
Author: BMFAAdministrator
North Luffenham
GBR Team takes Team Bronze at the F1D World Championships
<p>The GBR team of Tony Hebb, Mark Benns and Hans Staartjes took the Team Bronze at the recent F1D (Indoor Duration) World Champiionships in Slanic, Romania. There were 15 countries competing and GBR's Team Bronze was just 3 mins 17 secs behind the 2nd placed team. Tony placed individually 5th, Mark 10th and Hans 12th … Read More
Safety Bulletin – Noise testing
Please see the safety bulletin regarding noise testing issued 2/10/2015 Safety Bulletin – Noise testing
European Champion & Championship Team Gold for Great Britain
<p>Paul Eisner, GBR, is the 2015 European Champion in F2A Speed. He beat 27 other top-level competitors to take the European Championship gold medal with an individual flight of 302.1 kph. At the end of the European Championship, the F2A Speed Team of Paul, Ken Morrissey (4th place) and Peter Halman (7th) were 5.20 kph … Read More
New BMFA Specialist Body for FPV Drone racing.
<p>At the full Council Meeting held today (12/9/2015) the British FPV Racing Association has been accepted as a BMFA RC Power Specialist Body after an excellent presentation from BFPVRA Chairman, aided by Warren Sherman, Chairman of the Bury Metro Club, and a unanimous vote in support from the BMFA Council.</p>
Two Medal Wins for GBR in Speed at the Australian F2 World Cup
<p>At the first Australian F2 World Cup, British Speed fliers Peter Halman and Paul Eisner won gold & silver medals. Peter's gold medal was won with a speed of 303.2 kph and Paul's silver medal was secured with a speed of 301.81. Alex Osovik of Ukraine took the bronze medal.</p> <p>The first round of the … Read More
Model Flying Technology Developments & the BMFA Position.
<p>MODEL FLYING TECHNOLOGIES</p> <p>RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND THE BMFA POSITION</p> <p> </p> <p>There is no doubt that we are in a changing environment in terms of what is possible with model aircraft, and the ready availability of equipment capable of capturing high quality stills and film footage in easy to operate and often ready to fly packages.</p> … Read More
F3F World Cup Win for Great Britain
<p>The Donovaly, Slovakia leg of the F3F World Cup has been won by Simon Thornton. Mark Redsell came 11th and Martin Newnham 21st. Out of a field of 48 this is an outstanding result for the GBR team Unfortunately as only three round were flown, it doesn't count as an official FAI competition, but we … Read More
Li-Poly Battery Safety Booklet released.
Guidance for the safe and effective use of Lithium Polymer batteries in model aircraft is now available to download from the link below. https://online.fliphtml5.com/doorh/nvld/
CAA Annual Review of Model Flying
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Representatives from the BMFA attended the ‘annual review of model flying’ with the CAA yesterday (26</span><sup><span style="font-size: 13px;">th</span></sup><span style="font-size: 16px;"> November) along with representatives of the LMA, SAA, BARCS and FPVuK.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times … Read More