The first stage of issuing CAA Flyer ID’s to BMFA members who had opted in to the BMFA arranging a Flyer ID on their behalf and who meet the CAA competency requirements due to having passed the BMFA RCC or because the hold a BMFA A or B certificate from before 31/12/2020 has been completed … Read More
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Flyer ID’s for BMFA members. (Update)
World Drone Racing Championship – Hangzhou, China – Update 2
Model Processing and Team Photos Our day started with model processing, where officials carefully checked each drone’s weight, propeller sizes, frame dimensions, and other technical specs. Thanks to our team’s hard work, every model passed with flying colours! Immediately afterward, we headed to a photography studio for official team photos, which will be displayed on … Read More
World Drone Racing Championship – Hangzhou, China – Update 1
Our Journey Begins Our adventure began with a smooth flight from Heathrow, thanks to China Eastern Airlines, which brought us safely to Shanghai. From there, we had a thrilling ride on the Maglev train, reaching 300 kph before hopping on the Metro to our hotel in central Shanghai. Despite the 17-hour journey, we were eager … Read More
Maurice Doyle, FSMAE
Maurice Doyle, FSMAE It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Maurice Doyle, FSMAE on Saturday 19th October after a short illness. Dearly loved partner of Norma, much loved husband of the late Helen, father of Nicola and Philip and grandfather of Anna, Charlie, Lucy, Amy and Rachel. Following a private family … Read More
Gold! 2024 European F3N Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 8
Phew! Today’s music round was the one that decided our fate in the team placings. It really went down to the very last pilot before we knew where we had come. I’m really pleased and immensely proud to say that the GBR F3N team won! It has been a tough week, with a few highs … Read More
Silver! 2024 F4 Scale World Championships Day 10 report
I’ll keep this brief, we’ve not long got back from an awesome day at the field (followed by the banquet), none of our lads were flying today, it’s all over and this is basically a final result summary. F4B (Control Line) Danny did plenty enough to secure the Silver medal, 2nd best in the World … Read More
2024 European F3C Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 8
The 2024 European F3CN championships are over and we are well on our way home. Yesterday was finals day for F3C and we were fortunate to have both Mark and Steve into the finals which only the top 14 get into. Two rounds were flown to decide the eventual winner. The exciting thing is that … Read More
New GBR European Champion! 2024 European F3N Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 7
Another long day though we did get a bit of a lie in this morning due to the rain. The F3C round which was meant to start at 8.30am, didn’t actually get going until 12noon. There was another break for rain for about 1.5 hours and they finally got going again just after 3pm. In … Read More
2024 European F3C Championships, Aabenraa, Denmark. Day 7
Today was round 2 of the semi finals and the forecast had been for rain until mid to late morning. We woke up and got ready as planned and yes, it was raining but the forecast was still for it to stop. Ian was the first of us to fly and was in the first … Read More
2024 F4 Scale World Championships Day 9 report
In summary Day 9 proved to be a little lesson in Team Management, some things I got right and others I barely got away with! We hardly needed to rush down to the airfield: 10:30am was the scheduled start time so a relaxed breakfast and a diversion enroute to pick up gallons of water and … Read More