EASA have now published documents outlining their Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) in support of the EU regulations for unmanned aircraft. The documents can be found here: https://www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/agency-decisions/ed-decision-2019021r The AMC for Article 14 includes our suggested provision to permit registration numbers to be carried inside a model aircraft, which is consistent … Read More
Author: BMFAAdministrator
Update on EU regulations – supporting documents published
Science & Technology Committee publish their report into ‘commercial and recreational drone use in the UK’
<p>The Science and Technology Parliamentary Select Committee will today publish their report into ‘commercial and recreational drone use in the UK'.</p> <p>The BMFA provided several written inputs to the Committee on behalf of the UK model flying associations and BMFA CEO Dave Phipps appeared before the committee on the 9<sup>th</sup> July to provide oral evidence.</p> … Read More
An update on the UK regulations for model flyers – delay to DRES
<p>Further to our previous update of 11<sup>th</sup> September (<a href="https://bmfa.club/News/News-Page/ArticleID/2610/An-update-on-the-UK-regulations-for-model-flyers-a-bit-of-good-news-at-last">https://bmfa.club/News/News-Page/ArticleID/2610/An-update-on-the-UK-regulations-for-model-flyers-a-bit-of-good-news-at-last</a> ).</p> <p>There is no real change to the situation as published. All parties are currently awaiting the outcome of the Secretary of State’s deliberations on the matter and there is little we can add until we receive this.</p> <p>What we can confirm however is that … Read More
An update on the UK regulations for model flyers – a bit of good news at last!
<p>I published an update on the BMFA website on 23rd August (https://bmfa.club/News/News-Page/ArticleID/2608/An-update-on-the-UK-regulations-for-model-flyers ) which provided a summary of our position at that time. This was also going to be the basis of my article for the forthcoming issue of the BMFA NEWS.</p> <p>However, the very next day I received a telephone call to tell me … Read More
An update on the UK regulations for model flyers
<p>We would like to record our thanks to all those members who responded to our ‘Call to Action’ in response to CAP1775, the CAA’s consultation of the Drone Registration and Education Scheme (DRES) for which they are expecting our members to contribute a significant element of the annual £2.8 million running costs.</p> <p>The response from … Read More
World Championship Medal in the F3C Helicopter World Championship
Steve was at 7th place going into the Finals. He dropped two places in the 1st Finals Round and maintained that position in the 2nd Finals Round and increased his score in the 3rd Finals round for 6th place giving him 8th place in the overall classification. Mark was at 13th place going into the … Read More
Magnificent Championship Medal Successes for the British F3N Helicopter Team!
<p>British team member Duncan Osbourn took the individual Bronze medal; the British team took the team Silver and our F3N Junior, Aaron Cole, is again Junior World Champion with another Gold medal to add to his collection.</p> <p>But the individual results show just how hard Duncan, Callum Henson, Dave Fisher and Aaron worked all through … Read More
Four BMFA Members benefit from 2019 Royal Aero Club Trust Bursaries
The Royal Aero Club Trust has awarded 35 bursaries in 2019 (including four to BMFA members) to enable young air sport enthusiasts to develop and advance their air sport qualifications. The awards were made under the Trust’s flying for youth scheme. Among those who were awarded a bursary the following were given special awards, which … Read More
HOUSE OF COMMONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL DRONE USE INQUIRY – THIRD EVIDENCE SESSION
<p>The <strong><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/science">Science and Technology Committee</a></strong> holds its third evidence session on its <em>Commercial and recreational drone use in the UK</em> inquiry on Tuesday 9th July. </p> <p>Watch it online at <strong><a href="http://parliamentlive.tv/Commons">Parliament TV</a></strong>.</p> <p><strong>Witnesses:</strong></p> <p><strong>At 9.30 am</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Gemma Alcock, Founder, SkyBound Rescuer</strong></li> <li><strong>Professor David Dunn, International Politics, University of Birmingham</strong></li> <li><strong>David Phipps, Chief Executive, … Read More
BBC 2 Documentary “Britain’s Next Air Disaster?”
<p>BMFA members have been expressing their deep concern and criticism of the BBC Two documentary, ‘Britain’s Next Air Disaster? Drones?’, which sensationalised the potential risks from ‘drones’ and grossly mis-represented the entirely safe activities routinely undertaken by thousands of lawful ‘drone’ operators.</p> <p>The BMFA and other UK Associations acknowledge that unlawful operation of unmanned aircraft … Read More