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<p><a name="_GoBack"></a>The 2016 RAeC Queen's Air Race Challenge Cup</p> <p>Her Majesty The Queen approved the gift of the trophy to the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom (RAeC) in 2010 and competitions were held in 2011 (British Aerobatic Association), 2012 (British Microlight Aircraft Association) and 2013 (British Balloon &amp; Airship Club). The trophy is … Read More

<p>Yes, medals, plural! The GBR F3N team of Duncan Osbourn, Dave Fisher, Steve Gerrard and Junior Aaron Cole have won the Team Gold medal at the 2016 FAI F3N European Championships.</p> <p> Duncan took the Individual Bronze medal and the cherry on the cake was young Aaron Cole in his first outing on the GBR team … Read More

<p>Paul Eisner took the individual gold medal and the crown of World Champion in F2A Speed at the 2016 World Championships in Perth, Australia that finished yesterday. Peter Halman took the individual silver medal.</p> <p>Paul’s fastest flight of the four official flights permitted was 304.3 kph and Peter’s fastest flight was 303.0 kph. Of the … Read More

<p>At the first Australian F2 World Cup, British Speed fliers Peter Halman and Paul Eisner won gold &amp; 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

<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

<p>Her Majesty The Queen approved the gift of the trophy to the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom in 2010 and events were held in 2011 (British Aerobatic Association), 2012 (British Microlight Aircraft Association) and 2013 (British Balloon &amp; Airship Club). The trophy is of Irish silver and dates from around 1719 and sits … Read More

<p>The FAI has released rules for a provisional class to be known as F3U – RC MULTI -ROTOR FPV RACING</p> <p>These rules can be downloaded from the link below.</p> <p><a href="https://bmfa.club/Downloads/All-Downloads?Command=Core_Download&amp;EntryId=1571" target="_blank">www.bmfa.org/Downloads/All-Downloads?Command=Core_Download&amp;EntryId=1571</a></p>

<p>At the BMFA full Council Meeting held on Saturday (9/1/2016) Model Balloons UK was accepted as the BMFA Specialist Body for Model Ballooning after an excellent presentation from MBUK Treasurer Dave Milkin.  To find out more about this fascinating new discipline, please visit <em><a href="http://www.modelballoonsuk.com">www.<strong>modelballoonsuk</strong>.com</a></em></p>