The CAA has published the revised Scheme of Charges documents on 16th March 2026. From Wednesday 1st April 2026 – the charge for a newly issued or renewed Operator ID will be £12.34.
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2026 Achievement scheme documents and test forms now online
The 2026 versions of all the Achievement Scheme documents are now online and available to read and download from the achievement scheme website at https://achievements.bmfa.uk/
BMFA January Auctions – Engines and Related Items
The upcoming January sales represent something of a change to our more usual auction format, and also something of an experiment. There will be no PDF catalogue produced for these sales, the first of these auctions is now live for registration and pre-bidding at https://nationalcentre.bmfa.uk/auction#!/ The first sale features a number of lots that have … Read More
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CAA Issues the BMFA/BDF Article 16 authorisation for 2026
The CAA has today issued the BMFA/BDF with its latest (eight) Article 16 Operational Authorisation for model aircraft and drone flying. There are no significant changes to report – this is a continuation of the Article 16 provisions for our members. This means our members can continue to fly their model aircraft and drones for … Read More
Save Popham Airfield – NOW is the time to make your voice heard
Popham Airfield, home to the Popham Aeromodellers and the Popham Model Airshow, is at risk from developers. Can you help save this airfield from being lost to manned aviation and model aircraft and drone flying? We would like to encourage members to Join Popham Airfield Matters, https://www.pophamairfieldmatters.org/ who will be able to keep you in … Read More
F1D European Championships 2025 Team Silver & Individual Bronze!
The Saltmine Slanic Romania DAY 3 Contest Day rounds 3 and 4 A sharp frost overnight in Slanic would not disrupt or change the flying conditions underground, a sustained cold snap however can improve the air quality … Team GBR full of Espresso, eggs, and a plan to improve arrived 40 minutes before the contest … Read More
F1D Indoor Duration European Championships Practice day and Contest Day 1
The Saltmine Slanic Romania The Team of Tony, Hans and Mark arrived a few days ahead of the Otto Hints Memorial Open International, as has become customary Team GBR used the two days to practice in preparation for the Championship. The championships venue is an historic saltmine … located 15mm enters below ground, accessed by … Read More
Latest CAA Regulatory changes from Jan 1st 2026
Following the results of the CAA consultation on their review of unmanned aircraft systems which we reported on previously (https://bmfa.club/caa-response-document-to-the-review-of-uk-unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas-regulations-consultation), the CAA have now published details of the future legal requirements for Remote ID for unmanned aircraft (drones & model aircraft) which you can read at https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/moving-on-to-more-advanced-flying/remote-id-rid It is important to note that none of … Read More
World Space Modelling Championships, Zrenjanin, Serbia. Report 2
A mid contest report from the UK Space Modelling team, still out at the 2025 World space modelling championships in Zrenjanin, Serbia. The duration and altitude contest are now concluded, with some strong results from the UK team. In our streamer duration event, we had the strongest ever results from a British team, achieving 4th … Read More