CAA Publish CAP 722F- Model Aircraft Operations Policy and Guidance

20/01/2022By BMFAAdministratorRegulatory Matters

The CAA have today published CAP722F, the annex to CAP722 specific to model flying.  Please see https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?appid=11&mode=detail&id=10792 for further details. CAP722F describes the how the current regulatory framework applies to the operation of model aircraft, sets out CAA policy for model aircraft operations, describes the boundaries between operations which require an authorisation and those that do … Read More

GBR F5B Team Manager Vacancy – World championships September 2022

02/01/2022By BMFAAdministratorTeam Manager Vacancies No Comments

The Silent Flight Technical Committee invites applications for the post of Team Manager for the British F5B team competing in the 2022 World Championships to be held at Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 11-16 September 2022, The role of the Team Manager includes arranging international and local travel for team members and their equipment, co-ordinating with organisers before … Read More

BMFA Membership Fees 2022

20/11/2021By BMFAAdministratorArchive No Comments

The Annual General Meeting of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers (SMAE) took place on Saturday 20th November. The AGM approved a small increase in the membership fees for 2022 (the first increase since 2019) to cover inflation and the increased cost of insurance premiums. 2022 Membership fees (renewals will be available from 1st December … Read More

Attention Control Line Flyers! – Changes to CAA Operator Registration Requirements

01/11/2021By BMFAAdministratorRegulatory Matters No Comments

Members may recall that when the requirement for CAA Operator Registration was first introduced in November 2019, that control line flyers were exempted from the requirement to register. When the EU regulations came into effect on the 31st December 2020, the situation changed because the EU regulations only exempted those operating control line aircraft weighing … Read More

Gerry Tideswell 1933 – 2022

20/05/2021By BMFAAdministratorObituaries No Comments

On Tuesday 22nd Mar./22   Another Northern Free-flight modeller made his final Fly-off.      A Church Fenton / Rufforth regular,he was very much involved in both Glider and Rubber Club Competitions in the 50's / 60's.     He had various designs published via Northern Area News over the Years.     One of his Northern … Read More