Author Archives: Ian Newton

First batch of adverts

The first batch of models are now available for sale.  There will be many more models for sale in the near future so keep an eye on the web site.  Some of the models are in pristine condition with some that have never flown!  These models will be an excellent addition to your hangar and… Read More »

Early warning

In the near future we will be having a large number of planes coming up for sale.  These planes are nearly all in either excellent or good condition and most of them complete with receivers.  The models belonged to our late member Graham Bentley who sadly passed away last year, and all money raised from… Read More »

Spektrum Airware v2.05

Spektrum have released a further update to their airware on 16th January.  If you haven’t already updated to v 2.04 then you can go straight to v2.05 (i.e. updates don’t need to be done sequentially).  It is always best to keep your software up to date.  It is a simple process to carry out and… Read More »

Spektrum Airware v2.04

Spektrum released an update to their airware for Spektrum Transmitters yesterday (09/01/2020).  It is recommended that all users update to the latest version (2.04)

Happy New Year

Wishing all our members and visitors to our web site a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and Decade. If you haven’t paid your subscriptions and BMFA membership then remember you cannot fly until you do so!

Congratulations!

Well done to the 8 members of the club who have successfully completed the BMFA RCC test and uploaded their achievement to their portal.  To the remaining 11 of our members who apparently have yet to complete the test, we can only encourage you to do so (it’s easy, honest) and let Andy Harding know… Read More »

Legal Flying

Please remember that from today (30th November 2019) our club require members to either hold a BMFA achievement scheme certificate or to have completed the CAA or BMFA RCC test successfully.  Our reasons for this have already been communicated to our members who we trust will support us in this decision.  If you have successfully… Read More »

Modification to new safety rules

The committee’s objective is to ensure that members can enjoy flying at our field while maintaining safety for everyone.  We believe that if we have a rule then members should abide by them and they should be enforced.  It had been noted that the pegboard was no longer being used and it is accepted that… Read More »

Revised Safety Rules

The modified Safety Rules have now been published and can be found in the Flying Information section and can also be downloaded from the documents section under the Members only section