Articles by Rob Stanley

There is a new club in the SE BMFA area, it’s the Ashdown Forest Flyers. It has just been affiliated with the BMFA and its club number is 003323.   The club has been formed …

On Sunday the 28th January the SE BMFA and CADMAC – (Crawley & District Model Aircraft Club) held the annual indoor free-flight competition and fun-fly event at the Triangle Centre in Burgess Hill. This was…

The BMFA are asking all members to respond to the latest CAA consultation document regarding a number of proposed changes to UAV regulations. The closing date is 10th January 2024 and all the relevant information can…

From 1st December 2023 you can renew your BMFA and CAA memberships. The BMFA have sent out a reminder email to all members that the GO system will allow you to renew your membership now…

The BMFA have just published their fees for 2024 – following their AGM it was decided that the new fee for Senior members will be £47 (that’s a £5 increase on last year) and for…

On 12th November the Wealden Model Aircraft Society held a Swap-Meet at the Horam village hall and was a very successful day all round. All the ‘Selling’ tables were occupied so there was plenty for…

Back in July, we held the second area fun fly competition day of the year, in conjunction with the London area and the British Fun Fly Association at the Bickley Club’s site, near Dartford. Around…

The BMFA Members Handbook has been updated and the latest version is now available to read online, or download from https://handbook.bmfa.uk/  

On 24th September 2023 Epsom Radio Flying Club hosted the SE Scale Fly-In at their field near Horley for a relaxing day of scale(ish) flying. 22 guest pilots from clubs across the South East attended…

We had a first class turn out of pilots and models at the area scale competition. It was a shame the wind did not want to play ball – 90 degrees across the strip making…