General

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…

The SE Area Committee have managed to secure a new venue to hold the annual SE Area Indoor Competition. This competition hasn’t run for a few years due to Covid and a lack of suitable…

The BMFA board has created a new director position called ‘Outreach Director’ and each Area has been tasked with appointing an ‘Outreach Co-Ordinator’ to work with Helen Jones. The SE Committee are therefore looking for…

The area AGM for 2023 will be via held Zoom – on Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 19:30 full details have now been sent to all SE BMFA members via email. The Area General Meeting…

Pictures of the scale day at Hastings 2022 have been uploaded to the website and can be seen in the Gallery or watch the scrolling pictures on the main page. A BIG thank you to…

The Area has two confirmed of events in May, subject to the usual weather, Covid and unknowns. Epsom Radio Flying Club will be holding an all-electric fixed wing fly-in on Sunday 8th May, in the Area…

I attended the extraordinary board meeting held by the Board of Conservators of Ashdown Forest Monday 31st Jan. It was held to vote on the proposal to introduce parking charges on the forest. Also to…