The first Blog of the year was initially started in January with the intent to publish in mid-March, of course, things have moved on somewhat, and the Coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown has changed all of our lives significantly, and has of course meant that the Centre is very much placed into “hold mode”. However, … Read More
Further to our statement last week, it is clear that the COVID-19 situation has developed very rapidly in the UK and we must now update our advice to reflect this. Members should continue to keep themselves updated on current government and NHS advice. Please see https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response for the latest information. Members are advised to follow the … Read More
Recent Events Autumn has been somewhat of a mixed bag due to variable weather, the September Jet Modellers Association scale competition and fly-in didn’t benefit from the best weather conditions, however, all competition rounds were completed on the Friday and those who turned up achieved almost two full days of flying on the Saturday and … Read More
Its been very busy throughout the summer at the Centre and despite a couple of event cancellations due to weather the numbers are looking very good for the year so far, of course there is still plenty of activity to go and we have the Autumn Swapmeet and SAM 35 Octoberfest taking place on the … Read More
A weekend of relaxed rotor craft flying. Helicopters and multi-rotors all welcome. Multiple flight lines, gates and turn flags available for those who want to do some racing as well as an indoor space available for tiny whoop racing! BMFA insurance or equivalent required. Just £8 per day to fly and £8 per night for … Read More
Its been a busy start to the season at BMFA Buckminster and the first few events have gone very well. The Jet Modellers Association Fly-in and AGM was well attended and the weather also co-operated, the two days saw around 50 jets on site with constant activity throughout each day, the usual high standard of … Read More
Further to the recent publication of CAP1775 which launched a consultation on the CAA’s proposed arrangements for registration fees for operators of unmanned aircraft, the UK model flying association (BMFA/LMA/SAA & FPVUK) held a meeting last night with advisers. The text in CAP1775 is far more serious than the issue of registration fees alone. The … Read More
Spring 2019 Despite the fact that it is still early in the year it has been a busy time at the National Centre. We have already hosted a considerable amount of flying and the calendar is filling up nicely for the coming year. Take a look at the National Centre website for details of forthcoming … Read More
Following on from the busy summer the activity continued into the Autumn with every weekend booked out to model flying events. As we moved into late summer the weather continued to smile on us with the majority of events benefitting from great flying conditions. Following the successful Retrofest weekend we accommodated an Achievement Scheme Fly-in … Read More
Well, what a summer it is so far! After a rather shaky start weather wise we are currently experiencing something of a heatwave. In terms of flying weather, it has been fantastic and pretty much every event recently has benefitted from almost perfect conditions, we have had a sustained period of high pressure and north-easterly … Read More
