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Following the flurry of announcements on the implementation of Drone Regulations, there are 2 documents that are useful to have available for reference either at Club flying sites or for carriage by individual members.  Note,…

Clubs and members will be interested in the following key points from Saturday’s BMFA AGM which for ease of reading I have summarised below. BMFA membership fees were agreed as: Seniors: £38 (no change in…

Please note: this is a copy of the post on the BMFA News page that you can access directly via this link. The CAA have launched their DRES system today (5th November) to allow operators of…

Provided by Graham Gooch – Norwich MAC Background In an effort to make monthly Club Meetings Interesting, Educational as well as Enjoyable, I carried out the following which went down very well with those attending….

Since the CAA finally announced details of its Drone Registration and Education Scheme (DRES) last week we have published several explanatory notes both on the BMFA website and directly to members by email.  However, the…

The BMFA through Dave Phipps continues to make significant progress relating to the details of future arrangements for the roll out of new Registration scheme. Quite naturally club committees and members are keen to understand…

The latest update on the DRES was presented by Dave Phipps, BMFA CEO,  at latest ASRC Roadshow.  His presentation may be downloaded by clicking on this link.  

I attended the autumn BMFA Council meeting in my role of Area delegate. The main business related to finance where the key points were that the Association made a small operating surplus in 2018/19 and…

A message from the BMFA Hon Sec. Dear All As part of the preparations for next year’s Flightfest we are arranging a day’s workshop on 2nd November at Buckminster. Paul Tallett will be fronting the…