BMFA Warbirds Fly-in and Beer Festival
19-21st July at BMFA National Centre. Details on the BMFA website here:
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Whissendine Miniature Steam Rally – June 1-2
Melton Mowbray and District Model Engineering Society are holding their open weekend, Whissendine, on June 1st-2nd. The club is supporting this event with slot cars, drones and model aircraft etc., so please make a…
CAA proposes £16.50 annual registration charge for every flyer – Act Now!
Following the recent sudden announcement of Flight Restriction Zones around protected aerodromes capturing the operation of all unmanned aircraft of any weight and at any height (and the unreasonable three week notice period given for…
Lipo safety at Whissendine
For safety, the committee have added a fire blanket and fireproof pad on the bench at the Whissendine flying site. Please ensure that any lipos are charged on the pad (just in case!).
BMFA Swapmeet – April 7 at Buckminster
A date for your diaries: BMFA Buckminster are holding a swapmeet on April 7th – £2 for admission for buyers. Starts 07/04/2019 at 10:00 Venue BMFA Buckminster Location Sewstern, Nr Grantham Open from 8am for…
Rushden Transport Annual R/C Show weekend – 6th-7th April 2019
Members may be interested in attending this show. More details on their website www.rhts.co.uk and their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/600693487029509/
St Mary’s Church event in Melton
If you would like to see some indoor flying in one of the most unique locations, we will be soaring around with demonstration flights inside St Marys Church in Melton this Saturday morning, 9th March!…
RAF Tornados To Make Final Flypast
Earlier this month, Tornados returned to the UK for the last time, to RAF Marham in Norfolk, ending nearly 40 years in service. Introduced in 1979 as the GR1, the aircraft was first used in…
Dakotas at Duxford – June 2019
2-5 June, Duxford: The Event June 2019 provides us with the very last opportunity to organize Daks over Normandy and to honour those who have paid so much to liberate Europe. Daks over Normandy will…
FREE field box
One of our ex=members has kindly donated a field box to the club – if anyone interested, it’s free and located at the clubhouse – first come, first served!