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ROYAL AIR FORCE MODEL
AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (RAFMAA)
BMFA AREA 14 – REPORT
TO AREAS COUNCIL 5TH JUNE 2010
After, a successful RAFMAA
Championships at RAF Honington in September last year and the election
of a new Executive Committee, work turned to the events for 2010. The
first major event and our showpiece was RAFMAA Warbirds 2010. This was
held in April at RAF Scampton and once again attracted a large number of
pilots and helpers. All went smoothly and the weather was better than
the previous 2 years. A wide variety of model aircraft were on show
with pilots ranging from the average Club flyer to seasoned show pilots
taking part. Big thanks to Chief Technician Dan Platts and Corporal
Alex Drummond for their sterling efforts organising the event and to the
RAFMAA members who assisted over the weekend. An excellent spread in
the June issue of RCM&E courtesy of Alex Whittaker and Mike ‘Crash’
Parry followed up the event.
Planning is now well underway for
the RAFMAA Members fly-in at RAF Scampton, scheduled towards the end of
July. There have been a couple of indoor events but these are now very
poorly supported and have been combined with civilian events to enable
modellers to take part. Similarly, Neil Tricker has been arranging
slope and thermal events but numbers are dwindling making the effort
disproportionate to the outcome. That said, Neil has been seeking to
combine his events with local Clubs.
Early September will see the
Championships at RAF Honington once again with the AGM and elections.
The good news is that we are holding membership numbers at previous
recent levels and we have a number of young and enthusiastic members
driving aero modelling on their Units and getting others involved and
interested.
Original
Signed
M A
EVANS
Wing
Commander
RAFMAA
Chairman
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