ROYAL AIR FORCE MODEL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (RAFMAA)

BMFA AREA 14 – REPORT TO AREAS COUNCIL 5^TH 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