Another great turnout yesterday for one of our best indoor meetings, it really is good to see so many people enjoying themselves flying indoors during the winter months, its also great to see peoples flying improving. Some people are really starting the master their heli flying, and others are developing thier 3D flying skills, its also great to see Kevin B's scale creations, even if a few of us use them as targets !!!!!

Next meeting is Sun 12th Feb, normal times 1.30 to 4pm, see you there.

At the club night last week, Pete announced a few new dates for the Greenway School building event and also the Fish and Chip Night, as soon as i have the dates i will post them on the website.

Its not yet clear what is happening for the Brighton Show, we have a committee meeting next week and i will advise after then.

Pete

News Update following the AGM held earlier this month

1, The website has been updated with the new membership and BMFA fees

2, The club dates have been updated as has the EVENTS page

3, At the AGM presentations were made to the following members.

Clubman of the Year - Pete Glover

Scale and Sport Concours - Kevin Beale

Military - Neil Scott

Junior - Aiden Stentiford

Electric - Jim (Biggles) Baker

Power - Trevor Whitehouse

Glider - Mark Redpath

Helicopter - Simon Light

Egg Race - The Biggles Squadron

Air Brain - John Brinker

Nigels Driving Comp - Pete Glover

Indoor Flying at Millais School, the December 11th event saw a great turnout with pilots of all abilities, these really are great events to keep your eye in over the winter, if you've not been before then come along to the January meeting. At the meeting we had a Xmas Raffle in aid of the Air Ambulance, thanks to all those that donated prizes or purchased tickets, once i have news from Mike Leppard on how much we raised i will post on the website.

The committee would like to wish you all a great Christmas and Prosperous New Year.

Pete

Dear all, just a couple of announcements

1, The Fish and Chip night is only a few days away, Sat 19th Nov, if you have not yet ordered your food please do so soon, as it makes it easier for the organisers on the night. If you dont want to eat, you are still welcome to come along for the flying.

2, The indoor flying times for Millais have been changed slightly, from the December meeting flying will start at 1.30pm and finish at the normal time of 4pm, we should be able to get in from 1.15pm to get ready.

3, The AGM is fast approaching (1st Thursday in Dec) this is your chance to have your say about how the club is run, so please make the effort to attend. For those lucky enough to be awarded one of the club trophies last year please ensure they are returned either before or on the night. The AGM is not a long affair so i hope you can all spare an hour of your time and look forward to seeing you there.

Pete

A quick update on the club and a few reminders following the last committee meeting.

1, The club currently 81 adult members and 9 Junior members, plus 4 life or associate members, this is great considering some clubs are struggling to get members.

2, The October Fish and Chip night at Greenway School will be on  the 29th, 7pm until 9.30pm. fish and chips are £7 in advance or £8 on the night, please get your orders in to John Brinkler 01403 257752

3, The indoor flying season kicks off at Millais school on Sunday 16th Oct 1pm until 4pm, all welcome.

4, For those wanting to get to the field over the winter, the top track has been relaid it and should be the best route in over the wet winter months.

5, The AGM is fast approaching, please make an effort to attend and have your say in how the club is run. For those that we awarded or won trophies last year please ensure they are returned either before or at the AGM.

6, Polite notice, when at the club field please ensure you sign in the book including guests and non flyers. Also please be aware of the no fly areas around the patch, we have had a few people recently flying in these zones. If you are not sure where these are please contact the committee, a new map of the area showing the no fly areas will be placed in the hut. 

 Thats it for this update, enjoy the rest of the outdoor season and we hope to see you indoors over the winter.

The committee

The winter indoor meeting dates have now been set and booked, please see the indoor flying page for the dates.

It promises to be another great winter of indoor flying, and i hope to see lots of you there

Just a few, bits of news following the latest committee meeting.

1. The club currently has 73 Adult members and 7 Juniors
2. At the club BBQ we will be holding a fun flying competition, kits will be available @ the club night in July and will cost £4, help will also be on hand on the nght to help you build it if needed, the format for the competition will be decided on the day, but could be longest flight (highest up the tree !!!). For a small cost it should be great fun.
3. The final club evening themes have been set see Club Eve page on the website
4. It is hoped that in the next few weeks we will have set up a heli pad at the field, this should help all and keep the disciplines a bit separated. The helipad will be used by those learning to fly helis, if you are of a standard where you can fly circuits around the field you still need to use the main strip as it intended that the new pad will be for those hovering or doing limited flying manouvers thus freeing up the main strip. All pilots still need to pit in the same areas as before. The new pad will be down by the gate into the field so will not impact on the landing approach to the strip.
5. I hope to be able to advise the dates for next winters indoor flying before the schools break up, so keep an eye on the website.

Happy Flying Pete Glover

Just a quick update to let you all know about the following.

The club spent 3 days in Feb at Greenway School and helped over 120 kids build and fly dart aeroplanes, this is an annual event that has been held for many years. The kids are always well behaved and those attending from the club always have a great time.

Again in Feb the club had a stand at the Brighton Model World show, the stand was well attended by members over the duration of the show and had many visitors showing great interest in the models on show. We are already planning next years stand, if you are interested in attending please speak to one of the committee.

We will be having a bit of a workparty on Good Friday 22nd April, if you can pop along to help, more hands make light work. There is not too much to do, its mainly tidying up the site and hut, but its always nice to get things sorted early in the year, leaving us all free to enjoy the summer months.

The fish and chip night at Greenway was its normal great evening and nobody went home with food poisoning which is a plus, there was plenty of flying going on during the evening but this is really a side show as its more of a social event and good time to meet up with people you haven't seen for a while. The Autumn night has been booked so add it to your diaries Saturday 29th October

Well here we were at the last indoor meeting for this winter. We had another great turnout and some great flyng by all. I think over the course of the indoor series a number of people have improved their flying ability me included and we have all kept our thumbs in.

The series has attracted quite a few new members to the club which is great to see.

We will start flying indoors again in October and i look forward to seeing you all again them.

The club flying field is now accessible by car and quite a few have already been down for a bimble around so it looks like spring and some outdoor flying is upon us.

Have a great summers flying and i hope to see a few of our new members soon at the field.

Pete 

Here we were at our 2nd indoor meeting of 2011, and what a great turnout we had, i think it was one of the best we have had. We had a number of new people turn up again which is great to see and i hope you all enjoyed it and will come back again or even join the club.

It is good to see the standard of flying improving each time we go, and also to see so, many juniors turn up to fly.

Seeing the large kite fly was interesting i am sure with a bit more practice it would be great.

Thanks to you all for your supporting these events and thanks to Keith for doing the session timing.

I think a few benefited from some heli setup advise from Paul, thanks Keebs for giving up your time.

Next indoor flying is the Fish and Chip night, then we are back at Millais on the 13th March, normal 1 to 4 pm,

Pete

The 9th Jan saw the first indoor meeting of 2011, and what a great turnout of planes and helis we had as we had in excess of 20 people flying, there were at least 4 new potential members in attendance which is always good to see.

The raffle in aid of the Air Ambulance was held, with the main prize of an Eflite helicopter won by Paul Keeble who very kindly later in the day presented to young Aiden. Mike Leppard thanked all those present for their support and advised that we had raised over £100, thanks to all who purchased tickets

After 3 hours of frantic flying i think most people went home with most of their kit intact.

If you didnt attend you missed a great days flying.

The next meeting is 13th Feb 2011, i hope to see you all there.

Pete

Dear members, please remember that you club fees and BMFA membership is now due for 2011.

Best Wishes for the New Year ahead,

Regards The Committee