Area News and Information

14 December 2008, 18 January 2009, 15 February, 15 March, 19 April

Indoor events, catering for shockies, slow/scale, and freeflight in 20 minute slots from 11.00 to 17.00 on the following Sundays through the Winter and Spring, in a naturally lit sports hall at the Springhill Sports Centre, Turf Hill Road, OL16 4XQ.

Fixed wing models only. BMFA insurance must be shown. Bring a model for each class, and fly for 6 hours for only £3!

Contact Keith Barker on 01706 659 396 or email KeithAtRochdale@aol.com
or David Lloyd-Jones on 01565 734 040 or email dlj@dlj702.co.uk or go to www.bmfa-nw.org and click on “Events”.

PUDSEY SWAPMEET AND INDOOR FLY-IN

For The last fifteen odd years the BMFA Northern Area has organized this event at the Pudsey Civic Centre near Leeds. Unfortunately the costs of this venue has now escalated so much that it is no longer viable so an alternative has had to be found. Therefore the SWAPMEET ONLY will be on Saturday 6^th September in the gymnasium at the Spen Valley Sports College, Robertown Lane, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, WF15 7LX, from 10.0am to 1.0pm. To avoid confusion there will be a well signposted separate entrance and car park for Sellers from 9.30 with Tables at £3 to include 1 person with £1 per extra person. There will be a separate car park for buyers who will be allowed in at 10.0am at £1.00 each.

Under 16 year olds will be free, sadly we cannot have indoor flying, and there are no catering facilities except vending machines.

John Thompson, 01924 515595, johnty99@ntlworld.com

BMFA NORTHERN AREA INDOOR R/C FLYING 2008/9

NEW LARGER VENUE

TRINITY and ALL SAINTS COLLEGE

BROWNBERRIE LANE,
HORSFORTH,
LEEDS, LS18 5HD
SATURDAYS Oct 11^th - Nov 8^th - Dec 6^th - 1.00pm to 4.00 pm SUNDAY Jan 11^th - 12pm TO 3PM, SATURDAYS Feb7th Mar7th, Apr 11^th - 1.00pm to 4.00 pm

Large sports hall with high ceiling and separate pits area. Refreshments available. No smoking and no alcoholSeparate slots for Slowfly; Aerobatic; Scale; Small Helicopters Any legal frequency; No free flight or ICProof of BMFA membership essential.Pilots £5.00 juniors £2.00 Spectators £1.00

John Thompson 01924 515595johnty99@ntlworld.com or http://www.na-bmfa.org/

BMFA North Eastern Area event The Great North Fly-in, incorporating the ‘Geordie Nats’. R/C fixed wing & Heli, C/L, F/F. At Cramlington flying site, see website for directions contact Tom Jones on 01642 640710 or 07818 437841 or tom.jones11@ntlworld.com or see www.northeasternbmfa.co.uk

Due to licensing restrictions by the land defence agency we have had no option but to change venue to Cramlington

On behalf of The North Eastern Area I would like to take this opportunity to thank the guys from Cramlington for their generosity and look forward to running this event together.

This years K2 Indoor Meeting has now found its way onto the web

Contest results and photos are on the CADMAC website and the SEBMFA website
K2 Indoor results

I have put a short video taken at the K2 meeting onto YouTube.
SEBMFA Indoor video

There are also some photos taken by Gary Oulds and myself on Flickr.
Photos from the K2 Crawley Indoor Meeting
Viewing as a slide show is recommended

Alex Cameron

The SEBMFA Crawley Free Flight Indoor Meeting at K2 takes place on Sunday 3 February.
There will be the usual mix of fun and competition flying from 11am to 6pm in this large venue. Entry is £8 for flyers, £2.50 spectators.
For those wanting to take part in the popular Butterfly and Hangar Rat mass launches, models can be obtained from Flitehook in kit or ready built form.
You can see a short film on YouTube of the 2006 Crawley Indoor Meeting.
See SEBMFA website for more details