speed-centralised-results-13-07-08.pdf
aerobatics-centralised-results-13-07-08.pdf
f2c-centralised-results-13-07-08.pdf
f2d-combat-centralised-results-13-07-08.pdf
2008-f2b-centralised-league-sept-08-am.pdf
Amended F2B League above has been corrected for September/October dates.
2008-f2c-team-selection-table-sept-08.pdf
Please note that the 2008 Nationals CL results are on the dedicated “Nationals Results” page of the BMFA website.
An individual Silver medal has been won by British Team member Nigel Bathe at the Space World Championships.
Nigel Bathe won the silver individual medal in the Boost Glider class at the recent Space World Championships in Lleida, Spain. A member of the British Team a number of times, Nigel has always had the potential for a podium place and it is fitting that he should be the first ever British medal winner in this duration class*. The particular space model he deployed was developed over the past three years by the British Team members who belong to FAIR, the BMFA Specialist Body for FAI Space Modelling, the only international competition category.
Nigel’s medal brings the number of individual podium places won at each of the last three Space Modelling Word Championships to three.
* I have been informed subsequently that Peter Freebrey FSMAE won the Boost Glider individual silver medal at the 1972 World Championships and the Scale Altitude gold medal at the 1974 World Championships. Apologies to Peter Freebrey and I am happy to set the record straight and to acknowledge that Nigel is following in famous footsteps.
Cardington is ON this Saturday
Confirmed by Laurie Barr FSMAE
Friday 29th August 2008.
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The 2008 F1D Indoor World Championships have just taken place in a huge domed exhibition hall in Belgrade, Serbia.
The hall is over 90 feet high. The British team of Bob Bailey, Mark Benns and Derek Richards flew their fragile 22 inch wingspan rubber powered free flight models for 3 gruelling days in temperatures up to 39 degrees. Excellent support came from Peter Ing and John Shaw.
The competition is all about duration, with many single flights of over 30 minutes. Each flyer has 6 attempts and his 2 longest flights are totalled to produce his individual score. The 3 scores from each country are added together in the team event. Although the American team were clear winners, the British total of 3:14:52 was enough to secure Silver medal position, ahead of the Hungarian flyers.
In the preceding Open International contests, Mark Benns won the 35 cm wingspan class, Bob Bailey was second while Peter Ing came 4th and John Shaw 5th.
Nick Aikman. GBR Team Manager.
