Archive for June, 2008
RCPTC Approved Minutes 27.01.08
The approved minutes of the RCPTC meeting held on the 27th January 2008 are available to download from here: Approved Minutes RCPTC 27.01.08
CL Centralised Results 08-06-08
speed-centralised-results-08-06-08.pdf
aerobatics-centralised-results-08-06-08.pdf
f2c-centralised-results-08-06-08-am.pdf
f2d-combat-centralised-results-08-06-08.pdf
2008-f2b-centralised-league.pdf
The F2C Team Selection table will be published when received from C Barker.
Please note that the F2C results have been corrected for pilot/bmfa number for Eifflaender.
! F2C Centralised - Changed Venue !
The F2C Centralised competition scheduled to be held at Waterbeach on 29 Jun 08 has been moved to Barkston Heath. Contact Chris Barker on 01420 543905 or 07890 391537.
Area Council Ratified Minutes 2nd February 2008
Download file here
area-council-ratified-mins-0208.pdf
THE FUTURE USE AND REGULATION OF THE 2.4GHz BAND
On the 14th of June a team of BMFA members travelled to Brussels to attend the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on the Europe wide use of the 2.4GHz band.
The meeting was called by the EC due to an application made by a private communications company to limit the use of the 2.4GHz band to the communications industry and so preclude it’s use for other applications, such as model control. The method by which the European Commission works would mean that if such an application were to receive no counter argument then there would be a very real chance that the commission would uphold the application and it could become legally binding. Obviously this position had to be vigorously opposed to ensure that any resulting legislation took into account the use of the band by model flyers throughout Europe. Read the rest of this entry »