General

Wednesday saw a lovely, calm day and several took the opportunity for a final day of flying before Lockdown pt 2. Some sought to extend this as late as possible with John Bell’s old Hobby…

The BMFA has issued advice to model clubs in England following the PMs announcement on Saturday and we ask that all NBRMAS members follow this advice: ‘The Government has ordered that certain venues must close,…

Congratulations to Harry who passed his ‘A’ test today. The wind didn’t put Harry off who, after a mishap with his own model borrowed Steve’s Discovery and displayed his skills to examiner Colin who awarded…

Due to other commitments our chairman has made the difficult decision to stand down from his post on the NBRMAS Committee.Neville has been a key member of the committee over this year, when covid has…

A lovely, calm Sunday with plenty of flying at the patch. Keith and Dave successfully maidened their new EDFs, John reshaped the nose of his Flycat and Peter decided the tree was a good place…

Another successful weekend of flying. Keith and Dave introduced three new potential members to RC flying (ably assisted by John fine tuning one of the club’s faithful trainers).

Tim lining up his Chris Foss ‘Wots Wot’ for a perfect approach on Thursday, with John’s Extreme Flight ‘MXS’ waiting in the pits for its next flight. Not much chance of flying this weekend. Rain…

Keith carrying on the training scheme, with an impressive recovery from Harry who almost lost his model in the wind. Mike gave Allen’s gyrocopter it’s maiden flight. Keith tested his eyesight with some distant Jetcat…

Please could all members be vigilant when clearing the patch and car park of any debris. Unfortunately, one of the mowers managed to find what looks like a hefty noseleg which imbedded itself in the…