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There is a full BMFA council meeting on the 19th September. The OGM we would normally hold prior to this is not possible at the moment so I plan to hold it as a Zoom meeting….

Flying on the forest can resume, but social distancing must be observed. https://bmfa.org/News/News-Page/ArticleID/2654/A-return-to-the-skies-Further-update-please-read Have you got your permit to fly on the forests? https://southeast.bmfa.org/ashdown-forest

Good morning South East Area Clubs and Member’s. Today and over the next few days/weeks we are slowly returning to flaying (observing social distancing). Most of us and our models have not flown for many…

I was called today by a member of the general public informing me that he had seen a group of people Flying on Sunday on a club site. Individuals and clubs should give consideration to…

All Area Events and meetings have been cancelled until further notice. The Area committee will continue to work and communicate via email/phone.  

As you may know the BMFA has changed the way it funds the Areas. Up to now the South East Area has funded the licences for two flying sites, Ashdown Forest and Long Man, with…

Article 94F of the Air Navigation Order introduces the requirement that from 30th November 2019  all remote pilots of model aircraft or drones (small unmanned aircraft, SUA) with a mass of 250gm or more flown…

Having had both our fly-ins suffering from various degrees of poor weather we have fair warning that this coming weekend is not going to be any different. Therefore we have decided to cut our losses…

Please use the link to download the July newsletter number 238. https://southeast.bmfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/S-E-Area-newsletter-issue-238.pdf