Gallery

Flying and sausages at our BMFA training day.

Lulu, our new club mascot!

All set up for a perfect day at Woodhill!
Our new club trainer.
We take safety seriously, and have been making changes so that we can be safer.

Member Alan gives a great tech talk on aviation history. Part 2 to follow.

Awaiting clearance for take off!
Test flight. The beast lives!
Member John giving an evening Tech Talk about being a fighter pilot in the RAF.
Steve after the maiden flight
of the FM Pitts Special.
Clive after the maiden flight
of the Edge 540.

A new addition. Only 92 inch wingspan! Picked up on Facebook, but everything works. Soon to be fettled.

1/3 scale pilot under construction. A good job for when it’s raining and you can’t fly!

A newly refurbished Hanger9 Sbach. Now with 20cc petrol engine, new spats, prop and spinner.

Mitchel takes off

The Mitchel boys!

The Mitchell coming in to land on it’s maiden flight.
Pat’s Mitchell B25 awaiting it’s maiden flight Thursday 7th September 2023
Spectators

Carbon Cub in flight

Josh’s Carbon Cub doing a Knife Edge

Terry Mitchell’s Buccaneer model flyby, 2023.

The Buccaneer flies again, 2023, very kindly donated by the Mitchell family. Needs some bigger batteries!

Maiden flight of the Buccaneer model, 2014; piloted by it’s creator, the amazing Terry Mitchell.

Warbirds line up.

Club caps are for £10. Dogs are for life!

Close ups of the Pilot in the Gladiator remote control model biplane.
The Pilot in the Gladiator
Pat kneeling next to his Gladiator remote control biplane on the concrete landing strip.
Pat and his Gladiator
John standing next to his giant three bladed remote control helicopter parked on a table.
John and his giant three bladed helicopter
The Gladiator comes in to land.
The Gladiator’s maiden flight.
A new Pilatus PC 9 – front
A new Pilatus PC 9 – side
The cast of the last Thursday Club Night of 2022
The last Thursday Club Night at Kemble 2022
Hughes 500 taking off and hovering
Hughes 500
Flying own plane for the first time
Me and my plane
Flying my instructor’s glider
One of our juniors

P-51 and B-25 Taxiing
P-51 Mustang landing
B-25 landing
P-51 and B-25 flying together
A busy day
A “Waco”, 3D printed by a member.
The liquid fuel Tripacer comes in to land.
The Big Extra taking off.
Flying involves lots of bending down!
Big Extra planes make good noises.
Had a wonderful day flying a Multiplex solius today. They don’t have flaps and seem to float on forever.
Slope soaring with a bit of company
A still image of the Big Extra remote control plane in flight.
The Big Extra plane is longer than it's adult male owner is tall.
Club members chip in to keep the club grounds and facilities in a good state.
It's lovely to be out, even if you're not flying.
A "Pits" remote control plane comes into land.
Proudness at one's plane.

Photos from a few years ago: Mark (left), Pat and Wife (centre), Chris’s Father (right)

Founding member Mr. Jeffries, in 1947, holding the original proposal to form a model aircraft club.