Dates for 2016 BMFA league

Happy new year (?!).... Below are the dates for the 2016 league. I am pretty certain these will remain as they are but I await absolute final confirmation from Mike P/Clive.

• Speed - 12 or 13th March
• League 1 - 7th May
• League 2 - 28/29 May
• League 3 - 25/26 June
• League 4 - 30/31 July
• Nats (League 5) - TBC?
• Nats reserve - TBC

The dates are what is practical to fit in with other events at the Wetlands, which is becoming an increasingly popular site for esoaring, f5j and flower arranging (probably). I'm some what inclined to setting a definite date (either the sunday or the saturday) and trying to stick to that this year, due to work commitments, but we'll go with what best suits the consensus. The situation with the silent flight nationals remains unclear. The nationals reserve will only be organised and flown if the nationals doesn't produce a result.

Speed Videos from 2015 WC

David J. Olson from the USA has been uploaded videos he took from the 2015 WC to youtube. They are mostly of the speed task. It's quite interesting to see how the fast times are flown. His channel is here with several videos.

Final Standings - 2015

Below are the final standings for the 2015 Season. Congratulations to Steve Haley.

Rank	Name	Score	League 1	League 2	League 3	League 4	Nationals
1	Steve Haley	4000	986	1000	1000	1000	1000
2	Simon Haley	3808	922.9	946.6	877.3	988.3	950.2
3	Tom Satinet	3768.8	1000	0	867.2	987.4	914.2
4	John Whittle	3273.8	620.8	0	833.9	939.4	879.7
5	Clive Needham	2911.2	722	810.3	642.8	736.1	380.4
6	Bob Dickenson	2876.8	482.6	754.5	0	811.9	827.8
7	Dave Worral	2724.6	0	927	844.8	952.8	0
8	Bill Haley	2486.3	761.7	0	209.2	686.5	828.9
9	Brian Johnson	1476.2	0	733.8	0	742.4	0
10	Mike Challinor	981.1	981.1	0	0	0	0
11	Phil Goddard	554.3	0	0	0	0	554.3

2015 Nationals

The Nationals for 2015 were flown at the Wetlands on 30/08/15 . The RAF didn't authorise the use of the airfield at Cranwell, which is just down the road from the site of the "main" BMFA nationals. Thankfully we were allowed use of the Wetlands, by Fred, the farmer. The F3B contest was held in the lower field, which was somewhat short in length but we managed to squeeze the winches in.

Dave Worrall

With sadness, I must report the death of Dave Worrall. The seriousness of Dave's condition had cast something of a pall over the weekend's contest, and yesterday we received the inevitable news that he had passed away. Only last month we had had the pleasure of his company and he had still been flying to his usual high standard. Dave will be sorely missed by us all.

Announcement from Clive as follows:
To Everyone. It is with deep regret I have to announce the death of Dave Worrall. Dave has been fighting a blood disease for several years but managed restart flying F3B when it became possible to use electric motors for launching. Dave was at the top of tree for many years with his own designed "plus" models for slope and thermal soaring and took part in several F3B World Championships the last being in Switzerland 2007. Taking the Bronze medal in 1983 England, Silver Medal 1985 Australia, narrowly missing the gold, was part of the team Gold in Australia that year and silver team in 1983 plus the same in 1987. He took part and won many contest both slope and thermal, taking part in the very first Radioglide at Pontefract Racecourse. As a qualified engineer working in the aerospace industry for most of his life, spending several years in Germany, he always took a measured technical approach to producing and flying model aircraft and will be sorely missed by his many friends.

World Champions Medal Table Updated

The medal table for the F3B World Championship has been updated.

F3B World Championship 2015 - Results

Results from the WC are here. Top 3 individuals are:

• 1) Martin Herrig (Ger)
• 2) Andreas Herrig (2013 Champion/Ger)
• 3) Andreas Böhlen (Sui)

Top Three teams are below:

• 1) Germany
• 2) Switzerland
• 3) Sweden