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CMFA Club Night
Wednesday February 9th

The Broomfield Community Centre (Behind The Angel PH) Broomfield, Chelmsford, Essex. CM1 7AH at 8pm

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September
2011

Important Notice Please would all members kindly close the gate at the entrance to the club airfield after entering, also on leaving the flying site. Thank you CMFA Committee.

June
2011

Anemometer

Andrew Fremont


Members who have visited the flying field recently will have seen the latest wind speed device that has been completely designed, built, and installed by club member Andrew Fremont. The anemometer registers wind speeds of up to 40mph and is powered by a
1900mAHr 4.8V Eneloop battery, and should give up to 2000hrs of operation before recharging. Well done, and a big thanks to Andy!

June
2011

Fixed Wing 'B' Test Day

B Test PilotsA fixed wing 'B' test day was arranged for members wishing to further their flying skills and BMFA achievement. Four members were put through their paces by club examiners Sean O'Sullivan & Kevin Thompson. The pass rate was a terrific 100% as each one of the members successfully passed the nerve racking and gruelling test. Congratulations go's to club members Ricky Mathew's, Aaron Norman, Stuart Cook, & Mark Ovel.

January
2011

Field tables/safety benches are being introduced at the flying field to enable members to work more comfortably on their models when doing minor repairs or adjustments. The plan is to have possibly up to five tables in total, three of the tables will be situated at the power square, one larger table will be located at the helicopter pit area, and the remaining table may be positioned in the vicinity of the car park to assist members when assembling wings etc. The first table was kindly built by club member Kevin Marshall (photo) who has agreed to build up to 3 more benches over the next few weeks. Meanwhile club secretary Martin Anthony was also busy building the second prototype table suitable for slightly smaller models. All in all the tables have been well received and should prove useful to all members.

October
2010

Approximately 50 members turned up for what was a very detailed and interesting presentation by club member Bob King, at the October club night. Bob demonstrated, with the use of a photo slide show, the way engine cooling systems had developed, starting with the very first primitive designs in early aviation, including aircraft throughout the 1st & 2nd world wars to the present day sophisticated high-tech engineering of today.
Also included in Bob's talk, was how the design of model aircraft IC engines had been improved for maximum cooling, and how model aircraft cowlings could  play a major part in engines overheating if ventilation and installation was not properly carried out. A big thank you to Bob for an excellent evening.

August
2010

Winter Car Park Extended

Winter Car ParkThe winter car park area has now been extended at the club flying field. This should provide an extra 6 - 8 spaces for cars during the winter months when the ground becomes very wet & boggy. It is important that members using the winter car park area should park sensibly so as to maximise the amount of car parking spaces available.

Winter Car ParkPot holes on the track leading from the main road to the car parking area were also filled with road chippings. Thanks goes to the small team of merry men who gave up some of their August bank holiday to do the necessary work. Pictured: L - R Trevor Smith, Clive Kerr, Stuart Cook, & Martin Anthony.
 

March
2010

   

March 2010 Club Night

March 2010 Club Night


Almost 50 members attended the CMFA March club meeting and were treated to a very interesting talk by Colin Straus from Ripmax. Colin's presentation was about turbine powered models which included the installation of turbines, the on-board ancillaries required to operate them and also the costs involved in turbines and suitable models. Colin brought along with him his model of a turbine powered Boomerang Jet that he also demonstrated by starting up outside the meeting hall, and describing the effects of the controls when using the transmitter when flying. Colin actually flew this particular model at the club field last year and one of the clubs members filmed the flight as seen below. A big thank you to Colin for an excellent evening.
 

March 2010 Club Night

March 2010 Club Night

 

January
2010

Despite icy road conditions the January meeting and belated Christmas buffet was well attended. Approximately 35 members enjoyed a social evening of food, drink and a raffle draw. Thanks goes to everyone involved in organising the evening in particular, our power representative Ricky Matthews and wife Shelly for laying on a superb spread.

October
2009

Dave Mason

It is with great sadness that I have to report, Dave passed away in St Clare’s Hospice on the 8th October, after a long battle with Cancer. Our sympathy goes out to his wife Margaret & Mark, Dean, Neil & Sara.

Dave MasonDave had several passionate interests in life, Model Aircraft, Motor Racing, Sports Cars & latterly his family.

Aircraft with model aircraft predominating were his main interest. Like a lot of aero modellers, of his generation, he was very aircraft minded & discovered Fairlop Aerodrome, in the late 40’s That was the Mecca for model flying in the London area, up to the mid 50’s. He was a member of the Chingford Model Flying Club, his local club, for many years & Anglia MFC, at the same time. Who can forget the Dinner & Dances he organised for the Chingford Club at Chesney’s in Chingford, into the early 90’s.

In his late teens he acquired an MG TD, which he later changed to his pride & joy an MGB Roadster, red with wire wheels, that he was driving when we first became friends.

All who flew at Wanstead Flats, or Chingford Plains in the 60’s, remember him turning up on, in the MGB packed with models in the dickey seat, wearing his peaked cap, to keep his hair immaculate after a trip to the barber. Very suave & debonair, but a less likely modellers mode of transport is hard to imagine.

Dave MasonHe worked in the model trade over some years, at Hobbies Store in London, Aviacolour at Gants Hill, Saturn Models in Colchester then finally for Crescent Models in Burnham on Crouch. He then drove buses for LT until his retirement.

I never saw anything, get him down & he was a great person to count as a friend. To this end we shared a set of radio control gear when it was very expensive (approx 6 months wages) in the late 60’s, never having a cross word over who would fly next, with it at any given time.

His cheery demeanour, to all & sundry will be sadly missed by those who knew him, especially his friends in the Essex Quiet Flight Association & Chelmsford MFA plus his many acquaintances in the modelling world.

Brian Austin

February
2009

The Club is regularly sending out emails to members updating them on up and coming events. If members have not been getting these emails it may be because that some of the addresses we have may be incorrect, or we do not not have an email address for that member. Please may we ask that members not receiving information please contact Peter Harrington (PRO), or Martin Anthony (Secretary). Also if members are aware of forthcoming events can they please forward the details on to friends or other members in the club who may not have access to the internet.
 

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