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Selection for the GBR team at the 2026 F5J European Championships in France will be on the basis of pilots' best two results in the usual three team selection comps:…

BMFA Silent Flight rules for 2025 now available - download from https://contests.bmfa.uk/ (Rule Books tab). Quite a few tweaks but no major changes: F5J Walking: as before, there is a…

Congratulations to the GBR teams who took part over the summer in the F3K World Championships in Poland, and the F5J European Championship in Romania. Team Managers' reports can be…

Silent Flight Nationals for F5J, F3K and FXRES are taking place at the National Centre, Buckminster - practice 23 Aug and competition 24-26 Aug.. For more, see the BARCS site:…

Team selection competitions for the 2025 World Championships in Argentina have now been announced by the SFTC: Radioglide Interglide SF Nats (but with special arrangements for the GBR team at…

SFTC met 4 Jan with Andy Symons to discuss the implications of the CAA CAP2610 Consultation and the role the SFTC could play now and in the future. Amongst his…

FAI and BMFA silent flight rules for 2024 have now been published and copies are available for download here: BMFA (detailed rules for non-FAI classes and League / team selection…

SFTC 'First Meeting' 13 Dec 2023 included initial discussion on the CC UAS consultation. Notes on SFTC the discussion (.pdf - includes references to the consultation itself, BMFA and others'…

WANTED - Team Managers and Helpers for GBR teams in 2024 Category 1 events (WCH and ECH). Details on the news pages of the main BMFA site. And one additional…

2023 Silent Flight Nationals are at Buckminster 26-28 August - National Championships in F5J and FXRES, league competition and come-and-try in F3K. Registration is now open: https://www.barcs.co.uk/store/category/7-bmfa-silent-flight-nationals/