flytilbroke

Mmm, How can Modeling ( of objects ) be called a Hobby? It is a very serious Professional business for a great many people. Static scale modelling of an aeroplane surely cannot be called Aeromodelling as they will never fly, indeed many millions of them are not designed to fly.

Would you all like to see even more flying sites being lost by closing the door to a new initiative which may help to enlighten the powers that be, or even the general public who see no harm in building on the flying club sites.

Flying a Model is a form of sport as well as a hobby. Building them while providing much pleasure is a hobby with no sport.

Now that lot has as much sense and merit as other posts on this thread.

Whatever your beliefs I wish you all the very best for the coming year.

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wonwinglo

We are strictly referring to the term 'Aromodelling' when talking about the proposed changes,these encompass the building and flying of model aircraft,other categories such as static modelling do not apply.
What the BMFA are trying to do is change the status to something which is totally different,this all started some years ago when they wanted to get the hobby recognised as a sport because otherwise finance was not available from the sports council.
It is a political issue,and nothing whatsoever to do with what aeromodelling really represents,which is building a model aircraft to fly.
To be perfectly honest,I am not interested in conveying a message to the public that places the hobby into a totally different category just because it suits the BMFA infrastructure,like many others I started in aeromodelling to enjoy building and flying model aircraft,and for no other political reason.
Thread closed.

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