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WE HAVE MOVED!

The club is now fully established at the new flying field just South-East of Aldeby village overlooking the Waveney valley. The club now sports a clubhouse come cafe in the shape of a caravan, and a portable toilet is also on site.

Shown above are maps and aerial view of the flying field location, just click on the picture to enlarge, the map on the left shows how to get to the field.

Click on the picture link below to go to the new field page.

Location

The Waveney Model Flying Club is now located to the South-East of Aldeby village just over the Norfolk border off St Mary's Road, Aldeby (see maps)

The Waveney Model Flying Club flies both fixed wing models and helicopters. The club's flying days are Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The flying times vary during Summer and Winter so please check the flying times using the timetable below before setting out.

The Waveney Model Flying Club Flying Times:-

Flying Days

Saturday

Sunday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Summer Times

1st May to 31st August

1pm. till 7pm.

10am. till 1pm.

2pm. till 9pm.

Winter Times

1st September to 30th April

10am. till Dusk

10am. till 1pm.

1pm. till Dusk

Club Meetings

The Waveney Model Flying Club meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month at 8pm at The Royal British Legion, 25 Ravensmere, Beccles, for an informal meeting to discuss current issues involving the club, and an evenings "entertainment" of anything aeronautical or model orientated.

Club Trainers

New and prospective members can now benefit from the use of one of the club's 3 new trainers.

The club trainers have been donated to the club for the use of it's members by :-

Belair Models Dereham ...... Alpha Trainer 40

Mick Reeves Models ...... Hawk Trainer

Anglia Model Centre Gorleston ...... Ripmax Nova Trainer 40

The Trainers were built by experienced club members. The engines and radio for the trainers has been donated by Belair Models and club members themselves. A special thanks goes to the Model shops and club members without whom this training project would not have got off the ground..... no pun intended.

The club also now has 4 fixed wing examiners so there is no excuse for not learning to fly and gaining that all important 'A' certificate.

Please note that The Waveney Model Flying Club only flies even frequencies (60, 62, 64 etc) on 35Mhz.

This is a list of frequencies used by the club and how many members use each frequency. The idea of this is to get an even spread of members using each frequency, so alleviating members having to queue up to get a frequency to use.

Updated as information becomes available.

Freq MHz	Channel No.	Members
34.960	56	0
34.980	58	2
35.000	60	2
35.020	62	1
35.040	64	4
35.060	66	7
35.080	68	4
35.100	70	2
35.120	72	3
35.140	74	2
35.160	76	5
35.180	78	3
35.200	80	7
35.220	82	2
35.240	84	2
35.260	86	1
35.280	88	2
35.300	90	2
2.4Ghz		2

All transmitters in use must have an orange pennant inscribed with the channel number attached to the aerial, this not only shows the channel no. used to other flyers but is also a good indicator of wind direction and wind speed for the pilot.

Club Rules

01. Before any flying commences in any one flying session, the flight line equipment MUST be put out on the field and members should log in.

02. Flying times will be adhered to at all times and are as listed earlier.

03. All transmitters MUST be left in the pound when not in use. All transmitters MUST carry the owners name and telephone number. At the start of each flying session all transmitters must be checked with the monitor. No transmitter may be switched on without first acquiring the appropriate Number or Colour frequency peg. The correctly sized appropriate colour pennant must be displayed at all times. Your personal tag MUST replace the frequency peg on the pegboard.

04. There will be absolutely no parking AT ALL outside the gates and along St. Mary's Road.

05. No more than three powered model aircraft shall be flown from the site at any one time. A fourth model may be flown provided it is silent or electric powered.

06. Any member not holding the BMFA 'A' certificate or higher MUST have an experienced flyer holding at least an 'A' certificate in attendance at all times whilst flying.

07. Aircraft MUST NOT be taxied behind the flight line or towards the flight line or Pitts.

08. Members MUST obey any directions given by the Safety Marshals at all times. Should they disagree with the Marshals decision it must still be obeyed and the matter brought to the attention of another Committee Member.

09. At the discretion of any two Committee members a person may be stopped from flying.

10. Model aircraft must not be flown within 200m of any noise sensitive premises, which includes domestic curtilages. Members attention is brought to the close proximity of the dwellings to the North-Westerly end of the field.

11. All model aircraft engines to be fitted with mufflers or silencers and engine noise from individual aircraft must not exceed 82dB. Members attention is drawn to paragraph 19 of the constitution regarding noise. The current level is 82db at 7 metres. Members may be stopped from flying if their models exceed this level. The Hon Secretary holds the club noise meter.

12. Before landing or doing “touch and goes" you MUST call out loudly 'Landing" or "Dead stick" as the case may be.

13. Any Member causing a nuisance by their manner or behaviour can have their membership revoked by a majority vote at any general meeting.

REMEMBER SAFETY MUST BE THE PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION AT ALL TIMES

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