There will be no flying on both Saturday 17th January 2009, and Saturday 31st January 2009. Most of you are aware that the farmer organises shoots a few times in the winter, and on these days access to the field is prohibited. There will be signage at the field to remind you, and the gate will be double locked to prevent entry.

The field will be available as usual on the preceding Friday and following Sundays.

The club's Annual General Meeting will take place at 8pm on Monday 1st December 2008, at the Marston Club. Please try and be there to support your club. There's a free raffle, and you'll be able to join for 2009 at a reduced rate

The July issue of the Bedford & District Aeromodelling Club newsletter is now available for download.

Club members will receive a copy shortly, in the post. If you want to help with club funds, and help the environment by not receiving the paper newsletter, then please let Brian Green, newsletter editor know.

Download the newsletter: July BDAC Newsletter (6.9 MB PDF)

After the departure of David LLoyd (emigrated to New Zealand, not that we're jealous), Brian Ball has kindly taken the baton of Chairmanship, and will fill the role of Acting Chairman, until the AGM in December.

This year, Gala Day was originally scheduled for Sunday 22nd June, but due to poor weather was postponed. It's now been re-scheduled for Sunday 10th August, so fingers crossed for good weather, and we hope to see you there!

Gala day last year was a great day, with a good turnout, but this year’s event is going to be bigger and better!

For those that have never been, Gala day is the club's annual "fun day", where friends and family are invited, and there will be competitions (with prizes!), all sorts of flying, and a (free) barbecue to keep you fed.

Bring along your models and have a flight – we want to see scale, pattern, sports, gliders and everything in between! – but don’t worry if you don’t want to fly, come along and watch. Bring your friends and family – the more the merrier!