Posted 9th October 2026
LAMMAC members on the national scene
Two of our most proficient members have been prominent on the national (and international) RC scene this year.
Our club chairman, Malcolm Ball, has been making a name for himself as a display pilot by flying his super fast jets at public shows, including Weston Park and the LMA shows (Large Model Association) at Sleap, Elvington and Much Markle.
And Jim Fallowfield has continued to show his skills as a precision F3A aerobatic pilot. He had the honour of being appointed as Team Manager for the UK Team and took them to an excellent 9th place finish at the F3A European Championship St Macaire en Mauges, France, in August.
Jim also excelled in his own right, getting 2nd place at the Hurley Plane Crazy MFC UKF3A team Trials and gaining a team place for the 2027 FAI F3A world championship to be held in South Korea. He also got a podium place with 3rd at the BMFA Buckminster F3A National Championships.
And much more.
If you want to learn more and see some good pictures, visit Jim’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jim.fallowfield.1/
Welcome to our new members for 2026
This has been a good year for the Club’s membership, with another nine new faces joining us and coming down to our flying field.
A big welcome to Adrian, John, David, Andy, Yan, two Tony’s, Iain, and Gabri.
Posted 1st January 2025
LAMMAC AGM 2024
The club held its AGM on 4th December 2024, at Lansil Sports & Social Club. The event was also a social occasion with food, raffle prizes, and a swap meet, and was enjoyed by all. Big thanks to our Chairman Malcolm Ball for organising everything and laying on a wonderful buffet meal.
The AGM agreed a small increase in subscriptions for next year, for senior members only, who will continue to get a £10 a year discount provided they renew by the end of January 2025.
The club is keen to recruit new members and we also agreed that we would offer a reduced first year subscription for new members who already have flying experience. See Join Us for more details.
Posted 13th June 2023
Announcement from the Chairman – Club events 2023
With the trials and tribulations of the last few years from Covid, Brexit, cost of living, airfield issues, etc I feel we should celebrate our great hobby and friendship of like-minded folk by having some fun together.
Fun-fly Competition & Fab BBQ.
1st July, 2nd, 8th, or 9th July. Fixed wing and Drones.
Will include BOMB Drop, Limbo fixed wing, Touch and go, Timed Glide, and Spot Landing.
These are basic moves to enable everyone’s participation including learners as they can be assisted by instructors.
Club trip to the Beach (All types of aircraft).
19th August (or 20th, 26th or 27th August).
Tremendous opportunity for everyone to have a chilled out days flying off the beach with dual runways running to facilitate different aircraft. Amazing views for Drones.
Club Night Out (Sep tbc.)
Will include Photos and videos – past and present from Drone footage of Competitions and Beach Day Out. Prize giving. Swap meet, Talk on UAV futures, Raffle, Finger Buffet.
Please email or message the Club Chairman, Malcolm Ball, for further information about any of these events.
Posted 16th June 2018
Website Changes
You may notice some changes have been made to the website. These have been done to simplify the site layout and make it easier to navigate. If you have any comments or suggestions please pass them on to either Mike Shepherd or Peter Sandford.
The basic aim of the changes is to make the site concentrate on two things:
- Providing information about the Club for prospective new members
- Providing a “library” for club members to access core club documents and BMFA guidance
We’d also like to introduce some new updated photos for the home page. If you have anything you’d like to offer, please pass them on to us.
New Flying Site
The new landing strip in the adjacent field has now been operational for several weeks, and the general consensus seems to be that it is in remarkably good condition given the short period of time we had to prepare it from scratch.
New diagrams showing the layout of the new area for different wind directions have been incorporated in an updated version of the club’s Field Safety Rules (downloadable from the Club Documents page) and are reproduced below.
1) Arrangement for East-West wind directions
Note that the pilots’ box and heli pad occupy the southern “leg”of the landing strip; multi rotors fly in the field to the south of the main field.
Multi-rotor aircraft must not fly within the orange fixed wing circuit under any circumstances
2) Arrangement for North-South wind directions
Note that the pilots’ box and heli pad are moved to the western leg of the landing strip; and the multi rotor flying area is switched to the northern half of the main field
3) No-Fly Zone
The No-Fly zone covers all land to the west of Jeremy Lane and leading towards Glasson Dock, plus the farm to the south. No flying should take place over Jeremy Lane itself except when necessary for landing into an easterly wind.