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Hi All,
Please see below a message from the AHA
Happy new year everybody,
I hope you all had a pleasant break, and like most are impatiently waiting for the gloomy weather to lift so that flying can once again start in earnest.
At the end of 2013 the AHA held it's AGM where volunteers put their heads above the parapet to take on the roles of running the association and doing all the things we do behind the scenes. Unfortunately those heads were far fewer in number leaving the committee rather threadbare. This has forced the AHA to reconsider what it will be doing in 2014 to support the hobby and what it can provide it's members. There is a reasonable amount of effort involved in running the association and it's events, not to mention the constant liaison with the BMFA and FAI on safety and technical matters. This falls on a small number of shoulders which has to be fitted around busy personal lives.
Therefore in 2014 there will be no specific AHA competition events outside of the BMFA nationals and Team Trials.
There will also be no members packs.
The AHA website will be moving to be hosted by the BMFA on their new webpage where there is a permanent web master to keep on top of things.
However your £10 will still gain you free entry to both Charmouth events (worth £20!) and give you the joint voice and support that the AHA brings to the helicopter side of our hobby within the all encompassing BMFA ranks.
Without the AHA there will be no "helicopter voice" within the BMFA at all. We are already a tiny minority of the RC hobby world and need all the help we can to make sure we stay noticed.
The AHA has however teamed up with out compatriots in Holland, Belgium and France to offer a European series competition for those that are interested. A website, Facebook page and more news on this will be coming in the next few weeks. Spreading the load of organising events between our neighbours hopefully will mean better events and larger turnouts.
I hope everybody understands and accepts the position the AHA finds itself in and why it can not, and will not, be doing as much as it has in previous years. Unfortunately a small group of people can not completely support everybody in their limited free time.
Look forward to catching up with you all somewhere, sometime in 2014!
Safe flying everybody.
Mark Christy
AHA Chairman
For those who are interested, the Euro Heli Series website is now online http://www.euroheliseries.net , more details will be added as soon as they are confirmed.
Kind Regards
Ian Emery
Please see below a message from the AHA
Happy new year everybody,
I hope you all had a pleasant break, and like most are impatiently waiting for the gloomy weather to lift so that flying can once again start in earnest.
At the end of 2013 the AHA held it's AGM where volunteers put their heads above the parapet to take on the roles of running the association and doing all the things we do behind the scenes. Unfortunately those heads were far fewer in number leaving the committee rather threadbare. This has forced the AHA to reconsider what it will be doing in 2014 to support the hobby and what it can provide it's members. There is a reasonable amount of effort involved in running the association and it's events, not to mention the constant liaison with the BMFA and FAI on safety and technical matters. This falls on a small number of shoulders which has to be fitted around busy personal lives.
Therefore in 2014 there will be no specific AHA competition events outside of the BMFA nationals and Team Trials.
There will also be no members packs.
The AHA website will be moving to be hosted by the BMFA on their new webpage where there is a permanent web master to keep on top of things.
However your £10 will still gain you free entry to both Charmouth events (worth £20!) and give you the joint voice and support that the AHA brings to the helicopter side of our hobby within the all encompassing BMFA ranks.
Without the AHA there will be no "helicopter voice" within the BMFA at all. We are already a tiny minority of the RC hobby world and need all the help we can to make sure we stay noticed.
The AHA has however teamed up with out compatriots in Holland, Belgium and France to offer a European series competition for those that are interested. A website, Facebook page and more news on this will be coming in the next few weeks. Spreading the load of organising events between our neighbours hopefully will mean better events and larger turnouts.
I hope everybody understands and accepts the position the AHA finds itself in and why it can not, and will not, be doing as much as it has in previous years. Unfortunately a small group of people can not completely support everybody in their limited free time.
Look forward to catching up with you all somewhere, sometime in 2014!
Safe flying everybody.
Mark Christy
AHA Chairman
For those who are interested, the Euro Heli Series website is now online http://www.euroheliseries.net , more details will be added as soon as they are confirmed.
Kind Regards
Ian Emery
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