FSMAE

[oddbodded]

Hi all,

Anyone tell me what FSMAE after some ones names means? please

Thanks in advance

[G-DAVE]

Something like -:
Fellow of the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.


THE SMAEs ORIGINS

Since 1948 the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers has been a company limited by guarantee, as are most governing bodies of sport in the UK. The SMAE was originally set up in 1922 and its recognition by the Royal Aero Club dates from then but its roots can be traced back to 1909.

In that year the Kite Flying Association was formed and, shortly after an exhibition at Olympia where model aircraft were shown, its name was changed to the Kite and Model Aircraft Association. In 1921 this association was replaced by the London Aeromodellers Association which, a year later, changed its name to the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers.

Many British aviation pioneers have been SMAE members including Sir Frank Whittle, Sir Thomas Sopwith and Sir Alliot Verdon Roe, founder of Avro.


It's lives in the confines of the BMFA now .
Dave