BMFA CERTIFICATE TEST DAYS

If you would like the opportunity to take your A or B test at Old Warden Airfield on 7th May or 23rd July please either...

• telephone Sheila Sheppard (07799 132999 - office hours) to request an application form by post; or
• email info@modelair.info to request an application form by post - please include your full name and postal address, and state the date you wish to take your test; or
• download the application form from this website: Booking Forms. You can save the form to your computer, print it out, complete it and post it. Next year we hope to have forms which you can complete online.

Please ... 

• send your completed form to the address on the form, no later than 1st April 2009 (for the May event) or 12th June for the July event, and
• enclose your cheque - payable to M REYNOLDS - for £10.00. 

Please note:

• Your booking documentation includes the Candidate Information given below.
• The £10 fee is to cover Examiners' travel costs.
• We can only accept advance bookings.
• Applications will be accepted on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis.

CANCELLATIONS: If you need to cancel your booking, please do so as soon as you can to allow another applicant to take your place. If you cancel less than 7 days prior to the Test Day, we regret that we cannot refund your fee.

CAMPING details are shown on the booking form. Further information can be found at Camping.

CANDIDATE INFORMATION 

You are required to bring proof of BMFA  Membership and Insurance with you to show the examiner on the day.

Test Requirements

Please refer to your BMFA Handbook or see the Handbook on the BMFA website and familiarise yourself with the requirements of the test you wish to take. 

Be advised that the tests will follow the schedules exactly as specified in the BMFA handbook.

We recommend that before test day you practice in the company of an experienced pilot who can critically appraise your flying standard and advise areas of necessary improvement.

The test schedules can be found in the BMFA online handbook as follows:

Q     Fixed wing A and B Certificate – page 49

Q     Helicopter A and B Certificate – page 52

Q     Silent Flight - Electric A and B Certificate – page 56

Test Questions

You are advised to also read the appropriate sections in the handbook as described on page 49 under the heading “The Test Questions”.

What the Examiner will be looking for

We recommend that as well as studying the test schedule and the section on test questions, you should also read the section “Test Standards for Examiners” (see Test Standards and Guidance) as this will help you understand what they will be looking for before, during and after your test.

If you do not have access to a computer, you can ask the BMFA to send you the information. Tel: +44 (0)1162 440028.

BMFA Handbook

http://www.bmfa.org/handbook/Handbook2007.pdf and

http://www.bmfa.org/handbook/CorrAddMar08.pdf

Guidance for Test Candidates

http://www.bmfa.org/achievement/index.html

Scroll down to the heading “Test Standards and Guidance” and click on the relevant test to find the Test Standards for Examiners and Guidance for Test Candidates. In other words, what you need to know and do, to meet the examiner’s requirements.

IMPORTANT:  Well before Test Day, practice in the company of an experienced pilot who can critically appraise your flying to the relevant test schedule standard and advise you of areas of necessary improvement.