The model flying club in action A DEAL has been struck to allow a model aircraft club to continue flying from a public park. Last month it got into a dogfight with the local authority over whether its members could continue to use Pleasington Playing Fields in Blackburn. Blackburn with Darwen Council said new regulations meant the site was no longer appropriate for the practice and proposed to prohibit it. Blackburn and District Model Aircraft Club vowed to fight the ban saying town hall officials had misunderstood the new rules. Now following a meeting it has been given permission to carry on flying from the playing fields subject to new safety procedures.
Blackburn with Darwen Council wants to ban the use of Pleasington Playing Fields by the aero-enthusiasts. Chris Boardman, chairman of Blackburn and District Model Aircraft Club, has vowed to fight the prohibition and says officers have misunderstood the new regulations. The ‘shocked’ enthusiasts have used the fields since 1938 but the borough now says their activities are not safe. A council letter last month from head of leisure and sport Claire Ramwell said: “The UK adopted the EU regulations for model flying in 2019 and these came into effect on December 31, 2020. “The council requested the legal department review these new guidelines to make an informed decision as to whether it was appropriate for the flying of model aircraft to continue at Pleasington Playing Fields.
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Mr Powell moved to RAF St Mawgan, in Cornwall, before being posted to RAF Wattisham in 1971.
He bought a house in Hadleigh and remained there ever since, becoming a committed member of the community and bringing up three children who gave him four grandchildren.
On leaving the RAF, Mr Powell worked for the Prudential and became someone to confide in and helped those who grieved when they lost loved ones.
Mrs Powell said her husband was caring, loving, and very family-orientated , adding his family was his life. He never complained throughout his illness, he always kept the pain from us,” she said.
Mr Powell moved to RAF St Mawgan, in Cornwall, before being posted to RAF Wattisham in 1971.
He bought a house in Hadleigh and remained there ever since, becoming a committed member of the community and bringing up three children who gave him four grandchildren.
On leaving the RAF, Mr Powell worked for the Prudential and became someone to confide in and helped those who grieved when they lost loved ones.
Mrs Powell said her husband was caring, loving, and very family-orientated , adding his family was his life. He never complained throughout his illness, he always kept the pain from us,” she said.