JOINING US
We welcome new members. If you can already fly then come down to see us and bring a model (electric of course) with your BMFA membership and insurance certificates. You may only fly accompanied and supervised by an experienced member of the club until we are satisfied that you can fly safely and understand the local rules (no-fly zones etc).
GETTING STARTED
. If you are a novice, but have bought your own radio, model etc, bring it down with you and we will check it out for you, test fly it and if everything is satisfactory help you to take to the sky under strict supervision, its not as easy as you think.
If you are interested in learning to fly then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do NOT buy any equipment before talking to us. Come down and see what we are doing, see what we are flying and discuss what you want to fly, whether you are especially interested in powered gliders, aerobatics or scale models and whether you intend to by Almost Ready To Fly models or to build your own from plans or kits.
Whatever you intend to do or whatever your budget, the club can offer honest, unbiased advice based on the many years of experience that members collectively possess and mixed with a considerable level of technical expertise. You may get three opinions on any model flying matter from club members, but they will all be worth listening to!
GETTING IN TOUCH
The club’s email address is cpflyers@hotmail.co.uk. You can contact Chairman Tony Tomlinson on 0161 980 2076, secretary and electric guru Dave Hardy on 0161 945 1883, Treasurer Reg Taylor (he is the one to contact if you want to know when we are next flying) on 0161 980 3813 or Competition Secretary Nigel Grayson (to blame for the words on this website) on 07599821588.
To Find Us
Exit at junction 4 onto the M56. You leave this almost immediately onto A560, signposted Altrincham. Follow A560 past Tesco superstore on left and then straight over roundabout. At 2nd set of traffic lights turn left into Thorley Lane, B5165. A short distance further on turn left just past a large church onto Ridgeway Road drive past the houses on the right and you come to a large set of blue gates. Drive in through the gates.
Exit at Junction 6 (Manchester Airport) on to A538 for Hale and Altrincham. Turn right at traffic lights on to B5162 Delahays Road. Through traffic lights and over a small roundabout. You take the next right onto Ridgeway Road. Drive along the road until you run out of houses on the right, You will see a pair of large blue gates, turn through them.
Exit Junction 19 follow A556 to Manchester/Altrincham. Follow road into Altrincham centre then turn right onto A560, signed Stockport, Follow until right turn onto A5144 Thorley Lane. A short distance further you on turn left just past a large church onto Ridgeway Road drive past the houses on the right and you come to a large set of blue gates. Drive in through the gates.
THE GOOGLE MAPS SITE PRODUCES GOOD MAPS FOR FREE, BUT FOR COPYRIGHT REASONS WE CANNOT REPRODUCE THEM HERE.
For those with a satnav postcode facility the postcode is WA15 7HD
To see our airborne video of the area around our field, taken by Chris Ratcliffe with music by The Who, please click below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaNP3CfdlPI
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