The library comprised a vast collection of books, magazines, plans &
other related material. It was a result of many years of enthusiastic
collecting by David, together with material donated from many
modellers & organisations. In latter years, the Bournemouth MAS
donated their extensive club magazine collection which has been
merged into the library.
The library has been administered over the years by volunteers Roger
Newman & Roy Tiller, who spent many hours sorting & collating
the material. Following agreement at
the 2024 SAM 1066 AGM, the entire collection has now been transferred
to the Archive Group of the BMFA & physically moved to the BMFA
Headquarter premises at Buckminster, where over the coming months it
will be merged into the existing BMFA Archive collection.
Plans Library : As an interim measure, plans may
still be requested via the email link below: the plan list can be
viewed as an xls spreadsheet.
Plan list
Only
certain digital files of plans from the plans list are available.
Note that the list is comprehensive but only those plans highlighted
in blue
in Col B of the spreadsheet have been digitised. Those not
highlighted have never been digitised & now will not
be done until the BMFA Archive team embark on the digitisation of the
complete BMFA Archive when funds allow.
Email your
plan request to the email address below quoting Plan Name & I.D.
number ( Cols A & B respectively in the plan list).
rogerknewman@yahoo.com
The
requester will receive an email with an attachment of the plan in a
pdf digital format, normally scaled at 100%. This service is provided
at no charge. It
is up to the recipient of such files to get them printed.
Printing the plan
The easiest
way is either to download the plan from your PC to a memory stick &
take the memory stick to your copy shop. If your copy
shop accepts emails, send them an email with the attachment, asking
them to print the attachment. Scaling is automatic. NOTE:
Check that your local copy shop can handle digital files
The BMFA
Archive Group are not yet suitably set up to provide a similar
service.
Magazine Library : The
purpose of the magazine library was intended to be a reference
facility for members & is planned to be continued as such by the
Archive Group of the BMFA, using a similar procedure as has been
provided by SAM1066. This will take
time to organise & thus the time to turn requests round will
inevitably be longer as the collection is gradually merged into the
BMFA Archive. However, it is intended that the request process will
be broadly similar.
Magazines Held
The files below show the extent of magazines held and catalogued. The file has been updated to end Dec 2024 & reflects the library content as transferred to the BMFA Archive Group.
Magazines
Plans in Magazines
The file below lists the plans, three views etc., of flying models featured in magazines held in the library up to end Dec 2024. The list can be sorted, A to Z, by model name or designer or magazine title/date or by multiple factors e.g. to find all the under 25 inch span rubber sort by: Type of model, wing span, model name.
Plans in magazines
Should you require an electronic copy of a magazine page or pages, advise the BMFA Archive team of the magazine issue and page, or if it is a plan in a magazine, the name of the model and whether it is glider, rubber or power. The page(s) will be scanned in JPEG format and sent them to you as an attachment to an e-mail.
The BMFA
Head Archivist contact is Doug Hunt & his email address is
dfh.htriples@ntlworld.com
Please
be aware that this is not a commercial operation and therefore any
service requested will be processed in a time scale that reflects the
volunteers availability.