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Profile of a Member No 1 in a Series 1. NAME Keith Howard Young. BMFA No S161634
2. PLACE BORN Kent 3. BIRTH DATE 11th July 1940 4. SCHOOLING Beverley Secondary Modern 5. WORK Apprentice Tool Maker, then a Centre Lathe Turner. Started & run own company for 28 years in general house maintenance. It was called ‘Homecare’ 6. PARENTS Father was a heavy goods driver 7. MODELLING HISTORY A life time of making any type of model. Been flying model aircraft for 9 years. 8. FAVOURITE TYPE OF MODEL FLYING Fixed Wing electric power, plus elec assist gliders. Also has benefited by flying full size fix wing aircraft. 9. ANY AMBITIONS TO FULFIL To take the BMFA Fixed Wing “B” test. Also to continue helping others achieve their ambition to fly a model aircraft and reach “A” level standard. 10. OTHER SPORTS OR HOBBIES
Plays bowls for New Milton (Hants) bowls club. Also indoor bowling in winter months. This member is truly a club asset. Keith is at Fawcett’s Field, Barton-on-Sea, every morning, also frequents Starwberry Field. Monday to Friday (subject to weather conditions). He maintains club training models along with the club transmitters, batteries and the like. Visits a local model shop and purchases replacement props, all without any prompting from the committee. If a member has a problem fixing a model? Take it round to Keith, he’ll fix it. He does ALL the club fixed wing elec power training. Currently there are 8 or 9 members on his books. Never a bad word from Keith, always a smile. A dedicated committee member. This club, aeromodelling & the BMFA generally, would be worse without him. He’s always referring to the BMFA member’s hand book when with new students. |
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