Air Marshal Christopher N Harper CBE MA FCMI RAF - RAFFCA President

Aim Of The Association

Formed on the 1st April 2001, the aim of the Association is to facilitate the Air Force Board's objective of affording Servicemen and women, regardless of rank or trade, the opportunity of learning to fly at the lowest cost.

Method Of Achieving The Aim
The association is the advisory body responsible to the MOD for the code of conduct of all non-publicly financed Flying Clubs in the RAF. RAFFCA is an association of independent member clubs and will achieve its aim by:

- Encouraging liaison and communication amongst all the Flying Clubs of the RAF.
- Advising an assisting with the formation and conduct of Flying Clubs within the RAF.
- Encouraging General Aviation within the RAF.
- Encouraging the participation of RAFFCA members in competitive sports flying contests.
- Arranging representation of member clubs at meetings of national aviation bodies.

More About RAFFCA
One of the benefits which membership of the Royal Air Force Flying Clubs Association (RAFFCA) brings to all of us is discounted purchase deals on a range of items from major suppliers. A wide range of deals has now been available for over a year using the RAFFCA discount for headsets, GPS, kneeboards, radios etc etc. All club members - both military and civil are fully entitles to make use of these discounts. Speak to your club RAFFCA representative for details.

RAFFCA is keen to support Expeditions for member clubs, use of Enhanced Learning Credits for servicemen wishing to learn to fly, and to encourage participation by member clubs in competition flying events such as Air Racing, Precision Flying, Aerobatics and such things as TopNav. Some financial sponsorship may be available for service personnel in reducing the cost of participation in such events.
There are now quite a few flying clubs affiliated to RAFFCA and service members can take advantage of reciprocal membership arrangements to fly at other clubs for temporary period whilst on detachment or a visit.

For further information on RAFFCA, please contact Sqn Ldr Gus Cabre, Secretary of the Association.

Please pass update requests for this website, including forthcoming events and news to the Website Manager - Fg Off Chris Edmondson, 16(R) Sqn, RAF Cranwell at chrisedmondson@hotmail.co.uk. Clubs are requested to check their details for currency and report any changes to the above e-mail address.