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Model plane enthusiasts have come together to celebrate 100 years of the sport’s national governing body.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, members of the British Model Flying Association (BMFA) set a world record by getting the most amount of planes up in the sky<\/a> across the country. <\/p>\n The BMFA, which is based at Buckminster, Leicestershire, is trying to encourage younger people to take up the hobby as the organisation looks to the future.<\/p>\n “I can have a Typhoon Eurofighter sat in my kitchen, I can take it down to the club and I can fly and that for me is a really exhilarating element to it,” Paul Tallett, BMFA member, said.<\/p>\n Video journalist: Alex Thorp<\/i><\/p>\n Follow BBC East Midlands on <\/i>Facebook<\/a>, <\/i>Twitter<\/a>, or <\/i>Instagram<\/a>. Send your story ideas to <\/i>eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n