Our history
From 2004 to today
When the Aero Club di Biella field closed for works at the airport, a group of members from its model flying section decided to start again from a meadow in Cossato.
- 200428 September
The association is founded
The deed is registered with the Municipality of Cossato, with twenty-four founding members, almost all from the model flying section of the Aero Club di Biella.
- 200529 July
“Flying, with your feet on the ground”
The weekly paper Il Biellese covers the new field in an article by M. Teresa Prato.
- 200621 May
The first Kids’ Day
Kids and young pilots at the field with their models. The day is held every spring until 2009; in June comes the second Radio Air-Model Meeting.
- 20083–4 May
The first Trofeo Città di Cossato
The field hosts a round of the Italian F3A aerobatics championship. The trophy returns in 2009 and 2010.
- 201022–23 May
Helicopters: Trofeo Fly Model Components
A round of the Italian F3C championship, the aerobatics discipline for radio-controlled helicopters.
- 201413 July
Ninth Radio Air-Model Meeting
The summer fly-in reaches its ninth edition: jets, scale models and aerobatic models on the Cossato meadow.
- 202325 June
The June fly-in
Models lined up on the grass, a day of flying and a group photo as long as the runway.
- 202429–30 June
The twentieth anniversary
During the weekend of flying at the field, on 30 June, the association celebrated its twentieth birthday with many friends, remembering its founders.
- Today
School, courses and fly-ins
The flying school with the club’s models, courses for the A1–A3 certificate and the fly-in calendar shared with the model flying clubs of North-West Italy.
The people
Who runs the field
The board runs the association; the operations managers make sure the regulations are followed on the runway.
Board
- Andrea MiglioriniPresident
- Giorgio BoarioVice-president
- Andrea MaininiTreasurer
- Lorenzo PeronaBoard member
- Andrea PiolaBoard member
Operations managers
- Andrea Migliorini
- Giorgio Boario
- Valter Demarie
- Lorenzo Perona
- Andrea Piola
When none of them is at the field, the first UAS operator or remote pilot to arrive is in charge, until one of them arrives.
From 2006 to today
Twenty years of fly-ins
Kids' days, summer meetings, chestnut roasts and rounds of the Italian F3A aerobatics championship.
Members' models
In the Cossato hangar
Scale models, jets, seaplanes and aerobatic models. Many are built by members, working from the plans of the full-size aircraft.
Home-built
In the members' workshop we also make the parts you can't buy in the shops.
All the home-built projects, with photos, videos and build notes →
Who helped us
The covered shelter, the facilities and the field’s first equipment were made possible by a contribution from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Biella.
Want to join the group?
Whether you already have a hangar full of models or have never touched a transmitter, there’s room for you at the field.