BMFA Northern Area Achievement Scheme Training & Testing Day The idea of the days is that members who are interested in either taking a test or need any advice or tuition can come along. Examiners and instructors will be on site to help and assist.
Boot sale for all your modelling bits and pieces. Also, a perfect place to grab a bargain! Non club members £5 to sell. Gates open 9.00am to set up for 9.30 start. Toilets on site. Camping must be pre-booked at admin@bickleymfc.org
BMFA SOUTHERN AREA ACHIEVEMENT SCHEME MEET SUNDAY 18th MAY 2025 Pilot Briefing 09:30 Flying From 10:00 Event Hosted By Kind Permission Of Basingstoke Model Aero Club IMPORTANT NOTE: PRIOR REGISTRATION REQUIRED Fixed Wing, Silent Flight, Heli & MR ONLY – No Jet Turbines BMFA AS ‘BPC’, ‘A’, ‘B’ & Examiner Demo & Testing For Fixed […]
Vintage Combat Competition, Spectators welcome
Malvern Club Thermal Contest to U.K. F5j rules At Fish Meadow Upton upon Severn Worcestershire. Experienced Flyers, Novices and spectators welcome.
This is our first F3N competition of 2025 returning to a site near Newington, Oxfordshire. Pre-registration is essential: please email julie@flyinfish.co.uk to register. Entry fee is £20 (snr) / £15 (jnr) for AHA members or £25 (snr) / £20 (jnr) for non-AHA members.
F5j Electric launch Glider comp At Fish Meadow Upton upon Severn, Worcs.
Scottish League
All types of glider are welcome, including DLG, F5j, Foam gliders, GPS gliders and aero tow gliders or anything else we haven’t thought of! It will be a light-hearted event and an opportunity to see as many different types as we can. Please note 400ft height limit for models over 7.5kg. Camping is available from […]
BARCS annual 3 day national soaring competition Saturday 24th May and Sunday 25th May - F5J and F3K two day competitions. Team Selection Events. F5J includes a 2m class. Pilots may enter for a single day event if required Monday 26th May - F5RES and F3RES competitions and F5K trial event. Full details on BARCS […]
Flying Only scale to RC3 rules. Classes for ARTF and Builder of Model. Award for highest placed light scale (<5kg) in each class. All welcome. Flight scores from this event can be used as qualifying scores for the 2026 World Champs Team trials
Informal scale only helicopter event. See flyer for full details.
3rd Centralised, includes team selection
The contest is open to anyone with a model meeting the BMFA FxRES rules. If you've not flown FxRES before, you will be very welcome as an entrant, a spectator or a helper. FxRES is a competition class for 2m-span thermal soaring models constructed mainly from wood. Contests are a variant of the provisional FAI […]
Informal fly-in open to all for fixed wing helicopters and drones of all types. Instructors and examiners will be available for anyone working towards an achievement scheme test. Charging facilities available. Camping available. No gas turbines.
Flying only scale to new RC3 Rules. Classes for ARTF and Builder of the model. Award for highest places light scale in each class. Enter on the day, all are welcome. Scores from this event can be used as qualifiers for the 2026 World Champs team trials
The scheduled event is F2D training, however, if the weather forecast for the scheduled Vintage Combat competition on Sunday 1/6/2025 would mean that this event is cancelled, then the Vintage Combat competition will be switched to Saturday instead. Notification of this will be by Facebook and email to CFA members. The decision will be taken […]
BMFA members are invited to come along and fly. Members of the public are welcome too, to see what we can offer. ‘Trial Flights’ using one of our dual control aircraft. The event will include: Fixed Wing including Trial Flights Helicopter & Multi Rotor Flying Control Line Flying SWAPMEET on Sunday Morning (0830 Start) Gates will open 0800 for the Sunday morning […]
Vintage Combat Competition. Spectators welcome
FF2 Scale free Flight Contest with additional best Aeromodeller & Model Aircraft Designs award. FF3 Rubber Precision contest. Weather dependant. Emails with go or no go info will be sent out approx' two days before. Please check with CD. Reserve date 8th June
Indoor rubber/electric/CO2 sport and scale flying
R/C flying only Scale to new RC3 rules. Classes for ARTF and Builder of the Model. Award for highest placed light scale (<5kg) in each class. Enter on the Day, all are welcome. Entry is free for host club members. Free barbecue lunch. Flight scores may be used as qualifiers for the 2026 World Championships […]
The Power Strugglers are a group of SAM35 vintage fliers, including R/C, free-flight and control-line, who hold monthly Monday and Tuesday meetings at BMFA Buckminster throughout the summer.
A monthly gathering of fixed wing pilots who wish to improve their flying whatever model they choose to fly. Experienced mentors will give individual help to increase confidence in your model and your flying ability. Places are limited so please book in with John Morton jgmorton@hotmail. co.uk
UK Classic Aerobatic Association. Pre 1996 Classic Aerobatics, Fly-in and low key contest to UKCAA Pick 5, Pick 7 and new Novice Schedules. Guests - very welcome, bring along your own model (AcroWot etc) and come and enjoy the fun. The group also provides very low key Aerobatic coaching for Novices. please contact Martyn Kinder […]
