Melton & District Model Club celebrates its 60th Golden Anniversary since formation with a Model Show on Saturday to Sunday 2-3 August 2025 from 10.00am to 4.00pm. There will be a variety of demonstrations and exhibition of RC Aircraft & Helicopters, Model Boats, Slot Cars, Model Railways, Drones, Meccano, Classic Car Show, Swap Meet, Car […]
Come slope racing at one of the world's finest slope soaring venues. This is a BMFA F3F League and Team selection event, but all are welcome to join in the fun. To enter, add your details at https://www.gbsra.co.uk/competition-entries from 23rd July. £10 to enter.
Vintage Combat Competition. Spectators welcome
R/C flying only scale to new RC3 Rules. Classes for ARTF and Builder of the Model, plus award for highest placed light scale model (<5kg) in each class. Enter on the day, all are welcome. No entry fee for host club members. Flight scores may be used as qualifiers for 2026 World Champs Team trials.
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
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 […]
Our annual Scale Helicopter Fun Flyin will again be held in August. Catering, Camping and on site toilets. Anyone wishing to camp for the event or having questions, please dont hesitate to get in touch with Craig or Kenny
F5J Glider Thermal Competition This will be a 1 day competition depending on the weather Aug 9 or 10th Pilots briefing at 10.00AM Little Bentley Near Clacton on sea Essex
Northern League F5J (Electro Thermal Soaring) Wetlands site near Retford. We may fly Saturday or Sunday. Entries in 5 days prior please. Ask for directions. If time permits we may also fly a short FxRES Event at lunch time. Anyone welcome to join, assistance given. Alex Maxfield / 07809 846931 / alexmaxfield@hotmail.co.uk
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 […]
F5j Contest
5th centralised, includes team selection
Join us for the BMFA Fun Fly Nationals, with newcomers always welcome! Two day competition open to any BMFA member with an A certificate. Enter up to two classes from classes 1, 2 and 3 including the Foamy Class. Trophies for each class plus the Robin Jones Trophy for the overall 2025 National Champion. £25 […]
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
This event is a reserve date should any of the previous scheduled CFA Combat Competitions are cancelled. See the Combat Flyers Association website for more details
Vintage fixed wing to December 1975
Flying only R/C scale competition to new RC3 rules. Classes for ARTF and Builder of the Model plus award of highest light scale model (<5kg) in each class. Enter on the day, all are welcome. No entry fee for host club members, Flight scores from this event can be used as qualifiers for the 2026 […]
A relaxed, informal fly-in for any type of model aircraft. All forms of RC including, scale, vintage, sports, helicopters, aerobatic, EDF, novelty etc etc, but sorry no turbines. Free flight and control line also welcome! Toilets on site. Camping available if booked in advance at admin@bickleymfc.org
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
F5J Silent Flight Nationals, Buckminster August 23-24. Main competition is a two-day event, with only one dropped score over the two days, There will be a fly-off on the Sunday and winner of the fly-off will be National Champion. This is one of the three national team selection events - team selection on the preliminary […]
A low key scale flying competition in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome but you must ensure that you are fully insured and have complied with CAA registration. We aim to start the flying at around 10am but it's generally like herding cats so that might be subject to amendment. ALL fliers are required to […]
The Bowden Trophy event will be run on the Sunday of the 2025 Free Flight Nationals at Sculthorpe. The team of officials to run the event will come from Peterborough Model Flying Club with Andy Green as CD. After completion of the BMFA Bowden Trophy competition the team will then run the Peterborough MFC Stan […]
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 […]
The contest is open to anyone with a model meeting the f3l/f5l construction rules. If you've not flown in this category before, you will be very welcome as an entrant, a spectator or a helper. Leading up to the event, information and updates will be posted on BARCS https://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/forum/102-fxres/
