Author Archives: Barrie Lever

There is a date change of the September CL speed meeting at Buckminster from 26th September to 19th September. All other details remain the same.  

Barton report by Dick Hart The weather was great over the weekend, and we elected to fly both days to make the most of the opportunity, in line with our discussions at the last Nationals. A good job really because Joe Gough could only stay for the Saturday as he was on work stand by… Read More »

The UK CL speed Nationals will be held on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd August at the Barton Model flying club site. All are welcome. The entry form for the Nats is below, please get your entries in as certain arrangements need to be made to run a good meeting. Nats entry form 2026

It is with much regret that we recently heard of Ed Needhams passing, Ed had been battling cancer since just before the Covid 19 pandemic. Whilst Ed was primarily known as a CL team racing competitor, he also took part in CL speed flying and most recently this involved competing in Sport Jet at Barton… Read More »

We are very pleased to be able to update you all on calendar dates for two meetings in Europe in June. These are the well respected Alpe Adria meeting in Italy and the famous Jura Cup meeting in Switzerland also in June. Contest calendar and results We can also share with you contest rules  for… Read More »

New site logo banner As part of a general revamp of this site, we have had a Speedcom logo created and this can be seen on most pages of the website. We will have lightweight clear waterslide transfers for models shortly, and larger stickers for pit boxes etc. Barton Club forum We have been asked… Read More »

Firstly Best Wishes for 2026 to all the CL Speed competitors and fans who are receiving this new post. There are a few things to cover in this post, so let’s go. Website There have been some problems with this website’s email database of people who receive these post notifications. We had around 255 people… Read More »

BMFA CONTROL LINE SPEED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS BARTON MODEL FLYING CLUB 5th, 6th ,7th September 2025 The 2025 BMFA Control line speed Nationals were once again held at the Barton Model Flying Club site near Manchester. The Barton club had done a great job in preparing the site for the Speed Nationals. The weather was very… Read More »

BMFA Open Speed meeting 27/04/2025 Barton club site. The meeting was blessed with a sunny and warmish day, a light SW wind with a RAD of around 1 first thing which finished up around .98 by mid-afternoon. Joe Gough agreed to go first and be the guinea pig to find out which metering jet and… Read More »

Final reminder for getting your entries into Dick Hart for the UK BMFA CL speed Nationals. The event will be held at the Barton Club site on the 30th, 31st August and the 1st September, we use the Barton site for this event as around half the entries are pulse jets and these cannot fly… Read More »