Three CL speed meetings have been held in the UK so far during the 2023 season, two at Barton and one at Buckminster. Pulse jets tend to be the most popular models flown at Barton and F2A and 12’s are the main models flown at Buckminster. The 12 models which are all based on F2A… Read More »
Please see in the following link the latest Barton CL contest calender. https://cl-speed.bmfa.uk/barton-calendar-2023-revised
Final reminder/memory jogger about the upcoming speed training day at Buckminster. Any questions then just ask. Barrie CL Speed Training Day advert
Alan Lee 1945-2023 This is a collection of memories of Alan that I have set down after talking to his lifelong friend Ken Morrissey. Alan, his elder brother Trevor and Ken started flying together in 1960, learning to fly control line with Keil Kraft Champs powered by ED Bees. They joined the Sharston Model Flying… Read More »
In the contest calendar section there is the new 2023 UK CL speed contest calendar. What is very clear is that there is a full calendar of events at superb flying facilities, so no excuses not to get out and compete. In addition, we are running a speed training day at Buckminster on the 25th… Read More »
The last two BMFA Centralised Open speed meetings of the 2022 season were held on the 24th/25th September and the 16th October. Entries were low for the September meeting, but meaningful results were obtained. The final meeting was held last Sunday the 16th October, the turnout was better and the results were incredibly close in… Read More »
The dates 1st through to 4th September saw the running of the GB/Italian (Coppa D’Oro 59a) combined F2A/F2G World Cup event in Lugo Italy. This established event forms part of the popular FAI/CIAM F2A World Cup series ( F2 Control Line World Cup | World Air Sports Federation (fai.org) ). The first two days of… Read More »
BMFA Nostalgic Speed Nationals – incorporating Weatherman Speed note click hyperlinks for additional information such as plans The BMFA Nostalgic Speed Nationals were held over the weekend of 20th to 21st August at the BMFA site at Buckminster. The event was attended by a good number of C/L Speed participants, and a great deal of… Read More »
Please click the link below for the full result table for the 2022 BMFA CL speed Nats https://cl-speed.bmfa.uk/speed-nationals-2022
The BMFA CL speed Nats was run at Barton Model club site this year due to problems securing permission from the RAF for use of Barkston Heath. BMFA Open speed is run on a record ratio basis, so what does this mean? Well it means that all types of model can compete against one another… Read More »