February 2010
28th Flitehook Indoor Flying 10AM-5PM Wallingford
March
7th 25th annual Northwich Swapmeet, Northwich Memorial Hall
Chesterway, Northwich, Cheshire. CW9 5QJ.
5 miles from Junction 19 M6. Ample free parking right outside.
10AM-1PM. Tables £12.00 for the first Table, with 2 free passes £6.00 each additional Table. Door entry £2.00 see Northwich Swapmeet for details, alternativly phone: 01565 631190 ask for Ruth or Wayne.
14th Flitehook Indoor Flying 10AM-5PM West Totten
21st Old Warden Swap Meet
Two Hundred and Twenty Tables: available from 8.30am for table holders and 10.00am. for the public. It will be held in the Russell Hall at the Agricultural College. There is a bar and two restaurants with ample free parking.
General information Alan Knight email: valan12@btinternet.com
Booking details are available from Richard Dalby email: owswapmeet2010@hotmail.co.uk or Pete Dirs email: PD_eng@yahoo.co.uk
28th Flitehook Indoor Flying 10AM-6PM Wallingford
28th Forest of Dean R/C Model Club
In response to members request for more R/C sport flying events the Forest of Dean R/C Model Club have kindly offered the use of their site for a one day event. This will be a R/C event only, the site is too close to the river for F/F. Flying will be restricted to vintage models, no ARTF please! BMFA insurance will be required so please ensure you have your card with you but there is no requirement for BMFA 'A' or 'B' certificates.
The site is at Woolaston 3.5 miles SW of Lydney adjacent to the A48 Gloucester to Lydney road. If travelling from Gloucester the site will be on your left and from Chepstow on the right. There is a public picnic area and toilets on the opposite side of the road and possibly a Burger van but bring your own refreshments to make sure of something to eat and drink. There is plenty of parking space but no driving across the flying field!
Further details and a map can be found on the Forest of Dean R/C Model Club Website
April
4th Middle Wallop
All vintage flying incl. Tomboy3s & Senior (no aileron models please)
Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
4th Bournemouth Model Aircraft Society Rally Middle Wallop (courtesy of SAM1066)
Lightweight Rubber (max wing span 34"). To include Special Prize for Condor Clipper to Celebrate 80 years of BMAS.
Bournemouth Club Classic Rubber, P30.
Very Small Rubber (max wing span 25"), A Frame (Mass Launch)
Vintage Open Glider, Combined Classic Open Glider.
Combined Vintage/Classic HLG & CLG.
Cabin Power (Precision).
Contact: John Taylor tel: 01202 511502 or email: roy.tiller@ntlworld.com
May
8th & 9th Old Warden Mayfly Weekend
9th Middle Wallop
All vintage flying incl. Tomboy3s & Senior (no aileron models please)
Contact: Tony Tomlin tel 02086 413505 or email pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
16th Cashmore, Dorset
Tomboy3s & Senior
Event organiser: James Parry tel: 01202 625825 or email: JamesIParry@talktalk.net
Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
TBA Barton Bash at Barton Aerodrome
29th & 30th BMFA Free Flight Nationals Barkstone Heath
June
TBA June/July BMFA Festival of Flight Barkston Heath
5th St. Albans Herts.
Tomboy3s & Senior
Event organiser: Alun Blunt tel: 01525 860154
Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
19th & 20th South Bristol Berkeley Power Station
20th Vintage Model Rally Cocklebarrow Farm, Aldsworth
All types of R/C up to December 1965 including electric and glider. Tomboy3s and Senior.
Signposted from Aldsworth on B4425 between Cirencester/Burford and off A40 between Northleach/Burford. Follow SAM 35 signs. Camping available on field.
R/C and Camping Contact: Paul Howkins tel: 02476 405126. BMFA Insurance and Number essential.
Tomboy3s and Senior Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
26th & 27th The Gala at Old Warden
Following on from last year's very successful 'Theme for a Dream' your committee has come up with 'Favourites of the 50's' for this year's Gala. This, just like last year's, is all embracing so any model of the period is eligible from Jetex to R/C even pulse jet ( but in this case not to be flown at OW!). Many of us over the years have fancied a particular design only to discover a later than 1950 publication date so have not built it. Now you can indulge yourself and pour through all the fantastic designs of what must be the best decade in UK aero modelling. There were 2 magazines for the whole period and many of the Model Aircraft designs have been neglected so now is the chance to build them.
If you have a copy, Vic Smeed's book; 'Favourites of the Fifties'; is an excellent place to start, packed as it is with pages of designs to inspire some building. Indeed the inspiration came from this book. I would guess that the majority of members started their aero modelling in this decade, so now you can indulge in your favourite model from your childhood. Don't be put off if a MA plan appears to be unavailable as most are by one means or another (if stuck let Andy Brough know). Another good thing for those who build power models, is that many of this decade's engines are available at not too silly prices so you should be able to find the original power plant.
The format will be as last year, model and story board in the pound both days of the Gala. We look forward to all the models that will be on display and indeed to those that will be flown. Andy Brough
Tomboy3s and Senior Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
July
TBA Rolls Royce MFC Hucknall
24th & 25th Old Warden Scale Weekend
TBA Thetford Model Flyers Thetford Rugby Club
August
8th Vintage Model Rally, Cocklebarrow Farm, Aldsworth.
All types of R/C up to December 1965 including electric and glider. Tomboy3s and Senior.
Signposted from Aldsworth on B4425 between Cirencester/Burford and off A40 between Northleach/Burford. Follow SAM 35 signs. Camping available on field.
R/C and Camping Contact: Paul Howkins tel: 02476 405126. BMFA Insurance and Number essential.
Tomboy3s and Senior Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
14th Saturday Special programme
28th 29th & 30th BMFA Nationals Barkstone Heath
29th Middle Wallop
All vintage flying incl. Tomboy3s & Senior (no aileron models please)
Contact: Tony Tomlin tel 02086 413505 or email pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
September
11th & 12th Old Warden Model Fly Weekend
26th Septemberfest programme
TBA SAM74 Portugal Evora?
October
3rd Vintage Model Rally at Cocklebarrow Farm, Aldsworth.
All types of R/C up to December 1965 including electric and glider. Tomboy3s and Senior.
Signposted from Aldsworth on B4425 between Cirencester/Burford and off A40 between Northleach/Burford. Follow SAM 35 signs. Camping available on field.
R/C and Camping Contact: Paul Howkins tel: 02476 405126. BMFA Insurance and Number essential.
Tomboy3s and Senior Contact: Tony Tomlin tel: 02086 413505 or email: pjt2.alt2@btinternet.com
November
December
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