Buckminster Free Flight Gala (click to open)
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-16 | Buckminster, BMFA Buckminster, NG33 5RW, United Kingdom
This event is to be held on the 15 or 16 November at BMFA Buckminster.
For more details open this item and follow the link – Buckminster 25

Birmingham MAC Coupe d'Hiver Free Flight Contest (click to open)
2025-12-06 - 2025-12-07 | MOD Luffenham, RAF North Luffenham, LE15 8RL, United Kingdom
This event is to be held on 6th or 7th December at MOD North Luffenham.
For more details open this post and follow the link – La 10ème Grande Coupe de Birmingham

Area meeting - 14th Jan 2026
2026-01-14 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom
Please find attached the Agenda for the upcoming Area Council meeting. This will be one of the agenda items at the next Midland Area Committee meeting to be held on 14th January starting at 7.30pm
Below is the Agenda for the Mids Area meeting.
Agenda for Jan 14th Mids Area meeting.

Present
Apols
Matters arising from December meeting
Funding requests
Area Council agenda
IONOS email provider issues
Tiny Whoop racing event
Impact and implications of the recent CAA letter
Raising Mids Area profile
Achievement scheme update
AOB

If you or a club representative are planning to take part in the meeting please contact the area secretary at secretary@midland.bmfa.uk with name, email address and club represented so that the Zoom link can be sent to the attendee.
Regards
Mids Sec
Area Council Agenda 22nd Jan 2026
BMFA Agenda incl Proposal for the Board meeting 24 Jan 26

Area Meeting - 28/04/26
2026-04-28 19:30 - 21:30
There will be a Midland Area meeting via Zoom on Tuesday 28th April, starting at 19:00hrs
If your club wishes to attend please reply to our Chairman colin.bernard@sky.com giving the name, email address and club.
A Zoom invite link will be sent to this email address closer to the meeting date.
The agenda is available here
The minutes of the previous meeting are available here.

'Absent Friends' Control Line Trophy
2026-06-21 | CV7 8HA, Arely Football Field, New Arely, CV7 8HA, United Kingdom
Organised by the South Birmingham MFC the ‘Absent Friends’ trophy is for pre 1964 vintage control line stunt models.
There are two dates and venues :
21/6/2026 – Arley Football field, Gun Hill, New Arley, Warwickshire CV7 8HA
19/7/2026 – National Flying Centre Buckminster NG33 5RW
For more details please contact Trevor Tennant 01676 541614 Mobile No 0788 109 5913 or email Trevortennant2@gmail.co.uk

'Absent Friends’ Control Line Trophy
2026-07-19 | Buckminster, BMFA Buckminster, NG33 5RW, United Kingdom

Midland Area Open Day
2026-07-19 09:00 - 17:00 | Buckminster, BMFA Buckminster, NG33 5RW, United Kingdom
Once again we will be holding a Midland Area Open Day at Buckminster and all are welcome to bring your R/C or C/L models and enjoy the day with other modellers from the area.
In addition to the regular flying South Birmingham MFC will be running an ‘Absent Friends’ competition for pre 1964 C/L stunters. For more details on this see the event post at https://midland.bmfa.uk/event/absent-friends-control-line-trophy-2
The day is free for all area club members on production of your BMFA card, and for BMFA season ticket holders. For all others it will £10 to fly.
As well as the flying we will be holding a raffle.
Small print:

Flying will take place from 10:00 to 17:00 with pilot briefing at 9:00
The day will be run according to the Buckminster and BMFA rules as at Flying Rules – BMFA National Visitor Centre

For more information contact the area secretary at secretary@midland.bmfa.uk
