On Sunday 27th Sept 2026 the SE BMFA held a competition in conjunction with the BFFA at the Epsom Radio Flying Club field near Gatwick.
This is a typical Fun-Fly model – very light but strong
The weather was pretty gusty but the competition went ahead so there was a pilots’ briefing at 10:00 to set out the rules, the classes for the comps and the field flying rules.
The classes were Class 1, Class 2 and Foamie Class
Here’s James Gordon (Yellow top) and Stuart Willis giving the pilots’ briefing
There were 16 fliers registered for the comp from ERFC, Caterham Club, Mid Sussex Fliers and some from BFFA. All were BMFA members with an ‘A’ certificate for fixed-wing.
Here are most of the comp fliers before the event started
The competition was a ‘cut down’ version of the normal BFFA fixtures as most of the club fliers were quite new to Fun-Fly.
The disciplines flown were – Loops and Land, Water-Carrying, Carrier Deck Landing and Blackjack.
There were medals to be awarded for the various class winners (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
The winners for each class were as follows –
Class 1
1st James
2nd John
Class 2
1st Neil, Doug and Stuart
2nd Bernard
3rd Johan
Foamie Class
1st Charlie
2nd Nick
3rd Jim
Congratulations to all who took part in this event and made it such a successful day.
Many thanks to Stuart and James for organising the event.