General It continues to be fairly busy at the National Centre with an increasing number of regular flyers making use of the facilities as well as a good stream of first timers coming to take a look at the site. Season ticket sales are still going fairly well and we have comfortably exceeded the (very … Read More
Events It has been a busy few weeks at the National Centre with the BARCS Radioglide event taking place over the late May Bank Holiday followed by the BMFA University and Schools Payload Challenge over the first weekend in June plus a couple of turn up and fly weekends. Radioglide saw two good competition days … Read More
We have taken the decision to postpone the summer Airshow set to take place over the weekend 29th/30th of July, this decision has not been taken lightly and has been based on a number of factors but we feel it is better to make an early decision than stage an unsuccessful (and potentially expensive) event. … Read More
Late May update Events Things have been getting busier at Buckminster and as well as a fair bit of flying from season ticket holders we have had a couple of events. Friday the 19th saw us host the Cloud Tramp International event for members of the Peterborough Model Flying Club. Around a dozen members turned … Read More
Well we are at last benefiting from the required rain to get the runway seed started which is great news, of course on the downside it hasn’t really been flying weather so it has been a bit quiet at Buckminster over the last few days. We are still locked in battle with the local mole … Read More
Buckminster Blog Update With so much going on at BMFA Buckminster I thought it worth adding another quick update on progress. Thursday the 11th saw the site closed for maintenance day and willing volunteers arrived on site to assist with the various tasks. Whilst we didn’t see too many volunteers for the first work party, … Read More
Congratulations to Chris Vincent who today became the first BMFA member to pass an Achievement Scheme test at the BMFA National Centre. Chris passed his Fixed Wing Power A test and is pictured receiving his pass certificate from Andy Symons the BMFA Club Support Officer and an Area Chief Examiner. Chris is a BMFA Buckminster … Read More
Buckminster Blog May 8th Opening day Just a quick update for opening day at the National Centre. We still have contractors on site tidying up the final elements of the building work but we opened the doors as planned. The weather was pretty grim with a chilly 8 degrees on the clock but with the … Read More
BMFA Buckminster May Blog The months have rolled by pretty quickly but it feels like we have made fairly spectacular progress since we took possession of the site in November and the main contractor commenced work in January. The Phase 1 building works are all but done and the contractor is carrying out the final … Read More
Site Progress Following positive progress from the main contractor the National Centre will be open for business on the 8th of May (as opposed to the 1st as previously advertised) This slight delay is to permit a small number of additional tasks to be completed that render the site safe for public access (these are … Read More
