Summer 2018
Well, what a summer it is so far! After a rather shaky start weather wise we are currently experiencing something of a heatwave. In terms of flying weather, it has been fantastic and pretty much…
General
Spring 2018 Update
The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that previous blogs have generally been designated by month, whereas this offering goes under the much vaguer title of spring, it’s been a busy start to the year…
December 2017 Blog
Site In order to produce the December2017 Blog I had a quick look back at the same month in 2016. Reading the update from 12 months ago really highlighted how much progress has been made…
2018 BMFA Buckminster Season Tickets now available.
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Buckminster Blog – August 2017
General It has been yet another busy month at the National Centre with a steady increase in day to day activity as well as regular event bookings at weekends. The season ticket holders are making…
July Blog – 25/7/2017
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…
June Blog 21-6-2017
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…
Summer Airshow Postponed
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…
First Achievement Scheme pass at BMFA Buckminster!
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…
Buckminster Blog May 8th Opening day
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…