2026 Fun Fly Dates!!!
Please see the dates below and hopefully you can join in the FUN at some of our 2026 competitions, both national and area events. These are open to any BMFA member, with classes suitable for beginners in Fun Fly through to experts using models from standard ‘Foamies’ to all out Fun Fly designs. All our events follow the Fun Fly principle that competition flying can be incredibly rewarding and above all, FUN!!!
Newcomers are always very welcome
2026 Dates so far…..
2nd/3rd May – Fun Fly Festival at Buckminster
14th June – London/South East Area Fun Fly Day at the Bickley Club
15th/16th August – Fun Fly Nationals at Buckminster
More Details to follow soon
Please click HERE to see photos from last year’s events
Fun Fly Nationals 2025
Results and Photos
Another fabulous weekend’s competition was had by all at our Fun Fly Nationals in August. Here is the group photo from the Saturday.
Click on the photo to take you to the gallery page to see the others!
Also, Click HERE for a short report!
All the results can also be found on our Results page HERE
Congratulations to our National Champions for 2025
David Colley in Class 3, Chris Morris in Class 2 and Martin Bell in Class 1 and Overall National Fun Fly Champion
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Some More Information on the BFFA
2024 Fun Fly Nationals
Another great weekend was had by all at our Fun Fly Nationals, held at the fabulous National Centre. The fine weather meant a really good competition over the two days, with a good number of entrants in the three different classes.
There was lots of truly impressive and skillful flying over the weekend, but highlights included Gavin Barden breaking the longstanding Longest Glide record, with an amazing glide time of 15 minutes, 48 seconds and a spot bonus from a 15 second climb! Also, Martin Bell came within 1 Touch and Go of equalling the current record with a very impressive 62 in two minutes for Class 1. Well done also to a junior, Joe Hampson for entering his first ever Fun Fly Comp and coming in the top half of class 2 and also beating a multiple Fun Fly champion in the process. Joe showed lots of skill, so well done Joe, hope to see you as a future Fun Fly Champion!
Congratulations to the winners though, Nick Lester in Class 3, Simon McNeill in Class 2 and Martin Bell in Class 1. Martin achieved a perfect score by winning every round in Class 1, which also gained him the Robin Jones Trophy for being this year’s overall National Fun Fly Champion. Well done to all the winners and well done and thank you to all the competitors and team for making the weekend such a success, very enjoyable and above all Fun!
For all the 2024 Nationals Results, please go to the Comp Results section at the top of the page….
More Photos – Here
Previous Fun Fly Festival Photos
(more photos from this and other events to be found in the Gallery)
The British Fun Fly Association
As the British Fun Fly Association we believe that Fun Fly is the best and most affordable way to get into competition flying. It is also highly entertaining, exciting to take part in or to watch and above all a whole load of FUN!
Fun Fly evolved all over the country in the 1960’s and first became an event at the BMFA Power National Championships in 1985. It also forms the basis of many of the country’s club’s competitions using ‘normal’ club sport models. Obviously at National level, the models become a lot more specialised, but basically, it’s designed so that anyone can have a go and enter into competition flying with minimal expense.
The competitions themselves vary from old favourites like Touch & Go, Limbo and Climb & Glide to the newer tasks such as Balloon Bursting, Water Carrying, Spins & Spot and much more.
This large range of competitions is designed to be appealing to everyone, whatever their skill at Fun Fly and brings a whole different dimension to club flying, bringing clubs together with everyone looking forward to a Fun Fly day!
They also serve to improve pilot skill, confidence and give flyers a sense of purpose together with a healthy competitive spirit, both at club and National level.
Many individuals tend to be put off entering any sort of competition as they think it is far too serious and intense for them. With Fun Fly that doesn’t have to be the case and by entering a club level, or even a National Fun Fly competition everyone can enjoy a good competitive event in a very informal, relaxed and fun atmosphere.
The British Fun Fly Association helps clubs and individuals organise competitions as well as inter club, area and National competitions and fly-ins. At most of our Fun Fly days we run two classes – one for the average club flyer starting out in competition and the other for the expert Fun Flyers, which at thetop level, as I’ve said before is very skilful and incredibly exciting to watch.
We have pilots who also fly other disciplines at top level, but they also keep coming back to the Fun Fly as there is nothing quite like the adrenaline, excitement and intensity of two minutes going under the Limbo!
Myself and the rest of the Team at the BFFA are passionate about Fun Fly, mainly due to the enjoyment and satisfaction that it has given to us over the years and we just want to give as many individuals and clubs the opportunity to take part and enjoy it too. We want to show that competition flying can be very rewarding, exciting and above all FUN.
Please contact us and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you have about the wonderful world of Fun Fly.
For more information on how you can get involved in this wonderful world of Fun Fly please take a look at my longer guide to Fun Fly, which you can download HERE.
James Gordon, BFFA Chairman