A mid contest report from the UK Space Modelling team, still out at the 2025 World space modelling championships in Zrenjanin, Serbia. The duration and altitude contest are now concluded, with some strong results from the UK team. In our streamer duration event, we had the strongest ever results from a British team, achieving 4th … Read More
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World Space Modelling Championships, Zrenjanin, Serbia. Report 2
World Space Modelling Championships, Zrenjanin, Serbia. Report 1
A team of 6 seniors and 3 juniors is preparing to represent GBR at the World Space Modelling Championships, taking place in Zrenjanin, Serbia from 22 to 28 August, 2025. The team has spent months designing and building model rockets in preparation for the event. The WSMC brings together the world’s top space modellers to … Read More
Free Flight World Championships, Salonta, Romania. Day 3
After the storming start to our Championships I thought it would be good to focus on talking g about the Team… this year we have a party of 8, 7 pilots, Team manager and a helper.This inevitably means that each and all have to put in double or even triple shifts to allow the team … Read More
Free Flight World Championships, Salonta, Romania. Day 1 & 2 Report. Silver for Mark Benns.
Day 1 and Day 2 report What an amazing two days .. the Romanian Federation have prepared and organised a superb Championship so far. One of the smallest teams left the UK 5 days ago and started the Championship with a real bang.. Neil Allen became or first F1C World Champion since 2009 with dominant … Read More
New GBR F1C Free Flight World Champion, Neil Allen.
We’re delighted to announce that British Model Flying has a new WORLD CHAMPION! Neil Allen, has been crowned World Champion in the Free Flight class of F1C, following the culmination of the championships which have been taking place in Salonta, Romania. Team GBR has been competing against 22 other nations in the F1C (engine assisted … Read More
Free Flight European Championships, Romania Report – Tuesday 23rd July
First day of competition. Our three man team is ready to go. Bill, John and Richard have their gliders at the ready. Fog delayed the start for a short while but comp started at 7.15, A seven round competition we started on pole 3. Every one maxed the first round but on subsequent rounds everyone dropped, very … Read More
Free Flight European Championships, Romania. Daily Reports 21st- 22nd July
7am – Further torrential rain has brought chaos to the competition this morning. Competitors are here eager to fly , but conditions are very poor. Most of us are sheltering in cars or under gazebos. Waterproof clothing is the required attire today 9am – Competition postponed until midday due to conditions. 11am – Returned to the field after 11am … Read More
Free Flight European Championships, Romania. Daily Reports 18th – 20th July
Those of us travelling by Whizz Air on the 8.10 am flight to Cluj-Napoca met up at Luton Airport in the early hours of the morning. Numerous large boxes were deposited at the over size luggage desk and we made our way through all the checks. Boarding was quick as soon as we were called, and although … Read More











