Oxford Model Flying club (OMFC) was formed in 1969 and caters for many different disciplines both RC and free flight, outdoors and indoors. OMFC welcomes new members.
The club’s principal flying site is Port Meadow on the outskirts of Oxford, accessed from the Godstow Car park. Our activities on the site, which is a public open space are licensed by the Freemen of the City of Oxford.
Only OMFC members and their guests are permitted to fly on the site
Port Meadow has a long history with aviation with the flying rights to the meadow first granted by the Freemen of Oxford in 1910. In 1911 some sheds were erected for the aircraft and by 1916 it had become an RFC training aerodrome.
Model flying has taken part here since at least the 1940’s and no doubt long before that in an unrecorded form with an annual competition for FF models run since 1941 and continuing to this day. OMFC has run an annual Free Flight Rally since 1982 and an additional Dreaming Spires event for scale and duration FF since the late 1980s
General flying on Port Meadow is arranged on an informal basis, in addition to the 4 FF events now run by the club during the summer months. The club has a WhatsApp group that enables members to meet up for flying and also acts as a lively club forum for help and advice. More information about flying at Port Meadow maybe found here
The club holds monthly evening meetings at Begbroke Village Hall. Details of these may be found here
Our youngest and oldest members – Isaac age 7 and Alan age 91
The club also publishes a quarterly Newsletter, Meadow Flyer, with news and articles by members, many of which also write for the modelling press. Older editions of the Meadow Flyer may be found below
