Welcome to Bayou City Flyers
April 22, 2026
Bayou City Flyers is a family-oriented club open to all categories of RC Flying with training available for new flyers. We host several types of events a year including SWAP meets. We welcome all types of RC planes: Electric, Glow/Gas, Jets (Turbine/EDF), Helicopters, Drones, Giant Scale, Aerobatic/Pattern, Pylon Racers, etc. Additionally, adjacent to BCF are Control Line and Soaring/Glider fields . We are located in George Bush Park (west side of Houston, Texas), within the Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields area located on the northwest corner of Westheimer Parkway and South Barker Cypress Road at the end of Challenger Dr. For reference, our street address is 17260 Westheimer Parkway, Houston, TX 77082.
The Bayou City Flyers home field is a FAA - Recognized Identification Area (FRIA) and includes a 630ft long x 80ft wide paved runway oriented 320 / 140 for fixed wing powered RC model aircraft and an adjacent area within the “fly zone” for RC helicopters and multirotor (drone) model aircraft. See our drone footage
The FAA requires that all sUAS’s (multi-rotor ‘drone’, fixed wing aircraft or helicopters) have an FAA Registration number placed on an exterior surface of each airborne vehicle. The FAA Registration site can be found at: https://faadronezone.faa.gov# This applies to commercially or recreationally flown sUAS’s. All pilots must have a valid AMA membership to fly within the Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields and must display their membership card when within the flying areas. The AMA information can be on an internal or external surface of the plane. For Scobee field, this is the AMA number of the recreational pilot. The AMA has a FAQ page which can be seen here: www.modelaircraft.org/faa-uas-frequently-asked-questions
The Bayou City Flyers RC club is chartered by the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA Club 901).
Club News
APRIL 2026 NOTAM
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BCF June 20th Swap Meet
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BCF Summer Warbird Event
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Scobee Field Mower
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Aviation Art of the Month
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Upcoming Events in Surrounding AREA
SPARKS RC 'VINTAGE FLY-IN' / APRIL 18TH, 2026
Warbirds Over Thunderbirds / May 16th, 2026 / Fort Worth, TX
DALLAS Warbird & Jet Fly-In / May 23, 2026
WARBIRDS OVER KINGSBURY, TX May 15-16, 2026
Ft Bend RC F5J Open Contest / May 16-17
HOTMAC BIG BIRD FLY-IN, JUNE 19-20, 2026
38th Annual B-17 Gathering & Big Bird Fly-In
JUNE 4-6 WARBIRD RALLY / Bomber Field
Access to AMA Sanctioned Events
AMA District 8
Planes / Jets / Helicopters of the Month
Kits / Plans / Scratch Builds
Planes built from kits, plans or scratch built from builder's design. Show us your flying models! Need to fly at least once to be considered.
2026 (March)
1. Joe Chauffe’s model of the Kyūshū J7W Shinden was presented by George Lumpkins. It is a WWII Japanese high altitude interceptor fighter intended to combat the B29. Two prototypes were built but production was stopped by the Japanese surrender. The aircraft has a nose mounted canard and a rear mounted motor/pusher propellor. The model has not yet flown pending a complete installation of the Spring Air retract gear.
2. Shawn Smith's beautiful Top Flight Stinson Reliant. 100" ws / 23 lbs / O.S. Gemini 4-stroke finished in Oracoat.
JETS - Turbine / EDF
Category for members who build and fly Turbine or Electric Ducted Fan (EDF) jets. Bring in your 'Fast Movers" guys and share the SPEED!
2025 (July) Randy Knopf describes his JTM Models 1/9th scale F16C turbine jet powered by a Swiwin 80n turbine. Decked out in Artic Combo scheme. Very Nice!
Michael Wise customized a Motion RC EDF T-33 in German Air Force color scheme of Eric Hartmann.
ARF/ARC Bashed/Redesigned/Imagined
Planes Almost Ready to Fly (ARF), Almost Ready to Cover (ARC) or finish or been Re-designed / Resurrected / or Imagined (BASHed). Show us your flying models! Need to fly at least once to be considered.
2025 (July) ARF/BASH - George Lumpkin bashed/built a cool Spitfire using a ARF wing and balsa-built fuse w/mechanical retracts. Nice Work!
HELICOPTERS
Scale or Fun Helicopters. Bring your "Whirly Birds" guys and share the excitement of helicopter flying!
