Michael Wise

The Bayou City Flyers had a great turn-out for its 2nd annual Warbird Event at Dick Scobee Memorial Airfield on Friday & Saturday July 20th & 21st, 2018. To see 144 photos from the event, scroll up to the selection banner then click on Media then Photos then select Bayou City Flyers – Warbird Event (July 20th & 21st, 2018)

Join the Academy of Model Aeronautics in celebrating model aviation for the sixth annual National Model Aviation Day, August 11, 2018. National Model Aviation Day was created to encourage clubs to celebrate the hobby and share it with the public. Bayou City Flyers will be hosting discovery flight for youth entering 5th to 12th grade. These 10-minute flights will be done at The Dick Scobey Memorial RC Field in George Bush Park, 8:00 A.M. to 11:45 AM. There will be displays and flight demonstrations will be done throughout the morning also. The Bayou City Flyers contact is: Jamie Powers. Jamie […]

A four page annotated picture document has been posted to the Member Documents section of this website which illustrates how high water rose at and in the clubhouse during Harvey. Members will need to login to this section to access the information which is located below the previously posted Tax Day flood information. Let’s hope we do not have to periodically add information to this part of the website. Thanks to those club members that contributed money and time to restore the clubhouse.

Photos of the July 14, 2018 BCF Swap Meet have been posted to the Media section of this website. Scroll across the selection banner near the top any main page and select “Media” then select “Photos” then click on Bayou City Flyers – Swap Meet. Once the album is presented, click on any photo to expand the image then click through to view all 30 images.

The Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields powered RC Flight area will be closed to public use on Friday and Saturday July 20th and 21st. The Bayou City Flyers RC Club is sponsoring its 2nd annual Warbird event over this two day period so RC flying during this period will be restricted to the event. The public is welcomed to attend this event at no cost.

There will be no Radio Controlled flying at Dick Scobee Memorial Airfield on Thursday May 31st from 10:15am to 3:15pm CDT. Scobee field is on an approximate 277 deg radial 22nm from the Hobby VOR. “An FAA NOTAM/TFR has been issued for Houston, TX and the surrounding areas for Thursday, May 31st from 10:15 am CDT to 3:15 pm CDT. The TFR is issued for security purposes to cover VIP movement in this area. Outdoor radio control model aircraft operations are prohibited within a 32 nm radius for the specific times listed . Control Line and Free Flight modelers should […]

April 14, 2018: Garry Woodhouse has advised the clubhouse is nearly finished. Furniture when in today! April 9, 2018: Jim Keil has advised Post – Harvey restoration work is progressing on the Bayou City Flyers Club House. As of April 9, 2018, additional wood framing has been installed around the door and windows, T-111 wood paneling has been installed on the interior walls, primed and painted. Window trim has been installed, two drip pans have been installed below the leaking roof vents and plumbed to drain outside with ceiling insulation and ceiling tiles installed. Installation of carpet squares has begun […]

BCF member, Jeff Trotter, lost a plane north of the field on June 10, 2018 so he contacted BCF member John Haskell who has a drone with camera and GPS which he has set-up to fly a grid pattern north or east of the powered RC area of Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields to search for lost RC aircraft. John was successful in locating Jeff’s plane on June 11, 2018 and Jeff was able to recover it that same day. See the attached story with photos (click on the title of this post to access it) to read about the details […]