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Bayou City Flyers NOTAM is the club newsletter. Current news, events and information. Click on the image and again on the post page image to read the October NOTAM. For Members ALL previous NOTAMs can be found under the Member & Membership Tab. Take some time and enjoy.

Beautiful Full Rainbow over Scobee Field Sat. Aug. 27th, 2022 during photo shoot for Fulshear Explore magazine article on local RC. Look below for a bunch of upcoming events.

Join us JULY 15-16th at Dick Scobee Field in Houston for our Ron Mers Memorial Warbird Event, dedicated to our late friend and longtime BCF member, Mr. Ron Mers (USAF Ret.). Returning after a year due to Covid and flying in memorial remembrance to Ron. Thanks to sponsor Randy Hobbies! ANY SIZE WARBIRD or POWER! RAFFLE with great prizes, Awards, FREE ice-cold water & popsicles. Summertime heat, great flying with the wind normally down the runway. CONTACT: Corey Johnson / 281-782-4885 / coreyj645@yahoo.com

Sad news for the R/C Hobby as TruTurn announces it will suspend manufacturing in consumer model hobbies as of April 2022. (Suspend may mean they’ll return, but it’s not a good omen).

Randy Larsen just posted to the TWT pilots and friends that there will be NO Thunder over Roundtop event this year. It’s unfortunate that such a fantastic effort last year won’t be repeated again. There were no reasons given other than the event won’t be hosted there again. Randy said to say “THANK YOU” to everyone that was involved from pilots, volunteers, sponsors, etc. that made the event so successful.

Fort Bend RC & Bayou City Flyers hosted a Junior ROTC training day on April 2nd at the Fort Bend RC Field. Twenty-five cadets from the following area high schools attended: Dulles, Elkins & Kempner AF. The purpose of the event was to introduce the cadets to the basics of RC Modelling and how to fly model trainers. The cadets started their day practicing on simulators, then moved on to flying trainers. Each cadet had at least 4 training sessions, and a few even learned to take-off and land independently. Seven teams of pilots, instructors and spotters from both clubs spent 5 hours teaching the cadets to fly. The Training Teams from BCF included Max Burton, George Lumpkins, Jessica Haskell, Jerry Wilson, and Keith Ratliff. During the lunch break the cadets were entertained by many expert demo flights by BCF pilots: Rick Hooks, Tri Luu, Tuan Lam, and George Lumpkins. The ROTC leader, Major Ronald Hawn, expressed his appreciation to both clubs and said the cadets learned a lot. Most of all, they had FUN! Bayou City Flyers will host this ROTC group at Scobee Field on Oct. 22, 2022, and we hope to have many more volunteers.

Bayou City Flyers RC Club is hosting a Swap Meet Sat. MAR. 26th, 8am – till.… FREE TO ATTEND and FREE TO SELL. Bring you own tables, etc. and JOIN US. DON’T MISS THIS ONE!

Ronald (Ron) Eugene Mers, 80, of Fulshear, Texas, passed away Saturday February 5th, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 17, 1941 in Huntington, West Virginia to Raymond Mers and Dorothy Johnson. Ron graduated from Suitland High School, Maryland and served in the Air Force for over 29 years. He served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician. He retired from service as a Chief Master Sergeant in 1990. Ronald is survived by his wife, Patricia Mers, of 29 years; his daughter Terri Cooke; his son Ronald Howard Mers; his grandchildren; Taylor Moore, Paige Stephens, Drew […]