GMF Festival Info

What is GMF

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Excitement - Thrills - History - Dreams

Gimli Model Fest is r/c hobby showcase. This annual weekend event features radio control (r/c) classic, sport, jet, and scale model r/c airplanes – over 120 models flew last year. Some are rare; some are special only to their owners, some are quarter size replicas of actual aircraft that carry a historical theme. We also have R/C cars and trucks zipping, jumping, tumbling around at the on site track.

The Gimli R/C Club track at the GMF site is open all summer, contact Steve T. for details.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Gimli Kiwanis club sets up a concession stand that offers delicious burgers, hot dogs, perogies and those famous mini donuts, so grab some lunch on and enjoy the flying.

But don't forget to be back for the Sunday afternoon air show. The air show starts at 1:00pm and features jets with miniature turbine jet engines, warbirds, aerobatics, r/c combat, kid's candy drop and much much more in the 3 hours of non stop r/c entertainment.

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GMF Schedule

Modelers will begin to arrive at GMF through out the week, flying usually starts at 9:00am and ends at dark. The first official day of GMF flying is Friday August 15, the skies are filled and buzzing on Saturday. On Sunday morning, some try to get in a few more flights in before the airshow from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. After the airshow. open flying continues.

GMF Sunday Air Show

The extremely popular and exciting GMF Air Show is on Sunday August 17th, starts at 1:00pm, runs for 3 hours and features a wide range or r/c model aircraft from F-18 jet fighters, WWII warbirds, daring aerobats, vintage models and more! Kids love the candy drop and Snoopy on his flying dog house! Great entertainment for the whole family!

2007 Spectator comments:
Darrell

"The 2007 Gimli ModelFest was great!
We attended the show on Sunday, and found it to be extremely well organized,
and laid out. The only thing missing was me being there on the other 2 days to see more
flying! The commentator really added to the event, and was a perfect fit for the
job..............well done!!! Without him, it would have been a completely different show that's for sure,
and not for the better.

I definitely will attend again.

Your planes and flying is wonderful, I really enjoy the warbirds. Hopefully
would like to see some WW2 bombers next year, and maybe a P-38 to fill out
the bill.

Thanks!"

Admission Prices

Admission prices for Saturday are: Adults $3.00, Children 12 & under are free.

Admission prices for Sunday are: Adults $4.00, Children 12 & under are free.

There is no admission charge for Friday!

Directions to GMF

Gimli is an hour's drive north of Winnipeg on Highway 8. As you approach Gimli, take a left turn at the corner of Highway 8 and Minerva Road (Rd 109N) and drive west for 1.7 km (1 mile). The GMF field in on the north side of Minerva Road. The following maps will show you the way to GMF.

Central Canada & USA Winnipeg to Gimli Gimli to GMF Field

GPS coordinates: N 50 36' 44.44" W 097 02' 45.4"

Camping

You are most welcome to camp out at the GMF field. The camping is very basic and unserviced, there are port a potties on site. There are also many serviced campgrounds, hotels, and B&B's in the area, for more accommodation / rv info check the About Gimli page.

Start R/C Flying

Are you interested in starting r/c flying, today's almost ready to fly r/c models (arf's) and computer flight simulators make r/c easier than ever. R/C clubs have a instructors that will help you get started, some clubs have "trainer models" for discovery flights. Contact Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC) zone director Jeff Esslinger for more info or visit the MAAC web site for a list of clubs in your area.

The following web site offers an introduction to r/c flying how to get started in r/c.

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