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Thursday, October 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m.: Call from Martin Schempp, hi Dieter, would you like to photograph my ‘new’ Admiral? I’ll be at the airfield, […]

It’s finally finished, the Yoshioka ‘Sensation’ by Jens Machinek. He actually wanted to surprise us with this airplane at our RC1 meeting in Böblingen. However, […]

Tobias Schulz developed his new F3A biplane Shamrock with his father Dr Eckhard Schulz for the 1989 F3A World Championship in Chesapeak, USA. He hoped […]

Thomas Ott flies Werner Schweiker’s ‘Ceres’. The aeroplane was used successfully at the 1983 F3A World Championship in Pensacola / USA. Werner flew his ‘Ceres’ […]

BY WOLFGANG MATT; TEXT BY RON CHIDGEY . . . continuing M.A.N.’s long-established tradition of publishing the World Champion aircraft; herewith we present the 1975 […]

Germany, Bremen-Lemwerder, FAI F3A World Championship. At the time, the Swede Bo Bergstedt was the reigning Nordic and Swedish champion and therefore took part in […]

Here is the latest achievement from our Austrian friend Michael Gebauer. Piranha’. Created in the mid-seventies from a kit from the Italian company ‘MB Modelli […]

Here is the competition model Saturn of the Canadian Ivan Kristensen from 1975 Saturn. Ivan also took part in the 1977 Tournament of Champions T.O.C. […]

When processing the photos of the T.O.C. 1976, Phil Kraft’s beautiful aerobatic model ‘Super Fli’ immediately caught my eye. Years ago I had already worked […]

The Astro-Hog was designed by Fred Dunn towards the end of the 1950s. Here is a beautiful example built by Günter Hoppe.

Matthias Strieker was an F3A B squad pilot in Germany at the end of the eighties. Inspired by Wolfgang Matt’s Granat, he developed his own […]

This is the Marauder from Bauer Modelle. The model dates back to 1977 and has recently been flown again. The aeroplane has been repainted. Powered […]

RC-I aerobatic biplane “STAGGER” from Phil Kraft USA. This model aircraft, built according to the construction plan, is ideal as a new retro model aircraft. […]

In this article we present Wilfried Klinger’s beautiful Super Tiger biplane construction, which he sold for decades through his company WIK Modellbau.

Today we received a message from our good hobby buddy Toni Bäuerle: He flew in his brand new seal Maexi today. Created from an original […]

Wolfgang Schwarze was a former employee of the Graupner company. He worked in the development department. In his spare time he flew in RC1 competitions, […]

Valentino Fry’s bats. The ‘Fledermaus’ is one of Valentino’s own designs. He built this model airplane in 1974 as a 1st year apprentice. This airplane […]

Here is Wolfgang Matt’s A model aeroplane ‘Opal 2’ used at the 1995 World Championships in Osaka / Japan. Built by the Japanese model aeroplane […]

Our Swiss colleague Nello Nero is a passionate collector of beautiful F3A aeroplanes. Here is his ‘Suprastar’.

In 1975 and 1977, the Norwegian RC1 aerobatic pilot represented his country Norway at the Model Aerobatic World Championships in Bern / Switzerland (1975) and […]

Manitu – Classicpattern Plane In the 1970s, the Bavarian model pilot Harald Neckar was Germany’s best aerobatic pilot. He won several German championships, and at […]