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  • fm 300 F & M

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    1. June 2015
  • famousplanes80 Retro Classics

    Infos about the famous airplanes of that time, which were built and flown a lot, or which have been particularly successful. Reviews of earlier pictures … Read more
    25. August 2015
  • arrow80 Sky Aviations ARF Arrow

    We have reworked the wooden structure of our wooden Arrow and can now offer the Arrow with a Fiberglass fuselage. 12th, October 2017 Update The … Read more
    5. October 2015
  • clubs80 Past Classic Pattern Meetings

    Hier berichten wir über Verbände, Clubs und Interessengemeinschaften die Retro Kunstflugtreffen / Wettbewerbe organisieren bzw. organisiert haben. Gerne veröffentlichen wir auch Ihre Aktivitäten. Voraussetzung ist … Read more
    9. October 2015
  • banshee article80 Banshee Walkaround

    Our Banshee is an ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) package, produced with the latest CNC technology and is constructed mainly of balsa and plywood, and covered with … Read more
    16. October 2015

Watch Videos – ABOUT THE FAMOUS AIRPLANES OF THAT TIME, WHICH WERE BUILT AND FLOWN A LOT, OR WICH HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL.

  • mach1 Mach1 flight

    Mach 1′ F3A aerobatic aeroplane. This design comes from the US American Norm Page. His ‘Mach 1’ was used by him in 1973 at the … Read more
    1. August 2015
  • joeunger60 Joe Unger`s 1960 R/C Movie

    Here’s a vintage film of early 1960’s RC flying taken by Joe Unger. This was an AMA sanctioned contest at Lodi, Wisconsin. In this film … Read more
    1. August 2015
  • curare nello Jean-Claude Spillmann fly Curare

    Pfaeffikon, July 2023, Retroday: At this event we met our Swiss collector colleague Nello Nero. He had brought a few of his collector’s items with … Read more
    17. February 2025
  • admiralflight Martin Schempp fly his Admiral

    Seen at the FMSC Reutlingen airfield: Martin Schempp flies his Admiral
    17. February 2025
  • pico5flight Christian Wolf flies ‚Pico 5‘

    Boeblingen, 2024: 1st Kurt Bauerheim RC1 Vintage Meeting: Christian Wolf flies the original ‘Pico 5’ successfully flown by Bavarian competition pilot Franz Mayr during the … Read more
    17. February 2025

Infos about the famous airplanes of that time, which were built and flown a lot, or wich have been particularly successful. Reviews of earlier pictures and lots of information.

  • feuervogel 300 Gustav Sämann `s Feuervogel

    Gustav Saemann was a German model aircraft designer. As early as the 1950s, he designed various free flight models, the very first being his Taifun … Read more
    1. October 2020
  • caravelle300 Graupner`s Caravelle

    Today, we present photos from the Graupner family archive for the very first time. We would like to thank the Graupner family for supporting us … Read more
    3. January 2021
  • marabu300 Marabu

    Here is the Giezendanner construction Marabu. The Marabu was used for the first time during the RC1 World Championship in Corsica in 1967. At that … Read more
    25. August 2021
  • aurora 300 MK Aurora, owned by Bruno Schiffler

      It was 1985. It was the time when RC-1 stood for the crowning glory of model flying skills and the only source of information … Read more
    10. June 2022
  • papillion 300 F3A Aerobatic plane Papillion

    This F3A model Papillon was developed in 1981 by the German F.Grützmacher and manufactured in small series. It could be operated with side exhaust engine … Read more
    5. July 2022

REVIEWS OF EARLIER PICTURES AND LOTS OF INFORMATION.