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In 1974, Bill Bennett, president of the Circus Circus Group in Las Vegas, launched the very first competition between the best F3A pilots of the … Read more

Now it’s finally ready! Thanks to the German aeromodelling legend Günter Hoppe and the editors of Model Airplane News, we are able to present the … Read more

Our long-time friend Günter Hoppe provided us with slides from the Circus Circus Tournament of Champions competition in Las Vegas. Thanks to the Model Airplane … Read more

Our longtime friend Günter Hoppe has provided us with slides from the Circus Circus Tournament of Champions competition in Las Vegas. Thanks to the model … Read more

Las Vegas NV, November 4-7, 1980 Review. 1980 was the year of the Laser model airplane. 9 of the 20 invited pilots from the USA … Read more

The year is 1984. Bill Bennet had called again. For the eighth time, the Tournament of Champions was held in Las Vegas, USA. All the … Read more

Report. LAS VEGAS, Nevada, November 10-13, 1988: The ninth edition of the International Tournament of Champions took place under the benevolent patronage of Circus Circus … Read more

Today I present you the aerobatic model of the German F3A Aerobatic Champion 1972 Wolfgang Kosche. The model was called ‘KOGI’. KOGI means ‘Kosche-Gilik’. The … Read more

Franz Mayr from Augsburg was a top German F3A pilot in the eighties. As early as 1973, he designed and built his own F3A aerobatic … Read more

In recent years, I have enjoyed the process of successfully converting several “old-school” designs into the 21st century. However, it was more or less by … Read more

Finally, I present the Giezendanners’ aerobatic trainer design. There are two aircrafts in this new replica series: one is flown by Urs Leodolter, and the … Read more

Our Belgian colleague, Edward Vandermeulen, has struck again. His latest work is a scaled-down replica of the Doug Spreng Stormer construction from the early Sixties. … Read more

The World Aerobatic Championships have been held since 1960, organized by the FAI, Model Flying Section. Thanks to our consistent, year-long search for contemporary witnesses, … Read more

The year is 1987 – what a luck. The Australian participant, Chris White, and the Finn Ahti Yliriesto provided us with great photos. Ahti also … Read more

Here is the report of the 14th F3A RC Aerobatic World Championship in Flevohof / Netherlands. Ernst Peter Kattelmann was the German team manager at … Read more

Hanno Prettner (Austria) won the 13th World Championships for Radio Control aerobatic model aircraft in Pensacola, FL an October 10-15. Full content is available to … Read more

This report is about the F3A World Championship in Acapulco, Mexico. Thanks to Phil Stevens and Gerard Werion for the great photos. It’s photos like … Read more