Jean-Claude Spillman flies Harald Neckar`s construction Manitu – Springfield Edition Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

1985 Ceres, the former WM model 1985 by Werner Schweiker Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

Cristiano Pereira de Oliveira’s first flight with Marabu. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

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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

A legend is reborn, Dalotel DM 165 Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

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

Here are photos from the early days of RC motorised flight – Munich legend Karl Blauhorn. In the early 1960s, the Munich model flying club … Read more

Vintagemeeting Reutlingen 2025, Andreas Hässler presents his latest achievement, a ‘Scalar’ to the public. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism … Read more

Yesterday we received some sad news. Our Italian modelling legend and friend, Graziano Pagni, has passed away at the age of 87. Full content is … Read more

Here I introduce you to one of the most successful German model aircraft pilots in the history of German aeromodelling: Max Merckenschlager, – 3 times … Read more

BELLA ITALIA. Cristiano Giustozzi has called once again, as he does every year! This year’s RAC (Raduno Aeromodelli Classici) took place from May 30 to … Read more

May 1st, 2025, yesterday we received photos of his latest aviation creation from our Austrian comrade Alfred Trettenbein. A Zlin Z-526 has done it to … 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

Harald Neckar, multiple Bavarian and German champion in model aerobatics in the 1970s, qualified for the first time in 1973 to participate in the Model … 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

Guenter Hoppe qualified for his second F3A World Championship in Springfield in 1977. To do so, he needed a new competition aircraft. No sooner said … Read more

Benito Bertolani took part in the Italian Aerobatic Championships for the first time in 1970 in Bologna with the ‘SETTEBELLO’, which he designed and built … Read more

In 1993 the F3A World Championship took place in Nötsch/Austria. Nötsch is located in the province of Carinthia. The Helicopter and Pylonrace >World Championships took … 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

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