Today I am showing replicas of the first world championship model in RC1 aerobatics history. Designed, built and flown by the US-American legend Ed Kazmirski. […]
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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. » read more
Toni Bäuerle`s Robbe Mäxi
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 […]
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RC1 Aerobatic Plane Trouble
The Belgian Chris Teuwen about his ‘Trouble’, the R/C plane he used in the F3A World Cup in Sweden. With this aeroplane he flew to […]
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Dieter Stukenbrock`s Spider
Dieter Stukenbrock, known as a top pilot from the early days of RC1X flying, was an F3A Bundesliga pilot in the seventies. He was a […]
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Wolfgang Schwarze`s Falke
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, […]
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Valentino Fry`s Fledermaeuse
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 […]
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Wolfgang Matt`s Opal II
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 […]
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Nello Nero`s Suprastar
Our Swiss colleague Nello Nero is a passionate collector of beautiful F3A aeroplanes. Here is his ‘Suprastar’.
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Tore Paulsen’s Spitfire
In 1975 and 1977, the Norwegian RC1 aerobatic pilot represented his country Norway at the Model Aerobatic World Championships in Bern / Switzerland (1975) and […]
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ARF Banshee
Banshee WM73 Gorizia Edition – BANSHEE is a construction of the American top pilot Jim Martin. He took part in the 1973 World Model Aerobatics […]
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Manitu, the Classicpattern aircraft from the 70s
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 […]
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Our good friend passed away! Jörg Tetzlaff
Today I received the sad news, one of my best long-time friends, -Jörg Tetzlaff-, passed away after a short, serious illness at the age of […]
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Bruno Giezendanner`s Salamandre
Practice day is always the time to study the contestants’ flying form and to seek out model design innovations, and there were quite a few […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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F3a World Championship Pensacola 1983 in USA. Canadian competitor Ivan Kristensen with his two competition ‘Citation’ aircraft. It was a design by former world champion […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Seyer Brother`s Diabolo
Review of Seyer brother`s Diabolo – In mid-70s, as a child, Thorsten Seyer learned under the guidance of his big brother Bernd how to control […]
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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 […]
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Ivano Garzena Memorial 2020
Review: The Italian retro meeting took place from 10-12 July 2020 in the Acquqrossa Park in Gualdo Cattaneo / Perugia. The date of the meeting was […]
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8. F3A Retroday in Pfaeffikon / Switzerland 6. July 2019
On Saturday July 6 we participate in the 8th edition of old aerobatic models from the period to 1980, This meeting is base of the […]
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The Seyer CAP 231
In the mid-seventies, during his childhood days, Thorsten Seyer learned how to fly model aircraft under the guidance of his big brother Bernd. The desire […]
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ARF Aerobatic Arrow
The R/C Aerobatic WC 1979 und 1981winner plane Available as either glow powered or EP We are proud of the Arrow and offer to you […]
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