Our Italian friend, Mario Invarina, presents his latest project: a Mark 1, built from a kit by Giovanni Bettini. Full […]
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Super-Tigre ST .56BB real pulling power at all speeds.
In our series of engine reviews from the 70s and 80s, we present the Super Tigre ST .56BB engine. The […]
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F3A 15th Retroday in Pfäffikon / Switzerland on July 13, 2025
Pfäffikon, July 12, 2025 As every year, Urs Leodolter hosted his 15th Retroday at the flying field of the Swiss […]
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Vintage Aeobatic Competition Jauntal 2025
Report on the 11th RC-1 Retro Cup 2025 organised by MFC Jauntal/St.Stefan. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. […]
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REFTEC-LANITZ Radio guidance system
Every model-maker is familiar with Oracover covering film and fabric. For decades, these have been manufactured by Lanitz-Modellbau, owned by […]
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Toni Baeuerle`s Leopard
Chocal-Bauer Modellbau launched a new aerobatic model at the 1979 Toy Fair. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. […]
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ARF Komet ‘Acapulco Edition’
F3A airplane from the 80s. Our 2nd edition with a beautiful finish. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. […]
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Komet Version 2026, flown by Richard Schwab
Classicpattern.com presents: Richard Schwab flies Classicpattern`s new ARF Komet 2026 Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support Independent […]
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OPS Speed 60 1977
Over the past few years, the Italian OPS firm has enjoyed steadily increasing success in the .60 cu.in. speed engine […]
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Review Kraft 61 R/C
KRAFT SYSTEMS Inc. of Vista, California, are widely known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of model radio control […]
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9, F3A WC 1975 Switzerland
Aerobatic R/C Airplane World Championships BERN, 8.-13.Sept. 1975, THE World Radio Control Championships for aerobatic model aircraft came home for the […]
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3, RC1 WC 1963 Belgium
Third World Radio Control Championships To Genk, Belgium, on August 21st, came thirty-nine competitors and a great many more “followers” […]
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13, F3A WC 1983 USA
Hanno Prettner (Austria) won the 13th World Championships for Radio Control aerobatic model aircraft in Pensacola, FL an October 10-15. […]
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5, RC1 WC 1967 Corsica
In our series of past RC1 (F3A) World Championships, our aim is to document as accurately as possible all the […]
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1st RC1 World Championship 1960 Switzerland
We have revised and updated the report on the first World Aerobatic Championships in 1960 / Dübendorf. Our photos have […]
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2, RC1 WC 1962 United Kingdom
How does one begin to express the wonderful experience of the 1962 World Radio Control Championship, held at R.A.F. Kenley […]
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6, RC1 WC 1969 Germany
F3A Aerobatic World Championship 1969, Lemwerder / Germany: We have revised the report and the photos. We have ‘spiced up’ […]
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11, 1979 F3A WC South Africa
Many thanks to the South African Len Salter for this terrific report, many thanks also to Phil Stevens and Gerard […]