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1st TOC, Tournament of Champions 1974

14. January 202614. January 2026 Editor No comments

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 […]

Wolfgang Kosche`s KOGI

10. January 202612. January 2026 Editor No comments

Today, I would like to introduce you to the aerobatic model of the 1972 German F3A Aerobatic Champion Wolfgang Kosche. The model was called ‘KOGI’. […]

Nachruf F3A Pilot Sergio Perugini

30. December 20252. January 2026 Editor No comments

Andrea Perugini, son of former Italian F3A pilot Sergiu Perugini, contacted me a few days ago and sadly informed me that his father had passed […]

Mephisto

29. December 202529. December 2025 Editor No comments

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 […]

Franz Mayr’ s Pico 5

10. December 202511. December 2025 Editor No comments

Franz Mayr from Augsburg was a top German F3A pilot in the 1980s. He designed and built his own F3A aerobatic aircraft back in 1973. […]

One of the German legends, Karl Blauhorn

6. December 202511. December 2025 Editor No comments

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

Guenter Hoppe`s Sultan 5

3. December 202511. December 2025 Editor No comments

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 […]

Benito Bertolani`s Settebello

29. November 202529. November 2025 Editor No comments

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 […]

Dick van Mourik’s enlarged Mäxi

16. November 202518. November 2025 Editor No comments

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 […]

Marabu Trainer

5. November 202517. November 2025 Editor No comments

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 […]

Hanno Prettner`s Super Sicroly II

28. October 202517. November 2025 Editor No comments

Austrian Gerald Zikulnig is an enthusiastic model builder and especially a convinced Hanno Prettner fan. He now owns several Prettner constructions. Among other things, he […]

Doug Spreng`s Stormer

22. October 202522. October 2025 Editor No comments

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.

Dash Five by Yoshioka

8. October 202510. October 2025 Editor No comments

October 2025: from our Spanish friend from Valencia, Alfonso Garcia Fuertes, we received photos and a description of the ‘Dash Five’ from Yoshioka that he […]

Mustfire

3. October 20253. October 2025 Editor No comments

Reutlingen, September 2025, Vintage Meeting at the FMSC Reutlingen airfield. As every year, the FMSC organises its vintage meeting. Many retro-interested model aircraft pilots, mainly […]

Andreas Haessler`s Scalar

30. September 202530. September 2025 Editor No comments

Vintagemeeting Reutlingen 2025, Andreas Hässler presents his latest achievement, a ‘Scalar’ to the public.

Vintage Aerobatic F3A Competition Valencia 2025

26. September 202526. September 2025 Editor No comments

On Saturday, 13 September, Club Radio Control Valencia held the second edition of the F3A Vintage Championship and Gathering. Twelve classic models from the F3A […]

We need your help: Identification ‘Extreme’

16. September 202517. September 2025 Editor No comments

Our reader Philipp Stratemann has received an aeroplane from the eighties from his uncle. Apart from the fact that it is called “Extreme”, he has […]

WIK Jonny

11. September 202517. September 2025 Editor No comments

I got a taste of model flying at the age of 14. After receiving my confirmation money, I was able to afford a brand new […]

Dieter Schlueter`s Me 109

9. September 202517. September 2025 Editor No comments

In 1965, Dieter Schlüter (yes, you read that right, the helicopter man Schlüter) designed a thoroughbred RC1 aerobatic model at the time. The Messerschmitt 109 […]

Hanno Prettner`s Primero 120

30. August 202517. September 2025 Editor No comments

Retroday 2025: Urs Leodolter presents one of his latest achievements: The PRIMERO 120 by Hanno Prettner.

Guido Patrocini`s Thunderstormer

20. August 202522. August 2025 Editor No comments

As every year, our Swiss friend Guido Patrocini presents his new classic car. The year is 2017 and everyone was excited to see what Guido […]

Graziano Pagni has passed away

3. August 20254. August 2025 Editor No comments

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

Urs Leodolter`s Pelikan

26. July 202527. July 2025 Editor No comments

Retroday 2025 – Urs Leodolter presents one of his exhibits: PELIKAN, a construction by Bruno and Emil Giezendanner from 1966, lovingly built for Urs Museum […]

Michael Gebauer`s Leopard

21. July 2025 Editor No comments

Today we received photos from our Austrian driving instructor of his latest acquisition: a beautiful ‘Leopard’, built from a Bauer-Chocal kit with prefabricated fuselage.

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