Tobias Schulz developed his new F3A biplane Shamrock with his father Dr Eckhard Schulz for the 1989 F3A World Championship in Chesapeak, USA. He hoped […]
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T.O.C. 1977
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 […]
Continue readingWerner Schweiker`s Ceres
Thomas Ott flies Werner Schweiker’s ‘Ceres’. The aeroplane was used successfully at the 1983 F3A World Championship in Pensacola / USA. Werner flew his ‘Ceres’ […]
Continue readingWolfgang Matt`s Atlas
BY WOLFGANG MATT; TEXT BY RON CHIDGEY . . . continuing M.A.N.’s long-established tradition of publishing the World Champion aircraft; herewith we present the 1975 […]
Continue readingWerner Schweiker`s CAP21
Tournament of Champions competition 1982 in Las Vegas, sponsored by the Circus Circus Hotel. The German competition pilot Werner Schweiker was invited for the first […]
Continue readingRarities treasure trove!
new, from now on we will constantly offer new rarities on this page. Especially Kato and EZ kits, but also drives and old radio control […]
Continue readingInternationaler RC1 Igo Etrich Cup 1967
Our cameraman was there. International RC1 Igo Etrich Cup in Kraiwiesen, near Salzburg, in Austria. We received some great photos from Günter, take a look […]
Continue readingMartin Schempp`s WiK Diabolo
My old flying club buddy Martin Schempp brought his wonderfully built WiK – Diabolo to the vintage meeting in Reutlingen last year. The airplane was […]
Continue readingBo Bergstedt`s Bolly
Germany, Bremen-Lemwerder, FAI F3A World Championship. At the time, the Swede Bo Bergstedt was the reigning Nordic and Swedish champion and therefore took part in […]
Continue readingMichael Gebauer`s Piranha
Here is the latest achievement from our Austrian friend Michael Gebauer. Piranha’. Created in the mid-seventies from a kit from the Italian company ‘MB Modelli […]
Continue readingGuenter Hoppe`s Cranfield
T.O.C. 1978 in Las Vegas, Günter Hoppe presents his Cranfield A1 for the first time during the aerobatics competition and finishes in an excellent 6th […]
Continue readingA visit to Rossi
In 1982, our friend Erich Däubler visited the Rossi factory near Brescia in northern Italy. Here is his report with black and white photos. Erich […]
Continue readingT.O.C.1976 Las Vegas
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 […]
Continue readingGunter Hoppe`s historic planes
Günter Hoppe, a former world-class pilot and multiple German champion, has designed and built quite a few things during his flying career. Now in his […]
Continue reading1.Kurt Bauerheim RC1 memorial meeting 2024
The first Böblingen “Kurt Bauerheim aerobatic RC1 memorial meeting” will take place on 21 September 2024 from 10 a.m. on our flying field. All RC1 […]
Continue readingKurt Bauerheim – The German R/C aerobatics legend
Kurt Bauerheim, known worldwide in the R/C aerobatics scene for his third place at the FAI R/C Aerobatic World Championships in Corsica in 1967 and […]
Continue readingIvan Kristensen`s Saturn
Here is the competition model Saturn of the Canadian Ivan Kristensen from 1975 Saturn. Ivan also took part in the 1977 Tournament of Champions T.O.C. […]
Continue readingPhil Kraft`s Super Fli
When processing the photos of the T.O.C. 1976, Phil Kraft’s beautiful aerobatic model ‘Super Fli’ immediately caught my eye. Years ago I had already worked […]
Continue readingAstro-Hog
The Astro-Hog was designed by Fred Dunn towards the end of the 1950s. Here is a beautiful example built by Günter Hoppe.
Continue readingMatthias Strieker`s Staccato
Matthias Strieker was an F3A B squad pilot in Germany at the end of the eighties. Inspired by Wolfgang Matt’s Granat, he developed his own […]
Continue readingMarauder
This is the Marauder from Bauer Modelle. The model dates back to 1977 and has recently been flown again. The aeroplane has been repainted. Powered […]
Continue readingPhil Kraft`s Stagger-Bi
RC-I aerobatic biplane “STAGGER” from Phil Kraft USA. This model aircraft, built according to the construction plan, is ideal as a new retro model aircraft. […]
Continue readingWIK Super Tiger
In this article we present Wilfried Klinger’s beautiful Super Tiger biplane construction, which he sold for decades through his company WIK Modellbau.
Continue readingVarious F3A model aircraft from 1960
Here is our new section, we have a lot of model aircraft photos where only a few pictures exist. Here we go:
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