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Guenter Hoppe`s Cranfield

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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 place among the world’s best R/C aerobatic pilots. In 1981 Günter Metterhausen presents this model as a kit in the well-known Metterhausen quality. Ralph Müller, one of the best R/C specialist authors at the time, published his report on the CRANFIE … Read more

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T.O.C.1976 Las Vegas

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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 report of the 1976 Tournament of Champions (T.O.C.) with a unique photo report. Click here for the original MAN report from February 1977. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

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Gunter Hoppe`s historic planes

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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 old age, we worked together on his photo collection. We will be showing all the projects he has created over the years here in this block. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.  

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Phil Kraft`s Super Fli

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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 extensively on a scale replica of this beautiful aeroplane design, but unfortunately the project came to nothing due to illness. Here is the article from MAN March 1976, supplemented with our photos and the scaled-down construction plan of the … Read more

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