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10. Retroday in Pfäffikon/Schweiz

7. 11月 20205. 5月 2025 Editor No comments

Pfäffikon, 4,july 2020 Review: Despite Corona, the annual retro meeting of the Swiss model flying club Pfäffikon took place. Sun laughs, pure models. The model pilot’s heart beats faster than ever before. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.

Gustav Sämann `s Feuervogel

1. 10月 202016. 5月 2024 Editor No comments

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 (1951) or the A2 glider model Bussard. One of his models was also the rubber motor plane Hornet. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.

Ivano Garzena Memorial 2020

25. 9月 202026. 9月 2020 Editor No comments

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 actually fixed for June. For months the accommodation in the region had been fully booked. Due to the Corona Virus the event had to be cancelled. Italy was paralysed. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by … Read more

8. F3A Retroday in Pfaeffikon / Switzerland 6. July 2019

24. 8月 20202. 8月 2022 Editor No comments

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 2010 Retro day in Dubendorf the meeting was held in Pfaffikon model airfield near Zürich a friendly meeting to exchange and fly Classic Pattern. This year was more then 40 planes there. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism b … Read more

8, F3A WC 1973 Italia

18. 6月 202020. 1月 2026 Editor No comments

We already published the report on this world championship some time ago. In the meantime, we have received many more photos. Thanks to the latest AI technology, we have also improved our old, existing photos. The result is some fantastic photos that we don’t want to withhold from you. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.

Visit at Xoar Factory

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18. 6月 20202. 8月 2022 Editor No comments

Just weeks ago a friend of us visit Xoar factory in Henan. It`s very impressive, a very big hitech factory. Grupp-Modellbau / Germany is now the main Europe Dealer. His warehouse is amazing! Here are some impressions of Xoar factory:

7, F3A WC 1971 USA

7. 1月 202010. 1月 2026 Editor No comments

World Aerobatic Championships, USA 1971, a report by the well-known German RC author Erich Rabe at the time. I remember Erich. He was a member of my neighborhood club, Balsania Filder, and my favorite author. For many years he was the editor of the German magazine ‘RC-Modelle’. But now to the report: Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing … Read more

6, RC1 WC 1969 Germany

6. 1月 20203. 12月 2024 Editor No comments

F3A Aerobatic World Championship 1969, Lemwerder / Germany: We have revised the report and the photos. We have ‘spiced up’ the old photos with special image processing. Some of them are Super B photos from the World Championships, which took place 55 years ago. We need your help: do you have any information on the unlabeled photos? Click here for the report: Full content is available to paid subs … Read more

5, RC1 WC 1967 Corsica

5. 1月 202012. 12月 2024 Editor No comments

In our series of past RC1 (F3A) World Championships, our aim is to document as accurately as possible all the World Championships that have ever taken place over the last 50 years. Old reports, supplemented by photos collected worldwide from contemporary witnesses, are preserved for posterity by Classicpattern. Our grandfathers were ingenious pilots and inventors who achieved impressive things wit … Read more

4, RC1 WC 1965 Sweden

4. 1月 202011. 11月 2024 Editor No comments

A piece of contemporary history – a comprehensive documentation of the 1965 World Cup in Sweden with lots of details and background information. The gallery at the end of the article contains numerous previously unpublished photos of this event from private photo albums. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing today.