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 […]
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Hanno Prettner`s Primero 120
Retroday 2025: Urs Leodolter presents one of his latest achievements: The PRIMERO 120 by Hanno Prettner. This content is restricted to subscribers
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Guido Patrocini`s Thunderstormer
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 […]
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Graziano Pagni has passed away
Yesterday we received some sad news. Our Italian modelling legend and friend, Graziano Pagni, has passed away at the age of 87. This content is […]
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Urs Leodolter`s Pelikan
Retroday 2025 – Urs Leodolter presents one of his exhibits: PELIKAN, a construction by Bruno and Emil Giezendanner from 1966, lovingly built for Urs Museum […]
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Michael Gebauer`s Leopard
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. This […]
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Guido Patrocini`s E-Factor
Guidi Patrocini’s latest achievement. Seen at the Retroday in Pfäffikon / Switzerland. Guido built an impressive E-Factor for his plane collection. This content is restricted […]
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Urs Leodolter`s ‘Scorpion 1’
Urs Leodolter, organiser of the annual Retroday in Pfäffikon, is a Giezendanner specialist. As a young boy, he learnt how to build and fly from […]
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Benito Bertolani – A live for R/C flying
Benito Bertolani, born in Sorbano del Giudice (Lucca) on the 2nd July 1938. The premier veteran of Italian model flying. At the tender age of […]
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Pierre Marrot`s Styx
Here is the world championship model Styx by Pierre Marrot, multiple French aerobatics champion and RC equipment manufacturer at Radio Pilot. Patrick Coly kindly provided […]
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FAI World Championships Reports
The World Aerobatic Championships have been held since 1960, organized by the FAI, Model Flying Section. Thanks to our consistent, year-long search for contemporary witnesses, […]
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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. This content is restricted to […]
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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 World Championships that have ever […]
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4th RC1 World Championship 1965 Sweden
A piece of contemporary history – a comprehensive documentation of the 1965 World Cup in Sweden with lots of details and background information. The gallery […]
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8, F3A WC 1973 Italia
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 […]
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14th F3A World Championship 1985 Netherlands
Here is the report of the 14th F3A RC Aerobatic World Championship in Flevohof / Netherlands. Ernst Peter Kattelmann was the German team manager at […]
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18th F3A World Championship Austria 1993
In 1993 the F3A World Championship took place in Nötsch/Austria. Nötsch is located in the province of Carinthia. The Helicopter and Pylonrace World Championships took […]
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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 been “colorized”. Take a look […]