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Max Merckenschlager, 3-time world champion

Here I introduce you to one of the most successful German model aircraft pilots in the history of German aeromodelling: Max Merckenschlager, – 3 times FAI F4C World Champion. I can still remember very well that he was also very good in the F3AX class at the beginning of the eighties. I judged him at various competitions.

His son, Konrad Merckenschlager, provided me with some great photos of his father. Max travelled in various competition classes: F3A, F3A Hydro, F3AX and F4C. In the scale class, he took 1st place in 3 world championships!

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1966 with the Hegi Auster – or how it all began

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1970 in Meggenhofen Austria

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1970 Borderland Cup Wernstein Austria
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In 1980, he became European F3A Hydro Champion in Varese.

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1980 Entry into the scale scene

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1986 F4C Scale World Champion in Oslo, Norway
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1996 F4C World Champion in Perigeux, France
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1999 F4C Scale European Champion in Prague, Czech Republic

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2010 F4C World Champion in Czestochowa, Poland

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In between, several other scale aircraft were built.

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And a lot was dismantled too

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Hier noch weitere Fotos von Max. Er war sehr aktiv!

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Beim F3AX Fliegen mit seinem Freund Paletar

 

Nochmals herzlichen Dank an Familie Merckenschlager.

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