The year is 1984. Bill Bennet had called again. For the eighth time, the Tournament of Champions was held in Las Vegas, USA. All the … Read more
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1st TOC, Tournament of Champions 1974
In 1974, Bill Bennett, president of the Circus Circus Group in Las Vegas, launched the very first competition between the best F3A pilots of the … Read more
14. January 2026 -
Pico 5 by Franz Mayr
Franz Mayr from Augsburg was a top German F3A pilot in the eighties. As early as 1973, he designed and built his own F3A aerobatic … Read more
10. December 2025 -
Benito Bertolani`s Settebello
Benito Bertolani took part in the Italian Aerobatic Championships for the first time in 1970 in Bologna with the ‘SETTEBELLO’, which he designed and built … Read more
29. November 2025 -
Dick van Mourik’s enlarged Mäxi
In recent years, I have enjoyed the process of successfully converting several “old-school” designs into the 21st century. However, it was more or less by … Read more
16. November 2025 -
Marabu Trainer
Finally, I present the Giezendanners’ aerobatic trainer design. There are two aircrafts in this new replica series: one is flown by Urs Leodolter, and the … Read more
5. November 2025 -
Mustfire
Reutlingen, September 2025, Vintage Meeting at the FMSC Reutlingen airfield. As every year, the FMSC organises its vintage meeting. Many retro-interested model aircraft pilots, mainly … Read more
3. October 2025 -
Andreas Haessler`s Scalar
Vintagemeeting Reutlingen 2025, Andreas Hässler presents his latest achievement, a ‘Scalar’ to the public. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism … Read more
30. September 2025 -
We need your help: Identification ‘Extreme’
Our reader Philipp Stratemann has received an aeroplane from the eighties from his uncle. Apart from the fact that it is called “Extreme”, he has … Read more
16. September 2025
Tag: Benito Bertolani
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 … Read more
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Building report Kosmo 3, Toni Bäuerle built it
Toni Bäuerle: Ciao Kosmo! Sometime in the summer, Maurizio and I had the idea of building the KOSMO 3 model by Benito Bertolani. Full content … Read more
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A Bird Named Banshee
A Bird Named Banshee by Jim Martin The Banshee is a very capable R/C Pattern-Stunt aircraft, intended for competent radio flyers. Listen all you seekers … Read more
6. March 2016 -
Wolfgang Matt`s Opal II
Here is Wolfgang Matt’s A-model ‘Opal 2’ used at the 1995 World Championships in Osaka / Japan. Built by the Japanese model airplane artist Nishioka. … Read more
31. December 2023 -
Stits Playboy
Our Italian friend Flavio Urbani is actually an F4C Scale pilot. He has now ventured into aerobatics, which he presents here: “Stits Playboy”. As an … Read more
17. June 2025 -
Manitu – F3A retro aerobatic airplane by Harald Neckar
Manitu – the successor to the RC1 legend “Mephisto”, In the 1970s, the Bavarian model pilot Harald Neckar was Germany’s best aerobatic pilot. He won … Read more
22. October 2022 -
Maximum 7, a design by Poju Stephansen
Unexpectedly, we recently received photos of a beautiful model aircraft. We certainly don’t want to withhold these photos from you. Here is a Maximum 7, … Read more
14. June 2025 -
Wolfgang Kosches Kogi
Today I present you the aerobatic model of the German F3A Aerobatic Champion 1972 Wolfgang Kosche. The model was called ‘KOGI’. KOGI means ‘Kosche-Gilik’. The … Read more
10. January 2026 -
Bruno Giezendanner`s Salamandre
Practice day is always the time to study the contestants’ flying form and to seek out model design innovations, and there were quite a few … Read more
13. August 2022 -
Ivan Kristensen`s Saturn
This is the 1975 Saturn competition model by Canadian Ivan Kristensen. Ivan also took part in the 1977 Tournament of Champions T.O.C. in Las Vegas … Read more
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