Here are photos from the early days of RC motorised flight – Munich legend Karl Blauhorn. In the early 1960s, the Munich model flying club … 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 … Read more
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Aerobatic Planes
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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 -
Dalotel – A legend has been resurrected
Dalotel DM-165 according to original documents by Hanno Prettner from the 80s Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing … Read more
2. October 2017 -
Tore Paulsen’s Spitfire
In 1975 and 1977, the Norwegian RC1 aerobatic pilot represented his country Norway at the Model Aerobatic World Championships in Bern / Switzerland (1975) and … Read more
22. December 2023 -
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. Full content is available … Read more
17. July 2025 -
Bauer model Leopard
Chocal-Bauer Modellbau launched a new aerobatic model at the 1979 toy fair. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing … Read more
25. February 2025 -
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 … Read more
26. July 2025 -
Graupner Caravelle
Today we are presenting photos from the Graupner family archive for the very first time. We would like to thank the Graupner family for supporting … Read more
3. January 2021 -
Gustav Sämann`s Firebird
Gustav Sämann was a German model aircraft designer. As early as the 1950s, he designed various free-flight models, the very first being his Taifun (1951) … Read more
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