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
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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 -
Obituary F3A pilot Sergio Perugini
Andrea Perugini, son of former Italian F3A pilot Sergiu Perugini contacted me a few days ago and sadly informed me that his father passed away … Read more
30. December 2025 -
Mephisto
Harald Neckar, multiple Bavarian and German champion in model aerobatics in the 1970s, qualified for the first time in 1973 to participate in the Model … Read more
29. December 2025 -
Franz Mayr’ s Pico 5
Franz Mayr from Augsburg was a top German F3A pilot in the 1980s. He designed and built his own F3A aerobatic aircraft back in 1973. … Read more
10. December 2025 -
One of the German legends, Karl Blauhorn
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
6. December 2025
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Aerobatic Planes
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Our dentist`s Dirty Birdy
We have been friends with the Tehran dentist Eshan Mirshedi for a few years. And what does a dentist do? He repairs broken teeth, he … Read more
28. March 2025 -
Ed Kazmirski`s Orion
Today I am showing replicas of the first world championship model in RC1 aerobatics history. Designed, built and flown by the US-American legend Ed Kazmirski. … Read more
31. January 2024 -
Bauer-Chocal Leopard
Chocal-Bauer Modellbau launched a new aerobatics model at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1979. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism … Read more
25. February 2025 -
Martin Schempp`s Admiral
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 3:00 p.m.: Call from Martin Schempp, hi Dieter, would you like to photograph my ‘new’ Admiral? I’ll be at the airfield, … Read more
19. October 2024 -
Gustav Sämann `s Feuervogel
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 … Read more
1. October 2020 -
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 -
Building report Kosmo 3, Toni Bäuerle has 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
26. February 2025 -
Guenter Hoppe`s Sultan 5
Guenter Hoppe qualified for his second F3A World Championship in Springfield in 1977. To do so, he needed a new competition aircraft. No sooner said … Read more
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