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  • toc74 300300 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
  • picoV online300 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
  • settebello report300 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
  • maexi big300 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
  • marabutraine300 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 300 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
  • scalar300 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

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