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
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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
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MK Aurora, owned by Bruno Schiffler
It was 1985. It was the time when RC-1 stood for the crowning glory of model flying skills and the only source of information … Read more
10. June 2022 -
ARF Banshee
Banshee WM73 Gorizia Edition – BANSHEE is a construction of the American top pilot Jim Martin. He took part in the 1973 World Model Aerobatics … Read more
23. October 2022 -
Letter from USA
Today we got a letter from Duane Wilson, SPA newsletter editor. He is very lucky to own one of our Marabus. I have never built or … Read more
2. August 2017 -
Various F3A model aircraft from 1960
Here is our new section, we have a lot of model aircraft photos where only a few pictures exist. Here we go: Full content … Read more
31. January 2024 -
Urs Leodolter`s ‘Scorpion 1’
Urs Leodolter, organiser of the annual Retroday in Pfäffikon, is a Giezendanner specialist. As a young boy, he learnt how to build and fly from … Read more
16. July 2025 -
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
1. October 2020 -
WIK Jonny
I got a taste of model flying at the age of 14. After receiving my confirmation money, I was able to afford a brand new … Read more
11. September 2025 -
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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