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
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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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Aerobatic Planes
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Staccato by Matthias Strieker
Matthias Strieker was an F3A B squad pilot in Germany at the end of the eighties. Inspired by Wolfgang Matt’s Granat, he developed his own … Read more
20. February 2024 -
Wolfgang Matt`s Atlas
BY WOLFGANG MATT; TEXT BY RON CHIDGEY . . . continuing M.A.N.’s long-established tradition of publishing the World Champion aircraft; herewith we present the 1975 … Read more
24. June 2024 -
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
26. February 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
10. December 2025 -
Arrow ARF Classic Pattern Plane
The Arrow is coming The Arrow of Wolfgang and Guenther Matt, winner model of Aerobatic World Championship 1979. Full content is available to paid … Read more
14. July 2015 -
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 -
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 -
Super Tiger from WIK Modellbau
Here is Wilfried Klinger’s beautiful biplane construction ‘Super-Tiger’. The kit was available for decades as a model kit from WIK Modellbau in model stores. There … Read more
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