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
Continue readingClassic Pattern Top News Section – read LOTS OF INFORMATION.
-
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
Tag: Mach 1
Make A Choice
- Treasures
- F3A Aerobatic WC`s
- Europe F3A Competitions
- Topnews
- Vintage Meetings
- Reviews
- Vintage Aerobatic Competitions
- Engine tests
- Flight Videos
- Videos
- Historique Videos
- Famous pattern pilots
- Plane Image Galleries
- Clubs and Associations
- Model Aircraft Engines
- Aerobatic planes
- R/C Controls
- Schmid`s R/C Collection
- World Championships
- Classic Planes
- Large aerobatic models
- TOC competitions
- TOC Competitions Reports
- F3AX Competitions
- Retro meeting
- European Championships
- F3A / RC1 airplanes
- F3A / RC1 Planes
- Giant Aerobatic Planes
Schmid R/C Collection
-
Omu
1. June 2015 -
Metz
1. June 2015 -
Kraft
1. June 2015 -
Robbe
1. June 2015 -
Stabo
1. June 2015 -
Versietron
1. June 2015 -
Simprop
1. June 2015 -
Graupner
1. June 2015 -
Babcock
1. June 2015 -
Engel Uniphon
1. June 2015
Aerobatic Planes
-
Nishioka`s Generous
We received the following message from Gerhard Schmidt: After 34 years, I finally unpacked my two treasures yesterday. The quality of Nishioka’s work is simply … Read more
22. June 2025 -
Graupner`s Caravelle
Today, we present photos from the Graupner family archive for the very first time. We would like to thank the Graupner family for supporting us … Read more
3. January 2021 -
Michael Gebauer`s Leopard
Today we received photos from our Austrian driving instructor of his latest acquisition: a beautiful ‘Leopard’, built from a Bauer-Chocal kit with prefabricated fuselage. Full … Read more
21. July 2025 -
Wolfgang Kosche`s KOGI
Today, I would like to introduce you to the aerobatic model of the 1972 German F3A Aerobatic Champion Wolfgang Kosche. The model was called ‘KOGI’. … Read more
10. January 2026 -
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 -
Hanno Prettner`s Primero 120
Retroday 2025: Urs Leodolter presents one of his latest achievements: The PRIMERO 120 by Hanno Prettner. Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support … Read more
30. August 2025 -
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 -
Marabu
Here is the Giezendanner construction Marabu. The Marabu was used for the first time during the RC1 World Championship in Corsica in 1967. At that … Read more
25. August 2021

























