Guenter Hoppe qualified for his second F3A World Championship in Springfield in 1977. To do so, he needed a new […]
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Komet Version 2026, flown by Richard Schwab
Classicpattern.com presents: Richard Schwab flies Classicpattern`s new ARF Komet 2026 Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support Independent […]
15. March 2026 -
OPS Speed 60 1977
Over the past few years, the Italian OPS firm has enjoyed steadily increasing success in the .60 cu.in. speed engine […]
15. March 2026 -
Review Kraft 61 R/C
KRAFT SYSTEMS Inc. of Vista, California, are widely known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of model radio control […]
10. March 2026 -
Munich F3A stories
From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, the IFM Munich model flying club had some very active young members. In […]
8. March 2026 -
2nd TOC, Tournament of Champions 1975
Here is the report from the 2nd TOC (Tournament of Champions), which took place in Las Vegas (USA) in 1975. […]
1. February 2026 -
Mephisto
Harald Neckar, multiple Bavarian and German champion in model aerobatics in the 1970s, qualified for the first time in 1973 […]
29. December 2025
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RAC Meeting 2025 in Pisa / Italy
BELLA ITALIA. Cristiano Giustozzi has called once again, as he does every year! This year’s RAC (Raduno Aeromodelli Classici) took […]
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11, 1979 F3A WC South Africa
Many thanks to the South African Len Salter for this terrific report, many thanks also to Phil Stevens and Gerard […]
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FAI World Championships Reports
The World Aerobatic Championships have been held since 1960, organized by the FAI, Model Flying Section. Thanks to our consistent, […]
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5, RC1 WC 1967 Corsica
In our series of past RC1 (F3A) World Championships, our aim is to document as accurately as possible all the […]
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8, F3A WC 1973 Italia
We already published the report on this world championship some time ago. In the meantime, we have received many more […]
18. June 2020 -
9, F3A WC 1975 Switzerland
Aerobatic R/C Airplane World Championships BERN, 8.-13.Sept. 1975, THE World Radio Control Championships for aerobatic model aircraft came home for the […]
27. November 2020 -
4th RC1 World Championship 1965 Sweden
A piece of contemporary history – a comprehensive documentation of the 1965 World Cup in Sweden with lots of details […]
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10, F3A WC 1977 USA
1977 was the year of aerobatic competitions. First Bill Bennet invited us to the Circus Circus in Las Vegas, and […]
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6, RC1 WC 1969 Germany
F3A Aerobatic World Championship 1969, Lemwerder / Germany: We have revised the report and the photos. We have ‘spiced up’ […]
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