Trouble, the model of the Belgian Chris Teuwen, used at the 1965 F3A World Championships in Sweden. With this airplane he became the vice world … 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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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 -
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 -
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 -
Spider by Dieter Stukenbrock
Dieter Stukenbrock, known as a top pilot from the early days of RC1X flying, was an F3A Bundesliga pilot in the seventies. He was a … Read more
15. January 2024 -
Alfred Trettenbein`s Zlin Z-526
May 1st, 2025, yesterday we received photos of his latest aviation creation from our Austrian comrade Alfred Trettenbein. A Zlin Z-526 has done it to … Read more
30. April 2025 -
Marauder
This is the Marauder from Bauer Modelle. The model dates back to 1977 and has recently been flown again. The plane has been repainted. Powered … Read more
16. February 2024 -
Tore Paulsen’s Spitfire
In 1975 and 1977, the Norwegian RC1 aerobatic pilot represented his country Norway at the Model Aerobatic World Championships in Bern / Switzerland (1975) and … Read more
22. December 2023 -
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
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