BELLA ITALIA. Cristiano Giustozzi has called once again, as he does every year! This year’s RAC (Raduno Aeromodelli Classici) took place from May 30 to … 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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Valentino Fry`s bats
Valentino Fry’s bats. The ‘Fledermaus’ is one of Valentino’s own designs. He built this model airplane in 1974 as a 1st year apprentice. This airplane … Read more
2. January 2024 -
Doug Spreng`s Stormer
Our Belgian colleague, Edward Vandermeulen, has struck again. His latest work is a scaled-down replica of the Doug Spreng Stormer construction from the early Sixties. … Read more
22. October 2025 -
Wolfgang Schwarze`s Falke
Wolfgang Schwarze was a former employee of the Graupner company. He worked in the development department. In his spare time he flew in RC1 competitions, … Read more
4. January 2024 -
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 -
Our dentist`s Dirty Birdy
We have been friends with the Tehran dentist Eshan Mirshedi for a few years. And what does a dentist do? He repairs broken teeth, he … Read more
28. March 2025 -
A Bird Named Banshee
A Bird Named Banshee by Jim Martin The Banshee is a very capable R/C Pattern-Stunt aircraft, intended for competent radio flyers. Listen all you seekers … Read more
6. March 2016 -
Dalotel – A legend has been resurrected
Dalotel DM-165 according to original documents by Hanno Prettner from the 80s Full content is available to paid subscribers only. Support independent journalism by subscribing … Read more
2. October 2017 -
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
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