My old flying club buddy Martin Schempp brought his wonderfully built WiK – Diabolo to the vintage meeting in Reutlingen last year. The airplane was […]
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Bo Bergstedt`s Bolly
Germany, Bremen-Lemwerder, FAI F3A World Championship. At the time, the Swede Bo Bergstedt was the reigning Nordic and Swedish champion and therefore took part in […]
Continue readingMichael Gebauer`s Piranha
Here is the latest achievement from our Austrian friend Michael Gebauer. Piranha’. Created in the mid-seventies from a kit from the Italian company ‘MB Modelli […]
Continue readingGuenter Hoppe`s Cranfield
T.O.C. 1978 in Las Vegas, Günter Hoppe presents his Cranfield A1 for the first time during the aerobatics competition and finishes in an excellent 6th […]
Continue readingA visit to Rossi
In 1982, our friend Erich Däubler visited the Rossi factory near Brescia in northern Italy. Here is his report with black and white photos. Erich […]
Continue readingT.O.C.1976 Las Vegas
Now it’s finally ready! Thanks to the German aeromodelling legend Günter Hoppe and the editors of Model Airplane News, we are able to present the […]
Continue readingGunter Hoppe`s historic planes
Günter Hoppe, a former world-class pilot and multiple German champion, has designed and built quite a few things during his flying career. Now in his […]
Continue reading1.Kurt Bauerheim RC1 memorial meeting 2024
The first Böblingen “Kurt Bauerheim aerobatic RC1 memorial meeting” will take place on 21 September 2024 from 10 a.m. on our flying field. All RC1 […]
Continue readingKurt Bauerheim – The German R/C aerobatics legend
Kurt Bauerheim, known worldwide in the R/C aerobatics scene for his third place at the FAI R/C Aerobatic World Championships in Corsica in 1967 and […]
Continue readingIvan Kristensen`s Saturn
Here is the competition model Saturn of the Canadian Ivan Kristensen from 1975 Saturn. Ivan also took part in the 1977 Tournament of Champions T.O.C. […]
Continue readingPhil Kraft`s Super Fli
When processing the photos of the T.O.C. 1976, Phil Kraft’s beautiful aerobatic model ‘Super Fli’ immediately caught my eye. Years ago I had already worked […]
Continue readingAstro-Hog
The Astro-Hog was designed by Fred Dunn towards the end of the 1950s. Here is a beautiful example built by Günter Hoppe.
Continue readingMatthias Strieker`s Staccato
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 […]
Continue readingMarauder
This is the Marauder from Bauer Modelle. The model dates back to 1977 and has recently been flown again. The aeroplane has been repainted. Powered […]
Continue readingPhil Kraft`s Stagger-Bi
RC-I aerobatic biplane “STAGGER” from Phil Kraft USA. This model aircraft, built according to the construction plan, is ideal as a new retro model aircraft. […]
Continue readingWIK Super Tiger
In this article we present Wilfried Klinger’s beautiful Super Tiger biplane construction, which he sold for decades through his company WIK Modellbau.
Continue readingEd Kazmirski`s Orion
Today I am showing replicas of the first world championship model in RC1 aerobatics history. Designed, built and flown by the US-American legend Ed Kazmirski. […]
Continue readingToni Bäuerle`s Robbe Mäxi
Today we received a message from our good hobby buddy Toni Bäuerle: He flew in his brand new seal Maexi today. Created from an original […]
Continue readingRC1 Aerobatic Plane Trouble
The Belgian Chris Teuwen about his ‘Trouble’, the R/C plane he used in the F3A World Cup in Sweden. With this aeroplane he flew to […]
Continue readingDieter Stukenbrock`s Spider
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 […]
Continue readingF3AX Neckartalcup 1982
42 years ago, I organized the 2nd F3AX Neckartalcap with my team at the time. Most of the well-known German pilots were there, either to […]
Continue readingWolfgang 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, […]
Continue readingValentino Fry`s Fledermaeuse
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 […]
Continue readingWolfgang Matt`s Opal II
Here is Wolfgang Matt’s A model aeroplane ‘Opal 2’ used at the 1995 World Championships in Osaka / Japan. Built by the Japanese model aeroplane […]
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