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2011 Canadian FAI F3A Precision Aerobatic Team–An interview with Team Manager Dave Reaville

Apr 26, 2011 1 Comment by

By: Ken Park On July 23rd through August 1st, 2011 Dave and his team will be going to the FAI F3A Precision Aerobatics Championship that will be held at the AMA National Flying Site in Muncie, Indiana. I had a chance to catch up with Dave for a little chat regarding the Canadian team. Dave [...]

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MAN chats with Frank Tiano

Apr 15, 2011 No Comments by

Recently at the 2011 Florida Jets event in Lakeland, FL, contributor Rich Uravitch covered all the action and posted several photos and video interviews from the flightline of this all jet event. Rich caught up with event originator and promoter, Frank Tiano, during the event. He is seen here with his “Peripheral Amenities Manager” and [...]

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Designing and building the Fleet Biplane: An interview with Pat Tritle.

Apr 15, 2011 4 Comments by

From our very first, a very important part of Backyard Flyer (now Electric Flight Magazine) has been our “Homebuilt” articles where we feature scratch-built RC aircraft designs that our readers can build. The model designers who produce the working plans and develop the models put a great deal of effort into their final products. Pat [...]

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An interview with Jean “John” Chevalier–Scale Modeler Extraordinaire

Apr 15, 2011 2 Comments by

THROUGHOUT MY WORK at Model Airplane News, I have traveled to cover countless regional and national scale competitions and fly-in events and over the years I have constantly bumped into one particular competitor. Jean “John” Chevalier of LaColle, Quebec, Canada, has a rich and lengthy scale modeling history and I consider myself fortunate to have [...]

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The First Days of RC

Apr 04, 2011 9 Comments by

Text & Images by Frank Gudaitis The very First example of radio control was demonstrated in New York City in 1898. Its inventor—Nikola Tesla—was a 43-year-old immigrant who was duly awarded U.S. Patent no. 613,809 on November 8, 1898. It was only one of 113 U.S. patents that this prolific genius received during his lifetime. [...]

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Rolly Siemenson

Mar 14, 2011 No Comments by

  RC Interview with Rolly Siemonsen     Champion for sport flying—still going strong!     by Ken Park                     Rolly, tell us how you got into RC and your involvement with the Kingston RC Club. Rolly: I became interested in building model planes when I [...]

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Mom & Pop Shops

Mar 07, 2011 3 Comments

  (Photo Above) Hayes Hobby in Fayetteville, NC   Who Says Mom & Pop Shops can’t compete? Hayes Hobby has for 40 years. by Greg Gimlick The rumor today is that Mom & Pop hobby shops just can’t compete and stay in business. This is predicated on the rapid increase in internet businesses that offer [...]

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Rob Caso’s electric DeHavilland DH2 WW II pusher

Nov 24, 2010 No Comments

  At the 2010 NEAT Fair in Downsville, NY we see a lot of great looking scale electric powered aircraft. This year there were an amazing amount of WW1 airplanes and in particular an unusual RC plane that caught our eye was a British de Havilland (Airco) DH-2 pusher brought to the event by RC [...]

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