Model Airplane News
MAKE A “NO VAC” VACUUM FORMER
This DIY workshop accessory is less than $40!
6 min |
October 2020
Model Airplane News
The easy way to creating a realistic “front office”
Hopefully you liked the first “From the Shop,” which informed you about a hobby related company that you may not have otherwise known about.
3 min |
October 2020
Model Airplane News
MASTER THE FIGURE-M
If you want to become the best aerobatic pilot possible, you need to master key maneuvers by taking small steps. First, make sure you’re proficient in performing maneuvers like inverted flight, vertical and horizontal rolls, inside and outside loops and stall turns. You can then perform these moves in sequences to create show-stopping routines. This month, I’ll highlight a precision maneuver called the Figure-M, which incorporates two stall turns with a little twist. Without further hesitation, let’s get started!
4 min |
October 2020
Model Airplane News
HOBBY HACKS
HELPFUL READER HINTS
2 min |
October 2020
Model Airplane News
A TBM HISTORY: ONE OF A KIND ZIROLI AVENGER
Back in the early 2000s, Nick Ziroli Jr. wanted to design something extra special to compete with at Frank Tiano’s Top Gun Scale Invitational event. Since he hailed from Long Island, the famous Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo/bomber seemed most appropriate.
3 min |
October 2020
Model Airplane News
1/3 scale Thomas Morse S4B “Tommy”
The latest from Martin Irvine’s workshop
2 min |
October 2020
Flight Journal
On the Night Before
Airborne operations over Normandy on the night of June 5, 1944
1 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
TERRIFIC TILTROTOR
DRIVING THE V-22 OSPREY
10 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
My Life as Rosie the Riveter
I have read about and seen many images about “Rosie the Riveter,” but my story is unique. I was a model with a rivet gun who worked at a factory, and my husband really did fly the very planes that I was advertising to encourage women to build during WW II.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
The Art of James Dietz
A historical painting is only as good as the story it tells, and how convincingly it combines the people, their actions, costumes, surroundings and atmosphere in an appropriate composition.
1 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway
In I Will Run Wild, Cleaver expertly captures the strained relationship between the U.S. and Japan prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
1 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
Restoring a Classic
A Canadian Staggerwing Gets a New Life
10 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
FIRST KILLS!
F-82 OPERATIONS IN THE KOREAN WAR
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
Preserving aviation history
Duplicate history
1 min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
HURRICANE FORCE
Group Capt. Billy Drake: A Gentleman and an Ace
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Flight Journal
BAILOUT AT 70,000 FEET
A U-2 pilot hits the silk at the edge of outer space
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Model Airplane News
SMOKE ON!
At full-scale and RC airshows, watching aerobatic aircraft equipped with smoke systems adds greatly to the appeal for both the spectators and the pilots alike.
5 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
RC Fueling Systems - Jet Fueler
A high-quality system that lasts
2 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
THE SECRETS OF TRUK LAGOON
Project Recover locates three missing World War II aircraft
4 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
PLANES WORTH MODELING NIEUPORT 17
The best pursuit plane of its day
2 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
PLAN FLIGHT
PLAN FLIGHT
1 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
PILOT PROJECTS
SHOWCASING WHAT YOU BUILD & FLY
2 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
ON THE FLIGHT LINE
Latest News and Releases
3 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
HOBBY HACKS
HELPFUL READER HINTS
2 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
Booma RC Gas/Turbine Q-Switch
A single switch to control all your battery systems
3 min |
Summer 2020
Model Airplane News
A Zero Gets a Facelift
Back in 2007-08, Mike Gross had the opportunity to fly my aging giant-scale, Ziroli-designed Japanese Zero. This was his first flight with a giant-scale warbird. He enjoyed is so much that he built one himself.
1 min |
Summer 2020
Flying
Sunday Service
Flying through the quarantine
5 min |
August 2020
Flying
Wake-Up Call
I learned about instructing from this.
6 min |
August 2020
Flying
Uncertainty
Clarity in communication—more than just a good radio
5 min |
August 2020
Flying
LIFE IN THE AIR
Notes from a Newly Minted Guppy Puppy Thoughts on Boeing’s ubiquitous 737
7 min |