Model Airplane News
TAKEOFF WITH A 1 1/2 POSITIVE SNAP ROLL
If you’re aspiring to become a better aerobatic pilot, you are, no doubt, constantly searching to add exciting maneuvers to your flight routine.
5 min |
July 2021
Model Airplane News
THE 'RAIDER REPAINT
Painting and weathering the Legend Hobby A-1 Skyraider
7 min |
July 2021
Flying
Traveling in Style
Being fully engaged
4 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Sun'n Fun Lite
Takeoffs and landings are a spectator sport.
5 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
True Leadership
It starts with leading yourself.
5 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Memories from an Old Photo Album
And a few fireworks…
5 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
BREATHE EASY AT ALTITUDE
What do you need when it comes to aviator’s oxygen?
7 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Falling with Style
On jumping out of perfectly good airplanes
7 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Hey, Taxi!
Your wish is its command.
5 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Know Thyself
Legal doesn’t mean safe.
5 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
Tripping the Light Fantastic
One man’s review of the high life
4 min |
June - July 2021
Flying
WE FLY: PIPISTREL PANTHERA
PANTHERA: THE SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR THE CAT GENUS THAT INCLUDES TIGERS, LIONS, JAGUARS, COUGARS AND LEOPARDS.
10 min |
June - July 2021
Flight Journal
RAMPANT RAIDERS
April 25, 1967, VA-212 tests the A-4 to the limit
10 min |
March - April 2021
Flight Journal
THE GROWLER
Boeing’s electronic attack weapon
10+ min |
March - April 2021
Flight Journal
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3
Authenticated by its log books, an N3N that 41st U.S. President George H.W. Bush trained in is preserved and still flying—now owned by Stewart Wells.
1 min |
March - April 2021
Flight Journal
Five-Gun Fury .
Lt. Floyd Fulkerson: Wingman to the Aces
10+ min |
March - April 2021
Flight Journal
Impossible barriers are made to be broken
Few technologies have had such a rapid development and such a powerful impact on mankind as the invention of the airplane.
4 min |
March - April 2021
Model Airplane News
IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS
2020 TOP GUN SCALE INVITATIONAL
10+ min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
TOP GUN SCALE INVITATIONAL
THE 32ND YEAR OF EXCELLENCE!
2 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
THE COMPETITION CONTINUES
Every spring, Frank Tiano’s Top Gun Scale Invitational has heralded the beginning of the flying season, offering builders an opportunity to show off their projects in Lakeland, Florida after a winter spent finishing them in their workshops.
1 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
BUILDING BENCH & WORKSHOP TIPS
I have built countless RC models, from kits, plans and even my own scratch designs.
3 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
TOP GUN FAVORITE MARK CHAPMAN'S 1/3-SCALE ALBATROS D.VA
When I told Model Airplane News executive editor Debra Cleghorn that I was attending the Top Gun Scale Invitational for the first time, she asked me if I would interview the pilot of one of my favorite planes at the event. As a WW I fan (and a Balsa USA builder), I chose Mark Chapman’s beautifully detailed 1/3-scale Balsa USA Albatros D.Va, flown by Marvin Alvarez in Team Scale.
2 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
HEAVY-DUTY SCALE FLAPS
FUNCTIONAL CONTROL SURFACES WITH ADDED DETAIL
5 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
SEAGULL MODELS/LEGEND HOBBY SAVAGE SHOCK CUB
A short takeoff and landing wonder!
7 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
GETTING STARTED IN FPV
BetaFPV makes getting a bird’s-eye-view easier than ever!
4 min |
February 2021
Model Airplane News
AILERON/RUDDER MIXING EXPLAINED
Build good habits now and fly better tomorrow
8 min |
February 2021
Flying
Sudden Surprise Trouble
What the FAA taketh away, it giveth back.
4 min |
January - February 2021
Flying
LIFE IN THE AIR: Living the Dream
The journey from M X to CFI
5 min |
January - February 2021
Flying
Doc, David, Herb and the Cops
A once-in-a-lifetime B-29 flight
5 min |
January - February 2021
Flying
WHEN THE MUSIC DIES
VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC
10+ min |