AeroModeller Magazine Feb 25 Vorige editie

10 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
DAVE HIPPERSON HAS OVER 60 YEARS OF FREE
FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, AND FOR MANY YEARS
WROTE THE ‘FREE FLIGHT SCENE’ MONTHLY
COLUMN IN AEROMODELLER. HE MAY NO
LONGER BE AN ACTIVE FLYER, HOWEVER HE
IS AS PASSIONATE AS EVER ON THE FREE
FLIGHT RULES, AND COMMENTS HERE ON THE
PROPOSED RC DT RULE FOR 2025.
14 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY -
THE EAGLE
THIS WAS THE FIRST ARTICLE IN THE FIRST ISSUE
OF AEROMODELLER IN NOVEMBER 1935. THE
PLAN SHOWN COULD BE SCALED UP TO FULL
SIZE, THE ADVERTS SHOWN ARE ALSO FROM THE
NOVEMBER 1935 AEROMODELLER.
20 2024 CL STUNT NATIONALS
STEPHEN WHITE AND KEVIN MORGAN REPORT
FROM BMFA HQ BUCKMINSTER ON THE CONTROL
LINE STUNT NATS, HELD LAST AUGUST. THE
EVENT ENJOYED PERFECT WEATHER ON THE
FIRST TWO DAYS, BUT TURNED BREEZY FOR THE
THIRD AND FINAL DAY.
24 CL 2024 F2A SPEED WORLD CUP
PAUL EISNER REPORTS FROM ST LOUIS USA ON
THE 2024 F2A SPEED WORLD CUP, WHERE HE WAS
BIDDING TO FINISH IN THE TOP THREE OVERALL.
30 PHOTO FEATURE - SAM 35 AUTUM GALA
AND BMFA SWAPMEET
A GAME OF TWO HALVES! ANDREW BODDINGTON
REPORTS ON THE LAST TRADITIONAL
AEROMODELLING EVENT OF THE YEAR AT
BUCKMINSTER.
32 FREE PLAN - SPOOKY ACTION
JOHN HOLMAN PRESENTS HIS ‘SPOOKY ACTION’
AS THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN, IT IS A QUICK AND
SIMPLE TO BUILD MODEL, AND IS IDEAL FOR THE
WINTER SEASON INDOOR EVENTS.
36 SCALE MATTERS - 2024 IIFI NIJMEGEN
PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM THE IIFI FLY-IN, IN
NIJMEGEN HOLLAND, WHERE HE FLEW HIS STINSOL
SENTINEL; THE MODEL IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE
FULL SIZE STINSON THAT MAJOR TONY LALA FLEW
AT THE SAME SPOT IN NOVEMBER 1944. PETE
ALSO REPORTS ON THE REST OF THE FANTASTIC
IIFI CONTESTS, WITH SOME BREATHTAKING SCALE
MODELS BEING FLOWN.