Features

Below are articles featured in both the print and online edition of Model Aviation. Select an article to read more.

Bob Gialdini’s Eclipse

A ’60s thoroughbred revisted By Michael Schmitt and Allen Brickhaus As seen in the August 2011 Model Aviation. BOB GIALDINI’S ECLIPSE was the first Precision Aerobatics (Stunt) model to win the AMA

Collecting Battle of Britain Movie Memorabilia

Some Items That Might Interest Fans of the Film By Jay Smith | jays@modelaircraft.org | Photos by Jay Smith As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. I’ve always been fascinated with the

These forerunners of modern RPVs helped train WW II gunnery crews to shoot down enemy aircraft By Hugh Maxwell As seen in the July 1992 Model Aviation. The Army called them OQs. The Navy called them

Around The Patch By Thayer Syme | thayer@flying-models.com As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. APPARENTLY, Gordon Johnson’s Velie Monocoupe that was featured in the lead photo of my

Contests, Contests, and More Contests This Flying Season!

Control Line Aerobatics By Joe Daly | stunt38060@gmail.com As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Bob McDonald, pictured with his Aquila, is a perennial VSC competitor. He often brings self

The story of how RC models ended up in the movie By Jay Smith jays@modelaircraft.org Photos courtesy of Dave Platt As seen in the July 2023 issue of Model Aviation. If you were not aware that the

The Hughes H-1 by Walt Nowotny All photos courtesy of Miramax Film Corp., Aero Telemetry, and Joseph Bok. As seen in the July 2005 issue of Model Aviation. AS FILMING BEGAN on Martin Scorsese’s

Bringing the Joy of FPV to Hospitalized Children

The Deal With Drones By Susan Smith | susankaysmith@gmail.com As seen in the June 2023 issue of Model Aviation. WHEN YOU MEET drone pilots, you hear incredible stories about how FPV flying has

Get back in the air quickly By Terry Dunn terrydunn74@gmail.com | Photos by the author As seen in the June 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Molded foam RC airplanes often use what is called a "live"

By Donald Brooks; photos by the author As seen in the February 2006 issue of Model Aviation “Stuff happens,” my pessimistic friend argued. “You just cannot prevent all accidents. [The concept of] zero