Features

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

The Ties That Bind

By Rachelle Haughn rachelleh@modelaircraft.org Photos by the author Pilots and callers fight for the fastest times. (L-R): Wim Lentjes and his son, Bram, of Belgium, and Steve Hughes and Andrew Wall

The inside story By Jay Smith jays@modelaircraft.org | Photos by Scott Kemp and as noted For those of us who have had the opportunity to help someone have his or her first flight, or take it a step

By Pat Tritle | patscustommodels@gmail.com As seen in the October 2022 issue of Model Aviation. FLYING SEASON IN THE high desert is in full swing, but we’re still windier than usual, so while I’ve

By Fred Cronenwett | clscale7@gmail.com As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation. L-R): Mike McHenry, with his first-place Fun Scale P-39 and his first-place 1/2A Scale P-39, and Steve

Fly virtually at AMA’s flying site By Jay Smith | jays@modelaircraft.org Photos by the author Flying at Site 3 at AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center is a blast. Smoke effects are well done in the

By Tom Hallman | maxfliart@hallmanstudio.com As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation. The fleet of Scale rubber-powered models flown by the author in recent years. I AM HONORED to pick up

By Stan Alexander | onawing4602@att.net As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation. SCRATCH-BUILDING IS WHEN a full-scale set of aircraft drawings is scaled down to whatever size, weight

By Jackie Shalberg, National Model Aviation Museum Archivist and Historian As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation magazine. We recently received a suggestion to discuss more about the

By Tom Hallman maxfliart@hallmanstudio.com Photos by the author As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation It had been four years since the last Flying Aces Club (FAC) Nationals, so there

Neal proudly holds the silver trophy aloft

By Gordon Buckland | gordon@gatorf3b.com As seen in the November issue of Model Aviation Friday was the day of reckoning with six rounds of flyoffs scheduled, starting with Seniors and finishing with