04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP – MILLS 1.3 MARINE
TO CELEBRATE MILLS’ 80TH ANNIVERSARY, THIS
MONTH MARIS DISLERS REVIEWS A REAL RARITY,
THE MILLS 1.3 MARINE ENGINE. THERE WAS
EVEN A WATER-COOLED RIPMAX VERSION OF
THIS VERY RARE ENGINE.
14 FREE FLIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
TEAM GB WON A GOLD AND SILVER MEDAL AT
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ROMANIA, HERE
ARE ALL THE RESULTS.
18 PHOTO REPORT – 2025 TRANS-TASMAN SCALE
EVENT TAKES FLIGHT IN NSW AUSTRALIA
ROY SUMMERSBY AND WARREN LEADBETTER
REPORT ON THE EVENT, HELD IN PERFECT
WEATHER, WITH INTERNATIONAL CAMARADERIE,
AND STUNNING CRAFTSMANSHIP ON DISPLAY.
22 JESTER RC, DESIGNED AND BUILT BY BILL LISTER,
WITH COVERING AND FINISHING BY BRIAN SPENCER
BRIAN SPENCER DESCRIBES HOW HE WAS ASKED
TO FINISH AND TEST FLY A FRIEND OF A FRIEND’S
RADIO CONTROL ‘JESTER’ DESIGN, WITH HELP
FROM SARIK HOBBIES.
32 FREE PLAN – RICHARD PRESTON’S SMILEY
THIS MONTH’S FREE PLAN IS A DELIGHTFUL
RUBBER POWERED INDOOR FREE FLIGHT DESIGN
BY RICHARD PRESTON. ‘SMILEY’ FOLLOWS ON
FROM RICHARD’S VERY POPULAR ‘FROGWELL
FLYER’ RUBBER POWERED INDOOR MODEL
THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JULY 2024
AEROMODELLER.
38 PHOTO REPORT – PONTEFRACT ‘PANDAS’ 13TH
FLY-IN AND RETRO RC WEEKEND
ANDREW BODDINGTON WAS THERE WITH HIS
CAMERA TO CAPTURE THIS POPULAR ANNUAL
EVENT FOR TRADITIONAL RC AND CL FLYERS.
44 THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER’S DIARY 3 –
FAST AND AGILE!
HERE IS JOHN PERIC’S LATEST INSTALMENT OF
HIS OBSESSIVE BUILDERS DIARY. THIS TIME JOHN
DESCRIBES BUILDING A LOW WING VERSION OF
HIS RCM TRAINER JR, WHICH FOR ONCE HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE. JOHN HAS
ALSO INVESTED IN A NEW WORKSHOP TOOL, AND
TRIED A NEW WAY OF PAINTING HIS MODELS, AS
WELL AS PLANNING TO BUILD AN ENGINE.
50 THE FLIGHT OF THE RADIO QUEEN BY
TREVOR WATERS
TREVOR WATERS RECOUNTS A DARING FLIGHT
WITH A FRIEND’S RADIO QUEEN, LONG BEFORE
HEALTH AND SAFETY HAD EVEN BEEN THOUGHT
ABOUT. SHORTLY BEFORE THIS ISSUE OF
AEROMODELLER WENT TO PRESS, WE LEARNED
OF THE SAD PASSING OF TREVOR WATERS. WE
HAVE OPTED TO PUBLISH THE ARTICLE, AS WE ARE
SURE IT IS WHAT TREVOR WOULD HAVE WANTED.
52 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
TO CELEBRATE AEROMODELLER’S 90TH
ANNIVERSARY YEAR, THIS MONTH WE ARE
LOOKING BACK AT SOME OF THE REGULAR
FEATURES THST APPEARED IN AEROMODELLER
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, PERHAPS WE SHOULD
CONSIDER BRINGING SOME OF THEM BACK?
58 SCALE MATTERS – THE EDDIE RIDING FREE
FLIGHT SCALE EVENT AT BUCKMINSTER
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS FROM
THE FESTIVAL OF SCALE AT BMFA BUCKMINSTER
WHERE THE EDDIE RIDING SCALE CONTEST WAS
FLOWN IN PERFECT CONDITIONS, BUT SADLY
WITH FEW COMPETITORS.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE
NOVEMBER 2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
