04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
10 BMFA SCALE AT PORT MEADOW
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THE INAUGURAL
BMFA SCALE EVENT AT PORT MEADOW, RUN BY
OXFORD MFC, THEY ALSO RAN SCALE GLIDER
AND RUBBER DURATION EVENTS
14 CATAPULTING ALONG WITH IVMAC’S FINEST
STUART MARSDEN REPORTS ON HOW HIS CLUB
IMPINGTON VILLAGE MAC IS INTRODUCING
YOUNGSTERS TO THE HOBBY OF AEROMODELLING
BY STARTING WITH SIMPLE CATAPULT GLIDERS
18 CATAPULTING INTO THE FUTURE
IN A FOLLOW ON TO THE PREVIOUS ARTICLE,
STUART MARSDEN DESCRIBES THE DESIGN
AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIS ‘CAPTAIN THERMAL’
CATAPULT GLIDER KIT
24 COVER TO COVER – CHRISTMAS BOOK REVIEWS
THE NEW BOOKS FOR YOUR LIBRARY, REVIEWED
BY CHRIS OTTEWELL
FREE PLAN SPECIAL
28 SHOVE HA’PENNY BY CHARLIE JEFFREYS
JOIN THE ‘TOP TABLE’ AND GET YOUR MONEY’S
WORTH WITH VIC SMEED’S LONG-LOST SHOVE
HA’PENNY, OUR SPECIAL FREE PLAN FEATURE
THIS MONTH
FREE PLAN 2
40 QUICKIE BY BOB LEE
BOB LEE PRESENTS HIS QUICKIE, A QUICK AND
INEXPENSIVE TO BUILD INDOOR OR OUTDOOR
FOAM MODEL, POWERED BY SUPER CAPACITOR
48 FREE FLIGHT BOX KITE
ENGINE TEST SUPREMO MARIS DISLERS TRIES
SOMETHING DIFFERENT, A FREE FLIGHT MCCOY
049 POWERED BOX KITE, AS DEVELOPED BY
AUSTRALIAN AVIATION PIONEER LAWRANCE
HARGREAVE
50 BARTON VINTAGE TEAM RACE NATIONALS
MALCOLM ROSS REPORTS FROM THE LEGENDARY
BARTON AIRFIELD ON THE 2025 VINTAGE TEAM
RACE NATIONALS, HELD OVER THE THREE DAY
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
54 THE KK PHANTOM MASS GATHERING 2025
DAVE HANKS REPORTS FROM THE SOUTH
BRISTOL MAC MASS GATHERING OF KK
PHANTOMS, WHICH CAME IN A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT SIZES
58 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL COVERS THE
VERY WINDY BMFA SCALE NATIONALS AT
BUCKMINSTER, PLUS A DETAILED UPDATE ON
HIS AVRO TYPE D BUILD AND HENK DE JONG’S
LATEST SCALE CREATIONS
62 THE KAPOK TREES, TOO, HAVE WINGS
HTUN LING AUNG IS A DEDICATED FREE FLIGHT
FLYER IN MYANMAR, A HOBBY THAT HAS MANY
CHALLENGES IN THAT COUNTRY. HERE HTUN
DESCRIBES HIS FIRST ATTEMPTS AT BUILDING FF
MODELS FROM THE LOCAL KAPOK TREE WOOD,
AS BALSA WAS UNKNOWN TO HIM AT THAT TIME
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL
