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.
46 OCEAN FRANCIS WILLIAM (PETER) FISHER –
THE MAN AND THE MODELS
MARK ROBINSON, OF SAM 35 FAME, HAS SPENT
MANY LONG HOURS RESEARCHING THE QUITE
ASTONISHING LIFE AND TIMES OF OFW (PETER)
FISHER. THIS ARTICLE MUST SURELY BE THE FIRST
TIME IN THE 90 YEAR HISTORY OF AEROMODELLER
THAT CHINESE PREMIER CHAIRMAN MAO TSETUNG
HAS APPEARED IN THIS MAGAZINE! TURN TO
PAGE 44 TO FIND OUT WHY.
52 FF WORLD CUP 2024 GB STONEHENGE
AND EQUINOX CUP
THE TWO 2024 GB FREE FLIGHT WORLD CUP
CONTESTS WERE HELD AT RAF SCULTHORPE ON
SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER AND SUNDAY 15TH
SEPTEMBER, WITH THE STONEHENGE CUP ON
THE 14TH, AND THE EQUINOX CUP ON THE 15TH.
58 TETHER CARS – OLIVER VANWALL PROJECT
JOHN GOODALL DESCRIBES THE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION OF HIS VANWALL TETHER CAR,
WHICH IS INSPIRED BY STIRLING MOSS’ WIN
IN A VANWALL AT THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX AT
AINTREE IN 1957.
60 INGLEWOOD FLY-IN
JOHN PERIC REPORTS FROM INGLEWOOD AIRPORT
IN QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA ON THE ANNUAL FLYIN,
WHERE AN EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF
MODELS WERE ASSEMBLED TO FLY AT THIS 8 DAY
CARNIVAL OF FUN.
62 A10A – AMARG AND THE STRANGE COINCIDENCE
TREVOR WATERS RELATES HIS EXPERIENCES
WITH THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE ON A
VISIT TO ARIZONA USA, WHERE THE USAF A10
‘WARTHOG’ PILOTS ARE TRAINED, HIS VISIT TO
‘THE BONEYARD’, AND FLYING HIS OWN RC SCALE
A10A AT A MODEL AIRCRAFT RALLY AT RAF
BENTWATERS IN SUFFOLK.
