10 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
THIS MONTH WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF
THE CLASSIC ADVERTISEMENTS THAT APPEARED
IN AEROMODELLER OVER THE YEARS.
14 SOUTH BRISTOL VINTAGE CL COMBAT EVENT
MICK LEWIS REPORTS ON THE SOUTH BRISTOL
VINTAGE COMBAT EVENT, WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO RUN IN 2024.
20 TYRO & FRIENDS AT SAM 35 BUCKY POWER
STRUGGLERS
ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORTS ON AN
INFORMAL FLY-IN FOR THE TYRO AND TINKER
FAMILIES OF DESIGNS BY HIS LATE FATHER DAVID.
24 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL REPORTS ON
THE CREDGINTON TROPHY EVENT, HELD IN
CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AT THE SAM 35
RETROFEST. PETE ALSO PROVIDES AN UPDATE
ON NO FEWER THAN THREE NEW FF SCALE
MODELS FROM BILL DENNIS, AND PETE’S NEXT
SCALE MODEL.
30 FREE PLAN
MARK ROBINSON’S NOCTULE MK 2
FOLLOWING ON FROM MARK ROBINSON’S
BIOGRAPHICAL ARTICLE ON 0.F.W. (PETER)
FISHER IN THE FEBRUARY 2025 AEROMODELLER,
MARK NOW RECREATES ‘THE NOCTULE MK2’,
A FLYING WING DESIGN BY PETER FISHER.
40 W. BENSON-BALL AND HIS JET ENGINES
AND DUCTED FANS
IN THE APRIL AND MAY 2025 ISSUES OF
AEROMODELLER WE PUBLISHED A FASCINATING
ARTICLE BY TREVOR WATERS ON HIS HISTORY
OF JET MODELS OVER 70 YEARS. TREVOR’S
ARTICLE REFERRED TO W. BENSON-BALL, WHO
CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH
JET ENGINES SINCE 1947. NOW, RICHARD
FALCONER INVESTIGATES BENSON-BALL’S CLAIMS
IN GREATER DETAIL.
50 BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCES WITH MY
BN ISLANDER
TREVOR WATERS DESCRIBES THE FASCINATING
HISTORY OF HIS BN ISLANDER, A 1/6 SCALE 98”
WINGSPAN MODEL.
55 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
58 MEASURING RUBBER FOR INDOOR MODELS
RICHARD PRESTON, WHO DESIGNED THE
DELIGHTFUL ‘FROGWELL FLYER’ THAT WAS A
FREE PLAN IN AEROMODELLER IN JULY 2024
(AND AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE
AEROMODELLER FREE PLANS DOWNLOAD
SERVICE), DESCRIBES A GREAT TECHNIQUE FOR
ACCURATELY MEASURING RUBBER STRIP FOR
INDOOR FLYING.
