04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 OXFORD MFC AUTUMN DURATION EVENT
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THE END OF
SEASON AUTUMN DURATION AND FUN-FLY ON A
CALM DAY AT PORT MEADOW.
14 INDOOR PERFORMANCE NATIONALS
MEREDITH EVANS REPORTS FROM DAVENTRY ON
A HOTLY CONTESTED INDOOR PERFORMANCE
NATS. THE EVENT CONTINUES TO GROW
STEADILY IN POPULARITY.
20 BMFA ENGINE AUCTION
ANDREW BODDINGTON WAS AT BMFA
BUCKMINSTER, AND ONLINE, FOR THE THREE DAY
ENGINE AUCTION, SNIFFING OUT THE BARGAINS.
22 THE OBSESSIVE BUILDER’S DIARY – PT 4
IN THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF THE OBSESSIVE
BUILDER’S DIARY, JOHN PERIC LAMENTS THE
LOSS OF A BELOVED ENGINE, FINDS A FULL SIZE
AIRCRAFT THAT HE HAS BEEN WANTING TO BUILD
A MODEL OF, AND FINISHES HIS 78” SPAN LINNET.
30 CHRISTMAS FREE PLAN –
FLYING WASHBOARD BY MARK DEANS
WHAT BETTER WAY TO SPEND THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAYS THAN BUILDING A FLYING WASHBOARD!
MARK DEANS BUILDS AND FLIES THIS AMAZING
MODEL, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY A FREE PLAN IN
THE JULY 1965 AEROMODELLER.
38 HOW TO BECOME F1C WORLD CHAMPION
IT IS NOT EVERY
MONTH THAT A
REIGNING WORLD
CHAMPION
WRITES AN
ARTICLE IN
AEROMODELLER
ON WHAT
IT TAKES TO
BECOME THE
BEST IN THE
WORLD. HERE
CURRENT FREE
FLIGHT F1C WORLD CHAMPION NEIL ALLEN
DESCRIBES HOW IT ALL HAPPENED.
46 CHINESE P1B-0 CLASS MODELS
MARIS DISLERS TAKES A BREAK FROM HIS
REGULAR TESTING OF GLOW AND DIESEL
ENGINES, AND TRIES A COUPLE OF CHINESE
SIMPLE RUBBER POWERED MODELS.
50 OLIVER BOMB TETHER CAR
JOHN GOODALL HAS SPENT AROUND 10 YEARS
DEVELOPING AND BUILDING HIS ’OLIVER BOMB’
TETHER CAR, HERE HE DESCRIBES THE WHOLE
PROCESS.
52 MASERATI 4CLT TETHER CAR RESTORATION
THE INTRICATE RESTORATION OF A MYSTERY TETHER
CAR BODY IS DESCRIBED BY JOHN GOODALL.
HE WAS OFFERED THE CAR BODY AT A SAM 35
OCTOBERFEST SWAPMEET TWO YEARS AGO.
58 SCALE MATTERS
MIKE SMITH’S ROUND UP OF THE 2025 SCALE
FREE FLIGHT SEASON, PLUS PETE FARDELL
PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON HIS AVRO TYPE D, AND
DESCRIBES GEORGE KANDYLAKIS’ PEANUT SCALE
DH60 MOTH MAJOR.
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE
FEBRUARY AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
