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Fascinated with model aviation since a youngster, my modeling experience includes control-line, indoor modeling, competition free flight, r/c competition thermal sailplanes, r/c electric powered models, and more recently, Giant Scale r/c models. After gaining an MIT Aeronautical/Astronautical degree, I served 29 years in the USAF in the space and missile fields, serving as Program Manager for two major space programs. Presently retired and residing in Southern California, enjoying its year-around excellent


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Sopwith Pup model airplane plan

Sopwith Pup  ( 27.5 in. / 69.9 cm )

AeroModeller

The Royal Air Force operated the Sopwith Pup during the first World War in a variety of roles, including attacking German "zeppelins" with rockets. The Pup's excellent performance and...

Sopwith Pup Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 27.5 in. / 69.9 cm
Publisher: Aeromodeller Plans Service
Designer: K. McDonough
Date: 02/1960
Plan File Info:
ID: 90939
File Size: 5.0 MB
Downloads: 457
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 10:21:01pm

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Spitfire Mk II model airplane plan

Spitfire Mk II  ( 18 in. / 45.7 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This plans set was produced by the English Keil Kraft model company for their 18" rubber powered free flight version of the Royal Air Force's Spitfire Mk II. This particular Spitfire version...

Spitfire Mk II Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 18 in. / 45.7 cm
Publisher: Keil Kraft
Designer: Albert E. Hatfull
Plan File Info:
ID: 91072
File Size: 1.1 MB
Downloads: 345
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 09:47:18pm

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Stinson SR-9 Gullwing Reliant model airplane plan

Stinson SR-9 Gullwing Reliant  ( 32 in. / 81.3 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This is a beautifully rendered plans set for a 32" free flight rubber scale model of the Stinson SR-9 "gullwing" Reliant. Model designer Bill Galloway, working from Wylam plans, has...

Stinson SR-9 Gullwing Reliant Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Civilian
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 32 in. / 81.3 cm
Publisher: Flying Scale Inc., Metairie LA
Designer: Bill Galloway
Plan File Info:
ID: 91195
File Size: 3.1 MB
Downloads: 338
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:15
Updated: 04/12/15 09:44:23pm

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Spad XIII C-1 model airplane plan

Spad XIII C-1  ( 18 in. / 45.7 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The French SPAD XIII C-1 was one of the most successful Allied fighter aircraft in WWI. This biplane model, designed by Frank Greene for the California Model Company, spans 18 3/4" and the...

Spad XIII C-1 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Gas-Powered
Wingspan: 18 in. / 45.7 cm
Plan File Info:
ID: 90986
File Size: 1.7 MB
Downloads: 400
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 07:09:59pm

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Sopwith Camel model airplane plan

Sopwith Camel  ( 42 in. / 106.7 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Famed British scale model designer P.E. Norman designed this 42" model of the Sopwith Camel as a pendulum-controlled (on elevator) free flight model, diesel engine powered. The model is large...

Sopwith Camel Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 42 in. / 106.7 cm
Publisher: Model Aircraft Magazine
Designer: P.E. Norman
Date: 10/1951
Plan File Info:
ID: 90956
File Size: 3.1 MB
Downloads: 560
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 06:50:39pm

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Sopwith Pup model airplane plan

Sopwith Pup  ( 12 in. / 30.5 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This scale model of the British Sopwith Pup is designed by Mats Johannsen of MJD Models, Sweden. The plane. at 12 inches span and 25 grams (suggested) flying weight, requires extremely lightweight...

Sopwith Pup Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Fighter
Motor: Electric-Powered
Wingspan: 12 in. / 30.5 cm
Publisher: MJD Models
Designer: Mats Johannson
Date: 02/2011
Plan File Info:
ID: 90961
File Size: 1.5 MB
Downloads: 562
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 06:41:31pm

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Supermarine Spitfire model airplane plan

Supermarine Spitfire  ( 18 in. / 45.7 cm )

Veron

This 18" model of the Supermarine Spitfire was designed by Phil Smith for the British Veron model company as a rubber powered free flight model best flown either indoors or outdoors under calm...

Supermarine Spitfire Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 18 in. / 45.7 cm
Publisher: Veron Models
Designer: Phil Smith
Plan File Info:
ID: 91038
File Size: 350.5 KB
Downloads: 389
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 06:36:52pm

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Supermarine Spitfire IX model airplane plan

Supermarine Spitfire IX  ( 20 in. / 50.8 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This nicely-detailed plan set is Comet Model's version of the Supermarine Spitfire IX that saw service in WW2. This particular Spitfire model, produced to counter the then-new FW-190, incorporated a...

Supermarine Spitfire IX Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 20 in. / 50.8 cm
Publisher: Comet Model
Plan File Info:
ID: 91053
File Size: 1.0 MB
Downloads: 465
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:14
Updated: 04/12/15 06:30:43pm

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Stinson Reliant SR-6 model airplane plan

Stinson Reliant SR-6  ( 25 in. / 63.5 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This plans set depicts a 25" span rubber-powered free flight scale model of the Stinson SR-6 Reliant, published in Flying Aces Magazine, 1935. Sufficient detail is shown for a careful craftsman...

Stinson Reliant SR-6 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Civilian
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 25 in. / 63.5 cm
Publisher: Flying Aces Magazine
Date: 12/1935
Plan File Info:
ID: 91169
File Size: 2.6 MB
Downloads: 222
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:15
Updated: 04/12/15 05:38:06pm

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Stinson SR-6 model airplane plan

Stinson SR-6  ( 22 in. / 55.9 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

This plans set depicts a 22" rubber-powered free flight scale model of the Stinson SR-6 Reliant. Model designer Bill Galloway, working from Wylam plans, has incorporated lots of scale details...

Stinson SR-6 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Civilian
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 22 in. / 55.9 cm
Publisher: Flying Scale Inc., Metairie LA
Designer: Bill Galloway
Plan File Info:
ID: 91192
File Size: 2.9 MB
Downloads: 210
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:15
Updated: 04/12/15 05:25:50pm

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Korda Dethermalizer model airplane plan

Korda Dethermalizer  ( 50 in. / 127 cm )

Air Trails

Dick Korda's Dethermalizer rubber powered free flight model, also known as the "Korda Wakefield Winner", is one of the most storied models in free flight model history. Korda flew the...

Korda Dethermalizer Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Thermal
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 50 in. / 127 cm
Publisher: Air Trails
Designer: Dick Korda
Date: 02/1942
Plan File Info:
ID: 82282
File Size: 4.0 MB
Downloads: 182
Comments: 0
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Added: 29/03/2015 17:59
Updated: 04/11/21 02:23:47pm

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Swarm of Bees model airplane plan

Swarm of Bees

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

"Swarm of Bees" are four delightful free flight models designed by Mark Bees, intended for entry-level modelers to build and have great fun building & flying! The quartet consists of...

Swarm of Bees Details:
Type: Glider
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: Less-Than-50cm (20in)
Publisher: Aeromodeller
Designer: Mark Bees
Date: 12/1991
Plan File Info:
ID: 98333
File Size: 522.0 KB
Downloads: 101
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 04/10/19 12:54:31am

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Swelta model airplane plan

Swelta  ( 54 in. / 137.2 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Swelta (Swept Wing Delta) is a high performance sport aerobatics model, a swept-wing delta with an auxiliary horizontal stabilizer. The foam wing is balsa sheet covered for strength and speedy...

Swelta Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 54 in. / 137.2 cm
Publisher: RCModeler
Designer: Dr. Harry Hodel
Date: 03/1968
Plan File Info:
ID: 98336
File Size: 1.0 MB
Downloads: 79
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 04/10/19 01:02:56am

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Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat model airplane plan

Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat  ( 25 in. / 63.5 cm )

Model Aircraft

Presented here is a sport scale control line model, 25" wingspan, designed by P. M. H. Lewis. Originally designed for a 1.5 cc diesel (appr. .09 cubic inches), the model would be well suited...

Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Control-Line
Use: Fighter
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 25 in. / 63.5 cm
Publisher: Model Aircraft
Designer: P.M.H Lewis
Date: 06/1955
Plan File Info:
ID: 81553
File Size: 1.1 MB
Downloads: 309
Comments: 0
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Added: 27/03/2015 00:26
Updated: 04/09/21 08:39:34am

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Waco D Pursuit model airplane plan

Waco D Pursuit  ( 16 in. / 40.6 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Presented here are Joe Ott's plans for a 16" span rubber-powered free flight model of the Waco S2HD Pursuit biplane, a multi-role military aircraft circa mid-1930s. The plans, published by the...

Waco D Pursuit Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Multirole
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 16 in. / 40.6 cm
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Company
Designer: Joe Ott
Date: 01/1934
Plan File Info:
ID: 98393
File Size: 664.1 KB
Downloads: 111
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 04/09/19 07:31:39pm

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Waco S2HD "Super Sport" Pursuit model airplane plan

Waco S2HD "Super Sport" Pursuit  ( 20 in. / 50.8 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

The Waco Aircraft Company's "D" aircraft were a series of multi-purpose 1930's-era military biplanes, and their S2HD "Super Sport" Pursuit was a military export version powered...

Waco S2HD "Super Sport" Pursuit Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Multirole
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 20 in. / 50.8 cm
Publisher: Popular Aviation
Designer: Paul Lindberg
Date: 07/1934
Plan File Info:
ID: 98392
File Size: 424.5 KB
Downloads: 163
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 04/09/19 07:19:48pm

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Whitman Waco C-7 model airplane plan

Whitman Waco C-7  ( 28 in. / 71.1 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from American Companies

Presented here are Whitman Publishing's plans for the Waco C-7, one variant in Waco's "Custom Cabin" series of general aviation aircraft of the 1930s. The plans are quite detailed and...

Whitman Waco C-7 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Civilian
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 28 in. / 71.1 cm
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co.
Date: 01/1938
Plan File Info:
ID: 98391
File Size: 1.6 MB
Downloads: 156
Comments: 0
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Added: 06/06/2016 15:16
Updated: 04/09/19 04:21:11am

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Gee-38 model airplane plan

Gee-38  ( 54 in. / 137.2 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Gee-38 is a sport free flight model, designed by Beverley Dean Smith in the late 40s or early 50s, with a number of interesting design features. Loosely patterned after the Lockheed P-38 Lightning,...

Gee-38 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Gas-Powered
Wingspan: 54 in. / 137.2 cm
Publisher: Magazine Plans Service
Designer: Beverley Dean Smith
Plan File Info:
ID: 81434
File Size: 1.0 MB
Downloads: 221
Comments: 0
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Added: 26/03/2015 23:36
Updated: 04/08/20 04:08:08am

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Veron Piper Cherokee C180 model airplane plan

Veron Piper Cherokee C180  ( 56 in. / 142.2 cm )

Veron

Presented here are the plans for Veron's kit of the Piper Cherokee C180. Spanning 56" and sized for a .19 to .40 glow engine, the airplane would be an excellent sport model for general flying...

Veron Piper Cherokee C180 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 56 in. / 142.2 cm
Publisher: Veron/Model Aircraft
Date: 01/1969
Plan File Info:
ID: 97062
File Size: 2.6 MB
Downloads: 395
Comments: 0
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Added: 08/07/2016 13:10
Updated: 04/08/19 02:55:15am

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Aquarius model airplane plan

Aquarius  ( 52 in. / 132.1 cm )

AeroModeller

W. B. Heginbotham, then an aeronautical engineering student, designed the Aquarius, a 52" wingspan sport free flight "flying boat" with a 2 cc motor (E.D. Bee diesel shown on the...

Aquarius Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Diesel-Powered
Wingspan: 52 in. / 132.1 cm
Publisher: Aeromodeller
Designer: W.B. Heginbotham
Date: 04/1951
Plan File Info:
ID: 79496
File Size: 1.7 MB
Downloads: 153
Comments: 0
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Added: 25/03/2015 13:27
Updated: 04/07/19 04:38:31am

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Ato-30 model airplane plan

Ato-30  ( 30 in. / 76.2 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

Ato Model Crafts in Belfast, Northern Ireland, produced and kitted the Ato-30, a 30" span towline glider for sport free flight enthusiasts. The plane's design is straightforward and would be...

Ato-30 Details:
Type: Glider
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Sport
Motor: Not-Powered
Wingspan: 30 in. / 76.2 cm
Publisher: Ato Model Crafts
Plan File Info:
ID: 79549
File Size: 533.1 KB
Downloads: 65
Comments: 0
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Added: 25/03/2015 14:49
Updated: 04/07/19 04:20:50am

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Arado Ar240 model airplane plan

Arado Ar240  ( 28 in. / 71.1 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

The Arado Ar240 was a German two-person twin engine "heavy" fighter aircraft designed in the early 1940s to replace the Bf-110. The Ar240 incorporated a substantial number of technical...

Arado Ar240 Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Fighter
Motor: Rubber-Band-Powered
Wingspan: 28 in. / 71.1 cm
Plan File Info:
ID: 79502
File Size: 393.0 KB
Downloads: 206
Comments: 0
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Added: 25/03/2015 13:27
Updated: 04/07/17 09:19:22pm

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EFW N-20.02 Arbalète glider model airplane plan

EFW N-20.02 Arbalète glider  ( 12 in. / 30.5 cm )

PDF Bitmap Wood Plans from Magazines

The EFW N-20.02 Arbalète (Crossbow) aircraft was a one-off experimental aircraft designed for the Swiss Air Force in the early 1950s to evaluate possible development into a tactical fighter. A...

EFW N-20.02 Arbalète glider Details:
Type: Glider
Class: Free-Flight
Use: Xperimental
Motor: Not-Powered
Wingspan: 12 in. / 30.5 cm
Publisher: Aeromodeller
Date: 07/1963
Plan File Info:
ID: 79503
File Size: 384.7 KB
Downloads: 212
Comments: 2
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Added: 25/03/2015 13:27
Updated: 04/07/17 08:39:36pm

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Standard Plank model airplane plan

Standard Plank  ( 100 in. / 254 cm )

RCModeler

The "Standard Plank" is a 100" flying wing designed by Chuck Clemons and Dave Jones for AMA thermal duration winch launches in the AMA's "standard" class, i.e. 100"...

Standard Plank Details:
Type: Glider
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Thermal
Wingspan: 100 in. / 254 cm
Publisher: RCModeler
Designer: Chuck Clemons, Dave Jones
Date: 7/1975
Plan File Info:
ID: 91115
File Size: 2.9 MB
Downloads: 720
Comments: 0
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Added: 24/05/2015 10:15
Updated: 04/06/16 05:45:37pm

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Pegasus model airplane plan

Pegasus  ( 39 in. / 99.1 cm )

American Aircraft Modeler

The Pegasus is a 4-channel sport aerobatic model kitted in Japan by Hinode Denko, and the plans subsequently published in American Aircraft Modeler magazine in the early 1970s. Designed for the Enya...

Pegasus Details:
Type: Airplane
Class: Radio-Control
Use: Sport
Motor: Glow-Powered
Wingspan: 39 in. / 99.1 cm
Publisher: American Aircraft Modeler magazine
Designer: S. Tangiku, Y. Mazda
Date: 05/1972
Plan File Info:
ID: 98140
File Size: 511.7 KB
Downloads: 223
Comments: 0
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Added: 13/01/2017 16:15
Updated: 04/05/20 11:30:27am

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