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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The Gloster Gladiator is a biplane fighter used by the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm, and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. It was the RAF's last biplane...
| Gloster Gladiator Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | CO2-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 18 in. / 45.7 cm |
| Publisher: | Aeromodeller Plans Service |
| Designer: | Stan Cole |
| Date: | 02/1983 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81481 |
| File Size: | 3.0 MB |
| Downloads: | 236 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 26/03/2015 23:36 |
| Updated: | 29/02/16 12:12:56am |
The Curtiss Osprey was developed in the early 1930s as an "export" fighter/bomber aircraft derived from the extremely successful F11C Goshawk developed for the US Navy. The Osprey had...
| Curtiss Osprey Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 22 in. / 55.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Model Airplane News |
| Date: | 05/1936 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 80557 |
| File Size: | 923.5 KB |
| Downloads: | 464 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 26/03/2015 02:19 |
| Updated: | 29/01/21 04:33:35pm |
Penumbra is J. S. Osborne's free flight competition towline glider, a "tail-less" flying wing design that doesn't need horizontal or vertical stabilizers to achieve high performance. The...
| Penumbra Details: | |
| Type: | Glider |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Thermal |
| Motor: | Not-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 80 in. / 203.2 cm |
| Publisher: | Aeromodeler |
| Designer: | J. S. Osborne |
| Date: | 08/1959 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 83230 |
| File Size: | 1.2 MB |
| Downloads: | 211 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 04/04/2015 14:45 |
| Updated: | 29/01/19 02:22:33am |
H. E. Hervey drew up these notes for a 30" span rubber-powered monoplane sport free flight. Suitable for entry level builders, construction plans will need to be scaled up from the sketches and...
| Rosella Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 30 in. / 76.2 cm |
| Designer: | H. E. Hervey |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 90505 |
| File Size: | 1.5 MB |
| Downloads: | 56 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:12 |
| Updated: | 29/01/18 03:27:07am |
Presented here are the plans and assembly instructions for the Keil Kraft Rover, a 40" span sport free flight originally designed for the Mills 1.3 cc (appr. .07 CID) diesel motor. The model...
| Keil Kraft Rover Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 40 in. / 101.6 cm |
| Publisher: | Keil Kraft |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 90509 |
| File Size: | 1.9 MB |
| Downloads: | 98 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:12 |
| Updated: | 29/01/18 03:20:21am |
Emulating the full-scale Rivets pylon racer, Chuck Cunningham and Dick Sonheim designed the Rivets model for the AMA Quarter Midget pylon racing event, .15 CID engine size maximum. The model is...
| Rivets Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Pylon-Racer |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 36 in. / 91.4 cm |
| Publisher: | RCModeler magazine |
| Designer: | Chuck Cunningham, Dick Sonnheim |
| Date: | 12/1968 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 90479 |
| File Size: | 1.3 MB |
| Downloads: | 430 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:12 |
| Updated: | 29/01/17 04:32:51am |
The British S.E.5a, designed and produced by the Royal Aircraft Factory, was an extremely effective single seat biplane fighter during WW1, sometimes called "the Spitfire of WW1". The plans...
| S.E.5a Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 13 in. / 33 cm |
| Publisher: | Peerless Model Airplane Company |
| Designer: | Howell |
| Date: | 01/1934 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 90562 |
| File Size: | 1.0 MB |
| Downloads: | 375 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:12 |
| Updated: | 29/01/17 04:13:54am |
Mac's Minnie is Howard McEntee's sport single-channel, rudder-only, sport model spanning 24 inches and powered by a Cox Pee Wee .020. The plane has a Goodyear racer-like appearance and features...
| Mac's Minnie Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 24 in. / 61 cm |
| Publisher: | American Modeler magazine |
| Designer: | Howard McEntee |
| Date: | 08/1958 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82548 |
| File Size: | 732.3 KB |
| Downloads: | 87 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 31/03/2015 22:28 |
| Updated: | 28/12/17 02:31:42am |
Ben Shereshaw was a noted American pioneer in model aviation, a prolific designer of many successful ignition engine-powered free flight aircraft in the 1940s, and inventor of several original...
| Miss Exchange Club Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 48 in. / 121.9 cm |
| Publisher: | Flying Aces Magazine |
| Designer: | Ben Shereshaw |
| Date: | 11/1938 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 82772 |
| File Size: | 2.9 MB |
| Downloads: | 53 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 01/04/2015 00:37 |
| Updated: | 28/12/17 02:13:55am |
The T-13 Minitiira is a an original design seaplane by Kauko Kuosma, 46" wingspan, designed for .09 CID engines, glow or diesel; a Frog 1.5 cc (.09 CID) diesel is shown on the plans. The...
| T-13 Minitiira Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 46 in. / 116.8 cm |
| Publisher: | Kauko Kuosma |
| Designer: | Kauko Kuosma |
| Date: | 8/1966 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 91390 |
| File Size: | 1.2 MB |
| Downloads: | 256 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:15 |
| Updated: | 28/12/15 12:35:00am |
The Tatra T-201 is a two seat low wing monoplane sport aircraft designed by the Czech Tatra aircraft company in the mid 1930s. The model shown is a sport scale controlline model designed by B....
| Tatra T-201 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 39 in. / 99.1 cm |
| Designer: | B. Svoboda |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 91427 |
| File Size: | 1.7 MB |
| Downloads: | 228 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:15 |
| Updated: | 28/12/15 12:01:23am |
Gas King Jr. is a powered free flight model designed by Joe Ott, an extremely unique contributor to the model aviation industry in the 1930s and 1940s. Joe wrote numerous columns and books on model...
| Gas King Jr. Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 48 in. / 121.9 cm |
| Publisher: | J. L. Wright, Inc. |
| Designer: | Joe Ott |
| Date: | 01/1939 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81425 |
| File Size: | 2.8 MB |
| Downloads: | 82 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 26/03/2015 23:36 |
| Updated: | 28/11/17 10:45:30pm |
The plans here depict Paul Plecan's sport scale control-line model of the Grumman F2F-1, the US Navy's 'standard' carrier-based fighter in the late 1930s. Featuring a powerful engine and retractable...
| Grumman F2F-1 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 28 in. / 71.1 cm |
| Publisher: | American Modeler magazine |
| Designer: | Paul Plecan |
| Date: | 09/1957 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81564 |
| File Size: | 1.3 MB |
| Downloads: | 128 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 27/03/2015 00:27 |
| Updated: | 28/11/17 04:49:27am |
Gigantis is a control line aerobatic model by C.V. Russo, designed to fly the stunt pattern at moderately high speeds, powered by a .35 CID glow engine. Careful attention has been paid to...
| Gigantis Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Acro |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 52 in. / 132.1 cm |
| Publisher: | Flying Models |
| Designer: | C. V. Russo |
| Date: | 09/1960 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81463 |
| File Size: | 949.8 KB |
| Downloads: | 109 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 26/03/2015 23:36 |
| Updated: | 28/11/17 04:41:11pm |
Presented here are Gordon Codding's plans for a 13" "Peanut Scale" rubber powered sport free flight model of the venerable 1932 Great Lakes Trainer. The plans are rudimentary but...
| Great Lakes Trainer Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Trainer |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 13 in. / 33 cm |
| Designer: | Gordon Codding |
| Date: | 08/1973 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 81543 |
| File Size: | 512.3 KB |
| Downloads: | 126 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 27/03/2015 00:26 |
| Updated: | 28/11/17 04:39:44am |
Midge is a British design control line speed plane, designed for the "1/2A-A" engine class and kitted by Mercury circa mid 1950s; a 1.5 cc (.09 CID) diesel is shown on the plans. This type...
| Midge Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Racing |
| Motor: | Diesel-Powered |
| Wingspan: | Less-Than-50cm (20in) |
| Publisher: | Mercury |
| Designer: | Cyril Shaw |
| Date: | 01/1957 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92161 |
| File Size: | 786.2 KB |
| Downloads: | 105 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:17 |
| Updated: | 28/11/16 08:06:09am |
The "Osprey Bipe" is a high performance sport aerobatics biplane designed by Alex Bouknight, sized for .60 2-stroke or .90 4-stroke engines. Controls are rudder, elevator, ailerons, and...
| Osprey Bipe Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 125cm-To-160cm (50in-To-63in) |
| Publisher: | RC Modeler magazine |
| Designer: | Alex Bouknight |
| Date: | 3/1989 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92691 |
| File Size: | 4.2 MB |
| Downloads: | 327 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:39 |
| Updated: | 28/11/15 09:15:13pm |
The P-40D Warhawk was a single engine fighter and ground attack aircraft that saw widespread service during WW2 operated by the US Army Air Corps as well as numerous Allied partners. The model...
| P-40D Warhawk Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 50cm-To-75cm (20in-To-30in) |
| Publisher: | Sterling Models |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92693 |
| File Size: | 4.6 MB |
| Downloads: | 699 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:39 |
| Updated: | 28/11/15 07:54:42pm |
The Pacific Ace falls into the "Old Timer" category of AMA gas free flight designs, kitted in 1939 by Modelcraft in Los Angeles. Originally sized for .19 to .23 CID ignition engines, the...
| Pacific Ace Old Timer Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 160cm-To-200cm (63in-To-79in) |
| Publisher: | Modelcraft |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92697 |
| File Size: | 2.9 MB |
| Downloads: | 219 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:39 |
| Updated: | 28/11/15 07:45:02pm |
The Great Lakes Trainer is a two-seater biplane designed for training and sport aerobatics in the early 1930s by the Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation, Cleveland Ohio. The design proved to be quite...
| Great Lakes Trainer 2T-1A Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 75cm-To-100cm (30in-To-40in) |
| Publisher: | Flyline Models |
| Designer: | Hurst G. Bowers |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92624 |
| File Size: | 416.2 KB |
| Downloads: | 344 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:36 |
| Updated: | 28/11/15 05:06:18pm |
This biplane model is a 24" span version of the Pfalz D-3 fighter used by the Germans in WWI. It's a rubber powered sport free flight and suitable for flying on calm days outdoors or in...
| Pfalz D-3 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Fighter |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 50cm-To-75cm (20in-To-30in) |
| Publisher: | Great Lakes Model Engineering |
| Designer: | Gordon Plaxton |
| Date: | 1935 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 92702 |
| File Size: | 882.5 KB |
| Downloads: | 413 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 04/09/2015 16:39 |
| Updated: | 28/11/15 04:59:46pm |
Using his many years of experience designing and competing with "indoor" free flight duration models, Boston's Pete Andrews designed Strato-Flash in 1950 to handle the power of the...
| Strato-Flash Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Thermal |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 37 in. / 94 cm |
| Publisher: | Air Trails |
| Designer: | Pete Andrews |
| Date: | 10/1950 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 98311 |
| File Size: | 367.6 KB |
| Downloads: | 59 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 06/06/2016 15:16 |
| Updated: | 28/10/19 03:14:13am |
Milwaukee's Bob Gialdini designed his control-line Precision Aerobatics plane, the Sting Ray, with attention paid to a stylish "jet fighter-like" appearance, clearly evident in the...
| Sting Ray Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Control-Line |
| Use: | Acro |
| Motor: | Glow-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 55 in. / 139.7 cm |
| Publisher: | American Modeler |
| Designer: | Robert Gialdini |
| Date: | 12/1964 |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 91162 |
| File Size: | 2.7 MB |
| Downloads: | 90 |
| Comments: | 0 |
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| Added: | 24/05/2015 10:15 |
| Updated: | 28/10/18 11:59:31pm |
Veron Models kitted the Rascal, an entry-level sport free flight model, rubber-powered and spanning 24 inches. Construction is simple with the plans providing sufficient details for a 'scratch' model...
| Rascal Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Free-Flight |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Rubber-Band-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 24 in. / 61 cm |
| Publisher: | Veron |
| Designer: | PLS |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 83560 |
| File Size: | 1.1 MB |
| Downloads: | 185 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 11/05/2015 22:48 |
| Updated: | 28/09/20 02:37:17am |
T-170 is a large (100" wingspan, 15 3/4 lbs flying weight) low-wing sport aerobatic model designed for the Quadra 2.0 cubic inch gasoline powerplant. Designers George Smith and Alan Clark have...
| T-170 Details: | |
| Type: | Airplane |
| Class: | Radio-Control |
| Use: | Sport |
| Motor: | Gas-Powered |
| Wingspan: | 100 in. / 254 cm |
| Publisher: | RCModeler |
| Designer: | George R. Smith, Alan L. Clark |
| Plan File Info: | |
| ID: | 98339 |
| File Size: | 1.4 MB |
| Downloads: | 332 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Listing Editor: | aeroastro |
| Added: | 06/06/2016 15:16 |
| Updated: | 28/09/19 01:32:52am |
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