Springfield Barnstorming Carnival July 19-20

New event near Dayton Ohio. This full scale fly in takes place with area pilots and those stopping over on their way to Oshkosh. Join real barnstorming pilots an model pilots for an entertaining weekend full of activities Check it out at: Barstorming Carnival Antique...

Keith Shaw’s Modifications to our 1905 Wright Flyer Kit

A customer wanted to know Keith Shaws Modifications of our 1905 Wright Flyer. Keith is an experienced modeler. A member of the AMA Hall of Fame. His advice on any model is well worth reviewing. Here are Keith’s views as written myself and on of our builders:...

Tiger Moth Oppportunity

This is what a modeler looks like who is getting to sit in a Tiger Moth for the very first time. Franz Frank from Sweden sits in Tiger Moth Franz Frank, a customer from Sweden shares his euphoria with us. What a smile!

American Junior RC

Check out this fun scratch built project. Jack Books RC American Junior Project

Hand Made R-985 Dummy Radial

Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior Dummy Radial built by Donald Kurtz Photo provided by Donald Kurtz, a local RC scale builder. He’s building a Beech 18 and needed two dummy radials. No engine kit was available in the correct scale. The metal parts are...

Setting the Hook

Hi Dave, I know you are interested in getting young folks interested in Model Aviation. Last Saturday my club helped at the NASA Space and Rocket Center Aviation Challenge event. Here is a photo of me planting the seed with a little one (he was thrilled). Later I...

V22 Osprey Arrives at USAFM Today

Enjoyed watching a CV-22 Osprey arrive in front of our shop. The United States Air Force Museum is across the street from “US”. Osprey pilot dusts the snow off our roof. 😉 He put on a short airshow, bank angles easily up to 70 degree’s and a nice...

1SQ V-Cam Lake Rescue

Van Hershberger Sends an interesting photo. Uggg, a little more that way….. “Even this flight into the lake didn’t kill off the 1SQ, I’ve had 20 flights since with video, all is working like new : ) Van”