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Model Aviation Online Walk-Through

Welcome to the online edition of Model Aviation. ModelAviation.com's homepage welcomes visitors with bold new colors and a clean design anchored by strong images. Model Aviation’s in-house design team

Great Planes WACO YMF-5D

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Written by Tom Sullivan Find the entire feature on page 50 in the July 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary and video relating to the article.Ah, the Golden Age of Aviation: the years between World

RC Helicopters Debut at 1978 Nats

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Written by Dave Chesney Model Aviation Archives, November 1978Not many years ago, the father of RC helicopters, Dave Schluter, developed a machine that was capable of little more than hovering

Camp AMA All-Stars

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AMA hosted its first Camp AMA All-Stars June 6-9, 2011 for AMA Youth Members ages 13 to 18. This is an advanced program giving the opportunity for the 10 best helicopter and 10 best airplane pilots a

The History of Model Aviation

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Written by Jay Smith and Michael Smith Find the entire feature on page 28 in The First 75 Years supplement Read an abridged summary as well as an infograph. In 1936, following several years of

The Secrets of Silk

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Written by R.A. Benjamin Find the entire feature on page 36 in the May 2011 issue. Read an abridged summary and photo slideshow relating to the article. SILKPAN IS A unique variety of tissue paper

Thunder Tiger Trainer 40 OBL ARF

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Written by Richard Landis and Barry Yarkon Digital Exclusive Follow along as a real-life beginner modifies the Thunder Power OBL Trainer to Electric Power under the tutelage of an experienced electric

Skandanavisk KZ.III

Written by Gene Smith Find the entire feature in the October 2010 issue. Read an abridged summary and photos relating to the article.History: The design was begun in 1943 Denmark under Nazi occupation

Stearman 4E

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Written by Frank Beatty Video by MA Staff Find the entire feature on page 28 in the November 2009 issue. Watch an exclusive MA interview with CL legend Frank Beatty during the 2009 Nats. Frank Beatty