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was created to chronicle my lifelong model aviation hobby, and to provide some valuable resources for visitors.
- Kirt Blattenberger
AMA 92498

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Helicopters, Rockets
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Kirt Blattenberger with E-flight Taylorcraft on Snow Skis - Airplanes and Rockets
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Aircraft Modeling News Archive #1

Model Airplane News / Model Helicopter News / Model Rocket News

 

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Table of Balsa Weight for Various Densities
Airplanes and Rockets - Keystone Indor Electric FlyKeystone Indoor Electric Fly - 200'x600' Indoor Dome
Airplanes and Rockets - DuBro Hughes 300 helicopter video on YouTubeYouTube video of vintage DuBro Hughes 300 helicopter in flight
Airplanes and Rockets - Sopwith CamelHere are some photos of the progress on my Sopwith Camel for control line.
Airplanes and Rockets - DuBro TriStar Helicopter with Enstrom FuselageFlash: DuBro TriStar helicopter with Enstrom fuselage being built
Rocketarium listing added.
XenonProject.com listing added.
Airplanes and Rockets: Nathan Sawaya's LEGO Saturn V - Amazing!LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya has created this amazing Saturn V! Is it made of around 3,000 LEGO blocks.
Ultra-High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries
Airplanes and Rockets - Robot WiFi in Disaster AreasFlying Robots to Provide Wi-Fi in Disaster Zones
Airplanes and Rockets - Robocopters Unite!Robocopters Unite! RC helis being taught to autonomously collaborate on tasks.
Airplanes and Rockets - Shark 15Kim's Shark 15 is full battle colors - ready for the next good flying day.
AIrplanes and Rockets - Gil Morris' 2-Propeller Gearbox for F1C Free Flight (click for larger image)Check Gil Morris' gearbox for a 2-propeller configuration on F1C free flight in the  Feb 2009 issue of Model Aviation.
Airplanes and Rockets - Allen Cargill Electronic Handle for Control Line (click for larger image)A story in the Feb 2009 issue of Model Aviation described this electronic controller for scale C/L models. 2 to 6 channels.
Have You Been to the Virtual Aircraft Museum?
Airplanes and Rockets: RC SparkyPaul D. Sent Pics of His 110% R/C Electric Sparky!
Kim Stricker Checks in with His Winder C/L Kit
Microduster .010 Free Flight
New Photos Added for Comet Cadet
Many New Detailed Photos of My Comet J-5 Cruiser Added
Lots of Detailed Photos of My Estes Saturn V Added
Airplanes and Rockets - Suzy Homemaker Appliances for SaleSuzy Homemaker Appliances for Sale - Guys, here's something for your wife to buy to help justify your next kit  ;-)
Airplanes and Rocket - 1 Man, 1 Transmitter, 50 Aircraft1 Man, 1 Transmitter, 50 Aircraft - All Flown in a Single Day
Airplanes and Rockets: E-Fest 2009Great Planes' E-Fest 2009 Runs February 7 & 8
Airplanes and Rockets - Accupoint Incidence Meter for saleFor Sale: AccuPoint Laser Incidence Meter - Like New
Airplanes and Rockets - Monokote for SaleFor Sale: Full and partial rolls of Monokote
Airplanes and Rockets - CS-5 Nano servos for saleFor Sale: CS-5 Nano Servos, 9" Extension - Liek New
Airplanes and Rockets: RC Helicopter used for volcano researchDiscover magazine ran a story on an RC helicopter used for volcano research
Full Article Added for Emeraude from April 1969 AAM
REVOLUTIONCheck Out the "REVOLUTION" Outside-the-Circle C/L System
Airplanes And Rockets: E-Fest 2009E-Fest 2009 - February 7 & 8, 2009, Champaign, Illinois
Here is a Very Good Guide for Tissue Covering
AAM Article from When Jerry Flynn & I Helped Set a World Record
RC Weather Planes Could Improve Weather Forecasts
Comet Sparky Plans
C/L Mustang Plans
Albatros D. Va (1917) 3-View
Senior Aerosport Biplane Plans
Airplanes and Rockets - Soaring the Superfund SkiesWatch this new AMA / EPA video, "Soaring the Superfund Sites"
Chinese Bridge Builders Use Rockets to Shoot Cables Across Valley (this is slick)
T-34B Mentor Plans
Quick Floats Plans
The Ultimate e-Powered Airplane - the ElectraFlyer-C... You Can Ride in It
Penni Helicopter Plans & Article
Martin MO-1 Plans
1909 Curtiss Model A Plans
"Works of Art" by my father, Art Blattenberger
Pietenpol Air Camper Plans
Classical Gas Plans
Sopwith F.1 Camel, 1917-1918, Plans
Emeraude Plans
CO2 Power is Coming Back - from April 1969 AAM
Sperry Messenger Plans
El Cochino Plans
FAI Pussy-Cat Plans
Strato-Streak 68 Plans
Junkers D-1 Plans
Paul Harvey - R/C Modeler "On the Scene"
DeHavilland DH60G Gipsy Moth Plans
Curtiss A-3B Falcon Plans
Halberstadt D-II Plans
Dee Bee Plans Added
Aeronca 7AC Champion Plans
Airplanes and Rockets - Ace Pulse Commander Single-Channel Radio Control SystemFully detailed Ace Pulse Commander Single-Channel R/C System - including Owner's Manual
Welcome "Model Aviation" Visitors!
30-Year-Old Hobby-Lobby R/C Airplane Wins UAV Contest
Airplanes and Rockets - Carl Goldberg 1/2A Skylane kit for saleMy coveted 1/2A Skylane kit is now for sale.
Another Jetco Shark 15 Update...
Click for detailsApron with Aviation Theme Prints, by All Occasion Aprons
Airplanes and Rockets Achieves a Google PageRank of 5 in Under 2 Years! - Thanks to Everyone!
Snow is on the Way! Here is a Great Article on Making Skis for Your RC Airplane
Live Where the Water Doesn't Freeze? Here is Chuck Cunningham's Famous Article on Float Setup
Airplanes and Rockets: Twin Space Shuttles on launch pads  (NASA photo - thanks to Ralph W.)An incredible photo of twin Space Shuttles
Estes Orbital Transport kitEstes Orbital Transport. Only $75!
Airplanes and Rockets: Dick E.'s Airtronics Aquila from an original 1970s kit - sitting atop a very nice vintage Corvette!This Aquila was built in the 1980s, and just recently flown for the 1st time. Congrats to Dick E.!
C/L Flyers, here's a lower cost alternative to buying from Brodak - Sam's Stuff & Hobbies. He sells many hard-to-find C/L kits.
Watch for the AirplanesAndRockets advertisement in an upcoming edition of Model Aviation!
Visit RMS Distribution's website if you are looking for some great classic C/L kits.
Visit LazerWorks for laser-cut short kits for lots of classic models - R/C and C/L
Kim Stricker's short kit of the Jetco Shark 15 C/L model from LazerWorks is shaping up nicely. Here is his Carl Goldberg  1/2A Skylane from days of yore. Updated 8/25/2008.
Rubber Powered Model Airplanes from the 1930s. Where have these films been all these years?
Futaba Skysport 6Futaba Skysport 6 R/C System for Sale. Extras.
Buy this Sig Akrobat C/L modelThis vintage Sig Akrobat C/L kit is available for purchase!
Micro Air Vehicle: 3 Gram 'Dragonfly' Takes Flight
Airplanes and Rockets: Radio Control Hall of FameHere is probably the world's most complete collection of RC equipment - the Radio Control Hall of Fame.
Visit the Collect Air Website - Loaded With Vintage Model Info
The Rocketarium Online Rocket Shop
Boeing Successfully Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Airplane - a Full-Size Electric Airplanes with a Human Pilot
Airplanes and Rockets - The Early Days of Radio ControlThe First Days of Radio Control. Information and pics you probably have never seen before.
Airplanes and Rockets Forums now Active
Paul Harvey - Radio Control Modeler
New boat model pics added 1 & 2
1968 AAM Editorial Re Future of Navy Nats Sponsorship
Vintage Radio Control Systems
Cordless Electric Flight Motors
(July 1973, American Aircraft Modeler)
E-Fest 2008 Happening Feb 9 & 10
AMA's new Park Pilot program
Some of my woodworking projects
VTOL RC Model Video
AmericanAircraftModeler.com domain acquired