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Tom Hackettof Oahu, Hawaii, enjoys flying this electric ARF Nobler, with Snoopy as a pilot. "He's good on stunts," Tom says. Tom Hackett photo.
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Northwest control-line news headlines
New! Back Issues project continues with April 1996 Flying Lines newsletter See Flying Lines Back Issues in PDF
New! Read issue 20.3 of Hi-Low-Landings newsletter in Navy Carrier section
Click on the poster to get a Regionals T-shirt order form >>
New! Read October edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
New! Eugene Prop Spinners club September 2020 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News
New! Read Gene Pape's September 2020 column: Covering a vintage model with exam table paper See Miscellaneous Stuff >>
New! A foray into 1/2-A Proto Speed, Part 2 See article in Speed section
Western Oregon Control-Line Flyers club September 2020 Wolf Call newsletter available for download in NW Club News
Read the September 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read Gene Pape's August 2020 column: Cleaning up an ugly engine See Miscellaneous Stuff
A foray into 1/2-A Proto Speed, Part 1 See article in Speed section
Read August-September edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
<< Read Zoot Zoomer's August 2020 column: The Artesian for Northwest Sport Race in Racing
Read Gene Pape's July 2020 column: Tubing, glue, props, etc. See Miscellaneous Stuff
Read NCLRA August 2020 Torque Roll newsletter in Racing section
Read the August 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
2020 Lucky Hand Fun Fly report and photos See article
<< Updated! Zoot Zoomer builds the Kansas Twister See article in Speed section
1960s CL flier Gary Yamamoto dies See obituary
Read July 2020 edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
Remembering 'The Match' – and the respect See article in Combat section
Read Gene Pape's June 2020 column:
Fly by yourself with the Combat launcher -- See Miscellaneous Stuff in Combat section
<< Building the Top Cat See article in Speed section
Read the June 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read June 2020 edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
Speed enthusiast Ron Bennett dies See obituary >>
Check out a new Flying Lines feature: Favorite control-line photos
Read PAMPA report on 32nd Vintage Stunt Championships
<< CL model manufacturer John Brodak dies See Stunt Hangar comment thread Also see funeral home obituary and Brodak Manufacturing website
Read Gene Pape's April 2020 column: Batteries, vintage Combat See Miscellaneous Stuff in Combat section
Read April 2020 edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
Carrier enthusiast Joe Just dies See obituary >>
Another fine control-line workshop captured in photos! See NW CL workshops
<< Combat flier Don McKay dies See obituary
Beginner's approach to F2A Speed, Part 2 See article in Speed section
Read April 2020 edition of New England Combat Newsin Combat section
Read Gene Pape's March 2020 column: Try this at home! See Miscellaneous Stuff in Combat section
<< Help us identify the mystery monoplane featured in the February 2020 column of Orin Humphries' Scale Matters
Read the February 2020 issue of Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter
Get the last drop out of your glue bottles: See Shop Tips
Read Winter 2020 edition of NewEngland Combat News in Combat section
<< Flying between raindrops at Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 See article
2020 Northwest Vintage Combat rules posted in NW Rules section
Fireballs 2020 banquet report See article in NW Club News
A Formula 40 Speed Plane for 2020 See article in Speed section
Poll! Would you enter Nostalgia 30 Stunt at the 2020 Regionals?Let us know your thinking in the poll on the NW CL Forum
Read Final 2019 edition of Britain's Combat Flyers Association newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Oregon and B.C. fliers kick off 2020 Oregon Flying Fun No. 1 and Polar Bear Fun Fly See article
<< Russ Hester is 2019 Competitor of the Year See article and 2019 Final Standings
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter 147 in Racing section
A beginner's approach to F2A Speed See article in Speed section
For past Flying Lines articles, See FL News Archive
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