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Next Northwest CL event: Northwest Regionals See Where the Action Is
Paul Walker's 2019 Impact makes a first-round flight in Expert Precision Aerobatics at the 2019 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up in Portland, Ore. Flying Lines photo.
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Northwest control-line news headlines
New! Northwest Competition Standings updated with 2019 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up results
New! Read May 2019 issue of New England Combat News in Combat section
New! Eugene Prop Spinners club April 2019 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club
The Northwest Regionals is coming up!
Here are some key dates:
Trophy sponsorship deadline: April 30
Sweatshirt order deadline: May 1 (no sweatshirts sold at the contest)
Deadline for guaranteed room rate at the Hampton Inn: May 9
Advance entry deadline: May 17
Download the discount advance entry form and mail in your entry.
For details see Where the Action Is
New! Contest season opens with a damp Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up See article
New! Read April 2019 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
New! Read the April 2019 issue of Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter
Back Issues project continues with September 1991 Flying Lines newsletter See Flying Lines Back Issues in PDF
Zoot's Mixture April 2019 column: What's your theme song? in Regular columns
Read NCLRA Torque Roll newsletter No. 143 in Racing section
Twenty fliers greet 2019 sunshine at Oregon Flying Fun No. 3 See article >>
Two B Speed engines compared, Part 2 See article in Speed section
Buzz Wilson's March 2019 Musings from the Combat Pits column: New tools! in Combat section
The Yeti and other kits from Hobbins Hobbies See article in Combat section
Paul Walker's March 2019 column: How to fix tight ball links in Aerobatics section
Read Spring 2019 edition of Britain's Combat Flyers Association newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Western Oregon Control-Line Flyers club January-February 2019 Wolf Call newsletter available for download in NW Club News
Buzz Wilson's February 2019 Musings from the Combat Pits column: Modifying line ends for Speed Limit Combat's new rules in Combat section
Approved! Rule change requires 60-foot lines in fast Clown Race See article in Northwest Rules section
Approved! Four engines added to the Northwest Sport Race list See article in Northwest Rules section
Approved! 80mph Combat line diameter set at .018 for all planes See article in Northwest Rules section
Orin Humphries Scale Matters February 2018 column:
Part 2 of vacuum molding, Preparing the mold in Scale section
<< How to assemble a glow engine See video by Juan Seren
How to build Russ Hester's internal line-tension shutoff See article in Combat section
Updated with corrections on March 4! B.C. modeling legend Barrie Hobkirk dies See obituary >>
Read latest edition of Sweden's LINA control-line newsetter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Two B Speed engines compared, Part 1 See article in Speed section
Buzz Wilson's January 2019 Musings from the Combat Pits column: 
Combat 60 years ago
CL opens 2019 alive and well at Oregon Flying Fun No. 1 and Polar Bear Fun Fly See article
Mike Hazel regains Competitor of the Year Title See article and NW Standings >>
For past Flying Lines articles, See FL News Archive
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This cartoon is from the Tom Wilk collection. The Wilk collection is available on CD from Eliminator Props.