
This page is for articles and columns on Northwest control-line combat model flying, and links to combat-related web sites.
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Buzz WilsonCombat flying can get a bit physical, as demonstrated by Rich Salter of Seattle, Wash., (blue shirt), who is wrapped up by Ron Columbo of Michigan during the 2006 Bladder Grabber fast combat contest in Snohomish, Wash. Ron Enos photo.
For information about combat in the United States, see the Miniature Aircraft Combat Association web site. MACA is the combat special interest group recognized by the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
Your District XI representative on the Academy of Model Aeronautics Combat Contest Board is Mark Hansen.
Preston Briggs maintains an excellent general combat information site.
For discussion of national racing matters, see Combat flying forum on Yahoo!

Combat flier Jeff Dawson of San Antonio, Texas, showed off an unusual combat-style plane at last summer's Bladder Grabber fast combat contest in Snohomish, Wash. The plane is powed by two O.S. .20 or .25 engines and "goes quite fast and turns fairly tight," reports FL combat reporter Mel Lyne. It uses two bladder tanks and APC props. Ron Enos photo.
This page was upated April 14, 2008