2020 Northwest Control-Line Model Aviation News Archive
Below are some of the headlines about CL activity in the region in 2020, along with links to some of the technical articles and columns that appeared on the Flying Lines website during the year. For a more complete look at CL activity in the Northwest, go to the Flying Lines home page and click on the links to various categories at the top of the home page.
NOTE: Because of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, most of the traditional organized CL events were not held in 2020. Reports on those events from other years can be found in the archives for those years.
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Northwest control-line news headlines
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Read the January 2021 issue of the Circle Flyer, the newsletter of the Milwaukee Circle Masters
Eugene Prop Spinners club December 2020 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News
Read Second 2020 edition of Sweden's LINA newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read Gene Pape's December 2020 column: Trainers and test stands See Miscellaneous Stuff
Read the December 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read NCLRA December 2020 Torque Roll
newsletter in Racing
section
<< Kenny and the Jets: 2020 winter projects See article in Speed section
Read December 2020 edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
Interested
in making your own model airplane fuel? Read Paul
Gibeault's Fuel Guide
article
<< Dennis Nunes' design and construction of the electric Circulas See article in Aerobatics section
Read the November 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read Postal Carrier Contest results in October 2020 Hi-Low Landings newsletter in Navy Carrier section
Read
Gene Pape's October
2020 column: Learning from building See Miscellaneous Stuff
NWCL fliers participate in 2020 Ringmaster fly-a-thon See article >>
The Combat plane and the fir tree See article in Combat section
Read November 2020 edition of New England Combat News in Combat section
Read First 2020 edition of Sweden's LINA newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read NCLRA October 2020 Torque Roll newsletter in Racing section
Read September.20.4 of Hi-Low Landings newsletter in Navy Carrier section
Read the October 2020 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
Read October 2020 edition of New England Combat News
in Combat section
Read Gene Pape's September 2020 column: Covering a vintage model with exam table paper See Miscellaneous Stuff >>
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 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
<< 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 >>
<< 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 News in 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
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
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