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Next Northwest control-line flying event: Oregon Flying Fun No. 2

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Stan Olzaski of Roseburg, Ore., flies this profile Mustang powered by an vintage O.S. .35. Stan Olzaski photo.

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Northwest control-line news headlines


New! Eugene Prop Spinners club January 2025 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News

New! The ongoing saga of Big Blue by Dennis Nunes See article in Aerobatics section >>

New! Read Hi-Low Landings newsletter 2024 Issue No. 7 in Navy Carrier section

Updated! Flying year begins with Oregon Flying Fun No. 1 and Polar Bear Fun Fly on New Year's Day See article >>

New! Western Oregon Control-line Flyers club December 2024 Wolf Call newsletter available for download in NW Club News

New! A Speed flier's winter project: A Scale plane See article

Read November 2024 edition of Australian Control-Line News in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section

Gene Pape's December 2024 Miscellaneous Stuff column: Building the Raunchy from a Vintage Performance Models kit >>

<< Leighton Mangels is 2024 Competitor of the Year See article

Northwest CL competition standings updated with After-Thanksgiving Race results

2024 After-Thanksgiving Race results See article in Racing section


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