Gene Pape of Eugene, Ore., just built this Raunchy, a vintage Combat plane designed by James Mears, from a Vintage Performance Models kit. Power is a SuperTigre G21 .35. See article about the project. Flying Lines photo.

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Northwest control-line news headlines

New! Eugene Prop Spinners club December 2024 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News

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

New! Leighton Mangels is 2024 Competitor of the Year See article >>

New! Northwest CL competition standings updated with After-Thanksgiving Race results

Photos added! 2024 After-Thanksgiving Race results See article in Racing section

New! Read First 2024 edition of Sweden's LINA CL newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section

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

Read Hi-Low Landings Newsletter 2024 Issue No. 6 in Navy Carrier section

Read NCLRA November 2024 Torque Roll newsletter in Racing section

Gene Pape's November 2024 column: McCoy reheads See Miscellaneous Stuff >>

Reworking Rossi heads for .21 Proto Speed See article in Speed section

Bob Welch wins Don McClave Vintage Stunt Trophy
See Northwest CL competition standings >>

Northwest CL fliers participate in global Ringmaster fly-a-thon See article

<< A fine control-line weekend at the 2024 Fall Follies See article

Read NCLRA September 2024 Torque Roll newsletter — Nats and World Championships edition — in Racing section

2024 R.F. Stevenson Raider Roundup results and photos See article

Dennis Nunes' 2024 Nats and World Championships adventure See article in Aerobatics section

<< Improved Mehama circle hosts Zoot Ranch Fun Fly See article on WOLF page in NW Club News

Mike Hazel's Muncie Triple Treat See August 2024 column in Zoot's Mixture >>

CL World Championships report by Paul Gibeault! Also see World Championships results

<< 2024 Canadian Graffiti Combat See article in Combat section

A new look at .21 Proto Speed See article in Speed section

Gene Pape's July 2024 column: Lithium batteries and accidental fireworks! See Miscellaneous Stuff >>

Orin Humphries' July 2024 column in Scale Matters: Mock-ups, Basics: Woods and Glues, Stooge, Second Checking

CL fliers bid another farewell to Bill Riegel Field at WOLF Get-Together See article

2024 Stunt-a-Thon results See article

<< Northwest CL great Dan Rutherford dies See obituary

Speed legend John Newton dies See obituary in Speed section >>

Lots of flying at Oregon Flying Fun No. 3 See article

<< 2024 Northwest Control-Line Regionals report and photo gallery See article

2024 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up results and photos See article

Huge Dave Shrum collection highlights Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 See article

2024 Vintage Stunt Championships report by Dennis
Nunes See article in Aerobatics section

Prominent Oregon modeler Dave Shrum dies See obituary >>

Orin Humphries' March 2024 Scale Matters column: LED lights and color perception, Koverall and rib stitching, turbulators, finishing resin surfacing, hotter glow plugs, and the last of the 4BK Carb notes in Regular Columns

Western Oregon Control-line Flyers club January-February 2024 Wolf Call newsletter available for download in NW Club News

Restoring Joe Dill's Ranger 3: See article in Walker on Stunt >>

Read NCLRA February 2024 Torque Roll newsletter in Racing section

<< Another Dennis Nunes Adventure – Paint Masks and Tucson See article in Aerobatics section

Restoring a McFadden Creamsicle See article in Combat section

Orin Humphries' January 2024 Scale Matters column: Two-needle carburetors, the future, Stearman yellow in Regular Columns

Northwest greets 2024 in Portland with Oregon Flying Fun No. 1 and Richmond with Polar Bear Fun Fly
See article

Back Issues project completed with January-February 2006, March-April 2006 and Final 2006 Flying Lines newsletters See Flying Lines Back Issues in PDF All 215 print editions of Flying Lines newsletter from 1979 to 2006 are now available for download

Mike Hazel wins fourth Competitor of the Year title See article >>

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