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Next Northwest control-line flying event:
Oregon Flying Fun No. 3
POSTPONED TO MARCH 29
See Where the Action Is for details on all upcoming Northwest control-line model aviation events
Pat Johnston of Boise, Idaho, flies his Shark 35 in Classic Stunt at the 2024 Northwest Control-Line Regionals. Advance entry forms for the 2025 Regionals on Memorial Day Weekend can be found on Where the Action Is. Also on Where the Action Is information on other upcoming Northwest events, including the Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up on April 12-13. Flying Lines photo.
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Northwest control-line news headlines
New! Two Racing
rules proposals for 2025:
• Housekeeping update to NW Super Sport Race See article
• Proposal to allow shutoffs in Clown Race See
article
For more information see NW Rules
New! Read Second 2024 edition of Sweden's LINA newsletter in Charlie Johnson's Competition Newsletter section
New! The 2025 Vintage Stunt Championships
report and photos See article by
Dennis Nunes in Aerobatics
section >>
New! Eugene Prop Spinners club March 2025 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News
New! John Thompson's March 2025 Round & Round Column: Basic control-line model airplane trimming
New! Read Hi-Low Landings newsletter 2025 Issue No. 1 in Navy Carrier section
Western Oregon Control-line Flyers club March 2025 Wolf Call newsletter available in NW Club News
A simple battery warmer for the flying field See article by
Dennis Nunes in Aerobatics section
Read NCLRA February 2025 Torque
Roll newsletter in Racing
section
Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 report and photos See article >>
A new .21 Sport Speed plane See article in Speed section
Read February
2025 edition of Australian Control-Line News
in Charlie Johnson's Competition
Newsletter section
Gene Pape's January 2024 Miscellaneous Stuff
column: Easily built CL sport models
>>
<< The ongoing saga of Big Blue by Dennis
Nunes See article in Aerobatics
section
Flying year begins with Oregon
Flying Fun No. 1
and Polar Bear Fun Fly on
New Year's Day See article >>
A Speed flier's winter project: A Scale plane See article
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
For past Flying Lines articles, See FL News Archive
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