The Northwest's
Favorite Planes, 2025 gallery
Northwest control-line model airplane fliers are
invited to submit
photos and information about their favorite
planes, for posting on this Flying Lines page.
Konrad Hoogesteger's
Nobler
FL
reader Konrad
Hoogesteger of Somerset,
England, built this Brodak Nobler and
powered it with a PAW .35 diesel.
Finish is Eze tissue and dope. Konrad
Hoogesteger photo.
Paul Gittel's Banshee
FL
reader Paul
Gittel of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
scratch built this Banshee from Sig
plans, with several modifications.
Here are the details:
Made all
the ribs like the center section.
Sheeted the leading edge back to the
now 3/16" square spruce spars.(The
3/16 square spruce spars were
actually lighter than 1/4" square
balsa of the same length) Sheeted
the wing with 1/16" balsa back to
the spars, and used 1/16x1/4" balsa
cap strips on the open bay ribs.
Wider root chord on the
non-full-span flaps. Bigger/thicker
stab/elevator from 3/8" balsa.
Pushrod exit on the inboard side to
avoid engine exhaust. Added
adjustable leadouts and tip weight
features. Nose shorter by an inch
than the Sig Banshee plan. Balsa
fillet from added nose ring to
wing's high point on the inboard
side. Brodak profile offset engine
mounting pad. Glassed the nose back
to the wing's high point. Silkspan
covered. Powered by an old Fox .36
that I bought about 48 years ago
with a Sig Twister kit when Sig had
those full page ads in Flying
Models with kit/engine combo deals.
My Banshee was painted by fellow C/L
club member and finisher
extraordinaire Kevin King.
Richard McFadden's
Pizzazz
FL
reader Richard
McFadden of Auckland, New
Zealand, sent in this photo of his
Pizzazz in flight. Control-line
modelers in his area built a number of
these airplanes in 2025 to celebrate
the 25th anniversary of the New
Zealand design by Owen Rogers. Richard
says this one flies very well with an
O.S. .46LA for power. He flies with
the North
Shore Model Aero Club, which has
a dedicated CL circle and quite a flew
active fliers. Phil Smith photo.
Jerry Eichten's SV-11
Members of the Western
Oregon Control-Line Flyers spent a
beautiful fall day flying at Bill Riegel
Model Air Park in Salem, Ore., on
Saturday, Nov. 8, amid multi-colored
leaves from the surrounding trees. Among
the planes on hand was Jerry Eichten's
SV-11, which once campaigned on the
Northwest Precision Aerobatics circuit.
Jerry reports that the plane made its
first flights in 20 years. The plane was
built in 1997 from a Randy Smith kit and
is powered by and O.S. .40VF with a tuned
pipe.
About the color scheme, Jerry says, "The
unconventional paint was my attempt at
impressionism inspired by the blue, white,
and red of the French flag. My wife was a
French teacher who enjoys French
impressionist painters." Jerry
Eichten photo.
Tim Just's Impact
Tim Just of Victorville,
Calif., flew this electric-powered
Impact to first place in Expert
Precision Aerobatics at the 2025 Fall
Follies in Salem, Ore. Flying
Lines photo.
Mike Hazel's 2025
Ringmaster
Mike
Hazel of Mehama, Ore., built this
Ringmaster for Old-Time Stunt
competition. It's built from an RSM
Ringmaster Lite kit, wth an O.S. .26
four-stroke engine. Wings are Monokote
and the white is Klasskote epoxy. Flying
weight is 27 oz. Mike Hazel photo.
Pat Johnston's Hellcat
566
Pat
Johnston of Boise, Idaho, flew
this electric Hellcat 566 in Expert
Precision Aerobatics at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Jim Schneider's
Starduster
Jim
Schneider of Olympia, Wash., flew
this Starduster in Advanced Precision
Aerobatics at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Orin Humphries' Stinson
SR-6
Orin
Humphries' Scale Stinson SR-6 is
seen on display at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Dennis Nunes' Gladiator
35
Dennis Nunes of
Stockton, Calif., flew this Gladiator 35
in Classic Stunt at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Power is an OS
.46LA. Flying Lines photo.
Bob Welch's Caprice
Bob
Welch of Federal Way, Wash., flew
this Caprice in Classic Stunt at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Jim Aron's Ringmaster
Jim
Aron of El Cerrito, Calif., flew
this Ringmaster to first place in
Old-Time Stunt at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Jim McCartney's Gee Bee
Model Y
Jim
McCartney of Lake Tapps, Wash.,
entered this Gee Bee Model Y in Fun
Scale at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Flying Lines
photo.
Jerry Eichten's Viking
Jerry
Eichten of Newberg, Ore., flew
this Viking in Old-Time Stunt at the 2025
Northwest Control-Line Regionals
in Roseburg, Ore. Engine is an OS .46LA.
Flying Lines photo.
Roy DeCamara's Flying
Clowns
Roy
DeCamara of Vancouver, Wash.,
displayed these two Flying Clowns, both
powered by vintage O&R .23 engines,
at the 2025
Lucky Hand Fun Fly in Salem. Ore.
Flying Lines photo.
Ricardo Vieira's Blue Angel
Ricardo
Vieira of Montreal, Canada, built this
Larry Scarinzi-designed Blue Angel from a Brodak kit
and finished it in Canadian Snowbird livery.
Power is electric and the plane looks great
in flight with its retractable landing gear
tucked away (below). Ricardo
Vieira photo.
Roy DeCamara's Flying Fool
Roy DeCamara of
Vancouver, Wash., displayed this exquisite
Flying Fool at the 2025
Lucky Hand Fun Fly in Salem, Ore.
Power is a vintage McCoy .35. Flying
Lines photo.
Steve Harris' Hawker Hunter
Steve Harris of
Monclair, Calif., flew this Hawker Hunter to
fourth place in Expert Precision Aerobatics at
the Northwest
Control-Line Regionals in 2025. Flying
Lines photo.
Paul Walker's 2025 B-17
Paul
Walker of Deer Park, Wash, has
completed his third B-17 for Precision
Aerobatics. The 2025 version is pulled by
four Badass 2310-1220 electric motors.
Paint is Randolph dope. Paul
Walker photo.
Gene Pape's 2025 Foam Voodoo
Gene Pape of
Eugene, Ore., enjoys building
vintage control-line Combat planes and
powering them with period-correct engines. He
now has 18 Voodoos, including this one, a
scratch-built foam version powered by a
Johnson .36 BB engine. Gene explains the
Voodoo fleet:
I started this madness thinking I would
build a Voodoo for every engine that they
were commonly flown with. I initially built
six and it stayed at that for several years.
Then things got out of hand. I had 14
kit-style models, all with different
engines, and I got an impulse to build some
foam ones because I was tired of building
wooden ones. I have four of them, all of
somewhat different structures and a few
different engines. There may be more in the
future, specifically a wooden one for a
K&B Stallion .35 for which I have the
engine and parts cut out. I should probably
also build one for a plain bearing Fox .36.
That will be the end of the wood ones. I
think it would be fun to do a foam one for a
Nelson .36 and perhaps some more for Speed
Limit Combat.
Gene
Pape photo.
Jim Aron's Wile E's Curse
Jim Aron's Wile E's
Curse was declared winner of the Concours
d'Elegance award after a vote by the
Aerobatics competitors at the 52nd Northwest
Control-Line Regionals. Aron is from El
Cerrito, Calif. Flying Lines photo.
Mark Legg's Chipmonk 9
Flying Lines reader Mark
Legg of Kent, United Kingdom, recently
built this British design from approximately
1976, called a Chipmonk 9. Built from a
laser-cut short kit by Belair Models, the
plane has a 57-inch wingspan and is powered by
an OS .46LA. Finish is Randolph dope with
deals printed on laserjet decal paper. Mark
Legg photo.
Terry Mitchell's Edge 540
Terry
Mitchell of Winston, Ore., built this
modified Edge 540 using a Walter Umland kit that
did not include a wing. Terry happened to have a
wing that could be modified to fit the project.
The resulting 52.5-inch-wingspan plane has 650
square inches of wing and weighs 45 oz. with an
O.S. .40FSR engine. Finish is UltraCote and
Rustoleum paint. Terry Mitchell photo.
Jerry Eichten's Gypsy
Jerry Eichten of Newberg, Ore., built this Gypsy
for Classic Stunt in the spring of 2025. It is
electric powered and finished in plastic
coverings. Flying Lines photo.
Dennis Nunes' Circulas 61e
At the 2024 Control-Line World Championships, Dennis
Nunes of Stockton, Calif., used his
Circulas 61e to fly calibration flights for the
Precision Aerobatics judges. The photo captures
the Circulas 61e waiting on the damp tarmac
before one of the calibration flights. Dan
Winship photo.
Terry Mitchell's Stuntman 23
Attractive control-line airplanes come in all
sizes. This little Stuntman 23 was built by Terry
Mitchell of Winston, Ore. Powered by a
Cox .049, it weighs 8 oz. Finish is Rustoleum
paint. Terry Mitchell photo.
Don Curry's Bonanza
Northwest
Fireballs member Don
Curry built this small Beechcraft Bonanza,
powered by an O.S. .10, from Balsa USA plans.
It's seen at Jim Walker Memorial CL Field in
Delta Park, Portland, Ore. Don Curry photo.
Gary Weems' Cardinal
Gary Weems of
Alpine, Ore., built this profile Cardinal,
powered by an O.S. .46LA. It's seen at a Eugene
Prop Spinners flying session on Jan. 30,
2025. Flying Lines photo.
Ronei Lucca's profile Shark
Ronei Lucca
of São Paulo, Brazil,
built this profile Shark, powered by an Enya
.19. Ronei Lucca photo.
Fred Cesquim's Super
Ringmaster
Regular Flying Lines contributor Frederico Cesquim of
São Paulo, Brazil, built this beautiful Super
Ringmaster, powered by an Irvine .25. Finish
is lacquer paint over silkspan. Fred
Cesquim photo.
Stan Olzaski's Mustang
Stan
Olzaski of Roseburg, Ore., flies this
profile Mustang powered by an vintage O.S.
.35. Stan Olzaski photo.
Wolgast
and Hoffman MO-1 Profile Carrier planes
Lou Wolgast and Jim Hoffman,
two Arizona Aerobatics fliers who also enjoy
dabbling in Navy Carrier competition, built
these Profile Carrier planes. Both are MO-1
designs. In the foreground is Hoffman's
version, powered by a Thunder Tiger .36.
Background is Wolgast's, powered by a Nelson
.36. Jim is from Chandler, Ariz., and Lou is
from Tucson, Ariz. Jim Hoffman photo.
Alan
Abriss' Combat Kittens
Alan
Abriss of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., built these vintage
Combat Kittens from a twin kit, and powered
them with Cox .049 engines. Alan
Abriss photo.
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