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Northwest control-line news headlines
New! Skyraiders revive R.F. Stevenson Raider Roundup See article >>
New! Orin Humphries' September 2026 Scale Matters column: The 2026 world championships
Updated!
Longtime Eugene Prop
Spinners president Mel Marcum dies See obituary >>
New! Eugene Prop Spinners club August 2026 Prop Spinner Chatter newsletter available for download in NW Club News
New! Read NCLRA August 2026 Torque Roll newsletter in Racing section
New! Read Hi-Low Landings 2026 Issue No. 4 in Navy Carrier section
Onboard control-line video! Ride along with a stunt plane on the Eugene Prop Spinners page in NW Club News
Regionals fashion: If you missed out on
your attractive commemorative T-shirt at the 2026 Northwest Control-Line
Regionals, you can still get one! Click on the
picture for details >>
Rescuing a nasty B Proto See article in Speed section
Little planes are the stars at the Lucky Hand Fun Fly See article >>
<< Gene Pape's June 2026 Miscellaneous Stuff
column: A Fox that never was
New! Northwest control-line competition standings updated with Northwest Regionals results
2026 Northwest
Control-Line Regionals report and photos See article >>
U.S. contestants win Precision Aerobatics and Speed
titles at 2026 World Championships
See article
Western Oregon Control-line Flyers club April-May 2026 Wolf Call newsletter available in NW Club News
Revised and updated! How to make Li-Ion battery packs See article by Dennis Nunes in Aerobatics section
2026 Jim Walker Memorial Spring Tune-Up report See article >>
Cox Hellcat destroyed in practice crash! See Numerous Fragments
Building the Newton 21SS See article in Speed section
Oregon Flying Fun No. 3 draws
a crowd to Salem See
article
<< 2026 Vintage Stunt
Championships report and photos See article in Aerobatics section
Chris Cox's 2026 Hellcat See article in Aerobatics section >>
<< Building the Hawk E6
for electric Combat! See article
in Combat
section
Roseburg hosts Oregon Flying Fun No. 2 See article
Electric Combat! See article in Combat section
Orin Humphries' January 2026 Scale
Matters column:
Lore, muffler
pressure/clunk tanks problem, Mecoa problem,
Cronenwett reels
Portland and BC fliers start the year with 2026 Oregon Flying Fun No. 1 and Polar Bear Fun Fly See article
Gene Pape's latest Miscellaneous Stuff column: A Beginners' Ringmaster
New! Mike Hazel wins
fifth Competitor of the Year title See article >>
<< New! Paul Walker's December 2025 column: The electric B-17 in Walker on Stunt
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