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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