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Roland
(Bud) Faulkner -
Mount Airy,
Maryland
-
USA
“I love scale and have loved WWI since I saw my first Spad in a museum as
a
child but never caught the bug for the pre war models until 2006.”
AMA
#40403
In
R/C since 1962, WWI since 2006
1/4
scale SR Eindecker.
Proctor
Jenny on the board and just ordered a Glenn Torrance DVI.
Future
plans- He'd like to build the Proctor Albatros DVa
Westminster
Modelers
E-
mail Bud - deenbud@comcast.net
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Fred
Jungclaus
-
Martinsville
, IN -
USA
"Until
I built my Replica Plans 7/8th scale SE5a the only way
I could regularly see a WWI plane flying was by watching my
RC model, or someone else's WWI RC model, fly. Now that my homebuilt
aircraft has been damaged by dogs or coyotes attempting to get a mouse
out of the wing, I'm back to RC and loving it primarily because when you're
in one you aren't really seeing it fly".
AMA
# 735490
Year
started in hobby 1964,sarted
flying WW1 or Vintage 1966
3.54 to 1 Nieuport 17C1 (91"
wingspan). Scratch built in 1995 from Bergan F. Hardesty full scale
drawings (full scale) published in Scale
Modeler magazine in 1965.
Future
plans in WW1 or Vintage R/C
In progress or kits awaiting to be
started: Sratch built electric 40" wingspan SE5a from Norman Deitchmann
1959 plans sent to me by artist Jim Dietz.
Proctor 1/4 scale Albatros
DVa,
Balsa
USA
1/3rd scale Sopwith Pup, Dennis Bryant Elite Plans 1/4 SE5a, Full
Scale Sopwith Pup ARF,
Hangar 9 Sopwith Camel 60. Now flying with an RVC .91-FANTASTIC!
Email
- jungclaus@aol.com
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Joe
Hanson (joesigg)
-
Wyncote
,
PA
-
USA
"Started
control line as a kid but always fascinated from the getgo with any old
machinery - steam locomotives, line engines, WW1 & vintage planes
and antique cars. Even old woodworking machinery. Guess that's
why I'm and "old" engineer.
AMA#
770091
IMAA#29552
Flew RC in early 70's. Started again in 2002
1/3 scale Sopwith Pup - Balsa USA
(unfortunately met it's demise recently with electrical problems)
1/3 scale Albatros DIII (Dave Johnson plans).
Future project- Another 1/3 scale Pup.
Fly
with Keystone RC
and Delaware RC.
Email
- joshans@verizon.net
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Lew
Weaver -
Stirling
,
Central Scotland
-
UK
Been
building and flying models ever since I was a teenager.
WW1
models In the Hanger:-
Albatros
C1 1/5 scale, 86" span, weight 10lbs, from a David Boddington (DB) kit.
http://www.dbsportandscale.com/
Albatros
DVa 1/6 scale, weight 6.5lbs, scratch build.
Sopwith
Baby 1/5 scale, weight 11.5 lbs, magazine plan
All
models are electric power
On
the building board is a Bristol Scout to 1/4 scale from the magazine plan.
Member
of the Scottish Aeromodelers Association (the governing body for modeling in
Scotland)
http://www.saaweb.org.uk/
Local
Club: Alloa and District RFC (no web site yet)
Email
- lew@weaver19.eclipse.co.uk
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Norman
Kaz -
Waukesha
,
Wisconsin
,
USA
.
"WW1 means
real flying, on the wing, and all that history".
AMA#
28330
IMAA#19403
Started
with rubber powered 10cent kits about 1936.
RC in 1959, and WW1 about 1998.
Balsa
USA 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup.
ABC
Rcflyers, The flying electrons, and Pebble Creek Flyers.
Thinking
of the BUSA new 1/3 scale Fokker D-7 as next project.
EMail Norm -
nkaz@wi.rr.com
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Dean ("PfalzPflyer")
Dingman -
Omaha
,
Nebraska
-
USA
"I've been hooked on WW1 aviation since 1970 when, at the tender and
impressionable age of 5, I watched "The Blue Max" on TV at a
neighbor's house. Most people who know me will agree that I've been
ruined for anything productive or useful ever since. LOL! I
began making plastic models of these planes soon after that, but flying
R/C now gives me the chance to experience the thrill of seeing my
"kites" actually fly. (It's hard to go back to plastic
after that...) So far my experience has been limited to small "parkflyer"
type electrics, but building my "Antoinette" has started an
addiction to balsa.
AMA# 792084
Started
R/C 2003 (WW1 same year)
(50"
span) Sig 1909 "Antionette"
Member of the "Midwest
Performance Flyers"
Future
plans: Dean intends to do larger scale (possibly fuel-powered) planes in
the near future, with the eventual goal of doing 1/4 scale.
EMail
Dean - PfalzPflyer@Netscape.net
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Bill Broyles - Houston, Texas - USA
"I just really like the 1/4 scale aspect and appearance of these
WWI types so I think I'm hooked."
1/4 scale Balsa USA Pup
The Balsa Fokker DVII next
Email Bill - Wbroyles@houston.rr.com
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Mike Marthaler - Columbus, Indiana -
USA
"I have
always been impressed with the ingenuity and outright bravery of early
aviators. To climb in one of these machines and lift off toward the
heavens must have been absolutely exhilarating. One of my goals is to lift
off during a sunrise as would the early aviators on a dawn patrol".
AMA#
274109
Started in R/C in
1985, WW1 in
2005
Great Planes Fokker Dr1
Current
Project: Nieuport 17 scratch built from Scratch-A-Plane plans provided by
Joe Grube. It will be in Russian markings.
Email Mike: the_marthalers@comcast.net
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Jim Mize and Ben Mize -
Decatur, Alabama - USA
"I
mostly enjoy the relaxation of dreaming up and slow building a new project, and
then the thrill of seeing it fly".
AMA# 535810
Jim
and his son Ben have been in R/C since about 1995, WW1 in 1996
1/6 scale Moraine-Salnier
N
1/6 scale Fokker D VI
Both are scratch built.
Email Jim: DrJMize9@aol.com
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Brad Trent -
Surrey,
B.C.,
- Canada
“I got hooked on
WWI models when a club mate let me fly his 1/6 scale electric SE5A, built
from mag. plans. I loved how smooth and graceful it was, and decided to
build a WWI fighter for myself. Six months later, I maidened my
own electric scratch built 22.5% Fokker D VII, and have about 80 missions
on it now, though a rx failure caused a crash that has it in the repair
shop for a while”.
MAAC
# 57584
Started
R/C in 1997, Started in WWI 2001
1:4.5
scale Fokker D VII, scratch built from 3 views and modified 1/12 scale
magazine
plans.
A
founding member, and past Pres. (4 years), of Burnaby Lake Flyers, an
all-electric club in
Burnaby
, B.C.,
Canada
. See club info at www.canadianelectricflight.com
,on the "Clubs" page.
Future
plans for vintage models include a Sopwith Pup or Triplane at either 1/6
or 1/5 scale, a Hawker Fury at 1/6, and any number of smaller WWI designs
by Peter Rake and Kurt Bengston, who both have some great models of that
era for small electric motors.
Email Brad: btrent@shaw.ca
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Virgil (bpaviator) Gonzalez-
Flint
, TX -
USA
" I have always been intrigued with biplanes since I was
probably 5 yrs old. The first movie I ever went to see with a friend at
the theaters was "The Blue Max". I have been captivated
since!!!"
AMA# 564887
IMAA# 22048
I have been building balsa planes since I was 11 to 12 years old. Started RC
full time about 10 yrs ago.
1/4
Scale Fokker EV . Scratch built from Scratch-A-Plane Plane
Tyler
Modelers Club
I have my own business called "Aviation Modeling Services" where
I buy, sell, trade, build, rebuild, and cover aircraft of all types.
I plan on building many WW1 type of aircraft as I can, but my current
projects include: scratch building 1/3 N-11, 1/3 N-28 (scratch build), 1/3
Fokker DVII, 1/4 Bristol Scout (scratch build), 1/4 Sopwith
Triplane (scratch build-refinish job), 1/4 Fokker Dr1 Triplane- refinish
job, ARF's...Maachi M7 Seaplane, and AVRO 504.
Email
Virgil: Gonzov1@aol.com
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Brian Taylor -
Shelbyville
,
Indiana
- USA
"I love the way these things fly, and the way the look good
in the air and on the ground! I can't wait to start my next project!"
AMA# 257195
Started flying R/C in 1988,
WW1 in 2005
Balsa
USA
1/4 scale Nieuport 28
Future plans: Undecided as of
now...but I defiantly want another WWI project.
Email Brian: btaylor@lightbound.com
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DuWayne E Kuenzi - Beaver
Dam,
WI
- USA
Email DuWayne - dkuenzi@charter.net
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Gary
(Bear) Crawford - Paragould
,
Arkansas
,
USA
"I
have always been interested in aviation history. The WW1 aircraft
seem to have such an elegance, despite how deadly they were. As
historians and hobbyists, we preserve the memory of the sacrifices of
friend and foe alike."
AMA
# 125622
Started
in R/C - 1982 (got back in 2003), WW1 in 2005
Great
Planes Fokker Dr1
(recovered in Lothar Von Richthofen's makings)
-
Brookland R/C Club
Not
sure about next plane. Eventual goal: 1/4 DH-4
Email Gary:
crawf@grnco.net
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