This guy is a legend.I looked up to him most of my R/C flying life.F3A pattern is my most favorite flying style and my favorite model aircraft style.Even to this day.I love sleek,low wing,long tail moment aircraft.I miss perry carbs and tuned pipes.
I fly F3A Advanced, thank you for posting. Hanno had a direct influence on my life via a chance meeting with my father at an airport. He got me the inside on a model / hobby distributer in the USA that allowed me to further my interest in aviation and modeling through high school with a great money savings to me and my school through the independent study program. I eventually graduated college with an aviation degree. Thank you Hanno!
I still have my OS 61 Hanno special and tuned pipe with the box! Also still have the OS supercharged surpass 4 stroke (on a laser). Both of those engines are still monsters even by todays standards!
Fantastic video. A great historical document for those of us who remember the era before H&S and the CAA, and when we learned to make models from "sticks & tissue".
Thank you SOOOOOO much for sharing this video! I spent a couple of days in Klagenfurt in 1981 and stayed at his inn! Hanno is my absolute role model when it comes to RC aerobatics! He's THE MAN!!
BEEN A R/C MODELER FOR 50 YEARS AND FLOWN UK MAJOR SHOWS. I JUST WISH THE SO CALLED, FOMIE AND R.T.F. NEW SO CALLED MODELERS !! COULD TAKE A LEAF OUT OF THIS (GREAT MAN HANNOR PRETNOR) THIS GREAT MODELER NEVER ORDERED INTERNET MODELS HE BUILT DESIGNED AND BECAME ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WOLD. A LEGEND TO OUR GREAT HOBBY. THANK YOU .
I saw Hanno fly at the Epsom model show. The commentator pointed out that what set Hanno's flying apart form others was his ability to put and keep the model in the exact part of the sky he wanted. It was almost uncanny how accurate the flying was. Very impressive. Thanks for posting the video.
What a great upload - thank you! As well as being a tremendous pilot, Hanno's also a modest, humble, and thoughtful man. A great ambassador for the sport, and proof that you don't need to be a loud-mouthed #%□! who treats people like garbage to get to the top - 'nice guys' can be winners too. :-)
tuve el honor de conocerte en pensacola ´83 , gracias por inspirar el aeromodelismo a las nuevas generaciones , eres un verdadero caballlero y una gran persona, saludos desde QUITO, ECUADOR
I must have seen you at Golden Wings, Belgium beginning of the ‘80’s, where I learned to fly RC models at 12 years old. You had an impact on technology beyond imagination. If ever you want to think along about my new wind energy generator, please feel free to contact me!
Eben der BEST weltweit, mit fliegerischem Können und Wissen über die BESTE Konstruktion! Das war halt Modellflug - das hovern heute und Vektorsteuerung ist nett, aber nicht mehr der schöne, ästhetische Flug! Schau doch zu den Hubschrauberpiloten - eine hohe Kunst aber ein Kraus dies an zu sehen!
