The Seventh World Championships of Radio Control Aerobatics - AMA Films 

Those were the days!! How much we miss Phil Kraft and all other names of the golden age of aerobatic aeromodelling. No electrics, no sophisticated radios. Just some balsa, simple glow engines and simple radios. AND lots and lots of fun.

brought a tear to my eye reminded me of early days of flying with my dad

The guy in the hat at the 2:13 point in the video holding model is my good frend BOB YOUNG. Bob was the owner Silvertone Electronics in Australia where he produced RC transmitters and receives for many many years. I had the pleasure of visiting with Bob at his workshop and staying with him and his wife Joy on servral occasions over the years they are both outstanding people.

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting as a judge at the AMA NATS which gave me the opportunity to judge the flights of Kraft, Bridi, Salkowski, Odino and many others lost to history. The professionalism shown by them in their approach to the sport was incredible . Kraft always flew his own designs and generously shared the plans with all who showed an interest. I have two Kwik Fli on the branch as we speak. Joe Bridi designed the Kaos series of planes that made a better flyers out of all of us then and now. Joes designs are still very popular world wide making him the most recognized model manufacture in the hobby to this day. Those were the days of skills, designing, building, flying were the order of the day as all those skills were necessary to make you a winner. Today’s RC world is more about complying with the FAA mandates brought on by the advent of unregulated quadcopters and ready to fly aircraft flown in an unsafe manner by those with the Money to afford them but lack the good judgement and skills to operate them safely. AMA8855

I'm in the credits for the film crew .in the end ,I worked there every day.. I was 16

We didn't know what we had until it was gone. Long live the 70's !

Let’s not forget Phil Kraft ended up making the best built RC radios and equipment for a few years. I had a Kraft 4 channel when I was a kid. I got a Kraft radio because I wanted the best.

Great to see this and dated just 4 years before I started AEROMODELLING! I was 10 at the time and I am still an active modeller.

Would love to see more Vintage Video like this..

This video is fantastic! When things were simpler and the mind was challenged on hands on hobbies!

Narration by Jon Facienza (sp.?) the late great that brought us NFL Films. He can make watching paint dry a fascinating endeavor.

Life's much better now , people dont now need to get together , be imaginative , creative and have a lot of fun . They can now have computer games , talk to each with e mail and stay at home so there is no risk of injury .

I love those days in R/C.I would dream of doing that kind of flying.I still love it today.I miss my black metal ball joint stick radios with that long antenna and dual color ribbon.The sound and smell of nitro fuel engines and sleek aircraft.Today everything is foam,radios are computer 2.4 ghz and electric motors.And the planes are already built and ready to fly I spent a year building my bridi UFO with retracts,tuned pipe and fuel pressure regulator.And worst of all the FAA is trying to take our hobby away.

Old School....Very Cool

当時、RC技術の月刊誌の写真と文章で想像を膨らましてた競技会が動画で漏れるなんて 半世紀ぶりの感動です。

John Facenda. The voice

back in the 70's Kraft transmitters and receivers were some of the best ....

Very esoteric and vintage.

Funny watching this video. I was born in 86 and remember flying at the Bucks County flying club many years. Right here in Doylestown PA

A few years before the advent of the most revolutionary adhesive in the world of aero modeling...CA glue!

Nice Production, great to see vintage video. Thanx for sharing.

I had a Dragon Fli. 1971 ish? 60 size pattern plane with an os 61fsr,air retracs and updated jr century7 1989 lol. Best pattern plane i ever had.

Wow I can smell the burning glow fuel!.

wow there are a lot of spectators! - I think radio control was very cool and modern at the time -

Wow, those computers they were using had no screen! ;-)) Great video, thanks for posting.

Great video.........

@12:14 Wow hanno prettner, he was so young!

Woooooooo espectacular

this is a cool vid

Hello, I'm An Old Man Trying To Relive A Memory Here. I'm Trying To Find A Model Airplane Magazine From Around The Time Of This Video. I Think There Was A Feature In It On A Plane Called Sweeper & In The Magazine Were Plans For A Rubber Band Powered Plane Similar To The Old Sleek Streek Called R.O.G. (?) I Just Like Looking Through Old Magazines I Had As A Kid. Makes Me Feel Young Again . . .

I wish I knew about this back then. I hang out at DYL all of the time but am based at UKT. Ross Nonemaker here.

WOW

Amazing list if who's who in this video. These were glorious days in F3A I feel privileged to have known and flown with so many of these fine men.

These Pattern ships havent changed much in 50 years. At 7:06 we see a fellow South African Competitor.

Kraft used thumbs.Classic.

Look at the size of those transmitter antenna's

Not much changed if we consider that's 50 years ago

Anyone out there ever herd of the P.D.Q. Products Company of Philadelphia, PA? They made balsa wood models beginning in 1927 or so.

Insane that they could charge people $2 for the event. Now they would be lucky if a few people showed up to a model aircraft exhibition, if they paid them to.

I like how at 3.50 he barely tightens the prop lol

Ah yes back in the day when experienced veteran fliers welcomed kids and new people into their hobby instead of having expensive club fees and turning up a snobby nose at anyone who flies any less than a fokker dr.1 that took $5000 and 10 years to build

16:20 I get where this guy's coming from. I have no desire to drive a distance to the 2 clubs in the area, when I can fly 2 blocks away at a park. Along the lines of what this guy didn't care for, I don't need people trying to play coach while I'm flying.

Does anybody know what they used to actuate the control surfaces? I'd imagine that they probably didn't have the tiny 9g servos and standard pwm signals that we have today

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Wow... was that American team filled with some "good ol' boys", or what?? Didn't they fly airplanes north of the Mason Dixon line back then? Great video though!

6:20 looks like a custom made 6 cylinder project.

Bare Bones Radios, no mixers.....

Recognise the names Hanno Prettner and Wolgang Matt but I don't recognise any of the Americans (Kraft etc), or Geitzendoner(Sp?) Length of the aerials really gives the time frame away Antenae are so much shorter nowadays especially the 2.4 stuff

How about my father Herb Kohler one of the best

You know, it’s funny but to my knowledge nobody has tried to build a big three axis gimbal, which has a pilot’s seat. Modern RC gyros can transmit position data (I think) so the pilot’s seat could be powered by motors to match the position and attitude of the plane. And the pilot could wear a VR drone helmet, so he would get a view from the cockpit. Two of those would be great for a dogfight.

Almost every person on this video is slender and of fit appearance. I had to look for obese adults and kids and maybe saw one or two slightly overweight, something which is the norm nowadays.