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SKYGATE HAWK
PART 1 OF THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF DAVE GLADWIN’S BUILD OF THIS 1.3.85 SCALE MODEL

SKYGATE HAWK
DAVE GLADWIN CONTINUES WITH HIS MEGA-BUILD OF THE HAWK

TURBOPROP TESTBED
WE EXPLAIN AN THIS UNUSUAL-LOOKING HYBRID AIRFRAME FOR TEST PURPOSES FROM ‘SPARES’

LDS F7U CUTLASS: PART 2
JOHN WRIGHT CONTINUES BY DESCRIBING THE FILLING, SMOOTHING AND PAINTING

TOP GUN INVITATIONAL – JETS
SEAN CURRY REPORTS FROM THIS MAJOR ANNUAL SCALE EVENT IN FLORIDA

F-16C ‘FIGHTING FALCON’: PART 1
MARTYN SERGINSON BEGINS THE ASSEMBLY OF JET LEGEND’S 1:6 SCALE JET FIGHTER

OAKDALE AIRCRAFT F-35 JSF: PART 1
ROGER MCCORMICK DESCRIBES HIS EDF BUILD AND CONVERSION

CLOSER TO REALITY: CRAZY FOR DETAIL
JORGE ESCALONA VISITS THE UNIQUE MITCHELL AIR MODEL FLIGHT SCHOOL VENTURE IN FLORIDA

POWERBOX BASELOG
COLIN STRAUS TAKES A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS LATEST TELEMETRY SYSTEM

FEI BAO MIRAGE F.1 – PART 3
IN THIS CONCLUDING PART COLIN STRAUS TAKES TO THE SKIES

JMA MERRYFIELD
JAMIE CUFF REPORTS FROM THIS MAIN JMA EVENT

RAFALE ‘PRO’ ARTF: PART 1
LEE SINTON REVIEWS THE X-TREME JETS’ KIT