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Modelers...


'A' Mountain Aeroplanes

Mike Noel gives you the latest activities of slope fliers in the Tucson, Arizona area.


Graeme Andrew

Flew for a while in the Hong Kong area, and now in New Zealand. Check out the Southern Hemisphere action.


Dr. Blott's page

See what the good Doctor is up to... See about gettin' that aching back fixed up, too!


B Squared

Benny & Bunny Kuhlman write the 'On the Wing' column for Radio Control Soaring Digest and are authorities on tail-less aircraft design; including history, theory and engineering.


Combat Wings

Pretty awesome building service - that's right! These guys will assemble most any foamie kit for you! Very nice work; we've seen 'em.


Fly-n-Fred's

Check out Fred's fun website which chronicles the doings of his local crew.


John Derstine's Website

John is a scale maniac! Check out his informative site. This is one of the fellows who do all the work to bring you the annual Elmira Aerotow event.


Homefly

David Lewis' company and personal website. He's a micro electric expert and supplies many items for micro planes.


Joe and Rodger's Slope Scale and Combat

Joe and Rodger are foamie PSS jet experts - awesome scratch built designs of modern fighter planes..


The Liftseekers' Home Page

Washington coast fliers - check out their awesome flying sites!!


Matt's Micro Planes

This guy is a hardcore indoor / slowfly enthusiast. Beautiful site with gobs of info!! Lots of cost / weight comparisons on Micro equipment.


Mike's Models

Giant PSS foamies in the Midwest!


R.A.Sloper's page

Greg Matson's site for slope maniacs.


Todd's Models

Another micro electric fanatic... He sells a large range of micro and indoor R/C products and has a site packed with useful info.


Eric Shanon's page

Eric flies a DAW 1-26 HLG in Guatemala! Check it out.


Allan Teo's Site

Allan is an avid slope soarer in Singapore... check out his paradisical tropical fly spots!


Terry Trimble's Webpage

Terry's site features build-along pages for some of our planes as well as general info on foamies!


Magazines...


Model Airplane News

The premier R/C flight magazine.


ModelSport Magazine

Video magazine! Pretty darn cool format, especially for kit reviews. Check 'em out..


Radio Control Soaring Digest

The premier source for R/C Soaring information, this reader-written monthly publication is a must! Edited by my dear friends Jerry & Judy Slates.


Sailplane & Electric Modeler

A relatively recent addition to the list of soaring publications, it's bright, colorful and informative.


Organizations...


Inland Slope Rebels homepage

Hosts of the annual Cajon Pass Spring Power Slope Scale Festival and hardcore PSS heavy iron fliers.


Intermountain Silent Fliers

Utah's largest soaring club. Hosts of the semi-annual Soar Utah scale and PSS meet.


International Scale Soaring Association

I'm ISSA #39. Check the site and see some of our member's big scale ships!


Louisville Area Soaring Society

Hosts of the annual Mid-South Soaring Championships.. one of the USA's premiere soaring clubs.


Southern Arizona Glider Enthusiasts homepage

Hosts of local Thermal Duration and Handlaunch contests, as well as weekend sport flying. Great guys in the Tucson area.


Skyfishers

Los Altos, California's 'Skyfishers' show how a group can work together as a club with minimum organizational hassles and maximum fun! They fly all sorts of HLG's including our own Schweizer 1-26 HLG.


Temple Hill Slope Squadron

Riverside, California's urban slope terrorists! Great bunch of guys to fly with.


TulSoar Website

Tulsa, Oklahoma's big soaring club.


Vintage Sailplane Association

This full-scale organisation is a valuable resource to scale modelers. Take a look at some of their outstandingly restored sailplanes.


Manufacturers...


Canterbury Sailplanes

Dave Griffin manufactures slope ships way down in New Zealand.. Great source for the Southern Hemisphere.


Cavazos Sailplane Design

Robert Cavazos manufactures the '97 NATS winning 'Switchblade' S400 Pylon kit. A talented gentleman; he's worth checking out!


DJ Aerotech

Don and Joe's designs are loved almost universally. Their site is comprehensive and educational.


Durable Aircraft Models

See Wade's collection of giant scale EPP power slope scale kits. These ships are AWESOME and the kits are very nice!


Garrison Aerodrome

Darwin Garrison specializes in electric powered EPP models, including trainers and aerobatic planes.


Hitec RCD

Great source for mid-priced radio equipment. Excellent products, availability and service.


ICARE Sailplanes

Etienne makes a great selection of very nicely done scale kits.


MAD Aircraft

Yes, they are competitors to DAW, but they're also good friends of ours! Take a look at the cool stuff they make.


MM Glider Tech

Go see our friend Merill's fine line of products, including kits and accessories.


Major Hobby

Godfather of slope Bob Martin's company. He offers state-of-the-art laser cut wood kits for you balsa bashers!


Mountain Toys, Inc.

Rocky Mountain EPP makers. They currently make an EPP P-38, with other models soon to come!


Multiplex USA

US Supplier of Multiplex products including many specialty products of interest to scale enthusiasts.


Northeast Sailplane Products

You know you're dedicated when you know Sal! Go take a look at his great site.


Planes, Wings n' Things

Excellent supplier of specialty soaring products, especially for T.D. fliers.


SL Model, USA

Bernd Lewing imports many European molded sailplane and electric models to the USA. He also manufactures DAW kits under license in Germany, with German language manuals and European style hardware packages.


Sailplanes Unlimited, Ltd.

My friend Robin Lehman imports fantastic scale sailplane kits from all over the world for us to enjoy in the USA!


ShredAir

Deiter and Marcela now have their own company offering specialty items for hardcore speed plane maniacs.


Sky Hooks and Riggings

Operated by Tom Mcann, he makes amazing, tiny radio equipment and speed controls as well as stocking a wide range of accessory products for micro electric planes.


Slegers International

Ed carries a whole range of competitive sailplane and electric designs; his excellent reputation in the industry is almost unmatched.


Resources...


Global Slope Site Directory

New and evolving listing of slope soaring sites worldwide.


Only Hobby

Handy R/C hobby products search engine.


R/C Soaring Listserve

A bulletin board system related to Radio Control Soaring.

Directions:

This list is managed by an automated mailing list management program called Intermail Post.Office. There are 2 versions of the list available, both containing the same info. You must choose one or the other.  You can't subscribe to both options from the same address.

Option A, the regular mail list:
This option will send out the individual messages as they are received by the list server.  The main advantage is that messages can be sorted and sifted within your email application, to suit your own needs and preferences.

Option B, Digest Format:
The Digest option sequences many individual messages as they come in. They are grouped into a single larger message which is then sent out at least once a day or after a digest accumulates about 30K of text.  This option is prefered by many modelers getting personal email at work.

Each subscriber may choose the version they prefer.

To subscribe to option A, the regular mail list, send a message to, <soaring-request@airage.com>. The body of the message should read "subscribe soaring <your email address>" without the quote marks.

To subscribe to option B, the digest format, send a message to, <soaring-request@airage.com>. The body of the message should read "subscribe soaring <your email address> digest" Again, without the quote marks.

Before your subscription is complete, you will need to verify that you actually want to subscribe.  This is for list and personal security purposes.  Two email messages will be sent to you. The first will be a List Manager response needing no reply. The second is an Address verification request that does need a response. To begin your RCSE subscription, follow the directions it contains.


Slow Flight R/C Listserve

A bulletin board system related to Slow Fliers and Micro Electrics.

Directions:

This list is managed by an automated mailing list management program called Intermail Post.Office. There are 2 versions of the list available, both containing the same info. You must choose one or the other.  You can't subscribe to both options from the same address.

Option A, the regular mail list:
This option will send out the individual messages as they are received by the list server.  The main advantage is that messages can be sorted and sifted within your email application, to suit your own needs and preferences.

Option B, Digest Format:
The Digest option sequences many individual messages as they come in. They are grouped into a single larger message which is then sent out at least once a day or after a digest accumulates about 30K of text.  This option is prefered by many modelers getting personal email at work.

Each subscriber may choose the version they prefer.

To subscribe to option A, the regular mail list, send a message to, <sfrc-request@airage.com>. The body of the message should read "subscribe sfrc <your email address>" without the quote marks.

To subscribe to option B, the digest format, send a message to, <sfrc-request@airage.com>. The body of the message should read "subscribe sfrc <your email address> digest" Again, without the quote marks.

Before your subscription is complete, you will need to verify that you actually want to subscribe.  This is for list and personal security purposes.  Two email messages will be sent to you. The first will be a List Manager response needing no reply. The second is an Address verification request that does need a response. To begin your SFRC subscription, follow the directions it contains.


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