A new year, a different competition
Written by Rachelle Haughn
As seen in the November 2020 issue of Model Aviation.
01. RC Combat aircraft fight for cuts at the 2020 Nats.
02. A group of pilots launches aircraft while competing in the RC Soaring F5J Nats.
03. Callers launch aircraft for their pilots 12 feet apart at the RC Pylon Racing Nats. Closest to the camera is Jack Kane launching for Terry Frazer.
In 1923, roughly 5 years after the 1918 influenza pandemic (the Spanish flu) hit the US, the first National Aeromodeling Championships, later nicknamed the…