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Editor
Murray Race Model Flying New Zealand Council Contents
6 Stevenson Street 4 Presidential Ramblings
Ph: 03 418 0969 President 5 Wings Badge Recipients
Mobile: 027 418 0969 Chris Jackson 6 On Line Events Calendar
Balclutha 9230 021 072 9458 7 Special General Meeting
race.m@xtra.co.nz President@mfnz.org 8 Macdonald Award Recipient
editor@mfnz.org 9 Large Model Stuff
13 Bell Cobra AH-1 Build
17 John Ensoll Obituary
Secretary 18 2023 Free Flight World Championships
FIA F3A World Championships
Copy Deadlines Peter Randerson 22 F5A in the Bay
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Secretary@mfnz.org
March Issue 26 F3B North Island Series Rd-4
31st January 021 452 778 28 2023 Soarchamps
June Issue 32 Morrinsville Indoor Day
23rd April 35 Modelling Memories
Vintage SIG Report
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September Issue Treasurer 38 NZRCAA Report
24th July Brad Pearpoint 39 Free Flight SIG Report
Treasurer@mfnz.org 40 Soaring Scribe
December Issue
23rd October 027 634 1030 42 RC Scale Report
42 Free Flight & Control Line SIG Reports
43 NDC Report & Calendar
Front Cover 45 NDC Results
Auckland North Island
Rod Hughes of Model Flying Behram Bajan
Hawkes Bay at Warbirds 021 241 7921
over Awatoto 2023 re-unites ANIRep@mfnz.org
with the 1/3rd scale Balsa
USA Sopwith Pup kit he built Special Interest Groups
in the late 90's and hadn't Aerobatics
Pylon
seen in over 20 years. Far North Island Les King Frazer Briggs
Les King Ph 022 073 1133 021 288 9455
Owned since 2005 by Rene FNIRep@mfnz.org les@heronhill.co.nz frazer@pbgsoftware.co.nz
Redmond the aircraft hung 022 073 1133
on display in Galtech Models LMANZ Control Line
Dave Thornley
Dave Neilson
Palmerston North and was twotravellas@hotmail.com Ph 07 349 3719
revived in 2015 with the 027 223 1271
fitting of a 5 cylinder Saito Central North Island Free Flight
325R radial converted to Frazer Briggs Radio Control Scale Rob Wallace
spark ignition. CNIRep@mfnz.org Gwyn Avenell Ph 06 878 4993
Ph 09 298 4819 ffonzrjw@gmail.com
avenellsnz@gmail.com
Free Flight &
Soaring Control Line Scale
David James Ricky Bould
Southern North Island Ph 06 354 3452 Ph 09 478 8949
The Opinions expressed in this soaring@mfnz.org unimec1994@gmail.com
publication are not necessarily John Farmer
those of the editor or 027 429 2116 NZ Jet Turbine Helicopter
Model Flying New Zealand. SNIRep@mfnz.org Craig Abbott Allen James
president@NZJMA.com 027 580 5630
Neither this publication nor
MFNZ are responsible for the allenjames@orcon.net.nz
contents or services advertised FPV & Multirotors
Mathew Wellington
within these pages. Northern South Island Vintage
mat_wellington@yahoo.co.nz Allan Knox
Dave Griffin 021 747 950
All advertising is accepted
on the integrity of those 021 352 595 allan.j.knox@gmail.com
placing the advertising. NSIRep@mfnz.org
Printed by Recording Officer
Fisherprint Ltd Allan Knox
allan.j.knox@gmail.com
Southern South Island
Darrin Thompson Administration/Membership Manager
Paul Clegg
021 766 914 021 986 566
SSIRep@mfnz.org admin@mfnz.org
Large Model Co-Ordinator
Rene Redmond
Ph 06 356 5861
Competitions Manager lmc@mfnz.org
The body Governing Kevin Botherway
Model Aeronautics in New Zealand 027 5570 470
Recognised by CompMan@mfnz.org
The Royal New Zealand Aero Club (Inc) Website
New Zealand Representatives of the F.A.I
www.mfnz.org
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