One of the earliest
photographs available is this shot, taken about 1949, of Mr Joe Cassar and Mr
Francis Crockford posing with their beautiful control line multi-engined models.
Note the diesel engines and the rather unsuitable ground. Mr Cassar
is still a very active modeller and Mr Crockford has resumed the hobby after a
number of "idle" years. 
This is Mr
John Staines and Mr Frank Nickolas inspecting a model named "Electra" - the
equipment consisted of a "Hill" receiver - soft gas valve with 45 volts on
board!! Transmitters had hard valves, with a high tension of 120 volts and a 1.5
volt filament battery
In this photograph, taken in 1957, we see a number of spectators
admiring a large number of control line models during some event organised by
the Sliema Model Aero Club - the banner displaying the words SMAC can be seen at
the top right hand side of the photo.
This is Mr Cassar
again, this time with a magnificent Caltalina, also a control line model.
The helper in the shot could not be identified. This shot was
probably taken at Ta' Qali, as the ground seems much more
adequate.
This picture, taken
during the sixties, shows a unique model and a unique modeller. Cristinu
Vassallo, a naturally born engineer and a proficient builder of models and
engines, poses alongside the model of the Concorde, which was powered by a pulse
jet of Cristinu's own design. The model was flown, albeit with some
difficulty by Joe Cassar using single channel
radio!
Another unique model by
Cristinu is his own design, called Tandem -powered by a Merco 60, and flown by
Joe Cassar again - Note the radio - an RCS proportional - state of the art in
those times!
This photo was taken around 1970, and
shows a group of modellers posing with their models at our flying site - one can
identify a Chevron (swept wing design), a Cessna, a Cub and a Super
Sixty.
Mr Cassar and Mr Louis Gatt posing behind one great model way back
in the sixties - the De Havilland Beaver - a model which has got a long story,
is still in existence and in flying condition - for a full story of this vintage
model go to my
home page
A CAP Gladiator, originally built by
myself, and finished off in the same manner as one of Faith Hope and Charity,
the three famous names given to the small fleet of Gladiators which defended our
island in the early days of World War II.
Taken round 1983, this photo shows
three of four FUJI sponsored models which used to take part in regional
aerobatic championships in Italy - the young brothers Cassar and Louis Runza,
the promoter of this venture pose behind the models -In the background is the
van which used to take all five of us plus 5
models!!
This is John Cassar posing with the
hardware won by his model - A Douglas Dauntless. John has a home page of his own
and clicking
here will take you direct to his description of this model