Contributors:

Australian Control Line Nostalgia was originally published by David Kidd, assisted by numerous current and former aeromodellers.  Special thanks are due to Charlie Stone, John Hallowell, Robin Hiern, Brian Gardner, Mike Bellamy, Richard Spurling, Doug Harlow, Greg Ardill, Brian Horrocks, John Tidey, Tony Cincotta, Duncan Bainbridge, Tony Farnan, John Quigley, Athol Holtham, Cliff McIver, Ken Taylor, Rob Edgerton, Mark McDermott, Ron Morrison, Don Boughton, Warren Shurmer, Jim Stivey, Ken Dowell, Herb Hanna, Mark Dillon, Robin Mutimer, John Wynne, Andy Kerr, John Lamont, Andrew Kimonides, Reg Towell, Lance Smith and Bill Olive who have all provided photos and/or information.  Construction of this site has truly become a team effort!

By early 2007 David Kidd's health was deteriorating to the point where someone else was needed to continue maintaining Australian Control Line Nostalgia.  Members of the medical profession had declared David a hopeless case, so we were indeed fortunate when into the breach stepped Ron Chernich of Brisbane, offering his considerable computing expertise and experience as a control line modeller to maintain the site.  Ron took over the site at the beginning of June 2007, so all complaints and law suits may now be directed to him.

Contributions invited:

There is plenty of scope for further expanding this site to become a comprehensive and enjoyable history of control line aeromodelling in Australia.  Please consider sharing your old photographs and memories with others.

Anyone wishing to contribute to the site is invited to send their material to Webmaster, Ron Chernich.  Valuable photos may be snail-mailed and will be returned on request.  Alternatively, e-mail David Kidd.

So far, it's 100% unofficial:

You may be pleased to know that no government grant money nor M.A.A.A. funds have been wasted producing this website; it has been paid for entirely by David Kidd's WWW Services in the hope that you will enjoy it!

But all this costs money.  If any rich benefactor would like to make a donation towards the cost of providing this site it will be most gratefully received.

Visitors say "Thanks!"

"just picked up your absolutely superb web site upgrade. Congratulations, it must take you most of your life to produce! Just wish there was ANYTHING like it over here. Keep up the good work" - Keith Bolas, South Bristol

"our site just seems to get better and better." - Duncan Bainbridge

"Congratulations are due to Dave and his friends in the sport for a wonderful documentary on control line flying. Visit the site and I'm sure you will enjoy it" - Reg Heath in Model Flight

"I have just had time to look at you web page.  It is a credit to you.  Congratulations!" - Malcolm Pring

"Liked your web pages very much." - David Nugent

"May I congratulate you on such well put together and meaningful content.  The old photos and descriptions very much mirror my own experiences here in the UK." - Mike Shaw

"I just enjoyed surfing through your site.  Well done!  It brought back a lot of good memories." - John Rhodes

"You made a nice page and I added a link to it on my CL-page." - Peter Nyffeler

"I think your web site is informative and really nice." - Tai Woon

"Love the CL site. As an ex CL person (started 1966) and now serious RC Glider man, I found it very informative knowing many of the people you feature. I still break out the CL model once in a while." - Paul Ferguson

"Great Web site. I look forward to reading it again." - Don Sinclair

"I agree it is a shame that the boom between the 50 & 70's has gone. It was fun while it lasted." - Neil Holden

"Nice to see your photo's on the net.  Thanks!" - Gary Cheesman

"Enjoyed your web site, but is control line completely dead in Aus?" - Mick Lewis

"I am very impressed with your Class 2 team racers on your web site." - Warren Norrie