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It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of Nats Free Flight Champion and all around good soul Mark Covington. ...
09/10/2024

It is with great sorrow that we mourn the passing of Nats Free Flight Champion and all around good soul Mark Covington. Mark hailed from Texas, where his boyhood home was adjacent to an active free flight competition site. Mark first became interested in model aviation, by flagging the gliders that dropped from the sky - quite literally into his backyard and the fields surrounding his childhood home! Mark recalled that the free flight pilots appreciated his efforts and the care and interest he showed in their models. Quite often these pilots would reward Mark's recovery efforts with cash, but he recalls the best gifts being the hand-me-down gliders and advice offered up by these generous pilots (or childhood heroes as he often called them)!

Mark remained active in his free flight career, competing in local and regional contests with the Magnificent Mountain Men free flight club, right up to the point of his passing. And while free flight was his first love, Mark was skilled in both RC and control line flying. Mark brought his passion, expert craftsmanship and attention to detail into every one of his ventures and in addition to Model Aviation, he was both an avid automotive enthusiast and cyclist.

We ran into Mark after he moved to the Colorado Springs area, to offer services as a custom Jeweler and was rekindling his boyhood interest in model aviation. One summer afternoon Mark wandered into our original S. Nevada Ave. store front, in search of modeling supplies - we hit it off and the rest, as they say is history.

Mark was an avid builder and built and flew many of our laser-cut designs, while they were still yet in their development phase. He was a regular with the park flyer group in town and always eager to join in on an impromptu - post work bike ride. Mark generously volunteered his time alongside the crew here at Stevens Aeromodel and traveled with us to a number of trade shows, equipment buying trips, and contests. At shows, he enjoyed visiting with customers and sharing his common love of flying.

Mark's roll at Stevens Aeromodel extended to both retail support and technical design consultant. He contributed in helping bring several of our designs to market and is responsible for a number of our commercial free flight offerings, including: our HLG01, pop up Discus Fuselage Kits and Putty/Viscous Timer products. Mark had years of both combat and sport control line experience and was a key team member of the RingRat project, which ultimately ushered in the current era of electric control line with our RingRat 100, Flat Rat and RingRat 250 models. His efforts helped bring electric control line to the masses - quite literally years in advance of any other industry offerings.

Mark's joy of flying, his giving nature and his thoughtful guidance will be greatly missed. Mark passed on from this life over the weekend, quite unexpectedly at 72 years young. He is survived by his Sister and his best friend Miller, a big old lovable Golden Retriever. Blue Skies my good friend!

The crew at Stevens Aeromodel is devastated to learn of the unexpected passing of local friend and flying buddy Rob Roma...
06/11/2024

The crew at Stevens Aeromodel is devastated to learn of the unexpected passing of local friend and flying buddy Rob Romash. Rob was a larger than life 'instinctive' modeler, who had reaching influence into both the toy and hobby markets. Anyone who has shared the air with Rob, found him tremendously generous with his time and expertise, especially in mentoring the next generation. Rob could easily be spotted out on the gym floor tweaking and tuning the most delicate of flying creations, getting them to fly just right, then fearlessly passing them off to a young bystander. It was this kind of fearless encouragement that was responsible for "setting the hook" and capturing the imagination of so many children at our events (including my own) - initiating them into a lasting and memorable journey into model aviation.

Memory Eternal!

Cause-and-effect... our new SLUG 700BB TURBO 12V has arrived and is moving through testing. We have so much love for thi...
02/08/2021

Cause-and-effect... our new SLUG 700BB TURBO 12V has arrived and is moving through testing. We have so much love for this massive ferrite throwback to 80s and 90s aeromodeling – such a development demands the re-release of a certain vintage Stevens Aeromodel design. Watch this space!!!

We've been getting a number of questions regarding how upcoming Remote ID requirements will impact the model aviation co...
01/20/2021

We've been getting a number of questions regarding how upcoming Remote ID requirements will impact the model aviation community. Yesterday, the AMA Coalition sent out a very concise and clear presentation – that covers the basics of the new rule. I'm posting a link to the presentation here for all to reference as needed.

Blue skies, round loops, and happy landings!
-Bill

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgpekoo49ji30p1/Remote%20ID%20Overview%20%20_FAQs%20PP.pptx?dl=0

We are not happy about this, but our current understanding of the new UK VAT tax collection and remittance policy, squee...
01/12/2021

We are not happy about this, but our current understanding of the new UK VAT tax collection and remittance policy, squeezes us out of directly filling orders to the UK from stevensaero.com - We are continuing to work on this and will announce some viable workarounds shortly. Until then... keep your fingers stuck together and the balsa dust airborne, we want to ensure UK customers have reliable access to our product line. https://www.stevensaero.com/uk-shipping-suspended/

Site Maintenance Alert: One final courtesy reminder that at 11:59PM PST today Amazon Payment Services will no longer be ...
01/10/2021

Site Maintenance Alert: One final courtesy reminder that at 11:59PM PST today Amazon Payment Services will no longer be available as a checkout method on our web store. All other services such as PayPal and traditional Credit Card processing will remain functional. Thank you for your business.

It's back!  A fresh batch of our PuddleBug UM are now available.  Get yours before we run out! http://www.stevensaero.co...
04/22/2018

It's back! A fresh batch of our PuddleBug UM are now available. Get yours before we run out!
http://www.stevensaero.com/product/puddlebug-um/

Our charming PuddleBug™ UM overflows with character and evokes fond memories of childhood free-flight designs. Well behaved in-flight manners with ample power on tap for stunting the PuddleBug is certain to be the talk of your next indoor fly-in. Enter the world o...

Found another old video knocking around on the server.  A nice demonstration of talent by Scott Stoops for the 2006 Batt...
04/22/2018

Found another old video knocking around on the server. A nice demonstration of talent by Scott Stoops for the 2006 Battle of the Balsa contest. Get your Groove on! http://www.stevensaero.com/product/groove-g480-pattern-3d-aerobat/

RC Pilot Guide author Scott Stoops flies the Stevens AeroModel Groove G480 for the RC Groups Battle of the Balsa Contest (2005).

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03/28/2018

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