Apart from their size compared to the real thing, they are pretty much faithful reproductions of well known aircraft types.

But we’re not talking about the Airfix kits that we collected as kids and hung from the ceiling, these are monsters by size comparison.

These remote-controlled aircraft can do the same aerobatics as their ‘larger brothers’ because they are made and owned by the best aeromodellers in Spain and Portugal.

You will have a chance to see them this weekend parked up and in the air at the Axarquía Leoni Benabú aerdrome, which is in the El Trapiche area of Vélez-Málaga!

The IV Festival Internacional Aguacate Model Airshow will see model aircraft with over 4 metres of wingspan and capable of flying up to 300kmph.

Things start on the today when participants with their models can put their names down and have a practice flight, but the big day will be tomorrow, Saturday.

From ten in the morning over 140 model aircraft, both of the fixed-wing an rotary-wing kind, will take to the sky (not all at once, obviously), carrying out aerobatics over the 959 lineal metres of the landing strip.

Then, on Sunday the 27th, during the morning, the ‘pilots’ can fly their creations again but more ‘freestyle’ until the afternoon when the event draws to a close.

Entrance is free and as well as the spectacle itself, there is also a market with related merchandise, as well as other activities.

(News: Velez-Malaga, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucia)

Keywords: Aermodelling, Flying Display, Model Aircraft, Aerobatics, El Trapiche, Leoni Benabú Aerodrome,

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