about us

 

our logo incorporates Affame 7, a 1954 model by Frenchman, Emile Gerlaud drawn by Jean Wantzenriether WITH THANKS

Free Flight Quarterly (FFQ) has been born from the desire to have an international English language magazine devoted exclusively to Free Flight matters.  Although FFQ may not be the only one of this type, it will publish longer articles that, by virtue of their intrinsic interest or technical complexity, are not published elsewhere. Free Flight Quarterly follows in the noble tradition initiated by Andre Schandel with Vol Libre in France, Bernd Schwendemann with Thermiksense in Germany, and Ian Kaynes’s Free Flight News, all of them admirable efforts that have done much for the Free Flight cause in the last decade or two.  Free Flight Quarterly aspires to be a truly international magazine, not only involved with the Australian Free Flight movement, but ready to open its pages to contributors from all countries. The editorial  team is comprised of Sergio Montes (Chief Editor) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, and Associate Editors  Jean Wantzenriether from Bourdonnay, Moselle, France, and Chris Stoddart from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.  Two of the editors have had experience in Free Flight newsletters and publications, Jean Wantzenriether being particularly well known in European circles for his frequent contributions to Vol Libre, Thermiksense and Model Reduit d’Avion, which have covered a period of more than 30 years. His articles have also appeared in NFFS Symposia.  Sergio Montes, until recently, co-edited Free Flight Down Under, the newsletter of the Australian Free Flight Society. The editorial team of Free Flight Quarterly greets its readers and assures them of our efforts to achieve the highest possible standards of publication. FFQ welcomes contributions from all countries, not necessarily in English, as we can handle original articles written in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Contributions—preferably in electronic form—should be addressed to any of the editors and, if accepted, will be edited to comply with FFQ standards.  We are interested in your views and comments, and will be happy to print them.  We welcome ideas and points of view that are not necessarily in agreement with the original article, believing that a forum for robust discussion is essential in Free Flight and such a forum is not easy to find in printed media, nor really on Internet sites that have been going in the last five years or so.  If you have any comments or questions or thoughts, send us an e-mail.