hi anyone have photo's of bill cunninghams malibu pattern ship.saw a black/white photo in rcm years ago.curious if a plan was available for it.wouldn't mind scratch building one for a spare a/c. i believe it was 1.20 4st powered with trike gear,thanks.....shel

I remember a design called the Malibu and thought it was designed by another pilot (Steve Wooton maybe?). Doesn't mean that Bill Cunningham didn't design a plane with the same name. I have a copy of the magazine and will let you know the source when I find it (going through the archives currently and thinning the collection).

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The Malibu referred to was designed by Bill Cunningham about 12 years ago. It evolved from the Great Escape. The first version was actually .60 sized. He made it a bit larger for the original YS 1.20SF. It is small by today's standards and could be flown with a YS .91 or a Hanno Special. I don't believe plans were ever published, but maybe someboday has a set from the kit the you could scratch build from.
I haven't seen Bill Cunningham's name associated with any R/C events for a few years. Last I heard he was racing giant scale planes.
Good Luck! The Malibu is a nice flying plane!
-Will B.

I'd be interested in a photo of that plane also, i have a great escape kit waiting to be built that i was going to modify to look newer as i know has been done before.

Bill's alive and well and still flies.... not doing the racing, but I wouldn't be too surprised if we see his name again in RC aerobatics one of these days. Bill owns a successful aircraft engine rebuilding business in the Tulsa area, and of course is still a very skilled RC pilot.

I'm always interested in hearing how the old names are doing. It was good for me to see Mike Mueller show up in a past post, so I thought I'd put in my 2cents here regarding Bill....

Just one of Bill's fans....