This is the final contest entered by those who have passed the elimination contests held at the different places throughout the country. Man's desire to fly in the air has led not only to the invention of various sophisticated planes, but to the making and flying of model planes. It was in the Japanese colonial rule days when the model plane was first introduced to us.

Model-plane flying has since been enjoyed by more and more people and flying contests have also been held on a small scale among those who shared the interest. With the necessity for exciting aeronautic interest in the nation becoming ever more intense, however, the Air Force integrated all the contests into a large-scale national competition in 1979 and has since been holding the competition annually.

Divided roughly into the glider, the rubber-powered plane, the line-controlled plane, and the radio-controlled plane, model planes are becoming one of the favorite handicrafts pursued as a hobby for many of us today.