The History of FPV: People who flew in the 1980's !

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

It's grim out there today - I certainly can't fly, so I thought it would be nice to take a little walk back through history to look at some of the real pioneers in FPV, but not necessarily people would have heard of before.

Links:

You can read my original article on the History of FPV here https://www.currykitten.co.uk/the-history-of-fpv

David Winderstal's channel is here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC16hCs7XeniFuoJq0hm_-EA he's got a lengthy back catalog featuring early FPV plane stuff as well as excellent Tricopter videos

VrFlyer does have a YouTube channel, but the Bromont video seems to have not migrated over from his Vimeo page. You can find it here https://vimeo.com/1305639

Dave Uptons channel is here https://www.youtube.com/user/INCABRC and you can watch all of his ICAB-RC videos there

Check out Carl Berrys "Project Cyclops" system here https://www.youtube.com/user/projectcyclopsrpv

You'll find Larry's excellent video/documentary here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5_gPhT61ek

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