Above A remarkably clean design its dayit test-hopped 1936Time Flies intended break transcontinental record 352-mph landplane speed record held Hughes Racer Its 1150-hp Twin Wasp made powerful radial-single-engine plane its time Below man machine Frank Hawks famous intercity speed dashes held scores long-distance records IT SEEMED have absolutely every- maybe normal supply luckplane its day powthing airplane needs go fast ExceptIt cleanest radical-engined air-erful Howell Miller designer cleanest powerful radial engined airplane its day sleek racer seemed destined career record smashing U Don Berliner Drawings Harry Robinson learned trade chief engineer Granville Brothers building GeeBees Frank Hawks pilot already scores long-distance records credit Time Flies aimed trans continental speed record world speed record over short course just about everything between could have taken lot speed records seems obvious destined have two days glory would come after Hawks death airplane form hardly dreamed its originators scheme first considered Hawks Miller world speed record stood 352 mph achieved little-known young Howard Hughes sleek all-metal machine now hangs majestically National Air & Space Museum beat Hughes would necessary greatly reduce drag and/or greatly increase power since Hughes Racer masterpiece contemporary design airplane began take shape Millers drawing board 1935 looked exceedingly clean also looked bit peculiar since lacked popular pro trusion called windshield gain speed effective technique drag reduc tion Miller eliminated wind shield canopy making chanically retractable top fuselage would lay flush except during takeoff landing engine also step ahead Hughes 1000 hp being Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp used special permis sion Army Air Corps ground tests produced 1150 hp very new 3-bladed constant-speed Hamilton Standard pro peller fitted potent engine giv ing effective power unit industry could provide Just about piece equipment Gruen Watch Co sponsored Time Flies last word instruments long-distance flight included Sperry gyroscopic autopilot gyro-magnetic compass exhaust gas analyzer both LF UHF radios antennas latter being buried within air planes structure 1936 pretty futuristic stuff Construction machine quite modern however undoubt edly played major role its downfall fuselage welded up chromemolybdenum steel tubing covered plywood wings three spruce-andplywood box spars plywood ribs ply wood covering 1936 fairly Continued page 102 Retractable landing gear cockpit canopy toppea oii all-out effort ror sIlck-as-a-wnlstle connguratlon Mner several sensational city-to-city flights bad landing resulted broken wing sparTime Flies never same although curious adventures lay ahead July1978 49 Hawks Military Racerfollowing 1938 conversion Military Aircraft Corp proto type fighter unsightly greenhousewas flown Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade informal test McCook Field outpaced both P-32A Hawk Republic P-35 KITS PLANS SSORIES DAli ACE 17 SPAN STOCK NO PP IS KIT $425 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$423 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPSE J3 CUR$329 PSETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPORT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 PROC ROG$139 KITS 0 PLANS S ACCESSORIES REAL JAPANESE TISSUEPROPS COMPLETE CATALOG HARD TO PING ITEMS pP 0 BOX 2490 -AMA LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE 17141 469J675 6 may come up incomplete preparation certainly wont Youll need high goal resist urge build latest all-time high-lift special 27to-l aspect ratio whatever instead ordinary layout will make youre contest ready high goal re member flying decides contest cant anything competition until youve done prac ticemany times goal trip watch Russians fly learn worked far came back Denmark maxed out Taft semi finals doing some things hadnt done before Areas can improve comparison Russians field mobility zooms air-picking extreme conditionsdead calm high winds Hopefully article will fuel efforts solving problems have questions about write will try answer address 1030 Avenue D Redondo Beach Calif ornia 90277 Time Flies/Berliner continued page 49 conventional way building airplane airplane intended very high speed really far-sighted designers busily switching all-metal con struction first test hop Time Flies made October 1936 GeeBee plant Springfield MA Frank Hawks control claimed totally satisfied its performance plane has speed racer pract ticability rn transport plane Its smoothest swiftest sound est ship ever piloted view subse quent events tempted take words grain salt Calculations Howell Miller indicated streamlined white plane should have top speed 375 mph cruising speed 340 mph cruising range 1500 miles flurry record break ing seemed matter time Tests moving along well until January 1937 Hawks encountered first what long string problems landing gear Following flight claimed have hit 320 mph 4000 feet altitude found could lower landing gear fully bellied Rentschler Field Hartford CT damaging underside pro peller Upon inspection fur glove found wedged retraction mechanism early spring damage repaired tests proceeded well enough justify attempting first what hoped would public speed runs Hawks took off Washing ton DC 1030 morning April 3 1937 landed North Beach Airport just south what now LaGuardia Field NY just 48 minutes later Current flying time DC-9 equipped scheduled airlines 55-60 minutes Hawks ground speed close 270 mph against 30-mph headwind brought air speed 300 mph thing appeared ready bigger better things come Just 10 days later first major test Time Flies began Right after breakfast Hawks climbed white bullet set off Miami FL almost 1100 miles away Four hours 55 minutes later time lunch As soon pilot airplane re-fueled Hawks got back fired up north Four hours 21 minutes flying later came land Newark NJ ready complete announced goal breakfast Hart ford lunch Miami dinner New York flight south gone perfectly needing 1900 rpm Hawks claimed just 40% power average 220 mph return trip bit tougher headwinds crosswinds forcing him climb 15000 feet run 2000 rpm boosted speed 230 mph leg Only thing really went wrong landing Newark sort greenest rookies would try deny experienced Hawks touched down hard Time Flies bounced far back air came down again 200 feet further along runway its tail wobbling its wings fluttering according New York Times reporter still almost out control Hawks heard loud crack main wheels hit pavement third time managed get careening air plane stopped before ran out runway finally halted right wing hung limp Back hangar dis covered spar given way during hard-bouncing landing initial reaction pilots engineers scene spar faulty begin cold fact Time Flies broken airplane Strictly speaking Time Flies never again flew least under name nor its well known shape Shortly after disastrous landing Hawks announced retirement speed flying go work Gwinn Cowhich working bulbous little biplane supposed fool-proof Late 1937 Herman Wurster raised landplane speed record 380 mph prototype Messerschmitt 109s effectively put record beyond reach Time Flies could re built attempt During 1938 machine acquired Military Aircraft Co set out repair convert proto type pursuit plane obvious change replacement racingstyle flush canopy large green house made once super-sleek craft look like caricature Japanese torpedo bomber progress slow months nothing seemed happening August 1938 project suddenly back news August 23 Hawks took off Gwinn safety plane what supposed routine demonstration some potential inves tors tried go between some trees hit high tension lines crashed field Hawks passenger killed instantly almost exactly same time TnAmerican Aviation Inc bought Time Flies called Hawks Military Racer HM-l re-registered NX-2491 Hoping sell production version Chinese already deep war Japan Tn-American arranged have flown Cleveland Air Races pioneer Army pilot TAAs chief stockholder Leigh Wade good showing Cleveland might finally bring longsuffering airplane some commercial suc cess Wade though now 80 years old never theless has very clear memories brief romance ex-Time Flies went Springfield flew airplane down Hartford because little field big enough really safe land ings got ready run speed course taking off Pratt & Whitney airport couldnt get gear up came up part way couldnt get down ctric motor 102 Model Aviation FLY WITU g35R Ga 3 pGWER 0 WALMUT SCALE ASK FOR OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL SEALER IF NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 601 POSTAGE BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND S SIZES OP TANKS EROWN ENGINES MUST RE ORDERED DIRECT FROM PECK-POLYMERS HB Engines have now well accepted modeling public available ever creasing number dealers too may now enjoy RO CL flying power boating car racing HB Engines pre cision made power performance re liability HB Engine includes Perry carburetor several models offer POP Perry Directional Porting increased power speed up 1500 RPMs Sizes available 12 15 20 25 40 50 61 displace ment Let HB precision maneuverability speed satisfy Baron complete catalog see local dealer write us directly parts available stock pt service assured Dealership inquiries invited sufficient fearful would have make belly landing gear part-way down would have catastrophe putting up little down little until finally got landing gear down came landed found out reason firewall made primarily asbestos controls went through firewall left little bit material would fly around get gear stick corrected didnt have time run speed run before going Cleveland So gassed up meant non-stop run cruised fast no difficulty making Cleveland Getting getting airplane ready short test hop before race didnt enable us get measurement its maximum speed first accurate timing HM-l version Time Flies came during qualify ing trials Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade timed two laps 10-mile course 264 mph placed fourth behind Roscoe Turner 281 mph Earl Ortman 270 mph Art Chester 268 mph Considering low time airplane complete lack pylon racing experience during preceding decade wasnt bad proto type military pursuit plane figured Pratt & Whitney people cruising first half race could open up fly full-out remaining half other racers would drop out race itd easier fly full speed time ran low fuel about six minutes earlier calculated cruising quickly estimate what could rest race flew fast possibly could figuring make turned last pylon turned come land. landed didnt have enough gasoline taxi hangar despite fuel consumption prob lems Leigh Wade finished creditable fourth 2498 mph Roscoe Turner won easily record 283 mph followed Earl Ortman 270 mph Steve Witt man 259 mph Just 3 seconds behind Wade after almost 1 hours racing Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Racer Turner won 1934 Thomp son Hawks Military Racer rolled hangar Cleveland Airport inspected found bolt holes through landing gear attaching spar elongated Apparently insufficient bushing material through wooden spar landing done its dirty work hastily repaired race over decided fly Dayton Wade recalled pur pose showing Army Air Corps Having old McCook Field test pilot knew people wasnt too difficult arrange little demonstration. take up experimental fighter planes would fly alongside us see much faster were thing didnt have open up couldnt keep up Gen Wade couldnt remember Army pursuits sent up against him would ap pear probably Curtiss P 36A Hawk Republic P-35 either Boeing YP-29A Bell XFM-l Army wasnt interested particular moment Wade said cause all-wood construction interested using same design metal construction So therefore decided return air plane Springfield Wade flew back Cleveland Earl Ortman took East Coast Wade returned business interests South America Tn-American prepared Ortman fly Hawks airplane speed dash New York San Diego October 10 1938 never October 3 Ortman testing airplane near East Hartford CT wing ripped off able jump free parachute down safely airplane crashed barn burned completely end everything Chinese lost interest design suf fered major structural failure never very much Army interest Hawks gone drive ideas flair publicity gotten machine far July1978 103 HB ENGINES Bavarian Precision Products Co formerly Helmut Bernhardt Precision Movements Co PO Rox 6 New Canaan Ct 06840 203 966-8781 FULL-SIZE PLANS No 227 AG-i Agrivation $400 RC 4-channel 25 40 engines realistic trike gear low wing No 228 Fighters Two$200 CL 1/2A balsa profiles Japanese Nate US P-26 Peashooter No 101 Short Seamew 40-powered Class i Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations $300 No103 Kloud King 15-19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF $400 No 104 whey Post Bipiane Petite durablescaledesignfor eitherrubber tail wagger pulse rudder$225 No 112 Sneat sport AC glider simple job can flown engine $275 No118 GoilyGeeWhiz Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns onadime 0 No121 Gremlin Sturdy aerobatic AC biplane files well 35s up 60s $300 No 123 4-Bits 40-powered RC 600 Club Racer has winning ways Good sport too $400 No124 Semi-Pro Contest-winning HL glider has pop-up tail dethermalizer $100 No125 HaIf-Korda rubber John Oldenkamps 1/2-size eli-balsa Old-Timer $175 No 131 Gae Bee Model Y 40-powered RC stand-off scale great old-time racers $500 No 134Calliato superb 5tandard Class AC sailplane also took Hats first $400 No 136 FieselerStorob AC scale model 23-45 S-channel has both slots flaps $400 No 141 Blackburn Monoplane AC Scale rendition history-maker wheels floats 40 engine $450 No146 QuickSilver RC 1/2A Pylon Racer incorporates latest techniques $200 No 149 comedian AC fun-fly aerobatic biplane good looker 40 60 $400 No166 Tellipaoar AC Standard Class sailplane wins stand-out performance $1000 No 159Tercal Keith Trostles 1/2A CL Stunt ship flies excellent pattern$200 No 165 MIdget Mustang CL 1975-1976 Natawinning Goodyear byJohn Ballard $200 No 166 Nothing Fancy AC biplane 35 engines pretty handles beautifully $825 No 168Simitar ACa spectacular flying-wing 15 fin-mounted tractor$300 No169 Dennyplene AC version famed cabin model kit 193719-25 $400 No 174 Iron flog AC Quarter Midget Bell Airacobra hex won Pylon contests $400 No 177Zonker AC canard baa pattern capability 40 power$300 No 118 country Boy FF Jim Clem thoroughbred/OS/si 1/2A $300 No181 Bed check charlie AC Scale model Russian P1 trainer 09115 $300 No183 Anawer AC FF cabin 02 sized Replica Old-Timer $175 No 184Savilla AC Sport low-wing sailplane 80 wing hes excellent performance. $350 No 185 cheater Slow CL Slow Combat model Dan Rutherford frequent winner $275 No186 Fancy Pants AC Sport/Aerobatic low-wing has ply-skin fuselage 25sto45s $450 No 187 Big Boy FF Unlimited Class rubber model no frills great performer . $300 No 188Rockette FF model Jetex-type power Nationals winner. . No189 Vintage 11 AC Antique type old-time open fuse construction 60 - $475 No 190Snake CL Rat racer Dick Lambartlatest state art No 191 Mountaineer AC Slope Soarer Clarence Naughtgood can get . $375 No 192Chipmunk AC Scale winner 1976 world Championships Nate $900 No 193Stiletto CL stunt model McDonald winner 1976 FAI world Champs$375 No 194 Vol Libre FF rubber-powered wakefield Sob white Great winner $276 No 195 Hats Biplane AC acrobatic scale job takes 40/50 built-in muffler - $475 No 196Mirage Sherwood Buckstaffs Fast Combattwice Nats winner$250 No 198Sportater AC deBolt wing choice aerobatics/racing$375 No 199P3 AC Cos 09 Ace foam wings step up 049 jobs $350 No 201 Roll Out FF hand-launch glider has pop-up dethermalizer $100 No202 Avenger CL profile 049 uses sheet wing maneuverable $150 No203 Fokkerfl-VlilRClor45toBOTwosheets2-1/2scale $900 No204 CardboardflougleaM-2 CL 50 biplane 40 power less $10 expense. $600 No 205 Hot Rock AC aerobatics 19-40 engines Simple tail-dragger 0 No 206 Air Camper FF Pientenpol 1/2A Charming old-timer 2-sheets $300 No 207 LiveaeyflL 5 AC English homeboilt 3-chen.15s Exotic easy Good flier $500 No 208Swinger CL 1 /2A all-balsa swing-wing Fly fun use experiments$200 No 209Seaatrutz AC biplane 3 channels 19 wheels pontoone. 0 No210 Simplex FF years development wins049/051 No 211 Together IV CL Rather large impressive stunter 46 Consistent winner $375 No 212 Miss America AC Antique famous historic model 2 big sheets 36 40 . $925 No 213 Eliminator II CLClassA5peed asymmetricdesign record lob No214 Bumbled Bee Jean Pallets tail-first version Indoor Easy B 0 No215 Windlord Ken Bates AC flying wing sailplane highly competitive$550 No 216Muatang Al Meyers lovely CL P-51 46 Sport Scale Stunt$400 No217 RocketeerA Al Lidbergs 02 FF replica famed Schoenbrun old-timer $200 No216 RC Fairchild Ranger 24 AMA Sport Scale 2big sheets $1000 No 219 FF Fokker Universal Jumbo-sized rubber scale model Bill Noonan $500 No 220 CL Bobcat John Kiladonks Slow Ratlatest state art $150 No 221 RC Insider indoorsand out Electric power pulse rudder $300 No 222Winterhewk AC standard class sailplane rugged excellent soarer$350 No 223 Fly Baby CL Scale model Pete Bowers homebuiltfor 35-40 AC engine $375 No 224 Horsefly AC sport job Ace pulse rudderlesa than$I00with radio . $250 No 225 Ole Reliable AC 70 version 38 oldtimer REM controls 19-25 $426 No 226 Spitfire CL profile 2 versionsbuilt-up solidl stunter 35 0 Circle numbers plans wish order 101 103 104 112 118121123124125131134136141146149155159 165166168169174177178181183184185186187 188189190191192193194195196198199201202 203204205206207208209210211212213214215 216217218219220221222223224225226227228 Please print carefullyEnclosed $______________________ NAME STREET I CITY STATEZIP_____ Price includes first-class postage Send Check money order payable Mode/Aviation AMA 815 Fifteenth St NW Washington DC 20005 L rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn 1 Because its troubles far clear good bad airplane really Wade recalls very good very maneuverable very comfortable no trouble land ing visibility fine excellent design speed combination hard landings apparent weakness wing spelled doom what poten tially fastest airplane world No American propeller-driven airplane would ever again try Absolute World Speed Record crash Time Flies part end era ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control88 Andrews Aircraft Model Co90 Cleveland Model & Supply Co96 Coverite98 Cox Hobbies Inc. de Front Cover Davis Diesel Development92 DGM Industries94 Du-Bro Products89 EK-Products7 Experimental Aircraft Association lyline Models84 Fox Mfg Company7 Fusite Emerson Electric Co101 Gilberts Electronics Corp97 Carl Goldberg Models5 Grish Brothers HB Engines103 Hobbypoxy87 K&BMfg91 Kraft Southwestern Inc100 Kustom Kraftsmanship94 Midwest Model Products6 Model Builder83 Modernistic Models96 Morrison Repla-Tech100 Pactra Industries82 Peck-Polymers102 Pica Enterprises94 Progress Mfg Company56 Sig Mfg Company3 Sterling Models Inc99 Tatone Products Inc93 Top Flite Models Inc3 Westport International Inc85 Williams Brothers86 World EnginesBack Cover 104 Model Aviation Full-Size Plan List Available complete listing plans pre viously published mag azine through No 224 may obtained free charge writing enclose stamped self-addressed business-size envelope Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005
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Above A remarkably clean design its dayit test-hopped 1936Time Flies intended break transcontinental record 352-mph landplane speed record held Hughes Racer Its 1150-hp Twin Wasp made powerful radial-single-engine plane its time Below man machine Frank Hawks famous intercity speed dashes held scores long-distance records IT SEEMED have absolutely every- maybe normal supply luckplane its day powthing airplane needs go fast ExceptIt cleanest radical-engined air-erful Howell Miller designer cleanest powerful radial engined airplane its day sleek racer seemed destined career record smashing U Don Berliner Drawings Harry Robinson learned trade chief engineer Granville Brothers building GeeBees Frank Hawks pilot already scores long-distance records credit Time Flies aimed trans continental speed record world speed record over short course just about everything between could have taken lot speed records seems obvious destined have two days glory would come after Hawks death airplane form hardly dreamed its originators scheme first considered Hawks Miller world speed record stood 352 mph achieved little-known young Howard Hughes sleek all-metal machine now hangs majestically National Air & Space Museum beat Hughes would necessary greatly reduce drag and/or greatly increase power since Hughes Racer masterpiece contemporary design airplane began take shape Millers drawing board 1935 looked exceedingly clean also looked bit peculiar since lacked popular pro trusion called windshield gain speed effective technique drag reduc tion Miller eliminated wind shield canopy making chanically retractable top fuselage would lay flush except during takeoff landing engine also step ahead Hughes 1000 hp being Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp used special permis sion Army Air Corps ground tests produced 1150 hp very new 3-bladed constant-speed Hamilton Standard pro peller fitted potent engine giv ing effective power unit industry could provide Just about piece equipment Gruen Watch Co sponsored Time Flies last word instruments long-distance flight included Sperry gyroscopic autopilot gyro-magnetic compass exhaust gas analyzer both LF UHF radios antennas latter being buried within air planes structure 1936 pretty futuristic stuff Construction machine quite modern however undoubt edly played major role its downfall fuselage welded up chromemolybdenum steel tubing covered plywood wings three spruce-andplywood box spars plywood ribs ply wood covering 1936 fairly Continued page 102 Retractable landing gear cockpit canopy toppea oii all-out effort ror sIlck-as-a-wnlstle connguratlon Mner several sensational city-to-city flights bad landing resulted broken wing sparTime Flies never same although curious adventures lay ahead July1978 49 Hawks Military Racerfollowing 1938 conversion Military Aircraft Corp proto type fighter unsightly greenhousewas flown Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade informal test McCook Field outpaced both P-32A Hawk Republic P-35 KITS PLANS SSORIES DAli ACE 17 SPAN STOCK NO PP IS KIT $425 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$423 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPSE J3 CUR$329 PSETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPORT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 PROC ROG$139 KITS 0 PLANS S ACCESSORIES REAL JAPANESE TISSUEPROPS COMPLETE CATALOG HARD TO PING ITEMS pP 0 BOX 2490 -AMA LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE 17141 469J675 6 may come up incomplete preparation certainly wont Youll need high goal resist urge build latest all-time high-lift special 27to-l aspect ratio whatever instead ordinary layout will make youre contest ready high goal re member flying decides contest cant anything competition until youve done prac ticemany times goal trip watch Russians fly learn worked far came back Denmark maxed out Taft semi finals doing some things hadnt done before Areas can improve comparison Russians field mobility zooms air-picking extreme conditionsdead calm high winds Hopefully article will fuel efforts solving problems have questions about write will try answer address 1030 Avenue D Redondo Beach Calif ornia 90277 Time Flies/Berliner continued page 49 conventional way building airplane airplane intended very high speed really far-sighted designers busily switching all-metal con struction first test hop Time Flies made October 1936 GeeBee plant Springfield MA Frank Hawks control claimed totally satisfied its performance plane has speed racer pract ticability rn transport plane Its smoothest swiftest sound est ship ever piloted view subse quent events tempted take words grain salt Calculations Howell Miller indicated streamlined white plane should have top speed 375 mph cruising speed 340 mph cruising range 1500 miles flurry record break ing seemed matter time Tests moving along well until January 1937 Hawks encountered first what long string problems landing gear Following flight claimed have hit 320 mph 4000 feet altitude found could lower landing gear fully bellied Rentschler Field Hartford CT damaging underside pro peller Upon inspection fur glove found wedged retraction mechanism early spring damage repaired tests proceeded well enough justify attempting first what hoped would public speed runs Hawks took off Washing ton DC 1030 morning April 3 1937 landed North Beach Airport just south what now LaGuardia Field NY just 48 minutes later Current flying time DC-9 equipped scheduled airlines 55-60 minutes Hawks ground speed close 270 mph against 30-mph headwind brought air speed 300 mph thing appeared ready bigger better things come Just 10 days later first major test Time Flies began Right after breakfast Hawks climbed white bullet set off Miami FL almost 1100 miles away Four hours 55 minutes later time lunch As soon pilot airplane re-fueled Hawks got back fired up north Four hours 21 minutes flying later came land Newark NJ ready complete announced goal breakfast Hart ford lunch Miami dinner New York flight south gone perfectly needing 1900 rpm Hawks claimed just 40% power average 220 mph return trip bit tougher headwinds crosswinds forcing him climb 15000 feet run 2000 rpm boosted speed 230 mph leg Only thing really went wrong landing Newark sort greenest rookies would try deny experienced Hawks touched down hard Time Flies bounced far back air came down again 200 feet further along runway its tail wobbling its wings fluttering according New York Times reporter still almost out control Hawks heard loud crack main wheels hit pavement third time managed get careening air plane stopped before ran out runway finally halted right wing hung limp Back hangar dis covered spar given way during hard-bouncing landing initial reaction pilots engineers scene spar faulty begin cold fact Time Flies broken airplane Strictly speaking Time Flies never again flew least under name nor its well known shape Shortly after disastrous landing Hawks announced retirement speed flying go work Gwinn Cowhich working bulbous little biplane supposed fool-proof Late 1937 Herman Wurster raised landplane speed record 380 mph prototype Messerschmitt 109s effectively put record beyond reach Time Flies could re built attempt During 1938 machine acquired Military Aircraft Co set out repair convert proto type pursuit plane obvious change replacement racingstyle flush canopy large green house made once super-sleek craft look like caricature Japanese torpedo bomber progress slow months nothing seemed happening August 1938 project suddenly back news August 23 Hawks took off Gwinn safety plane what supposed routine demonstration some potential inves tors tried go between some trees hit high tension lines crashed field Hawks passenger killed instantly almost exactly same time TnAmerican Aviation Inc bought Time Flies called Hawks Military Racer HM-l re-registered NX-2491 Hoping sell production version Chinese already deep war Japan Tn-American arranged have flown Cleveland Air Races pioneer Army pilot TAAs chief stockholder Leigh Wade good showing Cleveland might finally bring longsuffering airplane some commercial suc cess Wade though now 80 years old never theless has very clear memories brief romance ex-Time Flies went Springfield flew airplane down Hartford because little field big enough really safe land ings got ready run speed course taking off Pratt & Whitney airport couldnt get gear up came up part way couldnt get down ctric motor 102 Model Aviation FLY WITU g35R Ga 3 pGWER 0 WALMUT SCALE ASK FOR OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL SEALER IF NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 601 POSTAGE BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND S SIZES OP TANKS EROWN ENGINES MUST RE ORDERED DIRECT FROM PECK-POLYMERS HB Engines have now well accepted modeling public available ever creasing number dealers too may now enjoy RO CL flying power boating car racing HB Engines pre cision made power performance re liability HB Engine includes Perry carburetor several models offer POP Perry Directional Porting increased power speed up 1500 RPMs Sizes available 12 15 20 25 40 50 61 displace ment Let HB precision maneuverability speed satisfy Baron complete catalog see local dealer write us directly parts available stock pt service assured Dealership inquiries invited sufficient fearful would have make belly landing gear part-way down would have catastrophe putting up little down little until finally got landing gear down came landed found out reason firewall made primarily asbestos controls went through firewall left little bit material would fly around get gear stick corrected didnt have time run speed run before going Cleveland So gassed up meant non-stop run cruised fast no difficulty making Cleveland Getting getting airplane ready short test hop before race didnt enable us get measurement its maximum speed first accurate timing HM-l version Time Flies came during qualify ing trials Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade timed two laps 10-mile course 264 mph placed fourth behind Roscoe Turner 281 mph Earl Ortman 270 mph Art Chester 268 mph Considering low time airplane complete lack pylon racing experience during preceding decade wasnt bad proto type military pursuit plane figured Pratt & Whitney people cruising first half race could open up fly full-out remaining half other racers would drop out race itd easier fly full speed time ran low fuel about six minutes earlier calculated cruising quickly estimate what could rest race flew fast possibly could figuring make turned last pylon turned come land. landed didnt have enough gasoline taxi hangar despite fuel consumption prob lems Leigh Wade finished creditable fourth 2498 mph Roscoe Turner won easily record 283 mph followed Earl Ortman 270 mph Steve Witt man 259 mph Just 3 seconds behind Wade after almost 1 hours racing Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Racer Turner won 1934 Thomp son Hawks Military Racer rolled hangar Cleveland Airport inspected found bolt holes through landing gear attaching spar elongated Apparently insufficient bushing material through wooden spar landing done its dirty work hastily repaired race over decided fly Dayton Wade recalled pur pose showing Army Air Corps Having old McCook Field test pilot knew people wasnt too difficult arrange little demonstration. take up experimental fighter planes would fly alongside us see much faster were thing didnt have open up couldnt keep up Gen Wade couldnt remember Army pursuits sent up against him would ap pear probably Curtiss P 36A Hawk Republic P-35 either Boeing YP-29A Bell XFM-l Army wasnt interested particular moment Wade said cause all-wood construction interested using same design metal construction So therefore decided return air plane Springfield Wade flew back Cleveland Earl Ortman took East Coast Wade returned business interests South America Tn-American prepared Ortman fly Hawks airplane speed dash New York San Diego October 10 1938 never October 3 Ortman testing airplane near East Hartford CT wing ripped off able jump free parachute down safely airplane crashed barn burned completely end everything Chinese lost interest design suf fered major structural failure never very much Army interest Hawks gone drive ideas flair publicity gotten machine far July1978 103 HB ENGINES Bavarian Precision Products Co formerly Helmut Bernhardt Precision Movements Co PO Rox 6 New Canaan Ct 06840 203 966-8781 FULL-SIZE PLANS No 227 AG-i Agrivation $400 RC 4-channel 25 40 engines realistic trike gear low wing No 228 Fighters Two$200 CL 1/2A balsa profiles Japanese Nate US P-26 Peashooter No 101 Short Seamew 40-powered Class i Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations $300 No103 Kloud King 15-19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF $400 No 104 whey Post Bipiane Petite durablescaledesignfor eitherrubber tail wagger pulse rudder$225 No 112 Sneat sport AC glider simple job can flown engine $275 No118 GoilyGeeWhiz Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns onadime 0 No121 Gremlin Sturdy aerobatic AC biplane files well 35s up 60s $300 No 123 4-Bits 40-powered RC 600 Club Racer has winning ways Good sport too $400 No124 Semi-Pro Contest-winning HL glider has pop-up tail dethermalizer $100 No125 HaIf-Korda rubber John Oldenkamps 1/2-size eli-balsa Old-Timer $175 No 131 Gae Bee Model Y 40-powered RC stand-off scale great old-time racers $500 No 134Calliato superb 5tandard Class AC sailplane also took Hats first $400 No 136 FieselerStorob AC scale model 23-45 S-channel has both slots flaps $400 No 141 Blackburn Monoplane AC Scale rendition history-maker wheels floats 40 engine $450 No146 QuickSilver RC 1/2A Pylon Racer incorporates latest techniques $200 No 149 comedian AC fun-fly aerobatic biplane good looker 40 60 $400 No166 Tellipaoar AC Standard Class sailplane wins stand-out performance $1000 No 159Tercal Keith Trostles 1/2A CL Stunt ship flies excellent pattern$200 No 165 MIdget Mustang CL 1975-1976 Natawinning Goodyear byJohn Ballard $200 No 166 Nothing Fancy AC biplane 35 engines pretty handles beautifully $825 No 168Simitar ACa spectacular flying-wing 15 fin-mounted tractor$300 No169 Dennyplene AC version famed cabin model kit 193719-25 $400 No 174 Iron flog AC Quarter Midget Bell Airacobra hex won Pylon contests $400 No 177Zonker AC canard baa pattern capability 40 power$300 No 118 country Boy FF Jim Clem thoroughbred/OS/si 1/2A $300 No181 Bed check charlie AC Scale model Russian P1 trainer 09115 $300 No183 Anawer AC FF cabin 02 sized Replica Old-Timer $175 No 184Savilla AC Sport low-wing sailplane 80 wing hes excellent performance. $350 No 185 cheater Slow CL Slow Combat model Dan Rutherford frequent winner $275 No186 Fancy Pants AC Sport/Aerobatic low-wing has ply-skin fuselage 25sto45s $450 No 187 Big Boy FF Unlimited Class rubber model no frills great performer . $300 No 188Rockette FF model Jetex-type power Nationals winner. . No189 Vintage 11 AC Antique type old-time open fuse construction 60 - $475 No 190Snake CL Rat racer Dick Lambartlatest state art No 191 Mountaineer AC Slope Soarer Clarence Naughtgood can get . $375 No 192Chipmunk AC Scale winner 1976 world Championships Nate $900 No 193Stiletto CL stunt model McDonald winner 1976 FAI world Champs$375 No 194 Vol Libre FF rubber-powered wakefield Sob white Great winner $276 No 195 Hats Biplane AC acrobatic scale job takes 40/50 built-in muffler - $475 No 196Mirage Sherwood Buckstaffs Fast Combattwice Nats winner$250 No 198Sportater AC deBolt wing choice aerobatics/racing$375 No 199P3 AC Cos 09 Ace foam wings step up 049 jobs $350 No 201 Roll Out FF hand-launch glider has pop-up dethermalizer $100 No202 Avenger CL profile 049 uses sheet wing maneuverable $150 No203 Fokkerfl-VlilRClor45toBOTwosheets2-1/2scale $900 No204 CardboardflougleaM-2 CL 50 biplane 40 power less $10 expense. $600 No 205 Hot Rock AC aerobatics 19-40 engines Simple tail-dragger 0 No 206 Air Camper FF Pientenpol 1/2A Charming old-timer 2-sheets $300 No 207 LiveaeyflL 5 AC English homeboilt 3-chen.15s Exotic easy Good flier $500 No 208Swinger CL 1 /2A all-balsa swing-wing Fly fun use experiments$200 No 209Seaatrutz AC biplane 3 channels 19 wheels pontoone. 0 No210 Simplex FF years development wins049/051 No 211 Together IV CL Rather large impressive stunter 46 Consistent winner $375 No 212 Miss America AC Antique famous historic model 2 big sheets 36 40 . $925 No 213 Eliminator II CLClassA5peed asymmetricdesign record lob No214 Bumbled Bee Jean Pallets tail-first version Indoor Easy B 0 No215 Windlord Ken Bates AC flying wing sailplane highly competitive$550 No 216Muatang Al Meyers lovely CL P-51 46 Sport Scale Stunt$400 No217 RocketeerA Al Lidbergs 02 FF replica famed Schoenbrun old-timer $200 No216 RC Fairchild Ranger 24 AMA Sport Scale 2big sheets $1000 No 219 FF Fokker Universal Jumbo-sized rubber scale model Bill Noonan $500 No 220 CL Bobcat John Kiladonks Slow Ratlatest state art $150 No 221 RC Insider indoorsand out Electric power pulse rudder $300 No 222Winterhewk AC standard class sailplane rugged excellent soarer$350 No 223 Fly Baby CL Scale model Pete Bowers homebuiltfor 35-40 AC engine $375 No 224 Horsefly AC sport job Ace pulse rudderlesa than$I00with radio . $250 No 225 Ole Reliable AC 70 version 38 oldtimer REM controls 19-25 $426 No 226 Spitfire CL profile 2 versionsbuilt-up solidl stunter 35 0 Circle numbers plans wish order 101 103 104 112 118121123124125131134136141146149155159 165166168169174177178181183184185186187 188189190191192193194195196198199201202 203204205206207208209210211212213214215 216217218219220221222223224225226227228 Please print carefullyEnclosed $______________________ NAME STREET I CITY STATEZIP_____ Price includes first-class postage Send Check money order payable Mode/Aviation AMA 815 Fifteenth St NW Washington DC 20005 L rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn 1 Because its troubles far clear good bad airplane really Wade recalls very good very maneuverable very comfortable no trouble land ing visibility fine excellent design speed combination hard landings apparent weakness wing spelled doom what poten tially fastest airplane world No American propeller-driven airplane would ever again try Absolute World Speed Record crash Time Flies part end era ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control88 Andrews Aircraft Model Co90 Cleveland Model & Supply Co96 Coverite98 Cox Hobbies Inc. de Front Cover Davis Diesel Development92 DGM Industries94 Du-Bro Products89 EK-Products7 Experimental Aircraft Association lyline Models84 Fox Mfg Company7 Fusite Emerson Electric Co101 Gilberts Electronics Corp97 Carl Goldberg Models5 Grish Brothers HB Engines103 Hobbypoxy87 K&BMfg91 Kraft Southwestern Inc100 Kustom Kraftsmanship94 Midwest Model Products6 Model Builder83 Modernistic Models96 Morrison Repla-Tech100 Pactra Industries82 Peck-Polymers102 Pica Enterprises94 Progress Mfg Company56 Sig Mfg Company3 Sterling Models Inc99 Tatone Products Inc93 Top Flite Models Inc3 Westport International Inc85 Williams Brothers86 World EnginesBack Cover 104 Model Aviation Full-Size Plan List Available complete listing plans pre viously published mag azine through No 224 may obtained free charge writing enclose stamped self-addressed business-size envelope Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/07
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 102, 103, 104
Above A remarkably clean design its dayit test-hopped 1936Time Flies intended break transcontinental record 352-mph landplane speed record held Hughes Racer Its 1150-hp Twin Wasp made powerful radial-single-engine plane its time Below man machine Frank Hawks famous intercity speed dashes held scores long-distance records IT SEEMED have absolutely every- maybe normal supply luckplane its day powthing airplane needs go fast ExceptIt cleanest radical-engined air-erful Howell Miller designer cleanest powerful radial engined airplane its day sleek racer seemed destined career record smashing U Don Berliner Drawings Harry Robinson learned trade chief engineer Granville Brothers building GeeBees Frank Hawks pilot already scores long-distance records credit Time Flies aimed trans continental speed record world speed record over short course just about everything between could have taken lot speed records seems obvious destined have two days glory would come after Hawks death airplane form hardly dreamed its originators scheme first considered Hawks Miller world speed record stood 352 mph achieved little-known young Howard Hughes sleek all-metal machine now hangs majestically National Air & Space Museum beat Hughes would necessary greatly reduce drag and/or greatly increase power since Hughes Racer masterpiece contemporary design airplane began take shape Millers drawing board 1935 looked exceedingly clean also looked bit peculiar since lacked popular pro trusion called windshield gain speed effective technique drag reduc tion Miller eliminated wind shield canopy making chanically retractable top fuselage would lay flush except during takeoff landing engine also step ahead Hughes 1000 hp being Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp used special permis sion Army Air Corps ground tests produced 1150 hp very new 3-bladed constant-speed Hamilton Standard pro peller fitted potent engine giv ing effective power unit industry could provide Just about piece equipment Gruen Watch Co sponsored Time Flies last word instruments long-distance flight included Sperry gyroscopic autopilot gyro-magnetic compass exhaust gas analyzer both LF UHF radios antennas latter being buried within air planes structure 1936 pretty futuristic stuff Construction machine quite modern however undoubt edly played major role its downfall fuselage welded up chromemolybdenum steel tubing covered plywood wings three spruce-andplywood box spars plywood ribs ply wood covering 1936 fairly Continued page 102 Retractable landing gear cockpit canopy toppea oii all-out effort ror sIlck-as-a-wnlstle connguratlon Mner several sensational city-to-city flights bad landing resulted broken wing sparTime Flies never same although curious adventures lay ahead July1978 49 Hawks Military Racerfollowing 1938 conversion Military Aircraft Corp proto type fighter unsightly greenhousewas flown Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade informal test McCook Field outpaced both P-32A Hawk Republic P-35 KITS PLANS SSORIES DAli ACE 17 SPAN STOCK NO PP IS KIT $425 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$423 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPSE J3 CUR$329 PSETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPORT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 PROC ROG$139 KITS 0 PLANS S ACCESSORIES REAL JAPANESE TISSUEPROPS COMPLETE CATALOG HARD TO PING ITEMS pP 0 BOX 2490 -AMA LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE 17141 469J675 6 may come up incomplete preparation certainly wont Youll need high goal resist urge build latest all-time high-lift special 27to-l aspect ratio whatever instead ordinary layout will make youre contest ready high goal re member flying decides contest cant anything competition until youve done prac ticemany times goal trip watch Russians fly learn worked far came back Denmark maxed out Taft semi finals doing some things hadnt done before Areas can improve comparison Russians field mobility zooms air-picking extreme conditionsdead calm high winds Hopefully article will fuel efforts solving problems have questions about write will try answer address 1030 Avenue D Redondo Beach Calif ornia 90277 Time Flies/Berliner continued page 49 conventional way building airplane airplane intended very high speed really far-sighted designers busily switching all-metal con struction first test hop Time Flies made October 1936 GeeBee plant Springfield MA Frank Hawks control claimed totally satisfied its performance plane has speed racer pract ticability rn transport plane Its smoothest swiftest sound est ship ever piloted view subse quent events tempted take words grain salt Calculations Howell Miller indicated streamlined white plane should have top speed 375 mph cruising speed 340 mph cruising range 1500 miles flurry record break ing seemed matter time Tests moving along well until January 1937 Hawks encountered first what long string problems landing gear Following flight claimed have hit 320 mph 4000 feet altitude found could lower landing gear fully bellied Rentschler Field Hartford CT damaging underside pro peller Upon inspection fur glove found wedged retraction mechanism early spring damage repaired tests proceeded well enough justify attempting first what hoped would public speed runs Hawks took off Washing ton DC 1030 morning April 3 1937 landed North Beach Airport just south what now LaGuardia Field NY just 48 minutes later Current flying time DC-9 equipped scheduled airlines 55-60 minutes Hawks ground speed close 270 mph against 30-mph headwind brought air speed 300 mph thing appeared ready bigger better things come Just 10 days later first major test Time Flies began Right after breakfast Hawks climbed white bullet set off Miami FL almost 1100 miles away Four hours 55 minutes later time lunch As soon pilot airplane re-fueled Hawks got back fired up north Four hours 21 minutes flying later came land Newark NJ ready complete announced goal breakfast Hart ford lunch Miami dinner New York flight south gone perfectly needing 1900 rpm Hawks claimed just 40% power average 220 mph return trip bit tougher headwinds crosswinds forcing him climb 15000 feet run 2000 rpm boosted speed 230 mph leg Only thing really went wrong landing Newark sort greenest rookies would try deny experienced Hawks touched down hard Time Flies bounced far back air came down again 200 feet further along runway its tail wobbling its wings fluttering according New York Times reporter still almost out control Hawks heard loud crack main wheels hit pavement third time managed get careening air plane stopped before ran out runway finally halted right wing hung limp Back hangar dis covered spar given way during hard-bouncing landing initial reaction pilots engineers scene spar faulty begin cold fact Time Flies broken airplane Strictly speaking Time Flies never again flew least under name nor its well known shape Shortly after disastrous landing Hawks announced retirement speed flying go work Gwinn Cowhich working bulbous little biplane supposed fool-proof Late 1937 Herman Wurster raised landplane speed record 380 mph prototype Messerschmitt 109s effectively put record beyond reach Time Flies could re built attempt During 1938 machine acquired Military Aircraft Co set out repair convert proto type pursuit plane obvious change replacement racingstyle flush canopy large green house made once super-sleek craft look like caricature Japanese torpedo bomber progress slow months nothing seemed happening August 1938 project suddenly back news August 23 Hawks took off Gwinn safety plane what supposed routine demonstration some potential inves tors tried go between some trees hit high tension lines crashed field Hawks passenger killed instantly almost exactly same time TnAmerican Aviation Inc bought Time Flies called Hawks Military Racer HM-l re-registered NX-2491 Hoping sell production version Chinese already deep war Japan Tn-American arranged have flown Cleveland Air Races pioneer Army pilot TAAs chief stockholder Leigh Wade good showing Cleveland might finally bring longsuffering airplane some commercial suc cess Wade though now 80 years old never theless has very clear memories brief romance ex-Time Flies went Springfield flew airplane down Hartford because little field big enough really safe land ings got ready run speed course taking off Pratt & Whitney airport couldnt get gear up came up part way couldnt get down ctric motor 102 Model Aviation FLY WITU g35R Ga 3 pGWER 0 WALMUT SCALE ASK FOR OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL SEALER IF NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 601 POSTAGE BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND S SIZES OP TANKS EROWN ENGINES MUST RE ORDERED DIRECT FROM PECK-POLYMERS HB Engines have now well accepted modeling public available ever creasing number dealers too may now enjoy RO CL flying power boating car racing HB Engines pre cision made power performance re liability HB Engine includes Perry carburetor several models offer POP Perry Directional Porting increased power speed up 1500 RPMs Sizes available 12 15 20 25 40 50 61 displace ment Let HB precision maneuverability speed satisfy Baron complete catalog see local dealer write us directly parts available stock pt service assured Dealership inquiries invited sufficient fearful would have make belly landing gear part-way down would have catastrophe putting up little down little until finally got landing gear down came landed found out reason firewall made primarily asbestos controls went through firewall left little bit material would fly around get gear stick corrected didnt have time run speed run before going Cleveland So gassed up meant non-stop run cruised fast no difficulty making Cleveland Getting getting airplane ready short test hop before race didnt enable us get measurement its maximum speed first accurate timing HM-l version Time Flies came during qualify ing trials Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade timed two laps 10-mile course 264 mph placed fourth behind Roscoe Turner 281 mph Earl Ortman 270 mph Art Chester 268 mph Considering low time airplane complete lack pylon racing experience during preceding decade wasnt bad proto type military pursuit plane figured Pratt & Whitney people cruising first half race could open up fly full-out remaining half other racers would drop out race itd easier fly full speed time ran low fuel about six minutes earlier calculated cruising quickly estimate what could rest race flew fast possibly could figuring make turned last pylon turned come land. landed didnt have enough gasoline taxi hangar despite fuel consumption prob lems Leigh Wade finished creditable fourth 2498 mph Roscoe Turner won easily record 283 mph followed Earl Ortman 270 mph Steve Witt man 259 mph Just 3 seconds behind Wade after almost 1 hours racing Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Racer Turner won 1934 Thomp son Hawks Military Racer rolled hangar Cleveland Airport inspected found bolt holes through landing gear attaching spar elongated Apparently insufficient bushing material through wooden spar landing done its dirty work hastily repaired race over decided fly Dayton Wade recalled pur pose showing Army Air Corps Having old McCook Field test pilot knew people wasnt too difficult arrange little demonstration. take up experimental fighter planes would fly alongside us see much faster were thing didnt have open up couldnt keep up Gen Wade couldnt remember Army pursuits sent up against him would ap pear probably Curtiss P 36A Hawk Republic P-35 either Boeing YP-29A Bell XFM-l Army wasnt interested particular moment Wade said cause all-wood construction interested using same design metal construction So therefore decided return air plane Springfield Wade flew back Cleveland Earl Ortman took East Coast Wade returned business interests South America Tn-American prepared Ortman fly Hawks airplane speed dash New York San Diego October 10 1938 never October 3 Ortman testing airplane near East Hartford CT wing ripped off able jump free parachute down safely airplane crashed barn burned completely end everything Chinese lost interest design suf fered major structural failure never very much Army interest Hawks gone drive ideas flair publicity gotten machine far July1978 103 HB ENGINES Bavarian Precision Products Co formerly Helmut Bernhardt Precision Movements Co PO Rox 6 New Canaan Ct 06840 203 966-8781 FULL-SIZE PLANS No 227 AG-i Agrivation $400 RC 4-channel 25 40 engines realistic trike gear low wing No 228 Fighters Two$200 CL 1/2A balsa profiles Japanese Nate US P-26 Peashooter No 101 Short Seamew 40-powered Class i Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations $300 No103 Kloud King 15-19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF $400 No 104 whey Post Bipiane Petite durablescaledesignfor eitherrubber tail wagger pulse rudder$225 No 112 Sneat sport AC glider simple job can flown engine $275 No118 GoilyGeeWhiz Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns onadime 0 No121 Gremlin Sturdy aerobatic AC biplane files well 35s up 60s $300 No 123 4-Bits 40-powered RC 600 Club Racer has winning ways Good sport too $400 No124 Semi-Pro Contest-winning HL glider has pop-up tail dethermalizer $100 No125 HaIf-Korda rubber John Oldenkamps 1/2-size eli-balsa Old-Timer $175 No 131 Gae Bee Model Y 40-powered RC stand-off scale great old-time racers $500 No 134Calliato superb 5tandard Class AC sailplane also took Hats first $400 No 136 FieselerStorob AC scale model 23-45 S-channel has both slots flaps $400 No 141 Blackburn Monoplane AC Scale rendition history-maker wheels floats 40 engine $450 No146 QuickSilver RC 1/2A Pylon Racer incorporates latest techniques $200 No 149 comedian AC fun-fly aerobatic biplane good looker 40 60 $400 No166 Tellipaoar AC Standard Class sailplane wins stand-out performance $1000 No 159Tercal Keith Trostles 1/2A CL Stunt ship flies excellent pattern$200 No 165 MIdget Mustang CL 1975-1976 Natawinning Goodyear byJohn Ballard $200 No 166 Nothing Fancy AC biplane 35 engines pretty handles beautifully $825 No 168Simitar ACa spectacular flying-wing 15 fin-mounted tractor$300 No169 Dennyplene AC version famed cabin model kit 193719-25 $400 No 174 Iron flog AC Quarter Midget Bell Airacobra hex won Pylon contests $400 No 177Zonker AC canard baa pattern capability 40 power$300 No 118 country Boy FF Jim Clem thoroughbred/OS/si 1/2A $300 No181 Bed check charlie AC Scale model Russian P1 trainer 09115 $300 No183 Anawer AC FF cabin 02 sized Replica Old-Timer $175 No 184Savilla AC Sport low-wing sailplane 80 wing hes excellent performance. $350 No 185 cheater Slow CL Slow Combat model Dan Rutherford frequent winner $275 No186 Fancy Pants AC Sport/Aerobatic low-wing has ply-skin fuselage 25sto45s $450 No 187 Big Boy FF Unlimited Class rubber model no frills great performer . $300 No 188Rockette FF model Jetex-type power Nationals winner. . No189 Vintage 11 AC Antique type old-time open fuse construction 60 - $475 No 190Snake CL Rat racer Dick Lambartlatest state art No 191 Mountaineer AC Slope Soarer Clarence Naughtgood can get . $375 No 192Chipmunk AC Scale winner 1976 world Championships Nate $900 No 193Stiletto CL stunt model McDonald winner 1976 FAI world Champs$375 No 194 Vol Libre FF rubber-powered wakefield Sob white Great winner $276 No 195 Hats Biplane AC acrobatic scale job takes 40/50 built-in muffler - $475 No 196Mirage Sherwood Buckstaffs Fast Combattwice Nats winner$250 No 198Sportater AC deBolt wing choice aerobatics/racing$375 No 199P3 AC Cos 09 Ace foam wings step up 049 jobs $350 No 201 Roll Out FF hand-launch glider has pop-up dethermalizer $100 No202 Avenger CL profile 049 uses sheet wing maneuverable $150 No203 Fokkerfl-VlilRClor45toBOTwosheets2-1/2scale $900 No204 CardboardflougleaM-2 CL 50 biplane 40 power less $10 expense. $600 No 205 Hot Rock AC aerobatics 19-40 engines Simple tail-dragger 0 No 206 Air Camper FF Pientenpol 1/2A Charming old-timer 2-sheets $300 No 207 LiveaeyflL 5 AC English homeboilt 3-chen.15s Exotic easy Good flier $500 No 208Swinger CL 1 /2A all-balsa swing-wing Fly fun use experiments$200 No 209Seaatrutz AC biplane 3 channels 19 wheels pontoone. 0 No210 Simplex FF years development wins049/051 No 211 Together IV CL Rather large impressive stunter 46 Consistent winner $375 No 212 Miss America AC Antique famous historic model 2 big sheets 36 40 . $925 No 213 Eliminator II CLClassA5peed asymmetricdesign record lob No214 Bumbled Bee Jean Pallets tail-first version Indoor Easy B 0 No215 Windlord Ken Bates AC flying wing sailplane highly competitive$550 No 216Muatang Al Meyers lovely CL P-51 46 Sport Scale Stunt$400 No217 RocketeerA Al Lidbergs 02 FF replica famed Schoenbrun old-timer $200 No216 RC Fairchild Ranger 24 AMA Sport Scale 2big sheets $1000 No 219 FF Fokker Universal Jumbo-sized rubber scale model Bill Noonan $500 No 220 CL Bobcat John Kiladonks Slow Ratlatest state art $150 No 221 RC Insider indoorsand out Electric power pulse rudder $300 No 222Winterhewk AC standard class sailplane rugged excellent soarer$350 No 223 Fly Baby CL Scale model Pete Bowers homebuiltfor 35-40 AC engine $375 No 224 Horsefly AC sport job Ace pulse rudderlesa than$I00with radio . $250 No 225 Ole Reliable AC 70 version 38 oldtimer REM controls 19-25 $426 No 226 Spitfire CL profile 2 versionsbuilt-up solidl stunter 35 0 Circle numbers plans wish order 101 103 104 112 118121123124125131134136141146149155159 165166168169174177178181183184185186187 188189190191192193194195196198199201202 203204205206207208209210211212213214215 216217218219220221222223224225226227228 Please print carefullyEnclosed $______________________ NAME STREET I CITY STATEZIP_____ Price includes first-class postage Send Check money order payable Mode/Aviation AMA 815 Fifteenth St NW Washington DC 20005 L rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn 1 Because its troubles far clear good bad airplane really Wade recalls very good very maneuverable very comfortable no trouble land ing visibility fine excellent design speed combination hard landings apparent weakness wing spelled doom what poten tially fastest airplane world No American propeller-driven airplane would ever again try Absolute World Speed Record crash Time Flies part end era ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control88 Andrews Aircraft Model Co90 Cleveland Model & Supply Co96 Coverite98 Cox Hobbies Inc. de Front Cover Davis Diesel Development92 DGM Industries94 Du-Bro Products89 EK-Products7 Experimental Aircraft Association lyline Models84 Fox Mfg Company7 Fusite Emerson Electric Co101 Gilberts Electronics Corp97 Carl Goldberg Models5 Grish Brothers HB Engines103 Hobbypoxy87 K&BMfg91 Kraft Southwestern Inc100 Kustom Kraftsmanship94 Midwest Model Products6 Model Builder83 Modernistic Models96 Morrison Repla-Tech100 Pactra Industries82 Peck-Polymers102 Pica Enterprises94 Progress Mfg Company56 Sig Mfg Company3 Sterling Models Inc99 Tatone Products Inc93 Top Flite Models Inc3 Westport International Inc85 Williams Brothers86 World EnginesBack Cover 104 Model Aviation Full-Size Plan List Available complete listing plans pre viously published mag azine through No 224 may obtained free charge writing enclose stamped self-addressed business-size envelope Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/07
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 102, 103, 104
Above A remarkably clean design its dayit test-hopped 1936Time Flies intended break transcontinental record 352-mph landplane speed record held Hughes Racer Its 1150-hp Twin Wasp made powerful radial-single-engine plane its time Below man machine Frank Hawks famous intercity speed dashes held scores long-distance records IT SEEMED have absolutely every- maybe normal supply luckplane its day powthing airplane needs go fast ExceptIt cleanest radical-engined air-erful Howell Miller designer cleanest powerful radial engined airplane its day sleek racer seemed destined career record smashing U Don Berliner Drawings Harry Robinson learned trade chief engineer Granville Brothers building GeeBees Frank Hawks pilot already scores long-distance records credit Time Flies aimed trans continental speed record world speed record over short course just about everything between could have taken lot speed records seems obvious destined have two days glory would come after Hawks death airplane form hardly dreamed its originators scheme first considered Hawks Miller world speed record stood 352 mph achieved little-known young Howard Hughes sleek all-metal machine now hangs majestically National Air & Space Museum beat Hughes would necessary greatly reduce drag and/or greatly increase power since Hughes Racer masterpiece contemporary design airplane began take shape Millers drawing board 1935 looked exceedingly clean also looked bit peculiar since lacked popular pro trusion called windshield gain speed effective technique drag reduc tion Miller eliminated wind shield canopy making chanically retractable top fuselage would lay flush except during takeoff landing engine also step ahead Hughes 1000 hp being Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp used special permis sion Army Air Corps ground tests produced 1150 hp very new 3-bladed constant-speed Hamilton Standard pro peller fitted potent engine giv ing effective power unit industry could provide Just about piece equipment Gruen Watch Co sponsored Time Flies last word instruments long-distance flight included Sperry gyroscopic autopilot gyro-magnetic compass exhaust gas analyzer both LF UHF radios antennas latter being buried within air planes structure 1936 pretty futuristic stuff Construction machine quite modern however undoubt edly played major role its downfall fuselage welded up chromemolybdenum steel tubing covered plywood wings three spruce-andplywood box spars plywood ribs ply wood covering 1936 fairly Continued page 102 Retractable landing gear cockpit canopy toppea oii all-out effort ror sIlck-as-a-wnlstle connguratlon Mner several sensational city-to-city flights bad landing resulted broken wing sparTime Flies never same although curious adventures lay ahead July1978 49 Hawks Military Racerfollowing 1938 conversion Military Aircraft Corp proto type fighter unsightly greenhousewas flown Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade informal test McCook Field outpaced both P-32A Hawk Republic P-35 KITS PLANS SSORIES DAli ACE 17 SPAN STOCK NO PP IS KIT $425 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$423 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPSE J3 CUR$329 PSETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPORT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 PROC ROG$139 KITS 0 PLANS S ACCESSORIES REAL JAPANESE TISSUEPROPS COMPLETE CATALOG HARD TO PING ITEMS pP 0 BOX 2490 -AMA LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE 17141 469J675 6 may come up incomplete preparation certainly wont Youll need high goal resist urge build latest all-time high-lift special 27to-l aspect ratio whatever instead ordinary layout will make youre contest ready high goal re member flying decides contest cant anything competition until youve done prac ticemany times goal trip watch Russians fly learn worked far came back Denmark maxed out Taft semi finals doing some things hadnt done before Areas can improve comparison Russians field mobility zooms air-picking extreme conditionsdead calm high winds Hopefully article will fuel efforts solving problems have questions about write will try answer address 1030 Avenue D Redondo Beach Calif ornia 90277 Time Flies/Berliner continued page 49 conventional way building airplane airplane intended very high speed really far-sighted designers busily switching all-metal con struction first test hop Time Flies made October 1936 GeeBee plant Springfield MA Frank Hawks control claimed totally satisfied its performance plane has speed racer pract ticability rn transport plane Its smoothest swiftest sound est ship ever piloted view subse quent events tempted take words grain salt Calculations Howell Miller indicated streamlined white plane should have top speed 375 mph cruising speed 340 mph cruising range 1500 miles flurry record break ing seemed matter time Tests moving along well until January 1937 Hawks encountered first what long string problems landing gear Following flight claimed have hit 320 mph 4000 feet altitude found could lower landing gear fully bellied Rentschler Field Hartford CT damaging underside pro peller Upon inspection fur glove found wedged retraction mechanism early spring damage repaired tests proceeded well enough justify attempting first what hoped would public speed runs Hawks took off Washing ton DC 1030 morning April 3 1937 landed North Beach Airport just south what now LaGuardia Field NY just 48 minutes later Current flying time DC-9 equipped scheduled airlines 55-60 minutes Hawks ground speed close 270 mph against 30-mph headwind brought air speed 300 mph thing appeared ready bigger better things come Just 10 days later first major test Time Flies began Right after breakfast Hawks climbed white bullet set off Miami FL almost 1100 miles away Four hours 55 minutes later time lunch As soon pilot airplane re-fueled Hawks got back fired up north Four hours 21 minutes flying later came land Newark NJ ready complete announced goal breakfast Hart ford lunch Miami dinner New York flight south gone perfectly needing 1900 rpm Hawks claimed just 40% power average 220 mph return trip bit tougher headwinds crosswinds forcing him climb 15000 feet run 2000 rpm boosted speed 230 mph leg Only thing really went wrong landing Newark sort greenest rookies would try deny experienced Hawks touched down hard Time Flies bounced far back air came down again 200 feet further along runway its tail wobbling its wings fluttering according New York Times reporter still almost out control Hawks heard loud crack main wheels hit pavement third time managed get careening air plane stopped before ran out runway finally halted right wing hung limp Back hangar dis covered spar given way during hard-bouncing landing initial reaction pilots engineers scene spar faulty begin cold fact Time Flies broken airplane Strictly speaking Time Flies never again flew least under name nor its well known shape Shortly after disastrous landing Hawks announced retirement speed flying go work Gwinn Cowhich working bulbous little biplane supposed fool-proof Late 1937 Herman Wurster raised landplane speed record 380 mph prototype Messerschmitt 109s effectively put record beyond reach Time Flies could re built attempt During 1938 machine acquired Military Aircraft Co set out repair convert proto type pursuit plane obvious change replacement racingstyle flush canopy large green house made once super-sleek craft look like caricature Japanese torpedo bomber progress slow months nothing seemed happening August 1938 project suddenly back news August 23 Hawks took off Gwinn safety plane what supposed routine demonstration some potential inves tors tried go between some trees hit high tension lines crashed field Hawks passenger killed instantly almost exactly same time TnAmerican Aviation Inc bought Time Flies called Hawks Military Racer HM-l re-registered NX-2491 Hoping sell production version Chinese already deep war Japan Tn-American arranged have flown Cleveland Air Races pioneer Army pilot TAAs chief stockholder Leigh Wade good showing Cleveland might finally bring longsuffering airplane some commercial suc cess Wade though now 80 years old never theless has very clear memories brief romance ex-Time Flies went Springfield flew airplane down Hartford because little field big enough really safe land ings got ready run speed course taking off Pratt & Whitney airport couldnt get gear up came up part way couldnt get down ctric motor 102 Model Aviation FLY WITU g35R Ga 3 pGWER 0 WALMUT SCALE ASK FOR OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL SEALER IF NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 601 POSTAGE BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND S SIZES OP TANKS EROWN ENGINES MUST RE ORDERED DIRECT FROM PECK-POLYMERS HB Engines have now well accepted modeling public available ever creasing number dealers too may now enjoy RO CL flying power boating car racing HB Engines pre cision made power performance re liability HB Engine includes Perry carburetor several models offer POP Perry Directional Porting increased power speed up 1500 RPMs Sizes available 12 15 20 25 40 50 61 displace ment Let HB precision maneuverability speed satisfy Baron complete catalog see local dealer write us directly parts available stock pt service assured Dealership inquiries invited sufficient fearful would have make belly landing gear part-way down would have catastrophe putting up little down little until finally got landing gear down came landed found out reason firewall made primarily asbestos controls went through firewall left little bit material would fly around get gear stick corrected didnt have time run speed run before going Cleveland So gassed up meant non-stop run cruised fast no difficulty making Cleveland Getting getting airplane ready short test hop before race didnt enable us get measurement its maximum speed first accurate timing HM-l version Time Flies came during qualify ing trials Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade timed two laps 10-mile course 264 mph placed fourth behind Roscoe Turner 281 mph Earl Ortman 270 mph Art Chester 268 mph Considering low time airplane complete lack pylon racing experience during preceding decade wasnt bad proto type military pursuit plane figured Pratt & Whitney people cruising first half race could open up fly full-out remaining half other racers would drop out race itd easier fly full speed time ran low fuel about six minutes earlier calculated cruising quickly estimate what could rest race flew fast possibly could figuring make turned last pylon turned come land. landed didnt have enough gasoline taxi hangar despite fuel consumption prob lems Leigh Wade finished creditable fourth 2498 mph Roscoe Turner won easily record 283 mph followed Earl Ortman 270 mph Steve Witt man 259 mph Just 3 seconds behind Wade after almost 1 hours racing Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Racer Turner won 1934 Thomp son Hawks Military Racer rolled hangar Cleveland Airport inspected found bolt holes through landing gear attaching spar elongated Apparently insufficient bushing material through wooden spar landing done its dirty work hastily repaired race over decided fly Dayton Wade recalled pur pose showing Army Air Corps Having old McCook Field test pilot knew people wasnt too difficult arrange little demonstration. take up experimental fighter planes would fly alongside us see much faster were thing didnt have open up couldnt keep up Gen Wade couldnt remember Army pursuits sent up against him would ap pear probably Curtiss P 36A Hawk Republic P-35 either Boeing YP-29A Bell XFM-l Army wasnt interested particular moment Wade said cause all-wood construction interested using same design metal construction So therefore decided return air plane Springfield Wade flew back Cleveland Earl Ortman took East Coast Wade returned business interests South America Tn-American prepared Ortman fly Hawks airplane speed dash New York San Diego October 10 1938 never October 3 Ortman testing airplane near East Hartford CT wing ripped off able jump free parachute down safely airplane crashed barn burned completely end everything Chinese lost interest design suf fered major structural failure never very much Army interest Hawks gone drive ideas flair publicity gotten machine far July1978 103 HB ENGINES Bavarian Precision Products Co formerly Helmut Bernhardt Precision Movements Co PO Rox 6 New Canaan Ct 06840 203 966-8781 FULL-SIZE PLANS No 227 AG-i Agrivation $400 RC 4-channel 25 40 engines realistic trike gear low wing No 228 Fighters Two$200 CL 1/2A balsa profiles Japanese Nate US P-26 Peashooter No 101 Short Seamew 40-powered Class i Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations $300 No103 Kloud King 15-19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF $400 No 104 whey Post Bipiane Petite durablescaledesignfor eitherrubber tail wagger pulse rudder$225 No 112 Sneat sport AC glider simple job can flown engine $275 No118 GoilyGeeWhiz Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns onadime 0 No121 Gremlin Sturdy aerobatic AC biplane files well 35s up 60s $300 No 123 4-Bits 40-powered RC 600 Club Racer has winning ways Good sport too $400 No124 Semi-Pro Contest-winning HL glider has pop-up tail dethermalizer $100 No125 HaIf-Korda rubber John Oldenkamps 1/2-size eli-balsa Old-Timer $175 No 131 Gae Bee Model Y 40-powered RC stand-off scale great old-time racers $500 No 134Calliato superb 5tandard Class AC sailplane also took Hats first $400 No 136 FieselerStorob AC scale model 23-45 S-channel has both slots flaps $400 No 141 Blackburn Monoplane AC Scale rendition history-maker wheels floats 40 engine $450 No146 QuickSilver RC 1/2A Pylon Racer incorporates latest techniques $200 No 149 comedian AC fun-fly aerobatic biplane good looker 40 60 $400 No166 Tellipaoar AC Standard Class sailplane wins stand-out performance $1000 No 159Tercal Keith Trostles 1/2A CL Stunt ship flies excellent pattern$200 No 165 MIdget Mustang CL 1975-1976 Natawinning Goodyear byJohn Ballard $200 No 166 Nothing Fancy AC biplane 35 engines pretty handles beautifully $825 No 168Simitar ACa spectacular flying-wing 15 fin-mounted tractor$300 No169 Dennyplene AC version famed cabin model kit 193719-25 $400 No 174 Iron flog AC Quarter Midget Bell Airacobra hex won Pylon contests $400 No 177Zonker AC canard baa pattern capability 40 power$300 No 118 country Boy FF Jim Clem thoroughbred/OS/si 1/2A $300 No181 Bed check charlie AC Scale model Russian P1 trainer 09115 $300 No183 Anawer AC FF cabin 02 sized Replica Old-Timer $175 No 184Savilla AC Sport low-wing sailplane 80 wing hes excellent performance. $350 No 185 cheater Slow CL Slow Combat model Dan Rutherford frequent winner $275 No186 Fancy Pants AC Sport/Aerobatic low-wing has ply-skin fuselage 25sto45s $450 No 187 Big Boy FF Unlimited Class rubber model no frills great performer . $300 No 188Rockette FF model Jetex-type power Nationals winner. . No189 Vintage 11 AC Antique type old-time open fuse construction 60 - $475 No 190Snake CL Rat racer Dick Lambartlatest state art No 191 Mountaineer AC Slope Soarer Clarence Naughtgood can get . $375 No 192Chipmunk AC Scale winner 1976 world Championships Nate $900 No 193Stiletto CL stunt model McDonald winner 1976 FAI world Champs$375 No 194 Vol Libre FF rubber-powered wakefield Sob white Great winner $276 No 195 Hats Biplane AC acrobatic scale job takes 40/50 built-in muffler - $475 No 196Mirage Sherwood Buckstaffs Fast Combattwice Nats winner$250 No 198Sportater AC deBolt wing choice aerobatics/racing$375 No 199P3 AC Cos 09 Ace foam wings step up 049 jobs $350 No 201 Roll Out FF hand-launch glider has pop-up dethermalizer $100 No202 Avenger CL profile 049 uses sheet wing maneuverable $150 No203 Fokkerfl-VlilRClor45toBOTwosheets2-1/2scale $900 No204 CardboardflougleaM-2 CL 50 biplane 40 power less $10 expense. $600 No 205 Hot Rock AC aerobatics 19-40 engines Simple tail-dragger 0 No 206 Air Camper FF Pientenpol 1/2A Charming old-timer 2-sheets $300 No 207 LiveaeyflL 5 AC English homeboilt 3-chen.15s Exotic easy Good flier $500 No 208Swinger CL 1 /2A all-balsa swing-wing Fly fun use experiments$200 No 209Seaatrutz AC biplane 3 channels 19 wheels pontoone. 0 No210 Simplex FF years development wins049/051 No 211 Together IV CL Rather large impressive stunter 46 Consistent winner $375 No 212 Miss America AC Antique famous historic model 2 big sheets 36 40 . $925 No 213 Eliminator II CLClassA5peed asymmetricdesign record lob No214 Bumbled Bee Jean Pallets tail-first version Indoor Easy B 0 No215 Windlord Ken Bates AC flying wing sailplane highly competitive$550 No 216Muatang Al Meyers lovely CL P-51 46 Sport Scale Stunt$400 No217 RocketeerA Al Lidbergs 02 FF replica famed Schoenbrun old-timer $200 No216 RC Fairchild Ranger 24 AMA Sport Scale 2big sheets $1000 No 219 FF Fokker Universal Jumbo-sized rubber scale model Bill Noonan $500 No 220 CL Bobcat John Kiladonks Slow Ratlatest state art $150 No 221 RC Insider indoorsand out Electric power pulse rudder $300 No 222Winterhewk AC standard class sailplane rugged excellent soarer$350 No 223 Fly Baby CL Scale model Pete Bowers homebuiltfor 35-40 AC engine $375 No 224 Horsefly AC sport job Ace pulse rudderlesa than$I00with radio . $250 No 225 Ole Reliable AC 70 version 38 oldtimer REM controls 19-25 $426 No 226 Spitfire CL profile 2 versionsbuilt-up solidl stunter 35 0 Circle numbers plans wish order 101 103 104 112 118121123124125131134136141146149155159 165166168169174177178181183184185186187 188189190191192193194195196198199201202 203204205206207208209210211212213214215 216217218219220221222223224225226227228 Please print carefullyEnclosed $______________________ NAME STREET I CITY STATEZIP_____ Price includes first-class postage Send Check money order payable Mode/Aviation AMA 815 Fifteenth St NW Washington DC 20005 L rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn 1 Because its troubles far clear good bad airplane really Wade recalls very good very maneuverable very comfortable no trouble land ing visibility fine excellent design speed combination hard landings apparent weakness wing spelled doom what poten tially fastest airplane world No American propeller-driven airplane would ever again try Absolute World Speed Record crash Time Flies part end era ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control88 Andrews Aircraft Model Co90 Cleveland Model & Supply Co96 Coverite98 Cox Hobbies Inc. de Front Cover Davis Diesel Development92 DGM Industries94 Du-Bro Products89 EK-Products7 Experimental Aircraft Association lyline Models84 Fox Mfg Company7 Fusite Emerson Electric Co101 Gilberts Electronics Corp97 Carl Goldberg Models5 Grish Brothers HB Engines103 Hobbypoxy87 K&BMfg91 Kraft Southwestern Inc100 Kustom Kraftsmanship94 Midwest Model Products6 Model Builder83 Modernistic Models96 Morrison Repla-Tech100 Pactra Industries82 Peck-Polymers102 Pica Enterprises94 Progress Mfg Company56 Sig Mfg Company3 Sterling Models Inc99 Tatone Products Inc93 Top Flite Models Inc3 Westport International Inc85 Williams Brothers86 World EnginesBack Cover 104 Model Aviation Full-Size Plan List Available complete listing plans pre viously published mag azine through No 224 may obtained free charge writing enclose stamped self-addressed business-size envelope Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/07
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 102, 103, 104
Above A remarkably clean design its dayit test-hopped 1936Time Flies intended break transcontinental record 352-mph landplane speed record held Hughes Racer Its 1150-hp Twin Wasp made powerful radial-single-engine plane its time Below man machine Frank Hawks famous intercity speed dashes held scores long-distance records IT SEEMED have absolutely every- maybe normal supply luckplane its day powthing airplane needs go fast ExceptIt cleanest radical-engined air-erful Howell Miller designer cleanest powerful radial engined airplane its day sleek racer seemed destined career record smashing U Don Berliner Drawings Harry Robinson learned trade chief engineer Granville Brothers building GeeBees Frank Hawks pilot already scores long-distance records credit Time Flies aimed trans continental speed record world speed record over short course just about everything between could have taken lot speed records seems obvious destined have two days glory would come after Hawks death airplane form hardly dreamed its originators scheme first considered Hawks Miller world speed record stood 352 mph achieved little-known young Howard Hughes sleek all-metal machine now hangs majestically National Air & Space Museum beat Hughes would necessary greatly reduce drag and/or greatly increase power since Hughes Racer masterpiece contemporary design airplane began take shape Millers drawing board 1935 looked exceedingly clean also looked bit peculiar since lacked popular pro trusion called windshield gain speed effective technique drag reduc tion Miller eliminated wind shield canopy making chanically retractable top fuselage would lay flush except during takeoff landing engine also step ahead Hughes 1000 hp being Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp used special permis sion Army Air Corps ground tests produced 1150 hp very new 3-bladed constant-speed Hamilton Standard pro peller fitted potent engine giv ing effective power unit industry could provide Just about piece equipment Gruen Watch Co sponsored Time Flies last word instruments long-distance flight included Sperry gyroscopic autopilot gyro-magnetic compass exhaust gas analyzer both LF UHF radios antennas latter being buried within air planes structure 1936 pretty futuristic stuff Construction machine quite modern however undoubt edly played major role its downfall fuselage welded up chromemolybdenum steel tubing covered plywood wings three spruce-andplywood box spars plywood ribs ply wood covering 1936 fairly Continued page 102 Retractable landing gear cockpit canopy toppea oii all-out effort ror sIlck-as-a-wnlstle connguratlon Mner several sensational city-to-city flights bad landing resulted broken wing sparTime Flies never same although curious adventures lay ahead July1978 49 Hawks Military Racerfollowing 1938 conversion Military Aircraft Corp proto type fighter unsightly greenhousewas flown Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade informal test McCook Field outpaced both P-32A Hawk Republic P-35 KITS PLANS SSORIES DAli ACE 17 SPAN STOCK NO PP IS KIT $425 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$423 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPSE J3 CUR$329 PSETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPORT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 PROC ROG$139 KITS 0 PLANS S ACCESSORIES REAL JAPANESE TISSUEPROPS COMPLETE CATALOG HARD TO PING ITEMS pP 0 BOX 2490 -AMA LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE 17141 469J675 6 may come up incomplete preparation certainly wont Youll need high goal resist urge build latest all-time high-lift special 27to-l aspect ratio whatever instead ordinary layout will make youre contest ready high goal re member flying decides contest cant anything competition until youve done prac ticemany times goal trip watch Russians fly learn worked far came back Denmark maxed out Taft semi finals doing some things hadnt done before Areas can improve comparison Russians field mobility zooms air-picking extreme conditionsdead calm high winds Hopefully article will fuel efforts solving problems have questions about write will try answer address 1030 Avenue D Redondo Beach Calif ornia 90277 Time Flies/Berliner continued page 49 conventional way building airplane airplane intended very high speed really far-sighted designers busily switching all-metal con struction first test hop Time Flies made October 1936 GeeBee plant Springfield MA Frank Hawks control claimed totally satisfied its performance plane has speed racer pract ticability rn transport plane Its smoothest swiftest sound est ship ever piloted view subse quent events tempted take words grain salt Calculations Howell Miller indicated streamlined white plane should have top speed 375 mph cruising speed 340 mph cruising range 1500 miles flurry record break ing seemed matter time Tests moving along well until January 1937 Hawks encountered first what long string problems landing gear Following flight claimed have hit 320 mph 4000 feet altitude found could lower landing gear fully bellied Rentschler Field Hartford CT damaging underside pro peller Upon inspection fur glove found wedged retraction mechanism early spring damage repaired tests proceeded well enough justify attempting first what hoped would public speed runs Hawks took off Washing ton DC 1030 morning April 3 1937 landed North Beach Airport just south what now LaGuardia Field NY just 48 minutes later Current flying time DC-9 equipped scheduled airlines 55-60 minutes Hawks ground speed close 270 mph against 30-mph headwind brought air speed 300 mph thing appeared ready bigger better things come Just 10 days later first major test Time Flies began Right after breakfast Hawks climbed white bullet set off Miami FL almost 1100 miles away Four hours 55 minutes later time lunch As soon pilot airplane re-fueled Hawks got back fired up north Four hours 21 minutes flying later came land Newark NJ ready complete announced goal breakfast Hart ford lunch Miami dinner New York flight south gone perfectly needing 1900 rpm Hawks claimed just 40% power average 220 mph return trip bit tougher headwinds crosswinds forcing him climb 15000 feet run 2000 rpm boosted speed 230 mph leg Only thing really went wrong landing Newark sort greenest rookies would try deny experienced Hawks touched down hard Time Flies bounced far back air came down again 200 feet further along runway its tail wobbling its wings fluttering according New York Times reporter still almost out control Hawks heard loud crack main wheels hit pavement third time managed get careening air plane stopped before ran out runway finally halted right wing hung limp Back hangar dis covered spar given way during hard-bouncing landing initial reaction pilots engineers scene spar faulty begin cold fact Time Flies broken airplane Strictly speaking Time Flies never again flew least under name nor its well known shape Shortly after disastrous landing Hawks announced retirement speed flying go work Gwinn Cowhich working bulbous little biplane supposed fool-proof Late 1937 Herman Wurster raised landplane speed record 380 mph prototype Messerschmitt 109s effectively put record beyond reach Time Flies could re built attempt During 1938 machine acquired Military Aircraft Co set out repair convert proto type pursuit plane obvious change replacement racingstyle flush canopy large green house made once super-sleek craft look like caricature Japanese torpedo bomber progress slow months nothing seemed happening August 1938 project suddenly back news August 23 Hawks took off Gwinn safety plane what supposed routine demonstration some potential inves tors tried go between some trees hit high tension lines crashed field Hawks passenger killed instantly almost exactly same time TnAmerican Aviation Inc bought Time Flies called Hawks Military Racer HM-l re-registered NX-2491 Hoping sell production version Chinese already deep war Japan Tn-American arranged have flown Cleveland Air Races pioneer Army pilot TAAs chief stockholder Leigh Wade good showing Cleveland might finally bring longsuffering airplane some commercial suc cess Wade though now 80 years old never theless has very clear memories brief romance ex-Time Flies went Springfield flew airplane down Hartford because little field big enough really safe land ings got ready run speed course taking off Pratt & Whitney airport couldnt get gear up came up part way couldnt get down ctric motor 102 Model Aviation FLY WITU g35R Ga 3 pGWER 0 WALMUT SCALE ASK FOR OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL SEALER IF NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 601 POSTAGE BROWN CO-2 ENGINES ENGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHARGER AND S SIZES OP TANKS EROWN ENGINES MUST RE ORDERED DIRECT FROM PECK-POLYMERS HB Engines have now well accepted modeling public available ever creasing number dealers too may now enjoy RO CL flying power boating car racing HB Engines pre cision made power performance re liability HB Engine includes Perry carburetor several models offer POP Perry Directional Porting increased power speed up 1500 RPMs Sizes available 12 15 20 25 40 50 61 displace ment Let HB precision maneuverability speed satisfy Baron complete catalog see local dealer write us directly parts available stock pt service assured Dealership inquiries invited sufficient fearful would have make belly landing gear part-way down would have catastrophe putting up little down little until finally got landing gear down came landed found out reason firewall made primarily asbestos controls went through firewall left little bit material would fly around get gear stick corrected didnt have time run speed run before going Cleveland So gassed up meant non-stop run cruised fast no difficulty making Cleveland Getting getting airplane ready short test hop before race didnt enable us get measurement its maximum speed first accurate timing HM-l version Time Flies came during qualify ing trials Thompson Trophy Race Leigh Wade timed two laps 10-mile course 264 mph placed fourth behind Roscoe Turner 281 mph Earl Ortman 270 mph Art Chester 268 mph Considering low time airplane complete lack pylon racing experience during preceding decade wasnt bad proto type military pursuit plane figured Pratt & Whitney people cruising first half race could open up fly full-out remaining half other racers would drop out race itd easier fly full speed time ran low fuel about six minutes earlier calculated cruising quickly estimate what could rest race flew fast possibly could figuring make turned last pylon turned come land. landed didnt have enough gasoline taxi hangar despite fuel consumption prob lems Leigh Wade finished creditable fourth 2498 mph Roscoe Turner won easily record 283 mph followed Earl Ortman 270 mph Steve Witt man 259 mph Just 3 seconds behind Wade after almost 1 hours racing Joe Mackey Wedell-Williams Racer Turner won 1934 Thomp son Hawks Military Racer rolled hangar Cleveland Airport inspected found bolt holes through landing gear attaching spar elongated Apparently insufficient bushing material through wooden spar landing done its dirty work hastily repaired race over decided fly Dayton Wade recalled pur pose showing Army Air Corps Having old McCook Field test pilot knew people wasnt too difficult arrange little demonstration. take up experimental fighter planes would fly alongside us see much faster were thing didnt have open up couldnt keep up Gen Wade couldnt remember Army pursuits sent up against him would ap pear probably Curtiss P 36A Hawk Republic P-35 either Boeing YP-29A Bell XFM-l Army wasnt interested particular moment Wade said cause all-wood construction interested using same design metal construction So therefore decided return air plane Springfield Wade flew back Cleveland Earl Ortman took East Coast Wade returned business interests South America Tn-American prepared Ortman fly Hawks airplane speed dash New York San Diego October 10 1938 never October 3 Ortman testing airplane near East Hartford CT wing ripped off able jump free parachute down safely airplane crashed barn burned completely end everything Chinese lost interest design suf fered major structural failure never very much Army interest Hawks gone drive ideas flair publicity gotten machine far July1978 103 HB ENGINES Bavarian Precision Products Co formerly Helmut Bernhardt Precision Movements Co PO Rox 6 New Canaan Ct 06840 203 966-8781 FULL-SIZE PLANS No 227 AG-i Agrivation $400 RC 4-channel 25 40 engines realistic trike gear low wing No 228 Fighters Two$200 CL 1/2A balsa profiles Japanese Nate US P-26 Peashooter No 101 Short Seamew 40-powered Class i Carrier model good prototype lends itself innovations $300 No103 Kloud King 15-19 AC Old-Timer Free Flight based upon 1938 record breaker FF $400 No 104 whey Post Bipiane Petite durablescaledesignfor eitherrubber tail wagger pulse rudder$225 No 112 Sneat sport AC glider simple job can flown engine $275 No118 GoilyGeeWhiz Dan Rutherfords simple Half-A powered Combat job turns onadime 0 No121 Gremlin Sturdy aerobatic AC biplane files well 35s up 60s $300 No 123 4-Bits 40-powered RC 600 Club Racer has winning ways Good sport too $400 No124 Semi-Pro Contest-winning HL glider has pop-up tail dethermalizer $100 No125 HaIf-Korda rubber John Oldenkamps 1/2-size eli-balsa Old-Timer $175 No 131 Gae Bee Model Y 40-powered RC stand-off scale great old-time racers $500 No 134Calliato superb 5tandard Class AC sailplane also took Hats first $400 No 136 FieselerStorob AC scale model 23-45 S-channel has both slots flaps $400 No 141 Blackburn Monoplane AC Scale rendition history-maker wheels floats 40 engine $450 No146 QuickSilver RC 1/2A Pylon Racer incorporates latest techniques $200 No 149 comedian AC fun-fly aerobatic biplane good looker 40 60 $400 No166 Tellipaoar AC Standard Class sailplane wins stand-out performance $1000 No 159Tercal Keith Trostles 1/2A CL Stunt ship flies excellent pattern$200 No 165 MIdget Mustang CL 1975-1976 Natawinning Goodyear byJohn Ballard $200 No 166 Nothing Fancy AC biplane 35 engines pretty handles beautifully $825 No 168Simitar ACa spectacular flying-wing 15 fin-mounted tractor$300 No169 Dennyplene AC version famed cabin model kit 193719-25 $400 No 174 Iron flog AC Quarter Midget Bell Airacobra hex won Pylon contests $400 No 177Zonker AC canard baa pattern capability 40 power$300 No 118 country Boy FF Jim Clem thoroughbred/OS/si 1/2A $300 No181 Bed check charlie AC Scale model Russian P1 trainer 09115 $300 No183 Anawer AC FF cabin 02 sized Replica Old-Timer $175 No 184Savilla AC Sport low-wing sailplane 80 wing hes excellent performance. $350 No 185 cheater Slow CL Slow Combat model Dan Rutherford frequent winner $275 No186 Fancy Pants AC Sport/Aerobatic low-wing has ply-skin fuselage 25sto45s $450 No 187 Big Boy FF Unlimited Class rubber model no frills great performer . $300 No 188Rockette FF model Jetex-type power Nationals winner. . No189 Vintage 11 AC Antique type old-time open fuse construction 60 - $475 No 190Snake CL Rat racer Dick Lambartlatest state art No 191 Mountaineer AC Slope Soarer Clarence Naughtgood can get . $375 No 192Chipmunk AC Scale winner 1976 world Championships Nate $900 No 193Stiletto CL stunt model McDonald winner 1976 FAI world Champs$375 No 194 Vol Libre FF rubber-powered wakefield Sob white Great winner $276 No 195 Hats Biplane AC acrobatic scale job takes 40/50 built-in muffler - $475 No 196Mirage Sherwood Buckstaffs Fast Combattwice Nats winner$250 No 198Sportater AC deBolt wing choice aerobatics/racing$375 No 199P3 AC Cos 09 Ace foam wings step up 049 jobs $350 No 201 Roll Out FF hand-launch glider has pop-up dethermalizer $100 No202 Avenger CL profile 049 uses sheet wing maneuverable $150 No203 Fokkerfl-VlilRClor45toBOTwosheets2-1/2scale $900 No204 CardboardflougleaM-2 CL 50 biplane 40 power less $10 expense. $600 No 205 Hot Rock AC aerobatics 19-40 engines Simple tail-dragger 0 No 206 Air Camper FF Pientenpol 1/2A Charming old-timer 2-sheets $300 No 207 LiveaeyflL 5 AC English homeboilt 3-chen.15s Exotic easy Good flier $500 No 208Swinger CL 1 /2A all-balsa swing-wing Fly fun use experiments$200 No 209Seaatrutz AC biplane 3 channels 19 wheels pontoone. 0 No210 Simplex FF years development wins049/051 No 211 Together IV CL Rather large impressive stunter 46 Consistent winner $375 No 212 Miss America AC Antique famous historic model 2 big sheets 36 40 . $925 No 213 Eliminator II CLClassA5peed asymmetricdesign record lob No214 Bumbled Bee Jean Pallets tail-first version Indoor Easy B 0 No215 Windlord Ken Bates AC flying wing sailplane highly competitive$550 No 216Muatang Al Meyers lovely CL P-51 46 Sport Scale Stunt$400 No217 RocketeerA Al Lidbergs 02 FF replica famed Schoenbrun old-timer $200 No216 RC Fairchild Ranger 24 AMA Sport Scale 2big sheets $1000 No 219 FF Fokker Universal Jumbo-sized rubber scale model Bill Noonan $500 No 220 CL Bobcat John Kiladonks Slow Ratlatest state art $150 No 221 RC Insider indoorsand out Electric power pulse rudder $300 No 222Winterhewk AC standard class sailplane rugged excellent soarer$350 No 223 Fly Baby CL Scale model Pete Bowers homebuiltfor 35-40 AC engine $375 No 224 Horsefly AC sport job Ace pulse rudderlesa than$I00with radio . $250 No 225 Ole Reliable AC 70 version 38 oldtimer REM controls 19-25 $426 No 226 Spitfire CL profile 2 versionsbuilt-up solidl stunter 35 0 Circle numbers plans wish order 101 103 104 112 118121123124125131134136141146149155159 165166168169174177178181183184185186187 188189190191192193194195196198199201202 203204205206207208209210211212213214215 216217218219220221222223224225226227228 Please print carefullyEnclosed $______________________ NAME STREET I CITY STATEZIP_____ Price includes first-class postage Send Check money order payable Mode/Aviation AMA 815 Fifteenth St NW Washington DC 20005 L rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn rn 1 Because its troubles far clear good bad airplane really Wade recalls very good very maneuverable very comfortable no trouble land ing visibility fine excellent design speed combination hard landings apparent weakness wing spelled doom what poten tially fastest airplane world No American propeller-driven airplane would ever again try Absolute World Speed Record crash Time Flies part end era ADVERTISERS INDEX Ace Radio Control88 Andrews Aircraft Model Co90 Cleveland Model & Supply Co96 Coverite98 Cox Hobbies Inc. de Front Cover Davis Diesel Development92 DGM Industries94 Du-Bro Products89 EK-Products7 Experimental Aircraft Association lyline Models84 Fox Mfg Company7 Fusite Emerson Electric Co101 Gilberts Electronics Corp97 Carl Goldberg Models5 Grish Brothers HB Engines103 Hobbypoxy87 K&BMfg91 Kraft Southwestern Inc100 Kustom Kraftsmanship94 Midwest Model Products6 Model Builder83 Modernistic Models96 Morrison Repla-Tech100 Pactra Industries82 Peck-Polymers102 Pica Enterprises94 Progress Mfg Company56 Sig Mfg Company3 Sterling Models Inc99 Tatone Products Inc93 Top Flite Models Inc3 Westport International Inc85 Williams Brothers86 World EnginesBack Cover 104 Model Aviation Full-Size Plan List Available complete listing plans pre viously published mag azine through No 224 may obtained free charge writing enclose stamped self-addressed business-size envelope Model Aviation 815 15th St NW Washington DC 20005