Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
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Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 49, 50, 86, 87, 88
Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 49, 50, 86, 87, 88
Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 49, 50, 86, 87, 88
Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 49, 50, 86, 87, 88
Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual colored areas painted Several unsuccessful methods tempted before arrived method de scribed list might plow same ground 1 Colored chalk rubbed tissue through template individual color areas method color pattern clearly defined Wet shrinking possible results unsatisfactory 88 Model Aviation comparing side-view photo page 50 scoops etc can studied belly oil-radiator scoop appears have elimi nated Note addition wheel parts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/03
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Climaxing golden age air racing Roscoe Turner flew Special sensational back-to-back victories 1 938-39 Thompson races ROSCOE TURNER doubt best-known pilot history air racing may have best nor innovative nor winning est no matter what did made sure everyone knew about has paid off permanent fame Roscoe really interested just big-timethe Thompson Bendix Races super-prestige events 1930s regularly drew tops talent experience raw courage races Turners record speaks itself three firsts three thirds Thompson first second third Bendix top turned inter-city speed dashes fine art flair pub licity has never matched waxed mustache powder-blue uniform pet lion companion newspapers newsreels often politician movie star types shared traits Turner everymans race pilot idol millions young boys hero fathers Whatever did seemed exciting really wasnt lived other peoples dreams fan tasies rarely referred pilots pilot fellow throttle jockeys among biggest boosters said reason Roscoe won races because knew hustle enough financial backing pay bigger engines said wasnt very good pylon pilot frequently cutting pylons far lead getting lost 10-mile course said beat him press ignored U STAR E ARE RED L WHITE LETTERING BLUE rzrnizzzzm/ / 7 ---- r USELAGE d FIN INSIGNIA 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES 4 1938 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL AIR RACES METEOR INSIGNIA ON RIGHT SIDE WAS TO OPPOSITE HAND FABRIC PATCH OVER q IN 1539 NXIS BLACK ONLY FUSELAGE INSIGNIA 8 REGISTRA TION ON RUDDER 1939 NATIONAL AIR RACES 8 SU8sEQUENrLY YELLOW FIELD WITH BLACK OUTLINE ERING BLUE BAR WITH WHITE CHAMPION & HALO TO PLU PLUG GRAY K INSULATOR WHITE CAP BRONZE ETHYL EMBLEM WAS WHITE DISC WITH BLACK OUTLINE TRIANGLE YELLOW SUNBURST SCROLLS LETTERING ON TRIANGLE BLACK LETTERING ELSEWHERE OVERALL FINISH IS ALUMINUM DOPE CONTROL GAP COVER STRIPS ARE NOW NATURAL DURAL GRATEFUL THANKS FOR VERY REAL HELP FROM CHARLES WINGSPAN ROOT CHORD TIP CHORD WING AREA DIHEDRAL OVERALL LENGTH j~Lii EXHAUST STACK DIMENSIONS WHEEL TRACK 61STABILIZER SPAN 44PROPELLER DIA 95 sq IICOWLING DIA TO GROUND 5413No DEFLECTION LAIRD TRADE MARK THREE TIMES GIVEN SCALE BELIEVED BLACK ON ALUMINUM 0 Ll 9 29 f-IF-IF-2 1938/91937 F-4 FUEL LINE FAIRING ADDED FOR 193B NATIONAL AIR RACES F-6 7- O 9- 1 INBOARD FACE OF WHEEL PANT POSITIONREGISTRATION SHOWN ON INVERTED PLAN IS FOR 1339 NISS CHAMPION ONLY NOTE SLOPE OF BAFFLES & LOWER INTAKE WITH CONSED UENT TWIST TO BOTH BAFFLES JJJJ1/ARROW DETAILS FOR 1937 NATIONAL AIR RACES KE/BAFFLE DETAIL PREVIOUSLYTWICE GIVEN SCALE OIL DRAIN OIL COOLER INTAKES0I5346 8 VENTS 1938 8 1939 OFRAOfATO3I VENTRAL OIL COOLER UB FACE WHEEL NLESS STEEL SHEATHING TO STRUT UPPER LANDING GEAR LEG ADDED ENDBEFORE 1937 AIR RACES WHEEL PANTS ADDED EARLY IG36 NA V/GA lYON LIGHTS ON WING TIPS & FIN WERE REPLACED BY FABRIC PATCHES FOR 1938 THOMPSON TROPHY RACE & SLIBSEQUENTLY P/TOT TUBE SET AT APPROXIMATELY 40 INCIDENCE ORIGINAL SECTIONS SHOWN THUSI poor SEcrION w-t NACA 0015 A8CHORD MODIFIED TO 68 CHORD 106 THICK NOT SHOWN SECflON S-I TIP sECrION W-2 MODIFIED * NA CA 0006 MODIFIED TO 48 CHORD 6 THICK *flp SHAPE OF ORIGINAL LW BROWN WING REDUCED 48 CHORD AT THIS STATION WING REGISTRATION & FUSELAGE RACING NUMBER ARE BLACK RED OUTLINE ADDED DURING RESTORA TION S-I PESCO RED WITH BLACK OU LINE GOLD INNER PIN-LINE SPECIAL RED WHITE OUTLIN CLEVELAND OHIO BLACK FIN REGISTRATION BLACK WITH RED OUTLINE EXCEPT NX PROPELLER IS NATURAL METAL REAR OF BLADES MATT RED TWIN ROW WASP IS BLACK WING RACING NUMBER BLACK NO OUTLINE FOR 1939 NAR RACING NUMBER BELOW RIGHT WING WAS RE VERSED TO READ FRON OUTSIDE AS ON LEFT WING SHOWN IN PLAN F-IF2 PANELFUSELAGE LIGHT OUTLINE go6Yooo QOOQOOQO OoOO 0 LA VOUT OF INSTRUMENT PANEL TWICE GIVEN SCALE BLACK CRACKLE FINISH TO PANEL INSTRUMENT BODIES BLACK WiTH WHITE MARKINGS & NEEDLES F-3 F-4 Fr F-6F-7F-BA-I MODEL AVIATION SCALE MAIN VIEWS SHOW 1S38 PESCO COLONEL ROSCOE TURNERS SPECIALOE TAILS MOTES SHOW 4 937/JBRINGFREEMETEORL Ro$Uo TURNER SPECIAL 1939 MISS CHAMPIONOCT /976TR -14 Pu C F-a 0 just wrote about Roscoes tough luck Some sour grapes seemed Turner got headlines no matter what did some close truth almost always horsepower anyone else ce big races days truly unlimited true lost race either cut pylon penalized thought cut went back circle Still goal racing winning long its done according rules whos say done wrong way Modest race pilots can fine people usually also relatively un known people no matter firstplace trophies have accepted deepest humility first few big years Roscoe Turners career1932 1935he flew Wedell-Williams racer gold #57 Bendix successes won Thompson almost another airplane pilot seemed perfect team Except someone elses design Turners After flop 1936 season thanks accident wiped out Wedell Williams Turner decided time ripe brand-new airplane would have much power such refined aerodynamics winning would almost sure-thing Best would Turner Racer nothing new about deci sion create instant winnerit tried before Turner still ing tried though rarely success despite best plans tal ented people winning also depends such things comparable skills op position victory usually goes team has patience Added basic problem nature man lead sault Roscoe Turner impatient self-serving grandstander victories would hisany defeats would fault anyone ever failed agree great man ideal situation come up all-conquering race plane yet did airplane eventually emerged succession workshops beautiful ever grace starting line en tered three Thompson Trophy Races would have won flying error cost Turner lead right finish airplane now place honor Americas im portant air museum What could asked airplane course things didnt start out well impulsive Roscoe done much basic design work time got together University Minnesota aero engineering prof Howard Barlow late 1936 airplane mind would have hairier wild GeeBees tiny untapered wing dangerously high wing loading cockpit tucked back near tail pilot would have excellent view engine cowl little else March 1937 drawings about finished Turner got together Larry Brown builder classic Miss Los Angeles source continued page 86 50 Model Aviation its glory days National Air Races Turner Special outstanding design Turner Racer largely due inputs Larry Brown Matty Laird both luminaries own right Scale buffs will find interesting Note fuselagedeep tanks hefty springing fixed landing gear time WWll over lovely Special quite obsolete current value English pound being offered anyone group can accomplish task rules stipulate unassisted man-powered take off flight figure-eight course around pylons set apart alti tude ten feet start finish course its superb dimensions clude huge stab Icarus should make fine flying scale model draw back would seem lack dihedral scale modelers gluttons punishment would probably over look minor detail fuselage full-size aircraft well model acts forward vertical fin tends keep aircraft overbanking somewhatjust dihedral would Icarus am happy say does have striking resemblance manpowered aircraft yet built airplane matter fact uniquely dif ferent respects obvious obvious just about slaps face being its low-lying wing designed fly ground effect Theo retically after aircraft crosses start height ten feet pre scribed Kremer rules will drop below three feet until reaching finish course pilot must again climb ten feet Because low cruise altitude intent aircraft skid around turns rather bank reason ailerons omitted design construction like everything else about Icarus bit unorthodox Most MPAs built up point have made balsa other woods exotic aircraft itself other hand Icarus employs some new tech niques Aside shape fuselage fairly basic its construction alumi num some foam used frame canopy section cabin home made pedalling device connected wheels also made aluminum built rigid structure large diameter aluminum tube extends rear cabin serve tail boom stabilizer made foam sheeting mounted end tube control cables running through control-handle bars tail boom also serves shaft around wide bladed constant-rpm airscrew rotates prop connected bicycle sprocket array plastic chains do-dads running directions inside fuselage shell As pilot increases power prop swings out increasing pitch holding rpm constant speed reverse true pilot slows down pace reducing power wing another story completely made up 56 individual styrofoam blocks cut out hot wire around tem plates Bill Watson Lightening holes cut both sides hollow block glued together time completed wing spanned 41 feet planned wing tip supported small wheel built tip spar wing piece X /2 Douglas Fir tapering spar said good two 6s shall see entire wing fuselage covered total 60 rolls red blue transparent solarfilm re spectively graciously donated project Pactra fine company deserves lot credit kind support helps make aero nautical endeavors such possible El Mirage dry lake Californias Mojave Desert set scene August 1st testing Taras Kiceniuks flying machine first time out Icarus fitted high-aspect wood prop turned out very inefficient stalled about its expected thrust prop replaced aforementioned foam propeller proved much efficient Several little things done such modifying wing fillets fairings resulted less drag Since search still suitable pilot flying experience strength endurance Tarzan fitting proportions jockey Taras Bill closest thing above de scription available Dave Sacks suffice Dave bicycling enthusiast now then now glider pilot some practice will defi nitely able get Icarus off ground Taras Bill Dave flew craft towed off ground small motorcycle about 20 mph method gives pilot chance feel out air craft get used controls thing gone planned Icarus seemed very stable willing fly As Dave Sacks began accelerate attempt unassisted flight sprocket broke put ting end days testing time writing yet unassisted man-powered flight United States time article print Icarus may have accom plished goal Turner Racer/Berliner continued page 50 plans kits models racing planes drawings shipped Barlow Browns California plant expected build winner six months give take few panics very first panic erupted package plans opened Brown chief engineer Dan Halloway thunder-struck design considered totally impractical put politely Despite Turners insistence designed airplane much tested wind tun nel Brown flatly refused build little time left Roscoe aware Browns fine reputation gave First go tubby fuselage replaced slim tapered full four feet longer Brown retained original Barlow wing little en thusiasm knowing lack both area stabilitybut Turner insist ent least until grand argument began led smashing old wing designing new greater span greater area effi 86 Model Aviation Kraftsmanship kit processed AAMCO GOLD BALSAThis Trainer will blow apart hits ground GREATEST B/C BASIC TBAINER Design & Kit ALL TIME Ask over 25000 satisfied builders H-BA Yand dealers sold themSHALL WE SAY MORE Andrews Aircraft Model Co Inc US Ete 1& North St Topsfield Mass 01883 887-8541 Icarus/Rieman continued page 33 Price $3495 kit per dollar bar em alt cient tapered p1 form also led complete break tween pilot builder last straw Browns discovery good old Roscoe didnt have money pay project work stopped Exit Larry Brown Enter Matty Laird begin third act what becoming very complicated play also very emotional Laird refuses dis cuss part drama very day beginning things quite explosive Turner un finished Brown racer shipped Lairds Chicago factory along remains Wedell-Williams Less three months before 1937 Cleveland Air Races stuff arrived new racer far complete old little junk original untapered wing BrownTurner airplane nowhere found tapered 21-foot wing exact origins remain mystery too little time remaining Turner concentrated raising money Laird skilled craftsmen finished two racers Matty very concerned about 84 sq ft wing safety increased span 25 feet modi fied much internal structure fuselage tail completed everything covered doped wasnt until Aug 24 airplane assembled ready go wasnt until Aug 28 Turner finally got aira comfortable four days before start time trials took off Chicagos Midway Airport flew Ford-Lansing Airport other side town making smooth flight smooth landing looked like Lady Luck last beginning smile otherwise tempestuous project werent out woods yet least glimmer light could seen Aug 29 Roscoe headed west start Bendix Transcontinental Derby routine until ap proached Los Angeles smell gasoline filled cockpit landing Burbank went OK until sparks tail skid ignited flash fire Turner able blow out blast propwash enough damage done keep him out Bendix keep him flying back Cleveland until very last minute Qualifying 259 mph Thomp son Turner second Steve Wittman smaller lighter less power ful Bonzo crafty Wittman got off first pushed steadily ahead leading 17 20 laps hit bird prop forced back-off power Turner moved ahead Earl Ortman looked like brand-new racer would impossible win its very first race backstretch last lap Roscoe momentarily blinded sun thought cut pylon V K EXCLUSIVE LOW-HEAT COVERING FOR FOAM & BALSA MODEL AIRCRAFT Try super lightweight durable polymer covering fast becoming choice modelers world over Check-list unique featuresFuel moisture stain proof. high puncture strength scratch resistance. plus extreme flexibility. because exclusive LOW-HEAT sensitivity makes application easy first try foam balsa hardwood tough jobs like cowling wheel pants Solarfilm now available wide range OPAQUE TRANSPARENT & METALLIC colors yes completely illustrated step-by-step instructions included roll Try them.theyre great cover storyl TRY THESE OTHER CONTEST QUALITY PRODUCTS FROM PACTRA csm ALSA HAND SELECTED PRECISION SANDED SHEETS KS DOWELS S TRIANGLES KS PLANKS 5IM HOT FUEL PROOF DOPE AWARD WINNING HI-GLOSS AND FLAT FINISHES AVAILABLE IN OVER 36 COLORS IN BRUSH AND SPRAY pflCfIU Industries Inc 7060 HOLLYWOOD BLVD LOS ANGELES GA 90028 drill days circle cut pylon order keep being penalized lap Turner did though actually cut flying around circle both Ortman Ruby Kling slipped past headed fin ish line very last moment Kling dove Ortman pushed nose Folkerts Racer front won scant 17/lOOths second Roscoe Turner happiest man airfield had race back pocket given away mistake attempt recapture some much-needed glory set National 3-kilometer speed record Detroit two weeks later averaging 2899 mph two days after Jackie Cochran took away him 2923 mph Sev ersky P-35 best times glamorous Turner During winter 1937-38 Roscoe based racer Lunken Airport Cin cinnati Ohio friends took him like some very fancy stray creditors less less inclined accept excuses promises Roscoc suddenly became invisible flitted never stopping long search spon sors shops would help him out return share coming glory Spring 1938 saw Turner rare non-National Air Race appearances Pacific International March1977 87 5oIuFiIm useage 180 taii section opaque white transparent blue wings Thp KINNER SPORTSTER 39 IoSpon 049 power up 3chunn4s K greot Sport troiner t930s$2295 48 Wingsponprice fl9 to25 Poweronnoonced 3Chonnel RJC *107 0* 5C510050S0004%T*0 *00 lOX P00 PACRIEG 000 POSTAGE see Local hobby dealer Turner Racer continued Air Races Oakland Calif unlim ited event Thompson-type racers drew surprisingly fast crowd pitting Turner against Ortman Wittman young Tony LeVier Firecracker What Roscoe figured easy warm-up Cleve land turned out grueling battle Ortman retractable-gear Marcoux Bromberg way finish line time Ortman won major race stunning loss served increase Roscoes drive financial help paid off form sponsorship Ethyl Corp Pesco time Cleve land Thompson time knew big boys would ready first few laps 1938 Thomp son dueled Wittman Ortman pulled ahead good end 300-mile grind lap ahead second-place Ortman totally command situation way Turner liked it way army fans liked closed-course speed record 283 mph earned him $20000 very large bundle days biggest single prize yet awarded Renos Air Races Most Turners bills paid big pot gold won lot AMERICAN CLASSICS worlds finest models Send tree brochure TI Aristocrat Scearman c3B PS 0*00 COSrR0L UP 00 000CC COONORLO 01 OISWOA 005 POWER POR w* 1950*00 coR& up TwEe CR0000P00.OEO P000E*UL * PR00 010000 AgO P00 00010 0000001 OR FREE PLISOPCRAFT PROW Ow XOLOEN ERA Tb ELLA NC ROBBER COO 00000 P0000 *1019500 tel 703 273 9593 000 POORER FORO FL PULSE AND SMALL SULTI-RAOO MODELS COO BE PLOWS FREE FLIGHT Row5/0643 ASHBY PL FAIRFAXVA 22030 tarnished reputation regained its old gleam LTR-14 over-powering winner always known would Once again Roscoe Turner man hour clock running down signs approach World War II harder harder ignore Ex citing frivolous games like pylon racing going have take back seat much serious games first would final fling glory No ever won two Thompsons row Turner taking 1938 race become first win two great bronze statues some thing particularly imposing about doing twice row something would say unbeatable best final pre-war Thompson would last chance Turner perhaps anyone impossible Monday Aug 28 1939 Roscoe climbed wonderful silver bird set closedcourse record 198 mph Tony LeVier full 20 mph back 3 1st Witt man Ortman qualified slower LeVier Sept 1 Art Chester qualified 269 mph just few hours after Nazi war machine smashed across border defenseless Poland gin historys terrible war Meanwhile back secure isolated Midwest show went Sept 5 after weather delay last classic Thompson Trophy Races run romp Roscoe Despite having circle cut pylon flamboyant Missis sippian cruised home 10-mile lap ahead LeVier three laps ahead others Roscoes greatest day shown world airplane far superior accepting third Thompson Trophy announced mal retirement sport pylon racing could see what happening world wisely chose quit win ners world quieted down six ter rible years later nothing left un changed airplane racing cheap surplus Mustangs Lightnings could outrun Turners proud steed partial throttle An era indeed ended Roscoe hoisted old number 29 top hangar Weir Cook Airport Indianapolis settled down life aviation businessman lived quiet ly until 1970 cancer finally won out Mrs Turner tried operate small mu seum racer grand old Packard limousine some personal artifacts right airport too few people Visited obscure little building close down 1973 Thanks prompt work aviation historian Truman Pappy Weaver racer presented National Air Space Museum along trophies films old Gilmore stuffed course airplane now restored looking very fast permanent display Hall Exhibition Flight new Air Space Museum anyone remembers great exploits air racings famous personality can al get close enough touch piece history FF Scale/Kuenz continued page 29 wish express appreciation people have provided necessary reference material lozenge fabric article merely hopes explain method duplicating fabric Japanese tissue model work made possible through research have published references listed desire simulate translu cent quality original fabric tissue lost model subject individual 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