I K 4 AFTER 1979 QSAA Fly-in Las Vegas can no doubt Big Birds stay two dozen airplanes 1977 almost 200 time around phenomenal growth important indi cators Three things stand out type airplanes seen quality airplanes kind event As type airplane youll see almost type predominantly scale models Less 5% recognizable modeled after full-size airplane past present some small percentage modeled after possible future airplanes Few museum scale caliber some arent good sport scale obvious lot people interested reproducing real airplanes realistic flight average quality very high People putting lot time effort big birds shows Size course big influence hand makes lack detail noticeable smaller models same time relieves some difficulties weight size accessibility etc adding scale details long time have rumbles about competition scene majority RCers interested fun-fly fly-in format has used before never kind response seeing Quarter Scale no competition pressure both pilots spectators relaxed enjoyed flying rubber-necking gabbing QSAA presents several trophies recipients selected through voting entire group few participants expressed much interest awards attendant speechifying general feeling seemed Let airplanes speak themselves certainly did both air ground Thursday static display day Riviera Hotel ballroom 10 am 80 tables occupied noon latecomers leaving planes cars Although handful manufacturers present potential significant trade show future Over next few months well give some details things saw heard about flying sessions Friday Saturday Sunday brought out least twice planes Thursdays static show Pits flight lines laid out let spectators get close planes still keeping behind barrier dry lake 20 miles Out desert lot spectators obviously modelers lake itself good news bad news flying site good news its flat can go two three miles direction beyond flight line before come anything higher occasional tire track surface dried mud cracks big enough bother wheels over two inches diameter bad news dust its too bad until get strong steady wind its murder Saturday afternoons flying cut short dust storm except wasnt too bad After event like always things stand out mind crashes naturally make big impression ill-fated B- 17 made big impression field Duke Smith Jr lost 310 one-engine-out landing tried turn go around avoid some spectators wandered out flight line really crash impressive its own way Byron Originals Mustang made gear-up belly landing engine running didnt faze big four-bladed nylon propeller picked up plane dusted off fixed gear problem ready fly again within half hour Impressive flight performances stand out too Robert Gillespie Nosen 310 looping engine out B-17 until stab failed Ron Shettler might real plane Thunderbird SOB Bob Duranhes amember Sons Brooklyn 18-lb ,u puuLrnors nieriaceo mat peopie coulo wander about always close upbut touchingan Aeronca Chamo ion Mustana business aircraft three does make crowd Ed Morgans romantic Curtiss Hawk P-6E proved absorbing subject Bob Seigelkoff s camera background Ed supervises registration desk Bobs finder fully instrumented cockpit Hawk colorful craft weighs 24 pounds powered Quadra Quadra-powered Bridi Rearwin does fantastic things Byron Originals Quadra-powered Mus tangs especially Dean Copeland flying Miss America version list goes on new YF- 16 noon-time demo quarter-scale too outstanding notto flights incredible Mig has slight edge mentioned Byron Originals fan-jet Mig high speed low speed capability 60 Model Aviation YF-1 6 astounding 3rd annual QSAA Fly-in certainly success Ed Morgan whole crew deserve congratulations vote ofthanks providing perfect showcase both planes products going need larger facilities next year though Big Birds stay lot nests full big eggs February 1980 61 1-ft equals 1-ft scale sightseeing Ford Trimotor climbs Out over Saturdays dust storm big big Perhaps shadow things come inspiring ill-fated -scale Boeing Flying Fortress being assembled members Modellflug Club Rhein-Main Moerfelden Walldorf West Germany sincerely hoped build another split second ulsasler mis YB-scale U-i West German modelers suffered stabilizer failure straight level flight after coming out moderate turn Plug- 3/32 wires sufficient picture printed reminder stabs big models carry substantial loads advised Duke Smith Sr. carried out Duke jrs Nosen Cessna 310 its maiden flight thats couple handsful airplane Jrs leg cast result football game case wondered
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/02
Page Numbers: 58, 59, 60, 61
I K 4 AFTER 1979 QSAA Fly-in Las Vegas can no doubt Big Birds stay two dozen airplanes 1977 almost 200 time around phenomenal growth important indi cators Three things stand out type airplanes seen quality airplanes kind event As type airplane youll see almost type predominantly scale models Less 5% recognizable modeled after full-size airplane past present some small percentage modeled after possible future airplanes Few museum scale caliber some arent good sport scale obvious lot people interested reproducing real airplanes realistic flight average quality very high People putting lot time effort big birds shows Size course big influence hand makes lack detail noticeable smaller models same time relieves some difficulties weight size accessibility etc adding scale details long time have rumbles about competition scene majority RCers interested fun-fly fly-in format has used before never kind response seeing Quarter Scale no competition pressure both pilots spectators relaxed enjoyed flying rubber-necking gabbing QSAA presents several trophies recipients selected through voting entire group few participants expressed much interest awards attendant speechifying general feeling seemed Let airplanes speak themselves certainly did both air ground Thursday static display day Riviera Hotel ballroom 10 am 80 tables occupied noon latecomers leaving planes cars Although handful manufacturers present potential significant trade show future Over next few months well give some details things saw heard about flying sessions Friday Saturday Sunday brought out least twice planes Thursdays static show Pits flight lines laid out let spectators get close planes still keeping behind barrier dry lake 20 miles Out desert lot spectators obviously modelers lake itself good news bad news flying site good news its flat can go two three miles direction beyond flight line before come anything higher occasional tire track surface dried mud cracks big enough bother wheels over two inches diameter bad news dust its too bad until get strong steady wind its murder Saturday afternoons flying cut short dust storm except wasnt too bad After event like always things stand out mind crashes naturally make big impression ill-fated B- 17 made big impression field Duke Smith Jr lost 310 one-engine-out landing tried turn go around avoid some spectators wandered out flight line really crash impressive its own way Byron Originals Mustang made gear-up belly landing engine running didnt faze big four-bladed nylon propeller picked up plane dusted off fixed gear problem ready fly again within half hour Impressive flight performances stand out too Robert Gillespie Nosen 310 looping engine out B-17 until stab failed Ron Shettler might real plane Thunderbird SOB Bob Duranhes amember Sons Brooklyn 18-lb ,u puuLrnors nieriaceo mat peopie coulo wander about always close upbut touchingan Aeronca Chamo ion Mustana business aircraft three does make crowd Ed Morgans romantic Curtiss Hawk P-6E proved absorbing subject Bob Seigelkoff s camera background Ed supervises registration desk Bobs finder fully instrumented cockpit Hawk colorful craft weighs 24 pounds powered Quadra Quadra-powered Bridi Rearwin does fantastic things Byron Originals Quadra-powered Mus tangs especially Dean Copeland flying Miss America version list goes on new YF- 16 noon-time demo quarter-scale too outstanding notto flights incredible Mig has slight edge mentioned Byron Originals fan-jet Mig high speed low speed capability 60 Model Aviation YF-1 6 astounding 3rd annual QSAA Fly-in certainly success Ed Morgan whole crew deserve congratulations vote ofthanks providing perfect showcase both planes products going need larger facilities next year though Big Birds stay lot nests full big eggs February 1980 61 1-ft equals 1-ft scale sightseeing Ford Trimotor climbs Out over Saturdays dust storm big big Perhaps shadow things come inspiring ill-fated -scale Boeing Flying Fortress being assembled members Modellflug Club Rhein-Main Moerfelden Walldorf West Germany sincerely hoped build another split second ulsasler mis YB-scale U-i West German modelers suffered stabilizer failure straight level flight after coming out moderate turn Plug- 3/32 wires sufficient picture printed reminder stabs big models carry substantial loads advised Duke Smith Sr. carried out Duke jrs Nosen Cessna 310 its maiden flight thats couple handsful airplane Jrs leg cast result football game case wondered
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/02
Page Numbers: 58, 59, 60, 61
I K 4 AFTER 1979 QSAA Fly-in Las Vegas can no doubt Big Birds stay two dozen airplanes 1977 almost 200 time around phenomenal growth important indi cators Three things stand out type airplanes seen quality airplanes kind event As type airplane youll see almost type predominantly scale models Less 5% recognizable modeled after full-size airplane past present some small percentage modeled after possible future airplanes Few museum scale caliber some arent good sport scale obvious lot people interested reproducing real airplanes realistic flight average quality very high People putting lot time effort big birds shows Size course big influence hand makes lack detail noticeable smaller models same time relieves some difficulties weight size accessibility etc adding scale details long time have rumbles about competition scene majority RCers interested fun-fly fly-in format has used before never kind response seeing Quarter Scale no competition pressure both pilots spectators relaxed enjoyed flying rubber-necking gabbing QSAA presents several trophies recipients selected through voting entire group few participants expressed much interest awards attendant speechifying general feeling seemed Let airplanes speak themselves certainly did both air ground Thursday static display day Riviera Hotel ballroom 10 am 80 tables occupied noon latecomers leaving planes cars Although handful manufacturers present potential significant trade show future Over next few months well give some details things saw heard about flying sessions Friday Saturday Sunday brought out least twice planes Thursdays static show Pits flight lines laid out let spectators get close planes still keeping behind barrier dry lake 20 miles Out desert lot spectators obviously modelers lake itself good news bad news flying site good news its flat can go two three miles direction beyond flight line before come anything higher occasional tire track surface dried mud cracks big enough bother wheels over two inches diameter bad news dust its too bad until get strong steady wind its murder Saturday afternoons flying cut short dust storm except wasnt too bad After event like always things stand out mind crashes naturally make big impression ill-fated B- 17 made big impression field Duke Smith Jr lost 310 one-engine-out landing tried turn go around avoid some spectators wandered out flight line really crash impressive its own way Byron Originals Mustang made gear-up belly landing engine running didnt faze big four-bladed nylon propeller picked up plane dusted off fixed gear problem ready fly again within half hour Impressive flight performances stand out too Robert Gillespie Nosen 310 looping engine out B-17 until stab failed Ron Shettler might real plane Thunderbird SOB Bob Duranhes amember Sons Brooklyn 18-lb ,u puuLrnors nieriaceo mat peopie coulo wander about always close upbut touchingan Aeronca Chamo ion Mustana business aircraft three does make crowd Ed Morgans romantic Curtiss Hawk P-6E proved absorbing subject Bob Seigelkoff s camera background Ed supervises registration desk Bobs finder fully instrumented cockpit Hawk colorful craft weighs 24 pounds powered Quadra Quadra-powered Bridi Rearwin does fantastic things Byron Originals Quadra-powered Mus tangs especially Dean Copeland flying Miss America version list goes on new YF- 16 noon-time demo quarter-scale too outstanding notto flights incredible Mig has slight edge mentioned Byron Originals fan-jet Mig high speed low speed capability 60 Model Aviation YF-1 6 astounding 3rd annual QSAA Fly-in certainly success Ed Morgan whole crew deserve congratulations vote ofthanks providing perfect showcase both planes products going need larger facilities next year though Big Birds stay lot nests full big eggs February 1980 61 1-ft equals 1-ft scale sightseeing Ford Trimotor climbs Out over Saturdays dust storm big big Perhaps shadow things come inspiring ill-fated -scale Boeing Flying Fortress being assembled members Modellflug Club Rhein-Main Moerfelden Walldorf West Germany sincerely hoped build another split second ulsasler mis YB-scale U-i West German modelers suffered stabilizer failure straight level flight after coming out moderate turn Plug- 3/32 wires sufficient picture printed reminder stabs big models carry substantial loads advised Duke Smith Sr. carried out Duke jrs Nosen Cessna 310 its maiden flight thats couple handsful airplane Jrs leg cast result football game case wondered
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/02
Page Numbers: 58, 59, 60, 61
I K 4 AFTER 1979 QSAA Fly-in Las Vegas can no doubt Big Birds stay two dozen airplanes 1977 almost 200 time around phenomenal growth important indi cators Three things stand out type airplanes seen quality airplanes kind event As type airplane youll see almost type predominantly scale models Less 5% recognizable modeled after full-size airplane past present some small percentage modeled after possible future airplanes Few museum scale caliber some arent good sport scale obvious lot people interested reproducing real airplanes realistic flight average quality very high People putting lot time effort big birds shows Size course big influence hand makes lack detail noticeable smaller models same time relieves some difficulties weight size accessibility etc adding scale details long time have rumbles about competition scene majority RCers interested fun-fly fly-in format has used before never kind response seeing Quarter Scale no competition pressure both pilots spectators relaxed enjoyed flying rubber-necking gabbing QSAA presents several trophies recipients selected through voting entire group few participants expressed much interest awards attendant speechifying general feeling seemed Let airplanes speak themselves certainly did both air ground Thursday static display day Riviera Hotel ballroom 10 am 80 tables occupied noon latecomers leaving planes cars Although handful manufacturers present potential significant trade show future Over next few months well give some details things saw heard about flying sessions Friday Saturday Sunday brought out least twice planes Thursdays static show Pits flight lines laid out let spectators get close planes still keeping behind barrier dry lake 20 miles Out desert lot spectators obviously modelers lake itself good news bad news flying site good news its flat can go two three miles direction beyond flight line before come anything higher occasional tire track surface dried mud cracks big enough bother wheels over two inches diameter bad news dust its too bad until get strong steady wind its murder Saturday afternoons flying cut short dust storm except wasnt too bad After event like always things stand out mind crashes naturally make big impression ill-fated B- 17 made big impression field Duke Smith Jr lost 310 one-engine-out landing tried turn go around avoid some spectators wandered out flight line really crash impressive its own way Byron Originals Mustang made gear-up belly landing engine running didnt faze big four-bladed nylon propeller picked up plane dusted off fixed gear problem ready fly again within half hour Impressive flight performances stand out too Robert Gillespie Nosen 310 looping engine out B-17 until stab failed Ron Shettler might real plane Thunderbird SOB Bob Duranhes amember Sons Brooklyn 18-lb ,u puuLrnors nieriaceo mat peopie coulo wander about always close upbut touchingan Aeronca Chamo ion Mustana business aircraft three does make crowd Ed Morgans romantic Curtiss Hawk P-6E proved absorbing subject Bob Seigelkoff s camera background Ed supervises registration desk Bobs finder fully instrumented cockpit Hawk colorful craft weighs 24 pounds powered Quadra Quadra-powered Bridi Rearwin does fantastic things Byron Originals Quadra-powered Mus tangs especially Dean Copeland flying Miss America version list goes on new YF- 16 noon-time demo quarter-scale too outstanding notto flights incredible Mig has slight edge mentioned Byron Originals fan-jet Mig high speed low speed capability 60 Model Aviation YF-1 6 astounding 3rd annual QSAA Fly-in certainly success Ed Morgan whole crew deserve congratulations vote ofthanks providing perfect showcase both planes products going need larger facilities next year though Big Birds stay lot nests full big eggs February 1980 61 1-ft equals 1-ft scale sightseeing Ford Trimotor climbs Out over Saturdays dust storm big big Perhaps shadow things come inspiring ill-fated -scale Boeing Flying Fortress being assembled members Modellflug Club Rhein-Main Moerfelden Walldorf West Germany sincerely hoped build another split second ulsasler mis YB-scale U-i West German modelers suffered stabilizer failure straight level flight after coming out moderate turn Plug- 3/32 wires sufficient picture printed reminder stabs big models carry substantial loads advised Duke Smith Sr. carried out Duke jrs Nosen Cessna 310 its maiden flight thats couple handsful airplane Jrs leg cast result football game case wondered