Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight 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Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions 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Martyn Cowley AMA record holder Al Towline Glider won event 10th year row Certainly easyin fact call remarkable Bob Beecroft 10 maxes Nostalgia Gas flying to-the-plan Lucky Lindy super gaudy color scheme Six out 19 perfect scores Nordic Peter Allnut surviving flyoffs win Junior Sweepstakes winner Vince Fazio Ill Junior High Time first place Gas Junior HandLaunched Glider Junior P-30 second place F1Jthe new AA FM Power class Mulvihill AA Nostalgia Gas went through nine-max mark Bruce Augustus Roger Gregory respectively Genial Jim Quinn synonymous world-class Wakefield flying topped six-man flyoff post perfect score AA Texaco Bob Sundberg averaged over 22 minutes per flight first place Merry Peace maxed out through four flights snag Womens High Time Trophy outdone peers Mark Allison Bishop California recorded single flight 1439 Outdoor Peanut Continued page 186 DIMENSIONS Combuatnn Chember Diameter Tail Rpe Diameter Overall Length Weight S inches 35 Inches 46 inches 4 lbs Information 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions 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Martyn Cowley AMA record holder Al Towline Glider won event 10th year row Certainly easyin fact call remarkable Bob Beecroft 10 maxes Nostalgia Gas flying to-the-plan Lucky Lindy super gaudy color scheme Six out 19 perfect scores Nordic Peter Allnut surviving flyoffs win Junior Sweepstakes winner Vince Fazio Ill Junior High Time first place Gas Junior HandLaunched Glider Junior P-30 second place F1Jthe new AA FM Power class Mulvihill AA Nostalgia Gas went through nine-max mark Bruce Augustus Roger Gregory respectively Genial Jim Quinn synonymous world-class Wakefield flying topped six-man flyoff post perfect score AA Texaco Bob Sundberg averaged over 22 minutes per flight first place Merry Peace maxed out through four flights snag Womens High Time Trophy outdone peers Mark Allison Bishop California recorded single flight 1439 Outdoor Peanut Continued page 186 DIMENSIONS Combuatnn Chember Diameter Tail Rpe Diameter Overall Length Weight S inches 35 Inches 46 inches 4 lbs Information 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muchdiscussed competitive soul has yielded kinder gentler times thereby upping interest less stressful strictly fun events Ive got no proof know long weather good outstanding can get crowd together will fun games spirit lives people met ramblings around Lost Hills site no framed idea Free Flight better Bob Wiehle 75 years-plus nowhere close curmudgeon stage Bob flew well Rubber events placing fourth tough P-30 class clocking 640 Dawn Mulvihill gracious helpful loaning stooge winding tools else went haywire much younger flier Bobs models original designs up minute beautifully built Continued page 188 0 0 0 new dimension R/C world Fly Wire Technoloav hereTo fulfill wildest R/C dreams Mouxt sne small light weight Video/Soasd Transmitter Systems model aircraft helicopter Actually see what ysur model sees television Record VOR Hear yoar esgines wind up air howl See streets rooftops below guide model through its pates Experience ultimate breath tskisg realism See sew dimension tor tho R/C 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions 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Martyn Cowley AMA record holder Al Towline Glider won event 10th year row Certainly easyin fact call remarkable Bob Beecroft 10 maxes Nostalgia Gas flying to-the-plan Lucky Lindy super gaudy color scheme Six out 19 perfect scores Nordic Peter Allnut surviving flyoffs win Junior Sweepstakes winner Vince Fazio Ill Junior High Time first place Gas Junior HandLaunched Glider Junior P-30 second place F1Jthe new AA FM Power class Mulvihill AA Nostalgia Gas went through nine-max mark Bruce Augustus Roger Gregory respectively Genial Jim Quinn synonymous world-class Wakefield flying topped six-man flyoff post perfect score AA Texaco Bob Sundberg averaged over 22 minutes per flight first place Merry Peace maxed out through four flights snag Womens High Time Trophy outdone peers Mark Allison Bishop California recorded single flight 1439 Outdoor Peanut Continued page 186 DIMENSIONS Combuatnn Chember Diameter Tail Rpe Diameter Overall Length Weight S inches 35 Inches 46 inches 4 lbs Information 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
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Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/09
Page Numbers: 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 179, 184, 186, 188
Junior Sweepstakes champ Vince Fazio iii checks dethermalizer fuse engine running dad Vince Jr John Keiier set up thermai direction ready chase bike Vince flew Sateillte 320 Jacks Modeis using Cox 049 pressure LLJ~DLiJ I LEEE L~EIZz4iVFJz Over 225 FFers met Lost Hills California 91 big contest approximately 660 event entries showing definite swing toward Rubber Once dust devils stopped blowing weather pure Free Flight gold longish patches easy lift sweeping up planes surefire maxes EJohn Oldenkamp Left Dust deviis trash-movers mini-tornadoes frequent visitors desert flying sites can prove interesting obsta cies airpianes peopie tents see presented no hazard stage couid have deveioped strengtheven topping out beyond 10000 feet Luckily weekend thennalers paradise wind-racked nightmare Right brief daunting dust ceii biew out start Nordic A2 flyoft rounds Peter Ailnut center hand hip bested fleid once fiying resumed September 1991 91 Several yards Sig Covent finish off Tom Stalnakers 1937 OrIole OT Gas ship seen its way quiet end site some flight testing ones hardiy average schooiysrd fiier AH COMPETITION Ever since spindly fragile beginnings aeromodeling goal has remain airborne longer other guy reaping booty ranging mere trinkets obscenely large pieces hardware defy best efforts mantel dusters Free Flight duration name Ever think about nexus between color competition Steve Small searches signs thermal activity original-design D Gas airplane fitted K&B 76cc en gine converted marine version dou ble covered silkapan tissue finished K&B Superpoxy game along subtler attempts outdesign outbuildand extreme cases plain outwitones opponents As sports/hobbies competition surely improves technology Whether talking about cars boats horses airplanes large small space vehicles baseball innovations usually turn up first playing field find way marketplace eventually become part everyday living Most remarkable contributions propel sport recreational hobby toward thoroughbred status can traced sort one-upmanship Free Flight pursue max perfect score loftiest performance time envelope outlined initial sketches ultimate success competition would top both entry list existing record itself product improving breed Back 1920s 1930s such records read seconds fractions seconds Today marks read long minutes hours plus minutes Merry Peace Lakeside CA earned Womens High Time trophy four maxes plus Blue Ridge Square Eagle well trimmed absolutely stock Bob Wiehle lights off dethermalizer fuse high aspect ratio high-performance Coupe dHlver model uses Stanline prop hub adjustable pitch Note twopiece wing largish propeller Peter Alinut formerly Toronto Canada now living Taft California shines first piece perpetual trophies A2 Nordic towline event seconds despite best attempts rulemakers put limits cases potentially ridiculous standards Mulvihill Rubber record example about 99 minutes seems pretty ethereal yet among us will stake fortune vacation time food drink sleep set new Maybe real reason pack up several hundred pounds outdoor gear shelters conveyances life support stores families pets airplanes fuel rubber glue electronics go off middle night destination flyspeck arid part Californias San Joaquin Valley simply urge 92 Model Aviation special event commemoni ig late B eck hIL ulrie Juniors Julie Richardson 12 years old Porterville CA averaged over four minutes win trophy Peck-Polymerss Moth kit Blackaheep Squadron sponsor Bobby Anderson Jun iors hand seems anticipate great things VaA Satellite powered Cox 049 engine Snazzy-looking ship compete Rationale gathering happening chance go one-on-one legends game Seems other person met Lost Hills contest former current World Champ holder sensational record old-timer pedigree well-nigh flawless US Free Flight Championships can ogle touch thousands absolutely wonderful airplanes small miniature awfully big nearly unique universe truthful USFFC striver s Dick Siefried executes perfect launch P51 D Mustang low-power test hop flew 60-in model Rubber Scale giant freewheeling prop has lots beef helping survive gear-up landings paradisenot us elite Knowing uniikely scare anyone latest inventory clever stuff partly learn learn enough someday could brand-new XP-Terrific dazzling crowd So trek such places Lost Hills park ourselves three four deep line stretching nearly mile set up house weekend sniff air bit get down business some its sport others no-holds-barred blood guts its capital fun September 1991 93 Dick Siefried displays brand-new nicely done P-Si D Mustang Jumbo Scale projectgiant freewheeling prop adequate detailing flawless craftsmanship Covering white tissue translucent aluminum powder spray finish Power big hank PAl tan rubber Left Ed Wallenhorst does great job difficult eye-hand manuevers aeromodeling lets go OT Rubber twin pusher Mass Launch event Right winning Peanut Scale safely back Mark Allisons grasp after astounding 14-minute flight five-gram replica Aerosport Quail home-built ship has 31 geared prop drive motor runs close two minutes Left Bob Langdon entered rarely seen Pete Bowers-designed Rebel Texaco does plug check Dick Munz looks Baby Bee-powered ship has superlight structure uses 9 x 4 Rev-Up prop Right US PAl team member Randy Archer discusses work ings advanced sluminum-clad FiC Power ship Bob DeShleids holds right Barnaby Lynne Wainfan daughter years contest second new Lost Hills site held May 25-27 1991 Lost Hills site has matured little over past year corners now marked concrete pylons better inlet road created late-arriving vehicles lay fine dust opposite parking lines porta-johns arranged sensibly headquarters wore unmistakable face at-the-ready staff hand locals freeway interchange eight miles away motels services restaurants business seemed better prepared handle plane folks areeven though fridge truckstop run out regular Lite dry Bud Saturday morning Another 18 miles up road Mings Chinese restaurant taken bigger load yummies knowing fall well us will herd Saturday Sunday nights passing up fare Dennys Carl Jrs congenial sitdown model talk-feast weather 21st No worries over Free Righter fair-skies types abhor merest splat rain wind cold much preferring two-knot puffy clouds generous thermals going competition-fly desert have adjust realistically can what offers periods dead calm 94 Model Aviation Left Nostalgia Gas guru Ralph Prey modernized AMA C Gas Summerwind circa-I 970 Doug Gaibreath workhorse VIT autorudder Preys model flies like its namesake Right During noon lull Saturday Bob White broke out cattail fiuffles help find lift Mini-Twin Fin P-30 Natural detectors sometimes work better electronic devices provided has touch White certainly does Left P-30 record holder Paul Herbat won 90 91 Thomas Greenhalge-designed Majestyk extremely simple yet potent ma chine Herbst seven-pius maxes year model uses Peck prop bushing FAI tan rubber covered Champion tissue Aerodyne nitrete dope may appear later year kit Right John Tiechier Jr innovative Wakefield first effort features extremely long tall moment rear fin Starilne SPZ-2 imported prop hub delayed prop release Montreal stop Quality craft Having jUst lown Blue Ridge all-balsa Dart 005 after eight minutes doubly pleased John Crean left accepts first Wait Mooney Achievement Award San Diego Orbiteers pres ident Bob Beecroft Fleetwood industries CEO longtime FF enthusiast Crean strumental securing Lost Hills site permanent facility longish ones spectacular easy-todetect lift sucking up huge clutches airplanes guaranteed max flights Temperatures day seemed quite warm some us Mornings cool drifty sometimes sullen ditto evenings dust devils trash-movers minitornadoes inevitable desert flying sites dratted 14-to-18-knot wind squalls carry fine swirling dust nook cranny theres nothing wait out blowing dust especially disagreeable FM people Since fly rounds have no choice expose expensive engines timers unsolicited abuse blew loud hard Sunday night rocking tents trailers motor homes some contestants robbed what little sleep schedule permits Monday winds remained strong enough force downgrading days events Category Ito Category m lot disappointed folks hustled off towards home avoid dust Bill Gibbons managed max out Coupe five 30-minute rounds shortened one-hour rounds originally scheduled times decent morning blasts abated caine prepared found Lost Hills delightfully level playing surface yielded endless pleasure seeking maintain comforts home life could temporarily difficult Friday splendid practice day early arrivals Dozens shiny new models came out maiden journeysor properly survival trials neat send up Mulvihill never before flown half maximum number winds rubber motor chase down through lazy eight-minute flight no notion entering just following impulse see what could really big field broke out fresh-off-the-workbench Wakefield impressed myself mightily its worldclass potential proceeded thump little deploying DT too close ground zero backup looked better walked away visions conquestmaybe dominancein favorite event times like Im too busy watch others much know exactly what theyre doing Putting up incredible strings mazes building confidence next days frayand once smushing something very dear Its minimeet fantasy contest indulgent totally gratifying escape real stuff began promptly 600 Saturday morning Under lukewarm early sun D Gas engines whomped alive like underfed Indy cars wound upsort offor go Jim Quinns one-shot dawn FlB event see anyone could achieve difficult sixminute flight very cool airplane unfriendly touchit wasnt great pal yesterday started off casually three minutes-plus timer couldnt see model continued past four minutes below distant ridge Thirty airplanes up hustling far upwind eight-knot drift foot retrieve caught sight Hank Cole chasing own speck motorcycle laying down scenic rooster tail against just-risen sun later learned Hank done six minutes writing thats third time mark has achieved Bob Piserchio having managed twice Cole member years US FM World Championships team scheduled compete Yugoslavia wish him well has winning ship winning attitude out boonies shuffling Continued page 179 September 1991 95 Left Charley Yosts 54-In Curtis Robin built OT Comet plans took first place Gas Scale icc Mills diesel engine gives stable realistic flights Thats Mike Myers right Right Big modls need big support gear Lynn Pulley works shade provided Mother Pearl D Gas machine Ship uses 0S 46 pius lots Micaflim Sig balsa Vince Fazio John Keller share background Left Striking camp contests end must huge transporter around somewhere all-terrains bikes Right An uniden tified D Gas fanatics compound Note real bird perched leftour mystery guy both Free Plighter faiconert adhesive remains masked areas convenient way remove degreaser such Prep Sol Acryl-Kleen Test small piece such rudder ensure wont harm paint use Sig dopes remove body oils will have rub reapply just patient doesnt get sometimes adhesive stubborn try isopropyl alcoholcarefully Apply lightly quickly Some brands will soften paint Again care can recover potentially tough situations related point two solvents may have run across before Prep-sol degreaser will dissolve India ink can clean entire plane prior shooting clear alcohol judiciously applied can used erase slips inking some us find unavoidable Again careful alcohol some brands work better others best suggestion experiment piece old plane ensure what using safe Last month mentioned great anticipation up-coming arrival some kits Randy Smiths Aero Products line Id wanted build Juno some time having seen original fly few years ago wasnt disappointed kits limited production runs parts band sawed shape smaller parts sorted assembly sealed plastic bags Plans design originally published released hard find items such carbon push rods provided Most first lasting impression quality wood work superior examples have contain outstanding wood both weight selection part piece examined nicely done accurate first-rate kits equal Ive seen over years have inclination build models line Id suggest acquire kit put shelf Limited production items like especially quality never available very long Contact Randy Aero Products 1880 Scenic Hwy Snelleville Georgia 30278 D RENEW 2 See Card Page 99 80 - 90 4-strokes unpiped 60 2-strokes 6 1/4 lb 100 sq Excellent design serious acrobatic pilot Terrific vertical performance Fly smooth acrobatic routines constant slow medium speeds CL Racing/Ballard Continued page 70 Lil Quickie see photo flown Gabe ManFredi Port Saint Lucie Florida Florida weather always breezy unusually gusty winds using Glen Lee Long Titanium Landing Gear sturdy %2 music wire tail skid features minimize nipped chipped wings elevators lower body parts Note extra long landing gear elevator rudder least three inches off pavement best pilot almost impossible land lightweight aircraft assorted bouncing damage airframe unless precautions taken minimize ground contact Air Foil Fundamentals have several requests concerning type airfoils used Goodyear Rat racers years colleagues used Clark Y-type airfoil now use 60-40 ratio represented NACA 2409 have spec sheet airfoil fundamentals see photo some years refer frequently might include reference library Nelson Super Sb Rat 36 RR just finished evaluating new Nelson big block slow rat 36 rear rotor engine will recall hot set-up Sb Rat AOELES SIGEEST SCALE PLANS OOCIJNENTATEON SEESICE 70000 S0~AP0 PSoSoA S~k SO SAILS MODEL PLANS 100 PAGE CATALOG SAALEPLAASAA pPooStnvioi SCANS ENLARGINGDIES MSOISAR Al. 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down milelong safely marked launch line made endless circuits venue taking notes chatting old new friends among fanatics pausing coffee food shop trendy decent offerings tri-tip prime rib Cajun chicken spying trying avoid being overwhelmed midmorning thermistors crept above 90 degrees found some shade dosed No 35 sunscreen confronted what far knew last remaining Bud Kern County may have sore foot two down conditions appeared just about super spent rest day timing trimming out new Coupe dHiver getting down joys spectating course 42 official 17 unofficial events would have metamorphose least three people take everything completely Model airplanes may ultimate performance objects start out sundry bits vaguely related woods plastics metals papers liquids electronics transform machines quite elegant powerful size Enter Mothers little pilot dash meteorology have correct mixture competing Hank Coles early morning Wakefield feat matched other splendid achievements scattered throughout weekend Martyn Cowley AMA record holder Al Towline Glider won event 10th year row Certainly easyin fact call remarkable Bob Beecroft 10 maxes Nostalgia Gas flying to-the-plan Lucky Lindy super gaudy color scheme Six out 19 perfect scores Nordic Peter Allnut surviving flyoffs win Junior Sweepstakes winner Vince Fazio Ill Junior High Time first place Gas Junior HandLaunched Glider Junior P-30 second place F1Jthe new AA FM Power class Mulvihill AA Nostalgia Gas went through nine-max mark Bruce Augustus Roger Gregory respectively Genial Jim Quinn synonymous world-class Wakefield flying topped six-man flyoff post perfect score AA Texaco Bob Sundberg averaged over 22 minutes per flight first place Merry Peace maxed out through four flights snag Womens High Time Trophy outdone peers Mark Allison Bishop California recorded single flight 1439 Outdoor Peanut Continued page 186 DIMENSIONS Combuatnn Chember Diameter Tail Rpe Diameter Overall Length Weight S inches 35 Inches 46 inches 4 lbs Information 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AC twin-electric high-wing Sport ship designed Hiline lmp-30 motor Has tricycle geer spans 40 in8400 No 677Thunderbird CL Stunter 20-35 power Two plan sheets drawn odgisal 1582 Veco kit Spans 54 in$975 No676Bean Box EF Went Coast Bostonian Outdoor design Spans 16 in$150 No679Big Bingol Large AC Sportuter spans 85 120-24 power Two plan oheets$1700 No 680Belleeva winner Russian FAI CL Corohat ship spans 47 in$475 No 6511969 Bade 90-4 FE Robber Scale model spans 18 in$325 No 662B T Vintage Trainer AC Reminder-Scale Sportuter 20-size engines Spans 47% Two plan sheets$1150 No 663Micheela Muatang CL Sport Scale P-Si engines Spans 21 in$325 No 664Staggerwing Beech 3-Channel AC Schoolyard-Scale hi-wing Sportster 049 power Spans 32-in$375 No 665Akro-Bet CL Stunner high-performance 049 engines Spans 32-in$230 No 666Foller AC Pattere-type sport plane 2- 4-cycle power Spans 65-in$725 No 687wlndeock Non-flying Profile P-Si used windoane Spans 38-is$575 No 668Stealth Glider FE rohherbaod-launched 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86687688689690691692 I693694695696697698699 an pflCe incudes first Class postage US delivery S Air Mail over 300 mileS orders non-US address e add $250 AIr Mall osta e handlln Ian Make Check money order oayable US funds drawn US bank Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery A2 Please print carefullyEnclosed $ itI_______________________________ Eco NAME __________________________________ AMA No ____________ STREET CITY _________________________________________ ZIP _______________________________ J Fre1 Circle numbers plans wIsh order best handling please include quests payment some other service plans order competitive does own chasing thank course Bobs seven-going-on-eight decades give him right strong points view game face throughout contest never complained could humorously self-deprecating great treat share time him learning experience well Watta guy Lost Hills forever reason singled out Bob Wiehie hes sort probably would fly D Gas Seattle Superdome nothing else available way contest field fliers myself included convinced Lost Hills potentially can become very few world-class venues US team selection finals 1993 World Free Flight Championships will held followed world contest itself weather patterns site 1991 1992 have especially cruel Free Flight enthusiasts number meets scrubbed because windy conditions youve prepared contest driven far several hundred miles get its frustrating end up sitting around motel weekend No has come up reliable scientific data yet including veteran FM Power flier Ken Oliver attribute recent unpleasantness continuing drought conditions accompanying unusual weather patterns throughout central Califotrnia group willing take long view Others have mounted increasingly vocal campaign abandon Lost Hills restore Mecca Taft prime Category site California quite public juncture schism threatens gain momentum unfortunate its something should dealt honestly unemotionally care Lost Hills vastly bigger safer benign Taft has fallen victim unstoppable urban encroachment can no longer hold its own premier among places Cooler heads proposing extended analysis Lost Hills weather over past decade eye toward rearranging traditional contest dates take advantage favorable periods view theyre right tack Politics aside 1991 USFFC came off extremely well offered something nearly everyone will doubtless cause encores next year Contest Director Terry Kerger managed bright helpful crew throughout demanding program dealt out kudos decisions hardware fairly As noted stats spirit sights sounds rewarding ever new team will place 92 menu will again irresistible Call friendly banker today 188 Model Aviation