INDOOR flying levels has seen resur gence past several years activity years Tidewater Nationals exemplified trend Scheduled less two months after successful FAI World Championships well-attended US Indoor Championships held Johnson City TN years Nationals respectable 170 event entries preregistered scheduled flown 58 individual modelers cancellation Nats Outdoor FF events meant several fliers ordinarily would have come compete Indoor events well did attend As consequence 58 individual entries Indoor compares favor ably last years 64 modelers entered highly successful Indoor competition Lincoln NE suitability flying site always question Indoor contests years Scope Coliseum downtown Norfolk proved rel atively hospitable fliers able keep ships away central hanging scoreboard light ring circumscribed arena about 65 ft floor bulk contestants able avoid hanging obstacles either judicious steer ing gauging motor lengths correctly models ran afoul perils re leased due time helpful personnel Scope manning overhead catwalks Few signifi cant complaints heard wag put site got better times went up Much success Nationals Indoor fly ing both year last directly attributable hard work Richard Melody Doig husband-and-wife CD team have jointly brought Indoor back true Nationals level competition Doigs organizational skills nononsense approach almost fanatic attention contest details give competition frame work within contestant knows will treated fairly impartially contest will progress should Indoor competition began earnest heaviest event Hand-Launch Glider being flown Sunday Junior Jeff Plassman served no tice early things would go posting excellent 686 win handily over Fredrlk Silve rin Alefors Sweden enjoying first Nats guest Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ Seven-year-old Chad Hill wrapped things up Hill clan guest winning third-place plaque first-ever contest Good show guys Jim Buxton Don Slusarezyk proved both flangers Senior HLG playing leapfrog respective times morning Mighty-mite Buxton finally bested young Slusarezyk tick over two seconds 973 Dons 952 Pat Scuro came distant third experienced palr names Plassman Slusarezyk showed up again Open HLG dads Gerald Chuck drew attention audience times climbed take advantage 65-ft-plus ceiling Slusarezyks plane initial trim prob lems put seats several occasions resulting broken tail boom As might im agine trim improved such happen ings Plassmans ship other hand unusual climb pattern went up straight string about 640 angle made flat turn its glide pattern Geralds best flight over 58 seconds ultimately gave him 22-sec advantage over Chuck posted final 1129 Novice Pennyplane Pennyplane car bon copies other Junior Senior Mark Richmond name watch Chris Scum finishing way Junior Don Slusarezyk Jim Buxton reversing HLG postings Senior Open Pennyplane once again Gordon Wisniewski show has last sev eral Nats Da Wiz has mighty tough biplane beat Joe Krush Pete Staehling both gave try finished almost full minute back Canadian John Marett fourth Pen nyplane narrowly edged out Bob Nichols first Novice 1054 Nichols 1036 Chuck Slusarczyk LBrecksville OH makes adjustment Novice Pennyplane Note big prop paddle-shaped blades typical event Chuck also designed full-scale CGS Hawk ultralight airplane Senior flier Don Slusarczyk RBrecksville OH peers through wing FID already holds over 20 National Records Senior Indoor competition November1988 61 AMA NATS 1988 TIDEWATER VIRGINIA FF Indoor Duration Larry Kruse Mighty mite Jimmy Buxton Bethel Park PA won Senior Hand-Launched Glider time would have placed him third Open Jim will member US Jun ior FF team going World Champion ships Poland late 1988 Long-lime moacier uoraon Wisniewski Greenville WI shows Novice Pennyplane Model placed sixth Larry Cailliau Westlake Village CA re leases Fl 0 test flight Note prop spar flexing under load Larry fin ished second behind World Champion Jim Richmond hard-fought event Tony Becker Sun City Center FL has long top competitor Indoor Easy B entry appears have Influenced both American British design trends Melody Richard Doig LPontlac Ml once again organized ran Indoor events large measure efficiency dispatch Richards computer-assisted scoring tabulations kept competitors informed standings times youngsters R grand time first Nats Seven-year-old Chad Hill L friend Frederik Silverin Alefors Sweden flew IHIG Chads parents Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ made Nats part family vacation yeara very good ideal Jack McGillvrays HL Stick heads upward L Note V-braces bottoms wing posts support nlchrome bracing wires Sidewinder-type Intermediate Stick R work Baltimores Pete Staehling Model weighs 17 grams triangular tabs fuselage linked nichrome wire give additional torsional rigidity hollow motor stick Event rules disallow microfilm covering Tony Becker got close can get 1035 Jim Richmond another name watch Tom lacobellis tied fourth 1015 Manhattan Cabin found Marett continuing stride hit Novice Pennyplane Flying against National Record holder Walt Van Gorder Marett pushed spindly-legged bird fine 950 Joe Krush came rail squeez ing between Marett Van Gorder 935 dropped Walt unexpected third big FiDs appeal aesthetics other event years aerial ballet biggies particularly special due presence five-time World Champion Jim RichGerald Pisasman Newport News VA smiles after winning Open IHIG Glider rather large unusual launch trajec tory slow floating glide mond hand receive long-overdue recogni tion AMA Watching Jims meticulous well-practiced preparations flight sim ply opening model box through assembly aircraft selection motors fit re quirements site lesson aesthetics everything carefully thought out carefully planned precisely executed results speak themselves Jim posted 7416 FM everyone else followed pattern continued Hand-Launch Stick Jim posted 3543 everyone followed happened once Intermediate StickJim posted 2542 everyone fol lowed marvelous demonstration door should flown Certainiy dont get opportunity fly against Jim regularly will recount again again time flew against best world impres sive demonstration planning skill experi ence put together sense style class true champion Jim Richmond Easy B found Walt Van Gorder attack Ap parently unexpected third-place finish Man hattan Cabin got attention because tacked Easy B purpose succes sive flights climbed perilously close disaster scoreboard encircling lights Walt reducing motor size length get something fit within confines Scope Finally well-tested Easy Pieces responded motor adjustments Wait put up excellent 1808 besting Gordon Wisniewskis 1705 over full minute aimost unheard event measures vic tory ticks stopwatch Senior Easy B Don Slusarczyk easy winner Junior Mark Richmond although un contested flew very nice 1018 help nounce arrival Indoor flier ROG Cabin dinosaur AMA Indoor events scene another exciting head-tohead battle Don Slusarezyk Senior participants Dan Belieff wellknown name Open circles other alternated lead changes midnight launch deadline ROG approached Cracking 20Continued page 174 Joe Nuszers Middle Village NY Manhattan Cabin actually displays discernable cabin area Joe frequently featured Ed Whittens New York Times Indoor newsletter 62 Model Aviation ey Hal Winters Don Harbin Bert Dugan certainly due thunderous words thanks fine efforts Additional thanks go Ann Underwood keeping up considerable paperwork entering judging scoring contest Stan Alexander causing thing run smoothly As parting note contrast last years con test during scores posted year Cliff Tacie kept everyone instantaneously formed scoring progression printouts desktop computer prompt service much appreciated Cliff added height ened sense awareness competitors ef forts Nats md Duration/Kruse Continued page 62 mm mark 2040 appeared Belieff new winner Stout Indoor trophy no Young Don gone broke last flight model touched floor after flight 2118 just scant minutes before witch ing hour willing let coveted trophy escape Dan Belieff wound quickly haste launch damaged ship Hurried repalrs ef fected ship launched despite dam age course badly Out trim went floor turns still motor Young Don Slusarezyk done As pun dit said upon strolling out auditorium really beyond Belieff wasnt Most within earshot hurried out reply Credit another good Indoor Nats certainly goes contestants put forth best ef forts both helping fellow modelers THE JOURNAL OF THE AIRPLANE 1920 1940 Leo Opdycke Editor competing against Richard Melody Doig also deserve large measure thanks tireless efforts behalf Indoor fliers As long well-run contest can assured certainly can under supervision Doigs Indoor Nats will continue its right ful place prominence Nats Outdoor Scale/Kruse Continued page 65 bunch people flying airplanes must apolo gize being busy flying attempting take needed photos report did get names because fail ure hesitate name anyone fear of fending might missbut know assured work appreciated Johis Guenther Stan Alexander Ann Underwood caused things again run smoothly midst seemingly obligatory site change thanks behalf contestants look forward next year re sumption full slate Free Flight events among Free Flight Scale will still remain favorite Lii Bit/Browns Continued page 71 ll/6 x 4 x 36 softfuselage top & bottom cov ering ribs x 3 x 36 softfuselage sides ribs jig pieces l/32 x 3 x 36 softformers flaps tips tail surfaces Other Balsa 3A x x 36 medwing LE spars stabi ww1 UREIAL OF TIlE EARLY AEROPLANE Kenn Rust Editor WW1 AERO 19001919 SKYWAYS 1920-1940 two Journals contain infornation current proiects orical research news museuns airshows shop notes technical drawings data infornat ion paint color photographs aeroplanes engines parts sale scale nodelling naferial PLUS wants disposals news current publications kinds PLUS nore. Sanple copies $4 Published WORLD WAR 1 L%pt&i INC 15 Crescent Road Pouqhkecpsie NY 12601 USA 914 473-5679 174 Model Aviation THERMAL CHARGER what looking electric sailplane good looks easy build fun fly great perfor mance Thermal Charger fl PRECISION PRODUCTS INC 714 592-5144 510 E Arrow Highway San Dimas CA 91773 VINTAGE -C PLAN 7 SOLIDATED PBY-5A tCATALINA 9FT WING SPAN ALL RIBS 8 FULL FORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS11 PLASrIC ENGCOWLS $1090 PR CLEAR GUN BLISTERS $ 760 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS s $ 1895 GET WING SPAN MODEL PBY-5A ENGINE COWLS $750 Plans $1495 GUN BLISTERS $ 5 50 PR ADO $300 POSTAGE CAiAL0BOVER 50 PLANS $100 DEALERS WRITE WORLDWIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONO BELLEVILLE 48111 USA
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 61, 62, 174
INDOOR flying levels has seen resur gence past several years activity years Tidewater Nationals exemplified trend Scheduled less two months after successful FAI World Championships well-attended US Indoor Championships held Johnson City TN years Nationals respectable 170 event entries preregistered scheduled flown 58 individual modelers cancellation Nats Outdoor FF events meant several fliers ordinarily would have come compete Indoor events well did attend As consequence 58 individual entries Indoor compares favor ably last years 64 modelers entered highly successful Indoor competition Lincoln NE suitability flying site always question Indoor contests years Scope Coliseum downtown Norfolk proved rel atively hospitable fliers able keep ships away central hanging scoreboard light ring circumscribed arena about 65 ft floor bulk contestants able avoid hanging obstacles either judicious steer ing gauging motor lengths correctly models ran afoul perils re leased due time helpful personnel Scope manning overhead catwalks Few signifi cant complaints heard wag put site got better times went up Much success Nationals Indoor fly ing both year last directly attributable hard work Richard Melody Doig husband-and-wife CD team have jointly brought Indoor back true Nationals level competition Doigs organizational skills nononsense approach almost fanatic attention contest details give competition frame work within contestant knows will treated fairly impartially contest will progress should Indoor competition began earnest heaviest event Hand-Launch Glider being flown Sunday Junior Jeff Plassman served no tice early things would go posting excellent 686 win handily over Fredrlk Silve rin Alefors Sweden enjoying first Nats guest Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ Seven-year-old Chad Hill wrapped things up Hill clan guest winning third-place plaque first-ever contest Good show guys Jim Buxton Don Slusarezyk proved both flangers Senior HLG playing leapfrog respective times morning Mighty-mite Buxton finally bested young Slusarezyk tick over two seconds 973 Dons 952 Pat Scuro came distant third experienced palr names Plassman Slusarezyk showed up again Open HLG dads Gerald Chuck drew attention audience times climbed take advantage 65-ft-plus ceiling Slusarezyks plane initial trim prob lems put seats several occasions resulting broken tail boom As might im agine trim improved such happen ings Plassmans ship other hand unusual climb pattern went up straight string about 640 angle made flat turn its glide pattern Geralds best flight over 58 seconds ultimately gave him 22-sec advantage over Chuck posted final 1129 Novice Pennyplane Pennyplane car bon copies other Junior Senior Mark Richmond name watch Chris Scum finishing way Junior Don Slusarezyk Jim Buxton reversing HLG postings Senior Open Pennyplane once again Gordon Wisniewski show has last sev eral Nats Da Wiz has mighty tough biplane beat Joe Krush Pete Staehling both gave try finished almost full minute back Canadian John Marett fourth Pen nyplane narrowly edged out Bob Nichols first Novice 1054 Nichols 1036 Chuck Slusarczyk LBrecksville OH makes adjustment Novice Pennyplane Note big prop paddle-shaped blades typical event Chuck also designed full-scale CGS Hawk ultralight airplane Senior flier Don Slusarczyk RBrecksville OH peers through wing FID already holds over 20 National Records Senior Indoor competition November1988 61 AMA NATS 1988 TIDEWATER VIRGINIA FF Indoor Duration Larry Kruse Mighty mite Jimmy Buxton Bethel Park PA won Senior Hand-Launched Glider time would have placed him third Open Jim will member US Jun ior FF team going World Champion ships Poland late 1988 Long-lime moacier uoraon Wisniewski Greenville WI shows Novice Pennyplane Model placed sixth Larry Cailliau Westlake Village CA re leases Fl 0 test flight Note prop spar flexing under load Larry fin ished second behind World Champion Jim Richmond hard-fought event Tony Becker Sun City Center FL has long top competitor Indoor Easy B entry appears have Influenced both American British design trends Melody Richard Doig LPontlac Ml once again organized ran Indoor events large measure efficiency dispatch Richards computer-assisted scoring tabulations kept competitors informed standings times youngsters R grand time first Nats Seven-year-old Chad Hill L friend Frederik Silverin Alefors Sweden flew IHIG Chads parents Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ made Nats part family vacation yeara very good ideal Jack McGillvrays HL Stick heads upward L Note V-braces bottoms wing posts support nlchrome bracing wires Sidewinder-type Intermediate Stick R work Baltimores Pete Staehling Model weighs 17 grams triangular tabs fuselage linked nichrome wire give additional torsional rigidity hollow motor stick Event rules disallow microfilm covering Tony Becker got close can get 1035 Jim Richmond another name watch Tom lacobellis tied fourth 1015 Manhattan Cabin found Marett continuing stride hit Novice Pennyplane Flying against National Record holder Walt Van Gorder Marett pushed spindly-legged bird fine 950 Joe Krush came rail squeez ing between Marett Van Gorder 935 dropped Walt unexpected third big FiDs appeal aesthetics other event years aerial ballet biggies particularly special due presence five-time World Champion Jim RichGerald Pisasman Newport News VA smiles after winning Open IHIG Glider rather large unusual launch trajec tory slow floating glide mond hand receive long-overdue recogni tion AMA Watching Jims meticulous well-practiced preparations flight sim ply opening model box through assembly aircraft selection motors fit re quirements site lesson aesthetics everything carefully thought out carefully planned precisely executed results speak themselves Jim posted 7416 FM everyone else followed pattern continued Hand-Launch Stick Jim posted 3543 everyone followed happened once Intermediate StickJim posted 2542 everyone fol lowed marvelous demonstration door should flown Certainiy dont get opportunity fly against Jim regularly will recount again again time flew against best world impres sive demonstration planning skill experi ence put together sense style class true champion Jim Richmond Easy B found Walt Van Gorder attack Ap parently unexpected third-place finish Man hattan Cabin got attention because tacked Easy B purpose succes sive flights climbed perilously close disaster scoreboard encircling lights Walt reducing motor size length get something fit within confines Scope Finally well-tested Easy Pieces responded motor adjustments Wait put up excellent 1808 besting Gordon Wisniewskis 1705 over full minute aimost unheard event measures vic tory ticks stopwatch Senior Easy B Don Slusarczyk easy winner Junior Mark Richmond although un contested flew very nice 1018 help nounce arrival Indoor flier ROG Cabin dinosaur AMA Indoor events scene another exciting head-tohead battle Don Slusarezyk Senior participants Dan Belieff wellknown name Open circles other alternated lead changes midnight launch deadline ROG approached Cracking 20Continued page 174 Joe Nuszers Middle Village NY Manhattan Cabin actually displays discernable cabin area Joe frequently featured Ed Whittens New York Times Indoor newsletter 62 Model Aviation ey Hal Winters Don Harbin Bert Dugan certainly due thunderous words thanks fine efforts Additional thanks go Ann Underwood keeping up considerable paperwork entering judging scoring contest Stan Alexander causing thing run smoothly As parting note contrast last years con test during scores posted year Cliff Tacie kept everyone instantaneously formed scoring progression printouts desktop computer prompt service much appreciated Cliff added height ened sense awareness competitors ef forts Nats md Duration/Kruse Continued page 62 mm mark 2040 appeared Belieff new winner Stout Indoor trophy no Young Don gone broke last flight model touched floor after flight 2118 just scant minutes before witch ing hour willing let coveted trophy escape Dan Belieff wound quickly haste launch damaged ship Hurried repalrs ef fected ship launched despite dam age course badly Out trim went floor turns still motor Young Don Slusarezyk done As pun dit said upon strolling out auditorium really beyond Belieff wasnt Most within earshot hurried out reply Credit another good Indoor Nats certainly goes contestants put forth best ef forts both helping fellow modelers THE JOURNAL OF THE AIRPLANE 1920 1940 Leo Opdycke Editor competing against Richard Melody Doig also deserve large measure thanks tireless efforts behalf Indoor fliers As long well-run contest can assured certainly can under supervision Doigs Indoor Nats will continue its right ful place prominence Nats Outdoor Scale/Kruse Continued page 65 bunch people flying airplanes must apolo gize being busy flying attempting take needed photos report did get names because fail ure hesitate name anyone fear of fending might missbut know assured work appreciated Johis Guenther Stan Alexander Ann Underwood caused things again run smoothly midst seemingly obligatory site change thanks behalf contestants look forward next year re sumption full slate Free Flight events among Free Flight Scale will still remain favorite Lii Bit/Browns Continued page 71 ll/6 x 4 x 36 softfuselage top & bottom cov ering ribs x 3 x 36 softfuselage sides ribs jig pieces l/32 x 3 x 36 softformers flaps tips tail surfaces Other Balsa 3A x x 36 medwing LE spars stabi ww1 UREIAL OF TIlE EARLY AEROPLANE Kenn Rust Editor WW1 AERO 19001919 SKYWAYS 1920-1940 two Journals contain infornation current proiects orical research news museuns airshows shop notes technical drawings data infornat ion paint color photographs aeroplanes engines parts sale scale nodelling naferial PLUS wants disposals news current publications kinds PLUS nore. Sanple copies $4 Published WORLD WAR 1 L%pt&i INC 15 Crescent Road Pouqhkecpsie NY 12601 USA 914 473-5679 174 Model Aviation THERMAL CHARGER what looking electric sailplane good looks easy build fun fly great perfor mance Thermal Charger fl PRECISION PRODUCTS INC 714 592-5144 510 E Arrow Highway San Dimas CA 91773 VINTAGE -C PLAN 7 SOLIDATED PBY-5A tCATALINA 9FT WING SPAN ALL RIBS 8 FULL FORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS11 PLASrIC ENGCOWLS $1090 PR CLEAR GUN BLISTERS $ 760 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS s $ 1895 GET WING SPAN MODEL PBY-5A ENGINE COWLS $750 Plans $1495 GUN BLISTERS $ 5 50 PR ADO $300 POSTAGE CAiAL0BOVER 50 PLANS $100 DEALERS WRITE WORLDWIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONO BELLEVILLE 48111 USA
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 61, 62, 174
INDOOR flying levels has seen resur gence past several years activity years Tidewater Nationals exemplified trend Scheduled less two months after successful FAI World Championships well-attended US Indoor Championships held Johnson City TN years Nationals respectable 170 event entries preregistered scheduled flown 58 individual modelers cancellation Nats Outdoor FF events meant several fliers ordinarily would have come compete Indoor events well did attend As consequence 58 individual entries Indoor compares favor ably last years 64 modelers entered highly successful Indoor competition Lincoln NE suitability flying site always question Indoor contests years Scope Coliseum downtown Norfolk proved rel atively hospitable fliers able keep ships away central hanging scoreboard light ring circumscribed arena about 65 ft floor bulk contestants able avoid hanging obstacles either judicious steer ing gauging motor lengths correctly models ran afoul perils re leased due time helpful personnel Scope manning overhead catwalks Few signifi cant complaints heard wag put site got better times went up Much success Nationals Indoor fly ing both year last directly attributable hard work Richard Melody Doig husband-and-wife CD team have jointly brought Indoor back true Nationals level competition Doigs organizational skills nononsense approach almost fanatic attention contest details give competition frame work within contestant knows will treated fairly impartially contest will progress should Indoor competition began earnest heaviest event Hand-Launch Glider being flown Sunday Junior Jeff Plassman served no tice early things would go posting excellent 686 win handily over Fredrlk Silve rin Alefors Sweden enjoying first Nats guest Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ Seven-year-old Chad Hill wrapped things up Hill clan guest winning third-place plaque first-ever contest Good show guys Jim Buxton Don Slusarezyk proved both flangers Senior HLG playing leapfrog respective times morning Mighty-mite Buxton finally bested young Slusarezyk tick over two seconds 973 Dons 952 Pat Scuro came distant third experienced palr names Plassman Slusarezyk showed up again Open HLG dads Gerald Chuck drew attention audience times climbed take advantage 65-ft-plus ceiling Slusarezyks plane initial trim prob lems put seats several occasions resulting broken tail boom As might im agine trim improved such happen ings Plassmans ship other hand unusual climb pattern went up straight string about 640 angle made flat turn its glide pattern Geralds best flight over 58 seconds ultimately gave him 22-sec advantage over Chuck posted final 1129 Novice Pennyplane Pennyplane car bon copies other Junior Senior Mark Richmond name watch Chris Scum finishing way Junior Don Slusarezyk Jim Buxton reversing HLG postings Senior Open Pennyplane once again Gordon Wisniewski show has last sev eral Nats Da Wiz has mighty tough biplane beat Joe Krush Pete Staehling both gave try finished almost full minute back Canadian John Marett fourth Pen nyplane narrowly edged out Bob Nichols first Novice 1054 Nichols 1036 Chuck Slusarczyk LBrecksville OH makes adjustment Novice Pennyplane Note big prop paddle-shaped blades typical event Chuck also designed full-scale CGS Hawk ultralight airplane Senior flier Don Slusarczyk RBrecksville OH peers through wing FID already holds over 20 National Records Senior Indoor competition November1988 61 AMA NATS 1988 TIDEWATER VIRGINIA FF Indoor Duration Larry Kruse Mighty mite Jimmy Buxton Bethel Park PA won Senior Hand-Launched Glider time would have placed him third Open Jim will member US Jun ior FF team going World Champion ships Poland late 1988 Long-lime moacier uoraon Wisniewski Greenville WI shows Novice Pennyplane Model placed sixth Larry Cailliau Westlake Village CA re leases Fl 0 test flight Note prop spar flexing under load Larry fin ished second behind World Champion Jim Richmond hard-fought event Tony Becker Sun City Center FL has long top competitor Indoor Easy B entry appears have Influenced both American British design trends Melody Richard Doig LPontlac Ml once again organized ran Indoor events large measure efficiency dispatch Richards computer-assisted scoring tabulations kept competitors informed standings times youngsters R grand time first Nats Seven-year-old Chad Hill L friend Frederik Silverin Alefors Sweden flew IHIG Chads parents Dr Mrs Austin Hill Haworth NJ made Nats part family vacation yeara very good ideal Jack McGillvrays HL Stick heads upward L Note V-braces bottoms wing posts support nlchrome bracing wires Sidewinder-type Intermediate Stick R work Baltimores Pete Staehling Model weighs 17 grams triangular tabs fuselage linked nichrome wire give additional torsional rigidity hollow motor stick Event rules disallow microfilm covering Tony Becker got close can get 1035 Jim Richmond another name watch Tom lacobellis tied fourth 1015 Manhattan Cabin found Marett continuing stride hit Novice Pennyplane Flying against National Record holder Walt Van Gorder Marett pushed spindly-legged bird fine 950 Joe Krush came rail squeez ing between Marett Van Gorder 935 dropped Walt unexpected third big FiDs appeal aesthetics other event years aerial ballet biggies particularly special due presence five-time World Champion Jim RichGerald Pisasman Newport News VA smiles after winning Open IHIG Glider rather large unusual launch trajec tory slow floating glide mond hand receive long-overdue recogni tion AMA Watching Jims meticulous well-practiced preparations flight sim ply opening model box through assembly aircraft selection motors fit re quirements site lesson aesthetics everything carefully thought out carefully planned precisely executed results speak themselves Jim posted 7416 FM everyone else followed pattern continued Hand-Launch Stick Jim posted 3543 everyone followed happened once Intermediate StickJim posted 2542 everyone fol lowed marvelous demonstration door should flown Certainiy dont get opportunity fly against Jim regularly will recount again again time flew against best world impres sive demonstration planning skill experi ence put together sense style class true champion Jim Richmond Easy B found Walt Van Gorder attack Ap parently unexpected third-place finish Man hattan Cabin got attention because tacked Easy B purpose succes sive flights climbed perilously close disaster scoreboard encircling lights Walt reducing motor size length get something fit within confines Scope Finally well-tested Easy Pieces responded motor adjustments Wait put up excellent 1808 besting Gordon Wisniewskis 1705 over full minute aimost unheard event measures vic tory ticks stopwatch Senior Easy B Don Slusarczyk easy winner Junior Mark Richmond although un contested flew very nice 1018 help nounce arrival Indoor flier ROG Cabin dinosaur AMA Indoor events scene another exciting head-tohead battle Don Slusarezyk Senior participants Dan Belieff wellknown name Open circles other alternated lead changes midnight launch deadline ROG approached Cracking 20Continued page 174 Joe Nuszers Middle Village NY Manhattan Cabin actually displays discernable cabin area Joe frequently featured Ed Whittens New York Times Indoor newsletter 62 Model Aviation ey Hal Winters Don Harbin Bert Dugan certainly due thunderous words thanks fine efforts Additional thanks go Ann Underwood keeping up considerable paperwork entering judging scoring contest Stan Alexander causing thing run smoothly As parting note contrast last years con test during scores posted year Cliff Tacie kept everyone instantaneously formed scoring progression printouts desktop computer prompt service much appreciated Cliff added height ened sense awareness competitors ef forts Nats md Duration/Kruse Continued page 62 mm mark 2040 appeared Belieff new winner Stout Indoor trophy no Young Don gone broke last flight model touched floor after flight 2118 just scant minutes before witch ing hour willing let coveted trophy escape Dan Belieff wound quickly haste launch damaged ship Hurried repalrs ef fected ship launched despite dam age course badly Out trim went floor turns still motor Young Don Slusarezyk done As pun dit said upon strolling out auditorium really beyond Belieff wasnt Most within earshot hurried out reply Credit another good Indoor Nats certainly goes contestants put forth best ef forts both helping fellow modelers THE JOURNAL OF THE AIRPLANE 1920 1940 Leo Opdycke Editor competing against Richard Melody Doig also deserve large measure thanks tireless efforts behalf Indoor fliers As long well-run contest can assured certainly can under supervision Doigs Indoor Nats will continue its right ful place prominence Nats Outdoor Scale/Kruse Continued page 65 bunch people flying airplanes must apolo gize being busy flying attempting take needed photos report did get names because fail ure hesitate name anyone fear of fending might missbut know assured work appreciated Johis Guenther Stan Alexander Ann Underwood caused things again run smoothly midst seemingly obligatory site change thanks behalf contestants look forward next year re sumption full slate Free Flight events among Free Flight Scale will still remain favorite Lii Bit/Browns Continued page 71 ll/6 x 4 x 36 softfuselage top & bottom cov ering ribs x 3 x 36 softfuselage sides ribs jig pieces l/32 x 3 x 36 softformers flaps tips tail surfaces Other Balsa 3A x x 36 medwing LE spars stabi ww1 UREIAL OF TIlE EARLY AEROPLANE Kenn Rust Editor WW1 AERO 19001919 SKYWAYS 1920-1940 two Journals contain infornation current proiects orical research news museuns airshows shop notes technical drawings data infornat ion paint color photographs aeroplanes engines parts sale scale nodelling naferial PLUS wants disposals news current publications kinds PLUS nore. Sanple copies $4 Published WORLD WAR 1 L%pt&i INC 15 Crescent Road Pouqhkecpsie NY 12601 USA 914 473-5679 174 Model Aviation THERMAL CHARGER what looking electric sailplane good looks easy build fun fly great perfor mance Thermal Charger fl PRECISION PRODUCTS INC 714 592-5144 510 E Arrow Highway San Dimas CA 91773 VINTAGE -C PLAN 7 SOLIDATED PBY-5A tCATALINA 9FT WING SPAN ALL RIBS 8 FULL FORMERS SHOWN ON PLANS11 PLASrIC ENGCOWLS $1090 PR CLEAR GUN BLISTERS $ 760 PR 4 LARGE PLAN SHEETS s $ 1895 GET WING SPAN MODEL PBY-5A ENGINE COWLS $750 Plans $1495 GUN BLISTERS $ 5 50 PR ADO $300 POSTAGE CAiAL0BOVER 50 PLANS $100 DEALERS WRITE WORLDWIDE SID MORGAN 13157 ORMONO BELLEVILLE 48111 USA