HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 196
HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 196
HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 196
HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 196
HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/10
Page Numbers: 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 196
HERE WE GO again Two years have passed proudly humble re porter has another batch ugly beauti ful airplanes consideration An eclectic assortment sure theyre least ugly beautiful other both together weve shown before Some suggested very well thought out letters others leftovers prior deliberations still came way lightning inspiration As before have based selections purely visual content air planes No credit allowed historic sig nificance flight performance other emotional elements save writ ers brilliantly concealed prejudices der keep things least partially per spective referred page 37 March 1987 issue Model Aviation fine example writers standard true beauty Airplanes can look great lets get nutty about As two previous installments open-ended possibly endless se ries March 1985 February 1987 shall pick Grand Champion both Beau tiful Ugly followed large number runners-up Regardless source choices strictly writer al certainly reflect opinions Model Aviation staff AMA consulted because cares what think serious stuff begin heres scoop will have read Aviation Week National En quirer can now revealed very first time pages airplane has created expressly purpose winning title Grand Champion Ugly unique appreciated act com mitted less venerable Lock heed Aircraft Company form its F-i t7A Stealth fighter else would anyone create airplane single curve comparison Northrops B-2 Stealth bomber doesnt look bad prov ing takes strong motivation dedi cated creativity produce really ugly stealth aircraft appearance otherwise impres sive little machine comes shock revere such classic Lockheed beauties P-38 Lightning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star queried about sudden reversal policy best Lockheed spokesman could manage kind gurgle probably caught him off-guard course offer very different explanation ghastly lines F-l t7A As folks tell airplane started life innocently enough conventional non-stealth design Lockheed management realized what creation looked like de cided apply known stealth tech nique people couldnt see Yet third possibility comes mind explain crude shape sneaky bird Could Lockheed actually trying demonstrate monstrosity warfare building machine epitomizes grotesque Something thats especially suit ed being beaten plowshare should war ever renounced favor civiliza tion F-i t7A needs tiller John Deere decal look right home hind straw-hatted draft horse Actually selecting Grand Champion Ugly winner posed bit dilemma time around Another airplane scored few points temptation hold over next install ment Upon reflection however concern editor may yet come senses call halt irreverence prompted us declare Almost Co Champion close contender Transavia Airtruk way Austra lia possibly attempt revenge winning back Americas Cup down-under design team has brought off remarkable featan airplane offers no best side camera angle looks goofier last photo tour inimitable eyesores provided rare opportunity waste film Lest mordant pen lead imagine otherwise never fearthe world avia tion has co-opted Ugly Beauty still exists sufficient supply warrant early morning sun glinting off polished wings years Grand Champion Beautiful award have selected Rang er inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-piece lightplane few decades back deep red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced pro portions treasured antique accentu ated case mask aft win dows created industrial designer Ray mond Loewy Another version powered Warner radial engine lacks sleekness inline number still rates pretty high Runner-up Uglies Soviet Antonov An2 utility biplane may homely does have reasonably good balanceand no fun ny things sticking out distract eye However experimental crop-dusting version built Poland another kettle borscht entirely Cutting fuselage just behind wings sticking hunk bridge girder upside-down tail really messed up No longer aerial workhorse delicate demeanor gravel truck Polish travesty has become col lection mismatched parts least never went production McDonnells XF-85 Goblina quixotic experiment supposed deliver performance 1950s fighter being compact enough fit bomb bay Convair B-36had cards stacked against start Can image Fer Left Third-place contender runner-up ugly category asymmetrical Blohm und Voss Bv-141 Lopsided Lulu created Ger mans during Second World War looks like result two-year-old being turned loose box spare model parts tube cement Right First place runner-up ugly experiment Poles convert Soviet Antonov AN-2 utility biplane crop duster cutting off rear fuselage adding hunk bridge girder upside-down tail least never went production October 1989 101 ran building sports car fit glove compartment Buick station wagon Still did have-your-cake-andeat-it-too airplane have look like barrel bunch feathers tail As things turned out Goblin hard oper ate carrier airplane welltrained test pilot could manage idea scrapped Air Force manufacturer deserve Bronx cheer trying Blohm Voss Bv-141 asym metrical airplane created Germans during World War II looks like result somebodys two-year-old turned loose tube cement box spare model pans probably reasons mysterious appendage out right wing horizontal tail being shoved left suspects however slave laborers factory something Pou du Ciel Flying Flea Actu ally authors favorite small airplanes fact once considered building Flea eyes its cutelooking little design others agree us people see Pou just conglomeration odd shapes French designer Henri Mignet unable learn fly airplane created Flea easy-to-fly substituteand insisted wasnt airplane can see Mi gnets point Since Flea did fly though airplane isat least standard par lance French have managed build some streamlined versions low coefficient drag Flea will still make itch Edgley Optica looks like little Bell 47 helicopter being swallowed food processor followed wide-chord staple isnt clear front part connected middle part Since Opti cas have sighted skies though must big boltor something somewhere photo taken friendly Old Sarum Airfield few miles ancient religious/astronomical site Stone henge Englandwhich explains abso lutely nothing about Optica Fairchild Hiller Pilatus Turbo Por ter What get cross some thing American something Swiss third baseman named Heidi utility air plane designed company built another 4000 miles away acquiring enough names several rock groups Len fliS Henri MIgnet-aeslgnea au Ciel Flying Flea something enigma Definitely strange its toss-up whether its ugly beautiful Though seems lack some parts traditionally considered vital achieving flightor theyre wrong placethe Pou did fly So must considered airplane Right Vision prototype homebuilt photographed Oshkosh proves composite con struction doesnt always have lead wonderfully curving shapes underside aircraft particularly interesting its sudden upsweep suggests retractable cargo ramp squared-off tail cone defies explanation Maybe hides supersecret electronic gear 102 Model Aviation Fiat CR42 Italian fighter WW II didnt have aggressive nature some its ri vals seemingly compensate looks great example photographed RAP Mu seum St Athans Wales just two existence total armament plane consisted two machine guns As machine war couldnt have caused much trouble Lockheed P-SO Shooting Star first place runner-up beautiful classic airplane Americas first worthwhile jet fighter though too slow Bell P-59 Airacomet preceded lines Shooting Star pure pleasure contemplate auxiliary fuel tanks become flowing part whole Technology seems have displayed rare bit humanity design airplane Photo courtesy Lockheed-California Company process photo doesnt injustice funny-looking machine though does highlight ill-fitting tail gracelessness fuselage too-long nose fortunately apparent PZL Wilga really dont have anything against Poles being sup porter Solidarity Polish airplane de signers have knack coming up gawky-looking machines occasion Soviet-operated example equipped wide door easy loading cargo pushing out hesitant parachutists land ing gear seems two engineers involved PZLs design couldnt agree its location engineers wanted extend gear far enough forward protect propeller case nose-over other getting kickback prop shop Apparently management wasnt willing mediate dispute color scheme rates unusually sporty part world last uglies Vision pro totype home-built proves com posite construction doesnt always lead wonderfully curving shapes underside particularly interesting features sud den upsweep suggests retractable cargo loading rampwhich single-seater needs like needs third aileron also stumped squared-off tail cone Perhaps conceals some supersecret elec tronic gear could point whole new trend sport flying Runner-up beauties give Lockheed its due certainly meant apology offer P-80 Shooting Star Bell P 59 Airacomet having proved slower flying piston airplanes tended replace Americas first jet fighter worthy name subse quently produced P-80 over silhouette airplane pleasure contemplate purely functional auxil iary fuel tanks wing tips add its comeliness Created rotating laminar flow section around its centerline aux iliary tanks prove airfoils can works art rare spark humanity technol ogy Left The graceless lines fuselage ill-Tilting tail ana too iong nose combine place Fairchild Miller Pilatus Turbo Porter squarely runner-up ugly department result joint US-Swiss effort Right Soviet-operated-Polish-designed-and-built PZL Wilga certainly rates gawky-looking machine its unorthodox fuselage lines unusually wide door odd-looking landing gear October 1989 103 McDonnell-Douglas XF-85 Goblin cards stacked against its conception intended have performance fighter 1950s being compact enough launched bomb bay 6-36 Thats comparable Ferrari being required design sports car would fit glove box Buick station wagon XF-85 turned out difficult fly highly experienced test pilots could handle whole idea scrapped Photo courtesy McDonnell-Douglas Corp St Louis MO Left Prewar Army observation planes known good looks some being downright awkward Douglas 0-46 however defies rule Its very clean airplane its time streamlined fuselage graceful parasol wing Above Miles Falcon photographed Biggin Hill Airfield England certainly loveliest British prewar sport planes its lines may necessarily appeal everyone epitomized era lightheartedness preceeded Second World War Left Shoestring first Formula racers light-blue-and-peach paint scheme plane photographed Luck Field Ft Worth TX couldnt hide its artistic shape Later versions Shoestring squared-off wings tail sacrificing beauty speed Right Grand Champion Beautiful awarded Ranger inline-powered version Fairchild 24 four-place light plane few de cades back deep-red example seen Oshkosh epitomizes trim lines balanced proportions treasured antique Although nose section airplane altered slightly original configuration accommodate Warner radial engine still rates high Monocoupe 90 true sport plane 1930s clean compact power fultraits lend themselves visual ap peal Coupes sprightly paint job played no small part choice airplane clearly meant having fun anything drab commerce Perhaps airplanes looks flight characteristics Monocoupe fewer homely Piper Cherokees Grand Champion Ugly Only ugly can describe Lockheed F-il 7A Stealth fighter sin gle curve seenNothing crazy angles appearance otherwise impressive machine must come shock revere such Lockheed classics P-38 Light ning Constellation P-80 Shooting Star Could Lockheed trying demonstrate monstrosity war building war machine epitomizes grotesque wouldnt have such shortage future pi lots Douglas A-26 Invader big brother A-20 Havoc earlier selec tions A-26 has near-perfect balance businesslike shape enhanced gently rounded lines angles Though intended purely military aircraft Invader adapted smoothly civilian life after World War II number con verted first executive trans ports good airplane can Shoestring first beauti ful Formula racers its origi nal chartreuse-and-red color scheme could hide its artistic shape Repainting lightblue-and-peach wasnt much improve ment colorwise elegant shape re mained Newer Shoestrings squaredoff wings tails have traded looks speed sometimes pays off racing Miles Falcon loveliest prewar British sport planes Miles Falcons distinctive lines may everyones taste typically British spats instead wheel pants airplane epitomizes era light-heartedness just before war Nothing built afterwards Continued page 196 104 Model Aviation No 630 Original Fly Baby $1150 RO Old-Timer spans 72 uses 19/25 2-cycle 40 4-cycle power Two plan sheets No 631 Texas Wildcat$500 CL Profile sport/Stunter based 1920 plane spans 50 35 power No 632 P-51H$325 FE Lubomir Koutnys 1ho-scale Rubber model spans 23 No 193Stiletto CL Stunt model McDonald wiener 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champs$375 No 239Blue Birds AC Ken Willards formation plone 4-cltoonol 10115 power9375 No 262Crashmaster CL Crash-proof trainer two sizostS30 35140 power$125 No 3101930 Fleet Biplane AC Spurt Scale 35140 4-cftonnel Wingspan 56 0. /5 scale Two sheets $625 No 314Drake II AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Ftp lord remnoable gear.. $375 No 326Taylor cub AC Don Snulls Schnolyard-Scale 0400 2-3 channel Spans 50 inS350 No 332Zephyr AC Small 2-channet glider ton hand-launch tow thermal slope soanog S200 No 386Laser 200 AC Sport Scale replica championship Aerohalic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 No 447112A Miss America AC Old-Timer Texaco model 540 glow 2-channels$650 No 4604-40 RC Shoulder-wing sport tiler 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channelsS650 No 465Blue Mas II AC Fun-lIp sporturer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight structure$700 No 521Comet Jr Clipper Plus 35% AC Old-Timer sportuter /rA engine 2-ch AC spans 40/a in$650 No 528Swatlow AC Lightweight holdogger 40-size tour-stroke engines spans 50 in$025 No 531Terrible Coupe FF Rubber-powered Coupe dHiuor spans 48 contest-winner No 533Cessna C-37 AC Schoolyarn Scale famoos 30s plane 049/19 powen 2-co spans 42/a in$500 No 5341938 Challenger AC /rA Teoaco Old-Timer spans 47 ton 040 engine 2-channel RCS550 No 539Simitar Slow-Motion 15 RC Tailless flying wing 15 engines spans 60 uses 3-ch 6C No 541Parakeet RC Span biplane 15/25 engines 3-channel RC equipment spans 42 . $675 No 554Super Doubler II AC Sport AerobaticoPylno 40/46 tsar-stroke engine spans 57 in$575 No 569Electrostreak AC Electric aerobatic plane spans 44 uses 05 motor $55t1 No 570Busy Bee FF Pee Wee-30 plane fur 02 power spans 30 hon either sheet-balsa built-up sudaces . 9400 No 572TR-260 AC Sport Scale Aerobatic plane Ion 4-stroke 60/65 power spans 66 in$11 00 No 575Scorpion 60 AC Fan-fly aerohatic plane ton 00 pnwer spans 50i/n 0 No 576Serendipinyf ndoor EZ6 record-holder spars 17n/n in$325 No 578Schweizer 1-268 AC Quarter-scale Sailplane spans 125 Two plan sheets $1475 No 581Gee Bee Model Y AC Goldun Age Racer spans 72 i/ scale 60 power Three plan sheets$1175 No 583Sportwagon AC Radio-med spurt FF model spans 54 oses 10/15 engine $7 00 No 585Dragonfly FT Oigh-pertormaoce P-30 Robher ship spons 30 weighs 50 grams$400 No 586Snapdragon AC Fun-fly/spooster 25/30 engines spans 45i/ $600 No 588Mariah AC Slope-Soaring Sailplane spans 41 uses 2 AC channels 425 No 593TayfoecraPt AC Sport Scale lightylane builds standard 2-placer ur clipped-wing air show stunter Spans either70/u hOVe Far 30/40 two-struke 40/46 tsar-stroke engine Twu plan shunts no documentation$1000 No 595Sparrow RC Sportuter 25 engines spans 43 in$650 No 596Tomahawk II CL Profile StonIer uses 35 engine spans 46 in$500 No 598Coronet 150 AC-Assist Old-Timer ortlargod 150% spans 72 uses 40-sire 4-stroke/ 30-size 2-stroke$050 No 601Nickel AC Spunster /eA ongine 3 AC channels Spans 44 in. . $500 No 602LII Bit CL /rA StonIer spans 27i/a has flaps 0 No 603Sparrow Nswk P-3D FT Competition rahher-power plane won 07 bats Spans 30 in$225 No 604Aeronca AC Electric sportuten 05 motnn spans 60 uses 3 AC Channels$000 No 606Astrostar FT /aO competition plane sports 40/a has 317 sq wing area 00 No 607Curtiss seagull AC Giant Scale hiplane spans 90 uses Quadra/Zenoab puwrr Three plan sheets nn doc$2400 No606 TopFunCLi/rAtrainerspans24in$ 325 No 609 Taperwing AC i/aA Pylun Racer spans 20/a Plan plus pads tomplate sheet 0 No 610Protobype AC Sport biplane spans 40 in. oses 45/2-cycle 00/4-cycle power$ 650 No 611Cabinair FT Scalelike rubber-power biplane sport flier spans 23 in9 400 No 612NVCL Dragonfly CL /aO Combat plane all-wood spans 24 reed-value engine .9 200 No 614Efeclrocutor AC Electric sportulor 05 direct-driue motur spans 44/a 75 No 615Argosy CL Spon Scale Twenties-era trimotor biplane transport spans 46/r sues 40 twin nO ungines $ 1100 No 616Raunchy FT Perrymans /rA Nestalgia Gas competition planr spans 40 400 No 617Push-Pull 240 AC Twin-engine sportster spans 66 uses 40 engines$ 1475 No 618Skyraider CL Sport Scale profile plann spans 30 1 5/25 power.$ 475 No 619Keith Rider R4 FT Scale Golden Age racer rubber power spans 10 0 No 620Gimlet 40 AC Spurt/Pattern plane spans 60 40/50 ongino 2 sheets S 1100 No 621Thunderbird 60 CL Big StonIer spans 01/n 60-size engine 2 sheets$ 1150 No 622Oulek P-3D FT Compenitiun rubber-power P-30-class plane spans 30 inS 325 No 623Nenderson Longster AC Quartnr-scale 1033 fliuver spans 90 4-stroke 40/46 engine /3 plan sht no doc /9 1650 No 624Keleher Lark AC Quarter-scale homebailt spans 69 60/00 4-stroke power 2 plan sheels nu dnc 1.9 1100 No 625Antoinette CL Scale eraly French monoplane spans 45 uses 25/35 power.9 575 No 626Sweepee AC Sport/Partern canards forward-swept wing spans 64 uses 40 power 2 plan sheets$ 1300 No 627Apiary CL Spont/Stunter spans 26/a uses Coo Qonon Bee 074 power $ 225 No 628Prime Cut AC Sport/Aerobalic plane spans 90 uses Quadra 35/40-sire power Two plan sheets$ 1300 No 629P-SiB Mustang CL Mostly-cardboard Sport Scale crag spans 60 uses 30/40 power Two plans sheets nn doc. .5 1275 Circle numbers of plans wish order best handling please include re quests payment some other service plans order 193 447 539 578 596 608 617 625 239 460 541 581 598 609 618 626 262 465 554 583 601 610 619 627 310 521 569 585 602 611 620 628 314 528 570 586 603 612 621 629 326 531 572 588 604 614 622 630 332 533 575 593 606 615 623 631 386 534 576 595 607 616 624 632 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery whiCh Air Mail over 300 miles orders non-US address lease add $250 Air Mail osta e handlin br Ian Make check money order payable US funds drawn US bank ModelAviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Or, Reston VA 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks delivery Please print carefullyEnclosed $ NAME AMA No ________________ STREET CITY STATE ZIP Beautiful & Ugly/Berliner Continued page 104 succeeded recapturing spirit original Howard DGA-15 called Monocoupe came enlarged ver sion designed Ben Howard dubbed Mr Mulligan high-wing airplane win Thompson Trophy race lim ited-production edition racer spired DGA-15 Like Stinson Gullwings same period DGA-15 big air plane Its quite up carrying fourpassenger load same kind comfort provided old Packard sedan plenty headroom foot room Fiat CR42 Italian World War II fight ers lacking aggressive nature ri vals didnt have much impact out come war As compensation some warbirds looked terrificwhich really makes sense long run being militant version shown photo just two surviving exam ples displays its novel interplane struts good advantage two machine guns though could hardly have caused much trouble Lancair introduction composite construction home-built airplane hobby has led some striking designs ever seen quantum jumps performance Since complex curves easy form flat sides builders artistic flair can turn out trim little twoseaters like Lancair never before Equipped 120-hp engine wellbuilt Lancair 235 will cruise better 200 mph puts modern factory-built two-seaters shamewhich belong Douglas 0-46 Prewar Army observation planes known good looks fact some downright awkward Douglas particularly clean its time graceful parasol wing might have designed Bill Barnes fictional hero day Being purist author resisted temptation include sizable assortment other airplanes briefly claimed attention also-ran de signs cute beautiful dopey rand dumb-looking ugly Well stick straight narrow rather modify rules Providing can count readers help replenishing stock beautifuls uglies well back still another assortment perus al should disagree strongly latest selections please let us knowwhile offering some suggestions own knows bring fourth installment series may clude contest pick All-Time Cham pions first prize being winners choice either title AMA Head quarters building case diet soda pop 196 Model Aviation 0 003 C OSed cJ 0 02 - 0 0 02 0 eQ 00 02 ZE -o3 2 weg nb 0 - 02 - - 02 a/t 0 02 02 02 2 N -Ut Ut Ut eQUt Tin 0 0 0102 CUt 0 Ut Ut02 V 02 -o 02 0u -o 02 eQ OUt 0 10T3 C 1fl02 02 CC 0 0 02