Control Line: Scale

Control Line SCALE Dick Byron 1982 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS have Just informed John Preston Falls Church VA has accepted position US CL Scale team manager Having known John few years find him tremendous asset CL Scale Team should able take care tremendous amount paperwork getting us Russia home again since lives Washington DC area has ready ability personal contact AMA State Department difficult find someone fill team manager due reduced amount interest CL Scale flying recent years Hopefully World Championships being held again may inter est other fliers future necessarily difficult get team willing spend time Perhaps some interested builders country could see fit produce CL airplane win opportunity travelling foreign country perhaps bring home Team World Cham pionship Individual World Cham pionship United States luck will able well year Russia Control Line pylon flying Several months ago will remember received letter individual evidently confined wheelchair requested possibilities learn ing fly CL airplane outside flying circle received letter Mr Bud Obern California copy article Air Trails mid 1940s same article can remember reading young provided very workable diagram build such system article written Larry Eisinger appears device did function time written obviously technology advanced today lot has changed last 30 40 years Certainly improvements could made make workable plan Unfortunately have time experiment since am building aircraft Scale World Championships however future may use plan test feasibility such flying platform Editor Anyone would like copy ofthe plan please send SASE Model Aviatio will forward DRP Miniature placards Last month discussed method making miniature versions placards furnish information real aircraft Reducing size Scale modeling has very difficult am presently experimenting company Omaha photographically reduce aluminum self-adhesive materiaL Samples have received yet prove workable will publish name address phone number next column also able photographically enlarge reduce pictures instrumentation other Scale purposes Some small detailing extremely difficult duplicate actual size going need drawing larger having photographically reduced sharpen content lettering outline can produce exactly right size need information will forthcoming 1982 Nats final note Nats year After talking John Preston afternoon informed may volunteer run CL Scale event Nats 1982 am sure John will need some assistance static flight judging Please have desire help time can donate administration event will greatly appreciated may contact John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 members US Scale Team should present Nats fly World Championship aircraft should make interesting display public see Richard P Byron 2506 So 161st Circle Omaha NE 68130 Ted Amicos T-26 snows us what realism liSts its nose during takeott run plane tiles well 60 power teatures tunctional tiaps operated fourth line actuated servo What great view Ed Rhoads Skyraider model features bomb drop operating flaps engine cutoff retractable landing hook digital electronic control system works features Bill Boss photo 66 Model Aviation PhillipCastelli Centereach NYscratch-ouiixtnis lovely i1 D Power Supertigre 40 span 48 has flaps bomb drop throttle brakes Photo Phillip Castelli