V m o cry sug stattNationalIts jus November 1989 93 e Museum Washington IC its precious historic airplanes wn very thought an machine actually taking flight museum professionals inced airplane would de first opportunity e folks run Shuttleworth n Old Warden Aerodrome cut out different cloth ib curators have adnpted at airplanes meant fly aircraft fascinating iding planes old 1912 noplane historic illand Comet tua11y over years s history single aircraft ed tween Smithsonian icies represents major dif osophy no amount dis apparently ever settle prOteCt itrators will continue treat FU IIIaccess tolike delicate objects art Old Warden will contheir equally precious air iwn rtune Shuttleworth Trust number truly historic airAlthese worthies 4eiiet deH88 winner Race famous 1934 jaunt England Australia Worlds Great Comet also biown ise undouhtedly d development de squito surely versa ied fighter/bomber World Ma red April n England capi crevvmgs thelfirst plact tisvenor Halas selec wii plane 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i-distance flue order planni wife Am late ordere ir n ampbell ordered pilot hm itlus after been first ids new aci fa nds Hu Comet No Li-ALI ror 25 reat race little over other two Comets flown ef flight Comet number design success ft flying machine come out id perhaps world innovations posed surpris ms within short time id demonstrated top speed h three Comets proven fast fly ovantage however wing tips weakened air peed control d landings unfortunate ie Comets racers d 200-pIus mph over miles what cares lady race car terribly impor wonand despite lim le Comets ready G-ACSS Grosvenor House ring time 1 hours starting line iertson Race course h iough today its East An ist L nkers ani anes ir base ave wing nfirst ssfully wn togel Monday over 6 three r Boeing tnu&. hipla Ha ranby firms racing experience rialize MacRobertson race equaled either dis Slewing England Th abad Singapore fin route primarily un devoid semblance aids airports pilots requ fered little above bare mediate checkpoints r cluded such sporty places istan Rangoon Burn lots knew much about about t 630 am 1934 acting L flagged off first stan racing odyssey unde off ground m Jim Amy Mollison distance G-A Black Magic Walter t overflo Ka ing TI hind sons lni ff rt-Jone lost m fuel k ne begai retreat -i ely out eyd beer ava ade ond quick rep now bptw ick prepared 2210-mije ii air tu controls rather take landing n naps e third less House took leville n howeve e two ye lost EvL y landed ji some time TI new House left Melbourne An oil pressure Iji straight back repairs anots pent almost three iunfamiliar pilots showing seriou line Lting Seventy conds after h Left Discussing minute di Harry Robinson Harry cxc bright red finish white Next depart oe Turner green-and-white piloted Ken WaIler Jones place owner ill its trail U starters way huge crowd staring silhouettesand trying come Twelve hours 40 n Mollisons arrived stop Baghdad having c miles average spee Navigational problems nd Campbell Black mal rest stop Grt came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off 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i-distance flue order planni wife Am late ordere ir n ampbell ordered pilot hm itlus after been first ids new aci fa nds Hu Comet No Li-ALI ror 25 reat race little over other two Comets flown ef flight Comet number design success ft flying machine come out id perhaps world innovations posed surpris ms within short time id demonstrated top speed h three Comets proven fast fly ovantage however wing tips weakened air peed control d landings unfortunate ie Comets racers d 200-pIus mph over miles what cares lady race car terribly impor wonand despite lim le Comets ready G-ACSS Grosvenor House ring time 1 hours starting line iertson Race course h iough today its East An ist L nkers ani anes ir base ave wing nfirst ssfully wn togel Monday over 6 three r Boeing tnu&. hipla Ha ranby firms racing experience rialize MacRobertson race equaled either dis Slewing England Th abad Singapore fin route primarily un devoid semblance aids airports pilots requ fered little above bare mediate checkpoints r cluded such sporty places istan Rangoon Burn lots knew much about about t 630 am 1934 acting L flagged off first stan racing odyssey unde off ground m Jim Amy Mollison distance G-A Black Magic Walter t overflo Ka ing TI hind sons lni ff rt-Jone lost m fuel k ne begai retreat -i ely out eyd beer ava ade ond quick rep now bptw ick prepared 2210-mije ii air tu controls rather take landing n naps e third less House took leville n howeve e two ye lost EvL y landed ji some time TI new House left Melbourne An oil pressure Iji straight back repairs anots pent almost three iunfamiliar pilots showing seriou line Lting Seventy conds after h Left Discussing minute di Harry Robinson Harry cxc bright red finish white Next depart oe Turner green-and-white piloted Ken WaIler Jones place owner ill its trail U starters way huge crowd staring silhouettesand trying come Twelve hours 40 n Mollisons arrived stop Baghdad having c miles average spee Navigational problems nd Campbell Black mal rest stop Grt came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off its career racing plane aircraft appears have bit hot service pilots its military life happy final very hard land ing September 1936 did major damage landing gear cowlings props engine fuselage airplane struck off military records few months later sold scrap dealer Grosvenor House picked up 1937 $1200 Frederick Tasker turned over racing specialist Jack Cross restoration Renamed Orphan emerged done up blue gray time New York-to-Paris Air Race sched uled August 1937 race canceled replaced European-based contest course ran Marseilles France Damascus Syria back Paris refurbished Grosvenor House did very well Flown Arthur Clouston George Nelson air plane averaged 196 mph 3850-mile race finishing fourth behind three big Ital ian Savoia SM79 bombers Continued page 190 DH 88 Comet/Berliner Continued page 100 ended up display National Air Space Museum can seen day brilliant red Comet became instantly famous perhaps its pilots certainly men de signed built After returning Eng land Grosvenor House displayed around country huge crowds Comet flown Cathcart-Jones WaIler stayed record-setting business sold French government 1935 Mollisons Comet sold Portu guese government Grosvenor House pronounced Hes yit wQ&fl9 Don Srut~ Pornier PO-X OOS / Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 14 WingspanGALL PARTS PRE-CUT 8 PREPAINTED *5Jflj & FLY IN TWO HOURS 4 PAPER AIRPLANES 433 NIHOA STREET KAHULUI HI 96732 USA CATAIAA 750 Contains lOOus paper airplanes hostage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Diecut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING Catalog AIR t aatplane aboua $1050 DIU $250 vohtage 188 Model Aviation durable skis made lightweight aluminum feature ateel spring holds ski rigid flight also elevates axle above ski no modificationa cur rent gear wire needed can go wheels skis seconds side ski also has special edge allows excellent tracking icy surfaces available three sizes can purchased tnkes just 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Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail 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came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off its career racing plane aircraft appears have bit hot service pilots its military life happy final very hard land ing September 1936 did major damage landing gear cowlings props engine fuselage airplane struck off military records few months later sold scrap dealer Grosvenor House picked up 1937 $1200 Frederick Tasker turned over racing specialist Jack Cross restoration Renamed Orphan emerged done up blue gray time New York-to-Paris Air Race sched uled August 1937 race canceled replaced European-based contest course ran Marseilles France Damascus Syria back Paris refurbished Grosvenor House did very well Flown Arthur Clouston George Nelson air plane averaged 196 mph 3850-mile race finishing fourth behind three big Ital ian Savoia SM79 bombers Continued page 190 DH 88 Comet/Berliner Continued page 100 ended up display National Air Space Museum can seen day brilliant red Comet became instantly famous perhaps its pilots certainly men de signed built After returning Eng land Grosvenor House displayed around country huge crowds Comet flown Cathcart-Jones WaIler stayed record-setting business sold French government 1935 Mollisons Comet sold Portu guese government Grosvenor House pronounced Hes yit wQ&fl9 Don Srut~ Pornier PO-X OOS / Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 14 WingspanGALL PARTS PRE-CUT 8 PREPAINTED *5Jflj & FLY IN TWO HOURS 4 PAPER AIRPLANES 433 NIHOA STREET KAHULUI HI 96732 USA CATAIAA 750 Contains lOOus paper airplanes hostage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Diecut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING Catalog AIR t aatplane aboua $1050 DIU $250 vohtage 188 Model Aviation durable skis made lightweight aluminum feature ateel spring holds ski rigid flight also elevates axle above ski no modificationa cur rent gear wire needed can go wheels skis seconds side ski also has special edge allows excellent tracking icy surfaces available three sizes can purchased tnkes just mains order please send check money order $200 shipping handling Add 6% sales tax Minnesota Allow 2 weeks delivery large scales please submit weight wing span Telephone inquires call Ron 612-781-7333 N ORTHERN20- 30 Trike$2000 Mains $1500 ING40-60 Trike$2200 Mains $1700 RODUCTS Large Scale Trike $7500 Mains $5500 PO Box 21181 ColumbIa Heights MN 55421 781-7333 GLIDER RETRACTS Precision units made USA air craft quality materials Two 1 /4 scale size units choose Std-up 10 lbs HO over 10 lbs $5000 ea $350 S&H CA res add 7010 tax Send Sase information glass 1/4 scale 06 202 fuselage 1/3 & 1/5 scale retracts available soon Scale Glider Components 7034 FERN PLACE CARLSBAD CA 92009 16193 931-1438 SuperStar 60 - SPCa LENGTh 61/W4G AREA 790 SQ IN/SPAN S7NCHE 10 cc SPE LENGTh 60/WNG AREA 921 SQ K/SPAN sr/1NE 10 cc BASIC KIT $150 PREBUILT KIT $395 READY TO FINISH KIT $595 GXY GLASS FUSELAGE FOAM OGRE FACTORY SHK1KD HWIFVOME UNO & STAB ~ FULLY FACTORN ~PAON ~ppj pJEJH4FVWS PLUG-IN WHO INOJES WIAJST0&STAUM *4 PATTERN TEK98-6538__________ n DONT KNOVJ V/HPT ThE fAPNWVE CRLLEDJ IV GOT IAY JRCKET ZIPPEk CAUGHT ON ThE 5TCK CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-398-6528 M-F till 400 pm CST 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends / B -S ptember 1937 Ken Wailer piloted Grosvenor House Kings Cup handi cap race averaging 214 mph Novem ber renamed Burberry flown Clouston Mrs Kirby-Green 7200-mile course England South Africa back record 45 hours record flying culminated 11day 26500-mile round trip New Zea land Clouston Victor Ricketts March 1938 airplane entered 1938 Kings Cup Race Hatfield site its first flight four years earlier dam aged takeoff Repairs completed within five weeks two test flights made Geoffrey DeHavilland prepara tion another record flight Australia However flight canceled G-ACSS Comet never flew again Grosvenor House spent years World War II outdoor storage Gravesend Airport Later removed Salis bury Hall Mosquito de signed secret As might expected aircraft deteriorated badly its years exposure elements plane reclaimed restored 1950 Festival Britain exhibition primarily cosmetic restoration work Comets interior though generally good condition left incomplete After 1950 exhibition airplane moved showroom deHavil land Engine Company remaining Un190 Model Aviation i/Il 9 Agressor R F high quality balsa Plywood fun fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam ARFs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 pIes $ISP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyplus $12OOP&H AFFORDABLE SPEED CONTROLS six models speed controls fully proportional 15 either direction Also incorporated isa tell-sole timer shuts down motor tile event ole tress meter receiver receiver battery failure AirplaneCompleteAssembled ModelsParts Kitand Tested EKE24C$2150$2850 EKE24UN/A$4150 EKE-PS$4000$5000 Care EKE71t$2500$3100 EKE7RM$260003200 EKE-FR$4000$5000 EKE-Fit$4000$5000 RBV-4$1095$1995 ROV-4 ON SOARD VOLTMETER assembled units carry lull 90-day warronly Fleune need $200 poolaga cod handling per order Send SASS Infolmation Mali orders ELDEN-KEN ELECTRONICS INC PO 0051853 Arvada Coloredo 80001 cell today 303-234-0522 Vu Mastereard accaptad plus 4% 49span 4Slength a4 channel rrical wing Engine3S-502cy 45-654cy Red silver trim Black cockpit . Pit Special Superbly Engineered Hand Crafted Flight W T EVER offered Kit form Beautiful Fuel-Proof Finish already appiieai Available Finished Unfinished Kit Assembled Assembled unite WI TAI e GUARANTEED agalnet defects active Durable Oak 1/4 Ply Construction COWLE1ELY BICLOSES yew Valuable Equipment Held peeps ir Accepts car jugs Moat Uaeful Enclosed Stor age Smallest Size YouN LOVE rnt PIT SPEC -KIT- 5 PIT SPEC FINISHED KIT$5995 PIT SPEC- ASSM$6995 PIT SPEC ASSM/FINISHED . $7995 WRITE FOR INFO ON OUR X-WrTER CASE9 OTHER OUTSTANDING PROOUCTSI WE ARE YOUR BE8TCHOICEN SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL US S S Continental US Fri 8-5 MST OR check money order FAST SIIPPING STUFF VISA 45 16th Street West MC BillInns MT 59102 til 1965 presented Shut tleworth Collection Old Warden Aero drome Grosvenor House no longer air worthy As among very few museums aircraft still unrestored flying condition famous raceplane languished hangar looking decidedly unhappy among its active neighbors 1972 David Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail 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hand cheer historic airplanes 1984 arrival Australia Comet shipped back England completion restoration accomplished spring 1987 May 17 airplane lifted off Hat field its first flight since 1938 So suc cessful test program Comet flown air show just week later USAF base Mildenhall starting point 1934 race After two months air misfor tune struck flight July 1987 Comet ground looped damaging wing tip landing gear propeller cowl ing airplane sent Hatfieldbased British Aerospace Corporation bought out Hawker-Siddeley repairs British Aerospace Corporation cor ner business airplane hangar cleared sleek twin-engined craft put up jacks Repairs G ACSS finished time new inau Quarter Scale WW SE-BA $0N sting span sq area 7$ 22 engises RGOS-7 $2496 SPAD C-XIII 7$Y sting span2t20 sq n wise area13 31 engines Capoblo flyer captors magination RCOS$ 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 sting span sq sting area 7$ tot $0 engines RGOO$ $2496 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 $4 wing span sq sting area t 1 lbs edo RIG wood & balsa construction over Oh sq ft drawings RGOS-tt $2496 gural flight mid-August 1988and historic airplane flying included air displays 1988 season Old Warden three original 1934 Comets others met unluckier fate G-ACSP Black Magic recovered scrapyard Portugal 1980 ex tremely deteriorated condition Plans build new airplane what little re mained original aborted owner killed plane crash scuttlebutt has though another indi vidual may have picked up ball may day see second Comet take skies again third Comet G-ACSR set several speed records France called F-ANPY met its end early part World War II Istres France Two additional Comets built 1935 F-ANPZ flew French govern ment also destroyed Istres 1940 G-ADEF made its first flight July 1935 crashed September crew forced bail out over northN OWPiper Tn-Pacer PA-22 One-Third Scale I t$31$ sting spon sq sting ama 20 30 cid nogines 4-0 channel RIG oo 12 lbs 1$ Overall length Plystoodlbalso tulselage removeable sting panels stearObin 0050 whenl dnsignnd 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Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail Subscription Dept Model Avi- I Check at/on 1810 amuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 appropriate boxenclose payment SUBSCRIPTION fl CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA-member subscription rates $1800 12 months US addresses US Schools $900 I US Libraries $1350 elsewhere including Canada Mexico $2900 Payment must check money order US funds drawn US bank I Name Address I City/State__________________________________________________[v33][b18952259152719300]]ZIP _______________ IModel Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090___ 1 November 1989 191 flono flyer r ROCKET nly $395 eaIts Fun plus *1/order Goes up like rocket 5&H Glides down like plane Balsa/Ready Fly/Attractively Packaged WANTED Distributors ers Increase Profits e Details Jim Meaaera Qualisy Model Products Valley View Dr. Box 43 7161 372a40eAllegany NY 14706 SUCKER-KIT$5995 VHS Show & Tell Video.$3995 Add $400 shipping & handling Ml residents add 40/0 sales tax Os C - o Send Si 00 SASE tar product list samples rail weed veneer skins Product 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hand cheer historic airplanes 1984 arrival Australia Comet shipped back England completion restoration accomplished spring 1987 May 17 airplane lifted off Hat field its first flight since 1938 So suc cessful test program Comet flown air show just week later USAF base Mildenhall starting point 1934 race After two months air misfor tune struck flight July 1987 Comet ground looped damaging wing tip landing gear propeller cowl ing airplane sent Hatfieldbased British Aerospace Corporation bought out Hawker-Siddeley repairs British Aerospace Corporation cor ner business airplane hangar cleared sleek twin-engined craft put up jacks Repairs G ACSS finished time new inau Quarter Scale WW SE-BA $0N sting span sq area 7$ 22 engises RGOS-7 $2496 SPAD C-XIII 7$Y sting span2t20 sq n wise area13 31 engines Capoblo flyer captors magination RCOS$ 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 sting span sq sting area 7$ tot $0 engines RGOO$ $2496 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 $4 wing span sq sting area t 1 lbs edo RIG wood & balsa construction over Oh sq ft drawings RGOS-tt $2496 gural flight mid-August 1988and historic airplane flying included air displays 1988 season Old Warden three original 1934 Comets others met unluckier fate G-ACSP Black Magic recovered scrapyard Portugal 1980 ex tremely deteriorated condition Plans build new airplane what little re mained original aborted owner killed plane crash scuttlebutt has though another indi vidual may have picked up ball may day see second Comet take skies again third Comet G-ACSR set several speed records France called F-ANPY met its end early part World War II Istres France Two additional Comets built 1935 F-ANPZ flew French govern ment also destroyed Istres 1940 G-ADEF made its first flight July 1935 crashed September crew forced bail out over northN OWPiper Tn-Pacer PA-22 One-Third Scale I t$31$ sting spon sq sting ama 20 30 cid nogines 4-0 channel RIG oo 12 lbs 1$ Overall length Plystoodlbalso tulselage removeable sting panels stearObin 0050 whenl dnsignnd nosy groond handling 004 authentIc scale flight performosce RG3S 3$2995 Sill teeing, Foundina Member AMA NFFS Hall Fame Pricos conrylos plans sub assembly ft dstaiied pans lists Mellina taba end New erochare sstlog cove Plan Sets st 00 its refundable urfirstordari WE Technical Services PO Box 76884-A Atlanta GA 30328 em Sudan Africa Tom Campbell Black Gordon MacArthur way Capetown South Africa both en gines developed serious trouble two could find no place attempt emer gency landing Comets designed maximumperformance long-distance racing developed minimum time won race intended topped pageful records novative high-powered airplanes werent really meant last 50 years survi vor out five isnt such bad showing youre ever traveling England sure include stop Old Warden Air field itinerary Unless owners can talked bringing Grosvenor House EAA Fly-In Oshkosh thats opportunity see historic racer flight Modelers Bill Turner Ed Marquardt however work re production Grosvenor House com pletion anticipated sometime next few years 415 342 5581 GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 282005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WiTH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEt4S FULL SIZE 2FT X 4fT S 5 HA TORI RA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS SHIRTS & HATS T-SHIRTS 51895 SWEATSHIRTS $1695 S/C CAPS RIG Pilot WinstOn Forot Scroohied Rae Smil S895 CALL OUR 24 HOUR PHONE /3031 77063gb TO PLACE ORDERS REQUEST BROCHURE 5210 Slrippioe & Hordime Charge Coerveental US 3 tTEMS SHIPPEREtO Moorero HOBBY SHIRTS & HATS PO BOx 2497 LITTLETON CO $0161 SEND SASE FOR FREE COLOR BROCHURE SQUARE CUT Tools __ 4073 254-0516 905 N Harbor Ctty Blvd Melbourne FL 32935 Daleu/Diutrbuter Inquiries Invited Florida Rae denfo Add 6% Safes Tao 192 Model Aviation tUUtS WItH sovc yuu [IttIn ncittugc tnose stuooorn die cuts cut own squares slots Made US quality machined nickel plated steel Order set today See Dealer Cataloger Order fhey dont carry Square Cut Tog/s cell us ay call well pay f$r ohipping US 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/11
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V m o cry sug stattNationalIts jus November 1989 93 e Museum Washington IC its precious historic airplanes wn very thought an machine actually taking flight museum professionals inced airplane would de first opportunity e folks run Shuttleworth n Old Warden Aerodrome cut out different cloth ib curators have adnpted at airplanes meant fly aircraft fascinating iding planes old 1912 noplane historic illand Comet tua11y over years s history single aircraft ed tween Smithsonian icies represents major dif osophy no amount dis apparently ever settle prOteCt itrators will continue treat FU IIIaccess tolike delicate objects art Old Warden will contheir equally precious air iwn rtune Shuttleworth Trust number truly historic airAlthese worthies 4eiiet deH88 winner Race famous 1934 jaunt England Australia Worlds Great Comet also biown ise undouhtedly d development de squito surely versa ied fighter/bomber World Ma red April n England capi crevvmgs thelfirst plact tisvenor Halas selec wii plane consiusort ipetitivlneeded oactually Agn work rplane suitable entry n lion projected January 1934 sit nber ing setthe LOWER 4451/A/AtELAN OF AM/N AS/VS/S FE924/E/t 044774/4-IIirC ENS//Ut E400LAAAAL 75941 1740FFA IA5 Am AWLS/N//I CAL/ES ~ -Thj 7 // ETRALT///L SINE lFA FE / U FFNSF1/////QFA-L1i4-- Iiv PC/NSAILI NE/AR C/C/S/SN ONCay LAW 4$ S/ISO WF/AW$IFF/OMOAFWE/CIF -]S//N SSMES/ f/MN SCALE 1nUtOVON 475MW 5475/444 4/NI/Al 17*144414 44ACLNC 4$ WA//S/PALLET -l F-SF-BF-s11 ~1 IF4$CS/NE MISS/AS 444097pmn/er roT SOS/S OF F/AWE *07A7R444R0 CS/V/LAOS ALsO LADEAOIARNAAAI SPSA/CTA*IE A/SE F-F-B F-BF 10F-Il DEW F-S/S tAOS/n MW car/EAr woo o wr~~ffIA4ECXSNONO 40BAEOATA/ SAFESt/A sooww U*I S/ATM- - ______ /4/541ST bEAr 0$ lEFtS LLADEFONEOEFESCEFO KnEELS STAFFS ARE VA//Awn Sr EnTrEE A/S/ES 4-r 15-I 3 i-S AKCF/A F/IA/S/C 4/I/nfl 7AEL SN/I IF_________ FS//S/Ff4 SACS/EEL WEDS/Al FAA/CS 401/ SCOtt 9744 E/AS//S/DAEIAAE/DRT 455AS/ AM An OASIWOOS S/NtIS/V ST ASSORT2 TA/4SKIO FAFANS p//Sir/OF 75/NIt SAMSS 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i-distance flue order planni wife Am late ordere ir n ampbell ordered pilot hm itlus after been first ids new aci fa nds Hu Comet No Li-ALI ror 25 reat race little over other two Comets flown ef flight Comet number design success ft flying machine come out id perhaps world innovations posed surpris ms within short time id demonstrated top speed h three Comets proven fast fly ovantage however wing tips weakened air peed control d landings unfortunate ie Comets racers d 200-pIus mph over miles what cares lady race car terribly impor wonand despite lim le Comets ready G-ACSS Grosvenor House ring time 1 hours starting line iertson Race course h iough today its East An ist L nkers ani anes ir base ave wing nfirst ssfully wn togel Monday over 6 three r Boeing tnu&. hipla Ha ranby firms racing experience rialize MacRobertson race equaled either dis Slewing England Th abad Singapore fin route primarily un devoid semblance aids airports pilots requ fered little above bare mediate checkpoints r cluded such sporty places istan Rangoon Burn lots knew much about about t 630 am 1934 acting L flagged off first stan racing odyssey unde off ground m Jim Amy Mollison distance G-A Black Magic Walter t overflo Ka ing TI hind sons lni ff rt-Jone lost m fuel k ne begai retreat -i ely out eyd beer ava ade ond quick rep now bptw ick prepared 2210-mije ii air tu controls rather take landing n naps e third less House took leville n howeve e two ye lost EvL y landed ji some time TI new House left Melbourne An oil pressure Iji straight back repairs anots pent almost three iunfamiliar pilots showing seriou line Lting Seventy conds after h Left Discussing minute di Harry Robinson Harry cxc bright red finish white Next depart oe Turner green-and-white piloted Ken WaIler Jones place owner ill its trail U starters way huge crowd staring silhouettesand trying come Twelve hours 40 n Mollisons arrived stop Baghdad having c miles average spee Navigational problems nd Campbell Black mal rest stop Grt came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off 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V m o cry sug stattNationalIts jus November 1989 93 e Museum Washington IC its precious historic airplanes wn very thought an machine actually taking flight museum professionals inced airplane would de first opportunity e folks run Shuttleworth n Old Warden Aerodrome cut out different cloth ib curators have adnpted at airplanes meant fly aircraft fascinating iding planes old 1912 noplane historic illand Comet tua11y over years s history single aircraft ed tween Smithsonian icies represents major dif osophy no amount dis apparently ever settle prOteCt itrators will continue treat FU IIIaccess tolike delicate objects art Old Warden will contheir equally precious air iwn rtune Shuttleworth Trust number truly historic airAlthese worthies 4eiiet deH88 winner Race famous 1934 jaunt England Australia Worlds Great Comet also biown ise undouhtedly d development de squito surely versa ied fighter/bomber World Ma red April n England capi crevvmgs thelfirst plact tisvenor Halas selec wii plane consiusort ipetitivlneeded oactually Agn work rplane suitable entry n lion projected January 1934 sit nber ing setthe LOWER 4451/A/AtELAN OF AM/N AS/VS/S FE924/E/t 044774/4-IIirC ENS//Ut E400LAAAAL 75941 1740FFA IA5 Am AWLS/N//I CAL/ES ~ -Thj 7 // ETRALT///L SINE lFA FE / U FFNSF1/////QFA-L1i4-- Iiv PC/NSAILI NE/AR C/C/S/SN ONCay LAW 4$ S/ISO WF/AW$IFF/OMOAFWE/CIF -]S//N SSMES/ f/MN SCALE 1nUtOVON 475MW 5475/444 4/NI/Al 17*144414 44ACLNC 4$ WA//S/PALLET -l F-SF-BF-s11 ~1 IF4$CS/NE MISS/AS 444097pmn/er roT SOS/S OF F/AWE *07A7R444R0 CS/V/LAOS ALsO LADEAOIARNAAAI SPSA/CTA*IE A/SE F-F-B F-BF 10F-Il DEW F-S/S tAOS/n MW car/EAr woo o wr~~ffIA4ECXSNONO 40BAEOATA/ SAFESt/A sooww U*I S/ATM- - ______ /4/541ST bEAr 0$ lEFtS LLADEFONEOEFESCEFO KnEELS STAFFS ARE VA//Awn Sr EnTrEE A/S/ES 4-r 15-I 3 i-S AKCF/A F/IA/S/C 4/I/nfl 7AEL SN/I IF_________ FS//S/Ff4 SACS/EEL WEDS/Al FAA/CS 401/ SCOtt 9744 E/AS//S/DAEIAAE/DRT 455AS/ AM An OASIWOOS S/NtIS/V ST ASSORT2 TA/4SKIO FAFANS p//Sir/OF 75/NIt SAMSS 4/Fl/A 044/2 FESr/ 4TAO ANtE/I /455/45/ 4/N4 AFI/J5A/AFCAAAA L/GFNS/I//S/415C/4coax //4//A/OnSA/ NASF ANTIS/EAt MW P04444 ftI45/044 4447FL mOE 10440745/QONT ROW 7541* 4055/ S/CALF nAI/4AAAA/N L//AArs OF nAnLA Drawings Harry Robinson - / F-If-B F-BF-F-AF-SF-774511 AAASES/ FAA/SW STALE 34 F~ ft-I FV//f ri G1OSVEN015 IiOU F- F//C 44/SALt TAAECS 4/FIN SCALEI SALES ACEPROPELLER OLAF/CAS/ACE A/YEN SCALE A//tIALE FINLA/LA Sw/LAN TO AN/5F4414 NATE 4/AIf-S 47-4 N-S 471 A811A/SAL7E/E S 7AS/470CA14/ALE AS/OWN LIVAII 4/FELL A4FEETE/4 IS/ACE ARE SF07/FAA SfW S/SEE/F/ACE4//EtANsS at000 N-AlN-S47-4 PArCF/ CONTROL CA//C ~Alt//A A//CA S/COIlS- ~--- 04 OFF 47 /F SE4F///F SAl TA//ES /0//IN SF4/F/ DH 88 COMET j/IjASATj GROSVENOR HOUSE November 1989 95 ndtflifllefltS iii e authentic SOhR t fresh approac e came up tractable Ia appear ni variabi e raceplane short n exotic ph d its darin omet modified D sparsely Ii rom orig ii increased c Distofis pros racing engine deIiv reased th m three onsors ie calcuI i-distance flue order planni wife Am late ordere ir n ampbell ordered pilot hm itlus after been first ids new aci fa nds Hu Comet No Li-ALI ror 25 reat race little over other two Comets flown ef flight Comet number design success ft flying machine come out id perhaps world innovations posed surpris ms within short time id demonstrated top speed h three Comets proven fast fly ovantage however wing tips weakened air peed control d landings unfortunate ie Comets racers d 200-pIus mph over miles what cares lady race car terribly impor wonand despite lim le Comets ready G-ACSS Grosvenor House ring time 1 hours starting line iertson Race course h iough today its East An ist L nkers ani anes ir base ave wing nfirst ssfully wn togel Monday over 6 three r Boeing tnu&. hipla Ha ranby firms racing experience rialize MacRobertson race equaled either dis Slewing England Th abad Singapore fin route primarily un devoid semblance aids airports pilots requ fered little above bare mediate checkpoints r cluded such sporty places istan Rangoon Burn lots knew much about about t 630 am 1934 acting L flagged off first stan racing odyssey unde off ground m Jim Amy Mollison distance G-A Black Magic Walter t overflo Ka ing TI hind sons lni ff rt-Jone lost m fuel k ne begai retreat -i ely out eyd beer ava ade ond quick rep now bptw ick prepared 2210-mije ii air tu controls rather take landing n naps e third less House took leville n howeve e two ye lost EvL y landed ji some time TI new House left Melbourne An oil pressure Iji straight back repairs anots pent almost three iunfamiliar pilots showing seriou line Lting Seventy conds after h Left Discussing minute di Harry Robinson Harry cxc bright red finish white Next depart oe Turner green-and-white piloted Ken WaIler Jones place owner ill its trail U starters way huge crowd staring silhouettesand trying come Twelve hours 40 n Mollisons arrived stop Baghdad having c miles average spee Navigational problems nd Campbell Black mal rest stop Grt came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off its career racing plane aircraft appears have bit hot service pilots its military life happy final very hard land ing September 1936 did major damage landing gear cowlings props engine fuselage airplane struck off military records few months later sold scrap dealer Grosvenor House picked up 1937 $1200 Frederick Tasker turned over racing specialist Jack Cross restoration Renamed Orphan emerged done up blue gray time New York-to-Paris Air Race sched uled August 1937 race canceled replaced European-based contest course ran Marseilles France Damascus Syria back Paris refurbished Grosvenor House did very well Flown Arthur Clouston George Nelson air plane averaged 196 mph 3850-mile race finishing fourth behind three big Ital ian Savoia SM79 bombers Continued page 190 DH 88 Comet/Berliner Continued page 100 ended up display National Air Space Museum can seen day brilliant red Comet became instantly famous perhaps its pilots certainly men de signed built After returning Eng land Grosvenor House displayed around country huge crowds Comet flown Cathcart-Jones WaIler stayed record-setting business sold French government 1935 Mollisons Comet sold Portu guese government Grosvenor House pronounced Hes yit wQ&fl9 Don Srut~ Pornier PO-X OOS / Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 14 WingspanGALL PARTS PRE-CUT 8 PREPAINTED *5Jflj & FLY IN TWO HOURS 4 PAPER AIRPLANES 433 NIHOA STREET KAHULUI HI 96732 USA CATAIAA 750 Contains lOOus paper airplanes hostage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Diecut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING Catalog AIR t aatplane aboua $1050 DIU $250 vohtage 188 Model Aviation durable skis made lightweight aluminum feature ateel spring holds ski rigid flight also elevates axle above ski no modificationa cur rent gear wire needed can go wheels skis seconds side ski also has special edge allows excellent tracking icy surfaces available three sizes can purchased tnkes just 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Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail 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came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off its career racing plane aircraft appears have bit hot service pilots its military life happy final very hard land ing September 1936 did major damage landing gear cowlings props engine fuselage airplane struck off military records few months later sold scrap dealer Grosvenor House picked up 1937 $1200 Frederick Tasker turned over racing specialist Jack Cross restoration Renamed Orphan emerged done up blue gray time New York-to-Paris Air Race sched uled August 1937 race canceled replaced European-based contest course ran Marseilles France Damascus Syria back Paris refurbished Grosvenor House did very well Flown Arthur Clouston George Nelson air plane averaged 196 mph 3850-mile race finishing fourth behind three big Ital ian Savoia SM79 bombers Continued page 190 DH 88 Comet/Berliner Continued page 100 ended up display National Air Space Museum can seen day brilliant red Comet became instantly famous perhaps its pilots certainly men de signed built After returning Eng land Grosvenor House displayed around country huge crowds Comet flown Cathcart-Jones WaIler stayed record-setting business sold French government 1935 Mollisons Comet sold Portu guese government Grosvenor House pronounced Hes yit wQ&fl9 Don Srut~ Pornier PO-X OOS / Paper Flying Scale Model Airplane $7 00 14 WingspanGALL PARTS PRE-CUT 8 PREPAINTED *5Jflj & FLY IN TWO HOURS 4 PAPER AIRPLANES 433 NIHOA STREET KAHULUI HI 96732 USA CATAIAA 750 Contains lOOus paper airplanes hostage stamp size 6 foot wing span Gliders rubber powered Diecut youcut Largest known source paper airplanes world Cost catalog deducted 1st order over $2500 ASTOUNDING Catalog AIR t aatplane aboua $1050 DIU $250 vohtage 188 Model Aviation durable skis made lightweight aluminum feature ateel spring holds ski rigid flight also elevates axle above ski no modificationa cur rent gear wire needed can go wheels skis seconds side ski also has special edge allows excellent tracking icy surfaces available three sizes can purchased tnkes just mains order please send check money order $200 shipping handling Add 6% sales tax Minnesota Allow 2 weeks delivery large scales please submit weight wing span Telephone inquires call Ron 612-781-7333 N ORTHERN20- 30 Trike$2000 Mains $1500 ING40-60 Trike$2200 Mains $1700 RODUCTS Large Scale Trike $7500 Mains $5500 PO Box 21181 ColumbIa Heights MN 55421 781-7333 GLIDER RETRACTS Precision units made USA air craft quality materials Two 1 /4 scale size units choose Std-up 10 lbs HO over 10 lbs $5000 ea $350 S&H CA res add 7010 tax Send Sase information glass 1/4 scale 06 202 fuselage 1/3 & 1/5 scale retracts available soon Scale Glider Components 7034 FERN PLACE CARLSBAD CA 92009 16193 931-1438 SuperStar 60 - SPCa LENGTh 61/W4G AREA 790 SQ IN/SPAN S7NCHE 10 cc SPE LENGTh 60/WNG AREA 921 SQ K/SPAN sr/1NE 10 cc BASIC KIT $150 PREBUILT KIT $395 READY TO FINISH KIT $595 GXY GLASS FUSELAGE FOAM OGRE FACTORY SHK1KD HWIFVOME UNO & STAB ~ FULLY FACTORN ~PAON ~ppj pJEJH4FVWS PLUG-IN WHO INOJES WIAJST0&STAUM *4 PATTERN TEK98-6538__________ n DONT KNOVJ V/HPT ThE fAPNWVE CRLLEDJ IV GOT IAY JRCKET ZIPPEk CAUGHT ON ThE 5TCK CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-398-6528 M-F till 400 pm CST 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends / B -S ptember 1937 Ken Wailer piloted Grosvenor House Kings Cup handi cap race averaging 214 mph Novem ber renamed Burberry flown Clouston Mrs Kirby-Green 7200-mile course England South Africa back record 45 hours record flying culminated 11day 26500-mile round trip New Zea land Clouston Victor Ricketts March 1938 airplane entered 1938 Kings Cup Race Hatfield site its first flight four years earlier dam aged takeoff Repairs completed within five weeks two test flights made Geoffrey DeHavilland prepara tion another record flight Australia However flight canceled G-ACSS Comet never flew again Grosvenor House spent years World War II outdoor storage Gravesend Airport Later removed Salis bury Hall Mosquito de signed secret As might expected aircraft deteriorated badly its years exposure elements plane reclaimed restored 1950 Festival Britain exhibition primarily cosmetic restoration work Comets interior though generally good condition left incomplete After 1950 exhibition airplane moved showroom deHavil land Engine Company remaining Un190 Model Aviation i/Il 9 Agressor R F high quality balsa Plywood fun fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam ARFs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 pIes $ISP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyplus $12OOP&H AFFORDABLE SPEED CONTROLS six models speed controls fully proportional 15 either direction Also incorporated isa tell-sole timer shuts down motor tile event ole tress meter receiver receiver battery failure AirplaneCompleteAssembled ModelsParts Kitand Tested EKE24C$2150$2850 EKE24UN/A$4150 EKE-PS$4000$5000 Care EKE71t$2500$3100 EKE7RM$260003200 EKE-FR$4000$5000 EKE-Fit$4000$5000 RBV-4$1095$1995 ROV-4 ON SOARD VOLTMETER assembled units carry lull 90-day warronly Fleune need $200 poolaga cod handling per order Send SASS Infolmation Mali orders ELDEN-KEN ELECTRONICS INC PO 0051853 Arvada Coloredo 80001 cell today 303-234-0522 Vu Mastereard accaptad plus 4% 49span 4Slength a4 channel rrical wing Engine3S-502cy 45-654cy Red silver trim Black cockpit . Pit Special Superbly Engineered Hand Crafted Flight W T EVER offered Kit form Beautiful Fuel-Proof Finish already appiieai Available Finished Unfinished Kit Assembled Assembled unite WI TAI e GUARANTEED agalnet defects active Durable Oak 1/4 Ply Construction COWLE1ELY BICLOSES yew Valuable Equipment Held peeps ir Accepts car jugs Moat Uaeful Enclosed Stor age Smallest Size YouN LOVE rnt PIT SPEC -KIT- 5 PIT SPEC FINISHED KIT$5995 PIT SPEC- ASSM$6995 PIT SPEC ASSM/FINISHED . $7995 WRITE FOR INFO ON OUR X-WrTER CASE9 OTHER OUTSTANDING PROOUCTSI WE ARE YOUR BE8TCHOICEN SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER OR CALL US S S Continental US Fri 8-5 MST OR check money order FAST SIIPPING STUFF VISA 45 16th Street West MC BillInns MT 59102 til 1965 presented Shut tleworth Collection Old Warden Aero drome Grosvenor House no longer air worthy As among very few museums aircraft still unrestored flying condition famous raceplane languished hangar looking decidedly unhappy among its active neighbors 1972 David Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail 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hand cheer historic airplanes 1984 arrival Australia Comet shipped back England completion restoration accomplished spring 1987 May 17 airplane lifted off Hat field its first flight since 1938 So suc cessful test program Comet flown air show just week later USAF base Mildenhall starting point 1934 race After two months air misfor tune struck flight July 1987 Comet ground looped damaging wing tip landing gear propeller cowl ing airplane sent Hatfieldbased British Aerospace Corporation bought out Hawker-Siddeley repairs British Aerospace Corporation cor ner business airplane hangar cleared sleek twin-engined craft put up jacks Repairs G ACSS finished time new inau Quarter Scale WW SE-BA $0N sting span sq area 7$ 22 engises RGOS-7 $2496 SPAD C-XIII 7$Y sting span2t20 sq n wise area13 31 engines Capoblo flyer captors magination RCOS$ 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 sting span sq sting area 7$ tot $0 engines RGOO$ $2496 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 $4 wing span sq sting area t 1 lbs edo RIG wood & balsa construction over Oh sq ft drawings RGOS-tt $2496 gural flight mid-August 1988and historic airplane flying included air displays 1988 season Old Warden three original 1934 Comets others met unluckier fate G-ACSP Black Magic recovered scrapyard Portugal 1980 ex tremely deteriorated condition Plans build new airplane what little re mained original aborted owner killed plane crash scuttlebutt has though another indi vidual may have picked up ball may day see second Comet take skies again third Comet G-ACSR set several speed records France called F-ANPY met its end early part World War II Istres France Two additional Comets built 1935 F-ANPZ flew French govern ment also destroyed Istres 1940 G-ADEF made its first flight July 1935 crashed September crew forced bail out over northN OWPiper Tn-Pacer PA-22 One-Third Scale I t$31$ sting spon sq sting ama 20 30 cid nogines 4-0 channel RIG oo 12 lbs 1$ Overall length Plystoodlbalso tulselage removeable sting panels stearObin 0050 whenl dnsignnd 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Ogilvy manager Shuttleworth Collection Wally Berry top mechanic made decision re store Grosvenor airworthiness Al though no lack enthusiasm project great deal money needed finance Fund-raising absorbed Ogilvys Berrys time during early stages enterprise Trans port Trust became sponsor did Hawker-Siddeley Aviation company taken over DeHavilland Work began end Old Wardens 1974 flying season 30-year-old racer dismantled construction drawings collected far wide miss ing data recalculated landing gears sent Dowty-Rotol com plete rebuilding one-piece 44-ft wing opened up revealing much material needing replacement Metal fit tings checked extra security reassembled new bolts Replanking wing began early 1977 followed sanding doping appli cation Irish linen final doping fuselage presented serious challenge Since good parts lost purloined souvenirs re storers lot reverse engineer ing determine new parts should built canopy frame instrument pan el other items re-created scratch using whatever information could found quite timeconsuming Overseeing increasingly complex op eration semiretired engineer/race pilot Ron Paine aviation career dated 1920s Under expert guidance minimal changes made con tinuing tug-ofwar between authenticity safety end Comet acquired tail wheel place its original skid joy future pilots motor wind up landing gear Several modern instru ments also added Hopes completing project 1982 faded delamination found all-wood wing 1981 cost major rebuilding wing proved great job temporarily suspended late 1982 May 1983 airplane moved Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough scene biennial air show work resumed training apprentices As 50th anniversary England-toAustralia Air Race approached talk hav ing Grosvenor refly original course gave way practical plan ship Comet Australia static display MOWNG LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOINGI move please let us know advancesix weeks re- I quired change address Attach current MA mailing label I check aPPropriate box mail Subscription Dept Model Avi- I Check at/on 1810 amuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 appropriate boxenclose payment SUBSCRIPTION fl CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA-member subscription rates $1800 12 months US addresses US Schools $900 I US Libraries $1350 elsewhere including Canada Mexico $2900 Payment must check money order US funds drawn US bank I Name Address I City/State__________________________________________________[v33][b18952259152719300]]ZIP _______________ IModel Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090___ 1 November 1989 191 flono flyer r ROCKET nly $395 eaIts Fun plus *1/order Goes up like rocket 5&H Glides down like plane Balsa/Ready Fly/Attractively Packaged WANTED Distributors ers Increase Profits e Details Jim Meaaera Qualisy Model Products Valley View Dr. Box 43 7161 372a40eAllegany NY 14706 SUCKER-KIT$5995 VHS Show & Tell Video.$3995 Add $400 shipping & handling Ml residents add 40/0 sales tax Os C - o Send Si 00 SASE tar product list samples rail weed veneer skins Product 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hand cheer historic airplanes 1984 arrival Australia Comet shipped back England completion restoration accomplished spring 1987 May 17 airplane lifted off Hat field its first flight since 1938 So suc cessful test program Comet flown air show just week later USAF base Mildenhall starting point 1934 race After two months air misfor tune struck flight July 1987 Comet ground looped damaging wing tip landing gear propeller cowl ing airplane sent Hatfieldbased British Aerospace Corporation bought out Hawker-Siddeley repairs British Aerospace Corporation cor ner business airplane hangar cleared sleek twin-engined craft put up jacks Repairs G ACSS finished time new inau Quarter Scale WW SE-BA $0N sting span sq area 7$ 22 engises RGOS-7 $2496 SPAD C-XIII 7$Y sting span2t20 sq n wise area13 31 engines Capoblo flyer captors magination RCOS$ 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 sting span sq sting area 7$ tot $0 engines RGOO$ $2496 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 $4 wing span sq sting area t 1 lbs edo RIG wood & balsa construction over Oh sq ft drawings RGOS-tt $2496 gural flight mid-August 1988and historic airplane flying included air displays 1988 season Old Warden three original 1934 Comets others met unluckier fate G-ACSP Black Magic recovered scrapyard Portugal 1980 ex tremely deteriorated condition Plans build new airplane what little re mained original aborted owner killed plane crash scuttlebutt has though another indi vidual may have picked up ball may day see second Comet take skies again third Comet G-ACSR set several speed records France called F-ANPY met its end early part World War II Istres France Two additional Comets built 1935 F-ANPZ flew French govern ment also destroyed Istres 1940 G-ADEF made its first flight July 1935 crashed September crew forced bail out over northN OWPiper Tn-Pacer PA-22 One-Third Scale I t$31$ sting spon sq sting ama 20 30 cid nogines 4-0 channel RIG oo 12 lbs 1$ Overall length Plystoodlbalso tulselage removeable sting panels stearObin 0050 whenl dnsignnd nosy groond handling 004 authentIc scale flight performosce RG3S 3$2995 Sill teeing, Foundina Member AMA NFFS Hall Fame Pricos conrylos plans sub assembly ft dstaiied pans lists Mellina taba end New erochare sstlog cove Plan Sets st 00 its refundable urfirstordari WE Technical Services PO Box 76884-A Atlanta GA 30328 em Sudan Africa Tom Campbell Black Gordon MacArthur way Capetown South Africa both en gines developed serious trouble two could find no place attempt emer gency landing Comets designed maximumperformance long-distance racing developed minimum time won race intended topped pageful records novative high-powered airplanes werent really meant last 50 years survi vor out five isnt such bad showing youre ever traveling England sure include stop Old Warden Air field itinerary Unless owners can talked bringing Grosvenor House EAA Fly-In Oshkosh thats opportunity see historic racer flight Modelers Bill Turner Ed Marquardt however work re production Grosvenor House com pletion anticipated sometime next few years 415 342 5581 GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 282005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WiTH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEt4S FULL SIZE 2FT X 4fT S 5 HA TORI RA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS SHIRTS & HATS T-SHIRTS 51895 SWEATSHIRTS $1695 S/C CAPS RIG Pilot WinstOn Forot Scroohied Rae Smil S895 CALL OUR 24 HOUR PHONE /3031 77063gb TO PLACE ORDERS REQUEST BROCHURE 5210 Slrippioe & Hordime Charge Coerveental US 3 tTEMS SHIPPEREtO Moorero HOBBY SHIRTS & HATS PO BOx 2497 LITTLETON CO $0161 SEND SASE FOR FREE COLOR BROCHURE SQUARE CUT Tools __ 4073 254-0516 905 N Harbor Ctty Blvd Melbourne FL 32935 Daleu/Diutrbuter Inquiries Invited Florida Rae denfo Add 6% Safes Tao 192 Model Aviation tUUtS WItH sovc yuu [IttIn ncittugc tnose stuooorn die cuts cut own squares slots Made US quality machined nickel plated steel Order set today See Dealer Cataloger Order fhey dont carry Square Cut Tog/s cell us ay call well pay f$r ohipping US 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/11
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V m o cry sug stattNationalIts jus November 1989 93 e Museum Washington IC its precious historic airplanes wn very thought an machine actually taking flight museum professionals inced airplane would de first opportunity e folks run Shuttleworth n Old Warden Aerodrome cut out different cloth ib curators have adnpted at airplanes meant fly aircraft fascinating iding planes old 1912 noplane historic illand Comet tua11y over years s history single aircraft ed tween Smithsonian icies represents major dif osophy no amount dis apparently ever settle prOteCt itrators will continue treat FU IIIaccess tolike delicate objects art Old Warden will contheir equally precious air iwn rtune Shuttleworth Trust number truly historic airAlthese worthies 4eiiet deH88 winner Race famous 1934 jaunt England Australia Worlds Great Comet also biown ise undouhtedly d development de squito surely versa ied fighter/bomber World Ma red April n England capi crevvmgs thelfirst plact tisvenor Halas selec wii plane 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i-distance flue order planni wife Am late ordere ir n ampbell ordered pilot hm itlus after been first ids new aci fa nds Hu Comet No Li-ALI ror 25 reat race little over other two Comets flown ef flight Comet number design success ft flying machine come out id perhaps world innovations posed surpris ms within short time id demonstrated top speed h three Comets proven fast fly ovantage however wing tips weakened air peed control d landings unfortunate ie Comets racers d 200-pIus mph over miles what cares lady race car terribly impor wonand despite lim le Comets ready G-ACSS Grosvenor House ring time 1 hours starting line iertson Race course h iough today its East An ist L nkers ani anes ir base ave wing nfirst ssfully wn togel Monday over 6 three r Boeing tnu&. hipla Ha ranby firms racing experience rialize MacRobertson race equaled either dis Slewing England Th abad Singapore fin route primarily un devoid semblance aids airports pilots requ fered little above bare mediate checkpoints r 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came second Grosvenor House d quick Allahabad headed sti away stormed al DC-2 eled Rai 12 was 511 Barring 34 Comet cou Lime time Darwin Austr tt half dist making ver water II iets engines throttled t carry [oad Neverthe r iy c own e the DC-2 o nature ta stops th hours after lea House ms FIci imne Tb ii9 mph Pilots Sci ounted rott g lost capture tair race Molt ri DC-2 i another 2 atheart-] e ehrrnQ wnue ouble Karachi nt lb hours gt 100 Model Aviation illing nun left air iet artlci4 pieted few s owe GrOSVE night mechani nine an r cteaneci 01 iuea some quizzical glances though fly model inverted canopy open looks bit odd way Scale Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 90 bies Beemer RC West Viking Models USA Santa Monica Sailpianes Airtronics Futaba Scale Model Research Sig Mod els Ace RC Tower Hobbies Windspiel Models Top Flite Models Combat Mod els Hobby Lobby International Kooka burra Publications Bob Moore Photo graphs GROVE-ner transferred Royal Air Force spring 1935 test work cutting off its career racing plane aircraft appears have bit hot service pilots its military life happy final very hard land ing September 1936 did major damage landing gear cowlings props engine fuselage airplane struck off military records few months later sold scrap dealer Grosvenor House picked up 1937 $1200 Frederick Tasker turned over racing specialist Jack Cross restoration Renamed Orphan emerged done up blue gray time New York-to-Paris Air Race sched uled August 1937 race canceled replaced European-based contest course ran Marseilles France Damascus Syria back Paris refurbished Grosvenor House did very well Flown Arthur Clouston George Nelson air plane averaged 196 mph 3850-mile race finishing fourth behind three big Ital ian Savoia SM79 bombers Continued page 190 DH 88 Comet/Berliner Continued page 100 ended up display National Air Space Museum can seen day brilliant red Comet became instantly famous perhaps its pilots certainly men de signed built After returning Eng land Grosvenor 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