One look fascinating types flown happy meet youll know electric-power has come long way baby THERE WAS electricity air Sunday morning April 25th dont mean lightning morning Flightmasters second annual electric mod el airplane meet got under way Mile Square Park Fountain Valley CA park literally mile square sub divided montage recreational facilities include golf course pic nic area modeling site years past 27878400 sq ft operated airport until shutdown due its urban location flying site also infested RC cars full-size land Text Photos byJoel Rieman F ghmosers Second Annuo Keotho Meet sailors separated free-flight RC land sailors taking 2000-ft legs equilateral triangle make up runways 2000 ft being relatively short strip put down modern day full-scale airplane driver abandoned airfield Flightmasters formerly North Ameri can Rockwell Flightmasters prior sponsor becoming Rockwell International largest scale model organiza tions world recognized inter nationally its trend setting least its trend following Its membership boasts some finest modelers country names would familiar everyone involved model aviation Though Flightmasters basically scale modeling club couple nonscale categories meet help bring electric flying along Weather deterrent factor meet fortunately status weather questionable early hours knowing whether would put damper meet fine scornful morning cloud ceiling lofty 1500 ft overcast continued page 89 Left middle Winning Scale model Bill Stro mans Gotha Taube nose made entirely aluminum around balsa enclosing 02 Astro Flight motor Left Beautifully built Joe Tshi rigi Ponnier biplane long take-offs landed its gear Mattel motor / pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041 1935 Wakefield/Light continued page 53 flown its shipping container no other events during test flyingnothing dramatic profound No repairs really before incarceration turning over PO Department course about zillion small patches bottom fuselage landings cut stubbly grass etc Im tempted try fly crate again some time would foolish wouldnt mind having Ives could cope Lots Wakefield contests have held since 1935 performance course unbelievable dont know proxy flying done poor sub stitute real thing things during depression Old-timers will recall 1927 following years before depression significant prizes model contests Joe E won trophy England sponsored AMLA American Boy magazine arrived too late that1931 last cash prize year never returned during tour duty However assume required old-timer mumble better way wouldnt trade anything mumbled keeping chasing distance short handicap ped himself limiting motor run 20 seconds several flights over five minutes event strangely enough dont think anyone lost model event won Gene Wallock Astro 02-powered Ranger built Micro Models kit Bob Boucher showed em RC consecutively rolling Electra Twin model built around ASW 17 glider fuselage produced Boucher brothers Tony Addie Nacarato mother son team let big Aeronca C-3 go have radio malfunction ended up light damage wing Bill Daudson flew very pretty equally interesting Olympic Two con verted house Graupner electric motor folding prop assembly winners simple ex-static receive lightning-bolt trophies cast mounted man metal Bill Stroman sure got charge out watching meet would certainly like see growing interest electric powered models couple plugs help get started electric Write VL Pro ducts 7023-D Canoga Ave Canoga Park CA 91303 Astro Flight Inc 13377 Beach Ave Venice CA 90291 90 Model Aviation r CONGRATULATIONS Bill Stroman Astro 020 powered Gotha Taube shown 1st Free Flight Scale tmflrt Ann,*I Electric Meet continued Bill Stramans other entry twin-engined de Havilland biDlane flew very realistically Top Flite Ripped off night April 21 Top Flites plant broken valuable items destroyed stolen Since thieves limited themselves research de velopment area building took items interest model ers culprits known modelers prototype P-47D containing Kraf 1 61 taken silver Monokoted Head master show model containing PCS radio OS 19 stolen covered red white Monokote P-51 Mustangdis played WRAMS 1975was smashed obtain engine also P-51 CL P-39 show model same purpose Kraft KP5C system serial 17961 stolen also Kraft KP7C series 75 Serial No 34008 large amount special items also taken including about 50 different type enginesone Drone Diesel another K&B Torpedo Serial No G-1253 Anyone obtaining knowl edge of missing items urged contact Top Flite Models Inc 2635 5 Wabash Ave Chicago Ill
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/08
Page Numbers: 42, 89, 90
One look fascinating types flown happy meet youll know electric-power has come long way baby THERE WAS electricity air Sunday morning April 25th dont mean lightning morning Flightmasters second annual electric mod el airplane meet got under way Mile Square Park Fountain Valley CA park literally mile square sub divided montage recreational facilities include golf course pic nic area modeling site years past 27878400 sq ft operated airport until shutdown due its urban location flying site also infested RC cars full-size land Text Photos byJoel Rieman F ghmosers Second Annuo Keotho Meet sailors separated free-flight RC land sailors taking 2000-ft legs equilateral triangle make up runways 2000 ft being relatively short strip put down modern day full-scale airplane driver abandoned airfield Flightmasters formerly North Ameri can Rockwell Flightmasters prior sponsor becoming Rockwell International largest scale model organiza tions world recognized inter nationally its trend setting least its trend following Its membership boasts some finest modelers country names would familiar everyone involved model aviation Though Flightmasters basically scale modeling club couple nonscale categories meet help bring electric flying along Weather deterrent factor meet fortunately status weather questionable early hours knowing whether would put damper meet fine scornful morning cloud ceiling lofty 1500 ft overcast continued page 89 Left middle Winning Scale model Bill Stro mans Gotha Taube nose made entirely aluminum around balsa enclosing 02 Astro Flight motor Left Beautifully built Joe Tshi rigi Ponnier biplane long take-offs landed its gear Mattel motor / pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041 1935 Wakefield/Light continued page 53 flown its shipping container no other events during test flyingnothing dramatic profound No repairs really before incarceration turning over PO Department course about zillion small patches bottom fuselage landings cut stubbly grass etc Im tempted try fly crate again some time would foolish wouldnt mind having Ives could cope Lots Wakefield contests have held since 1935 performance course unbelievable dont know proxy flying done poor sub stitute real thing things during depression Old-timers will recall 1927 following years before depression significant prizes model contests Joe E won trophy England sponsored AMLA American Boy magazine arrived too late that1931 last cash prize year never returned during tour duty However assume required old-timer mumble better way wouldnt trade anything mumbled keeping chasing distance short handicap ped himself limiting motor run 20 seconds several flights over five minutes event strangely enough dont think anyone lost model event won Gene Wallock Astro 02-powered Ranger built Micro Models kit Bob Boucher showed em RC consecutively rolling Electra Twin model built around ASW 17 glider fuselage produced Boucher brothers Tony Addie Nacarato mother son team let big Aeronca C-3 go have radio malfunction ended up light damage wing Bill Daudson flew very pretty equally interesting Olympic Two con verted house Graupner electric motor folding prop assembly winners simple ex-static receive lightning-bolt trophies cast mounted man metal Bill Stroman sure got charge out watching meet would certainly like see growing interest electric powered models couple plugs help get started electric Write VL Pro ducts 7023-D Canoga Ave Canoga Park CA 91303 Astro Flight Inc 13377 Beach Ave Venice CA 90291 90 Model Aviation r CONGRATULATIONS Bill Stroman Astro 020 powered Gotha Taube shown 1st Free Flight Scale tmflrt Ann,*I Electric Meet continued Bill Stramans other entry twin-engined de Havilland biDlane flew very realistically Top Flite Ripped off night April 21 Top Flites plant broken valuable items destroyed stolen Since thieves limited themselves research de velopment area building took items interest model ers culprits known modelers prototype P-47D containing Kraf 1 61 taken silver Monokoted Head master show model containing PCS radio OS 19 stolen covered red white Monokote P-51 Mustangdis played WRAMS 1975was smashed obtain engine also P-51 CL P-39 show model same purpose Kraft KP5C system serial 17961 stolen also Kraft KP7C series 75 Serial No 34008 large amount special items also taken including about 50 different type enginesone Drone Diesel another K&B Torpedo Serial No G-1253 Anyone obtaining knowl edge of missing items urged contact Top Flite Models Inc 2635 5 Wabash Ave Chicago Ill
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/08
Page Numbers: 42, 89, 90
One look fascinating types flown happy meet youll know electric-power has come long way baby THERE WAS electricity air Sunday morning April 25th dont mean lightning morning Flightmasters second annual electric mod el airplane meet got under way Mile Square Park Fountain Valley CA park literally mile square sub divided montage recreational facilities include golf course pic nic area modeling site years past 27878400 sq ft operated airport until shutdown due its urban location flying site also infested RC cars full-size land Text Photos byJoel Rieman F ghmosers Second Annuo Keotho Meet sailors separated free-flight RC land sailors taking 2000-ft legs equilateral triangle make up runways 2000 ft being relatively short strip put down modern day full-scale airplane driver abandoned airfield Flightmasters formerly North Ameri can Rockwell Flightmasters prior sponsor becoming Rockwell International largest scale model organiza tions world recognized inter nationally its trend setting least its trend following Its membership boasts some finest modelers country names would familiar everyone involved model aviation Though Flightmasters basically scale modeling club couple nonscale categories meet help bring electric flying along Weather deterrent factor meet fortunately status weather questionable early hours knowing whether would put damper meet fine scornful morning cloud ceiling lofty 1500 ft overcast continued page 89 Left middle Winning Scale model Bill Stro mans Gotha Taube nose made entirely aluminum around balsa enclosing 02 Astro Flight motor Left Beautifully built Joe Tshi rigi Ponnier biplane long take-offs landed its gear Mattel motor / pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041 1935 Wakefield/Light continued page 53 flown its shipping container no other events during test flyingnothing dramatic profound No repairs really before incarceration turning over PO Department course about zillion small patches bottom fuselage landings cut stubbly grass etc Im tempted try fly crate again some time would foolish wouldnt mind having Ives could cope Lots Wakefield contests have held since 1935 performance course unbelievable dont know proxy flying done poor sub stitute real thing things during depression Old-timers will recall 1927 following years before depression significant prizes model contests Joe E won trophy England sponsored AMLA American Boy magazine arrived too late that1931 last cash prize year never returned during tour duty However assume required old-timer mumble better way wouldnt trade anything mumbled keeping chasing distance short handicap ped himself limiting motor run 20 seconds several flights over five minutes event strangely enough dont think anyone lost model event won Gene Wallock Astro 02-powered Ranger built Micro Models kit Bob Boucher showed em RC consecutively rolling Electra Twin model built around ASW 17 glider fuselage produced Boucher brothers Tony Addie Nacarato mother son team let big Aeronca C-3 go have radio malfunction ended up light damage wing Bill Daudson flew very pretty equally interesting Olympic Two con verted house Graupner electric motor folding prop assembly winners simple ex-static receive lightning-bolt trophies cast mounted man metal Bill Stroman sure got charge out watching meet would certainly like see growing interest electric powered models couple plugs help get started electric Write VL Pro ducts 7023-D Canoga Ave Canoga Park CA 91303 Astro Flight Inc 13377 Beach Ave Venice CA 90291 90 Model Aviation r CONGRATULATIONS Bill Stroman Astro 020 powered Gotha Taube shown 1st Free Flight Scale tmflrt Ann,*I Electric Meet continued Bill Stramans other entry twin-engined de Havilland biDlane flew very realistically Top Flite Ripped off night April 21 Top Flites plant broken valuable items destroyed stolen Since thieves limited themselves research de velopment area building took items interest model ers culprits known modelers prototype P-47D containing Kraf 1 61 taken silver Monokoted Head master show model containing PCS radio OS 19 stolen covered red white Monokote P-51 Mustangdis played WRAMS 1975was smashed obtain engine also P-51 CL P-39 show model same purpose Kraft KP5C system serial 17961 stolen also Kraft KP7C series 75 Serial No 34008 large amount special items also taken including about 50 different type enginesone Drone Diesel another K&B Torpedo Serial No G-1253 Anyone obtaining knowl edge of missing items urged contact Top Flite Models Inc 2635 5 Wabash Ave Chicago Ill