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Flying for Fun

Author: D.B. Mathews


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/10
Page Numbers: 79, 81, 82, 84

DB Mathews £U77L17 25 tziuiii Splendid Subject last several columns Ive banging drum promoting unusual modeling subjects month have rare yet extremely appealing aircraft Boeing Model 80 people familiar extent another Ford Junkers trimotors lesser extent American Fokker units Did know preceded trimotor commercial aircraft Boeing Stinson Armstrong Whitworths Argosy now ugly airplane de Havillands Hercules several other domestic foreign manufacturers three engines Id suspect answer lies what available reliable power plants time aircraft designed Aircraft designs have dictated power plant development since Wright brothers vivid example unsuccessful Dornier DoX flying boat conceived revolutionary size capable canying 100 passengers across Atlantic However obtain sufficient power fly no less 12 engines powerful design available 500 horsepower Damier Benz needed larger engines available poor thing probably wouldnt have handicapped weight drag 12 engines nacelles propellers Following line logic wouldnt suspect two engines 700 800 hp available Boeing engineers Model 80 would have designed twinengined rather three-engined airplane glance through aviation history reveals excellent aircraft failures because engine builders unable perfect new engines P-70 series fighters powered unsuccessful power plants such horizontal 12-cylinder X-shaped liquid cooled units seem saying first engine airplane youve ever visited magnificent Seattle Museum Eight might have seen Model 80 centerpiece displays very impressed appeal Model 80 modeling subject wondered Id never seen flying model aircraft Seattle 1928 Model 80 12-passenger version three 425 hp Wasp engines NC 224M entered service May 1930 Boeing Air Transport System Boeing Stearman Northrop United Airlines Pratt Whimey Hamilton Standard several other firms merged United Aircraft early 1930s until US Justice Department broke up under October1998 79 Samuel Mossins Santa Maria CA model Boeing Model 80A spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 antitrust laws reason given United Aircraft converting raw materials nearly finished components airplane using provide direct government subsidized airline service United Aircraft monopoly gave unfair advantage over other airlines manufacturers wonder laws repealed Scale Model Samuel Mossin 909 Colebrook Dr Santa Maria CA 93458 reacted Model 80 have followed up inspiration developing beautiful Radio Control RC model prototype Samuels CN 228M Model 80A 18-passenger development featured what might have first onboard stewardesses Sixteen 525 hp Pratt Whitney-powered 8OAs sold last Standard Oil version much larger single vertical fin rather 80s triple fins uncowled center engine Samuel looking through World Encyclopedia Civilian Aircroft goodlooking trimotor struck again Boeing Model 80A obtained copies original drawings Smithsonian Institute After researching available accessories such Williams Bros ninecylinder engines classic wheels arrived rather odd scale I13 best utilize After 1 years research construction Samuel flew model successfully spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 twostroke other two propellers freewheeling undercarriage springloaded Samuel currently flying threeengine version has drawings fiberglass parts available plans builders Much models beauty lost black-and-white photos white kelly green trim pinstripes orange Boeing Air Transport BAT insignia under cockpit true scale created Macintosh computer photo Ultimate Compliment Perhaps delightful comment builders really unusual Scale models can hear What Through years Ive attracted have built unusual Scale subjects such Luton Minors Monopreps Rearwin Juniors 0 BEE HEROf 1* Role Modoll 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $85 -35 gram 4-OH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff eew~ aa1 RO Box 4125 Mesa 521 1-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly anywbnm entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs October 1998 81 Aveox SweeDs Electric NATS F7 LMR moo took top 8 places C ass LMR Sa ace Cong atula ons o Day d F Free Class Aveox took 6 top 7 places including first p lace tiel Both 3 noints Catalogtrom pertectle Class ff George Joy won th using F7LMFt motor 12 celIsI Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE catalogl Shown new Fl 0 Competition model new lightened version weighs 21 5g wires capable nearly 1 horsepower used 10 cell F5B competition also worlds powertal 7 cell motorl used new Hybridrive L60 controller can get over 700 watts trom 96 ounce packagel Aveox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 http//wwwaveoxcom fo@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushless DC Motors D & J ELECTRONICS Marigold St NW Hartville OH 44632 1236330-877-1445 hi ice & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endors.d AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace 1-liTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExirdUPSU S Mail CODs z m Visit home page http//wwwdnjelectromcscom Email david@dnielectronicscom jayne@dnjelectronics AMA #256t23ARRLWBSYSQ U l Aircraft Parts WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF SUPERIOR EPOXY-GLASS COWLS WHEEL PANTS & ACCESSORIES CALL NOW 810 677-0213 FAX 810 677-0414 orders 7118 wesTMoRe&aND D WSRReNroN VA 2O187PON 540 347-fi34 J1i A i [1 n Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Soilpianes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 7000 different full color photo studies 1903-1997 35000 3-view line drawings 1998 Catolo /GUidO200 poges ROO flYConodo/Mexco 51000 Overseas $1500 Bob Banka e Model Research 114 Yukon Avenue Costa Mesa CA 92626 7141 979-8058 http //www imt net/ims/scaie html Taylor Cubs Schweizer l-30s Rearwin Skyrangers Porterfield Zephyrs can imagine Samuel Mossins smile someone asks him What flies Boeing Model SOA Trimotor Story rainy 1000-footceiling morning Tuesday March 31 1931 TAT TWA Airlines Fokker trimotor flying approximately three miles west what now Matfield Green rest stop Kansas turnpike encountered severe thunderstorm activity disintegrated air crashed killing two pilots six passengers days case now press public much titillated airline crashes automobile accidents However particular crash generated extraordinary worldwide attention because Knute Rockne legendary 43-year-old Notre Dame football coach killed Rockne taken night train Chicago IL Kansas City KS flying Los Angeles CA intermediate stops Wichita KS Oklahoma City OK Albuquerque NM etc en route Los Angeles some controversy about reason trip apparently Rockne business meeting Universal Pictures about movie called Spirit Notre Dame released after death rarely visited memorial out rolling grassy Flint Hills pasture accessible down dirt road rest stop Besides tragedy lives lost impact crash aviation history Fokker trimotors wellrespected airline service Admiral Byrd used fly over North Pole crash set off such public furor federal government needed scapegoat blame placed Fokkers all-wood wing de Havilland Mosquito 1939 single handedly debunks questions concerning strength all-wood wings Knowing Kansas thunderstorms I seriously doubt aircraftno matter strongly constructed what constnicted ofcould safely fly through flies around over tied down 82 Model Aviation $100 forOpen $200 UanaaaMonday Friday $300 outside USA10 am 4 pm EST rBe Flag waver! L0RTHEAST SCREEPJ GRAPHICS P 0 BOX 304 EAST LONIiMtMUUW MA 111020 e5 per & MORE 4OO & major decals TEL 413 525 4110 FAX 413 525 7794 12 PR 12LS 145 P CALL ON THE ORDER LINE UAV Inc 800-294-9506 HAVE YOUR HOBBY DEALER * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $299 Cat No 202Air Cleaner Fine$299 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 P/2 Inserts Coarse$239 Cat No 204 PkI2 Inserts Fine$239 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Bru Line Industries Inc P0 Box 3786 Cente Lne M chgen4SOlS Add $250 sh pp ngM ch gan es dents add 4% sa es tax Dont wait longer experience awesome thrill paintin Sky St/PER DRI SUPERORI AVIATION SMOOE OIL tee pnernionn onroke oil ton modelers IMly U Superior intense smoke Id Eucellent persistenne V Consistent pentororenco SUPSRVRI tos eoeed ito neputotion os toe beet frese bent Ask Dove Patrick Done non 0~~ Stocker Auk industry reonunoctunens like AMP ond TME F777711 FOUR COftVEN ENT UN TaI CoOois -go coo$4800 Fe 0-go5500 0DeeeSSgo$2 oo jI airport want continue living power thunderstorms legendary high plains United States distinctly recall situation flight three US Air Force F-84s attempted penetrate boiler over Kansas didnt make through scattered pieces over Kansas Nebraska Colorado pilots ejected whipped around storm nearly hour before descending badly battered hail 100 miles away 1931 anything much above 10000 feet altitude about 20000-30000 feet below tops Kansas thunderstorms strain aircraft Also virtually no reliable meteorology adequate inflight radio conimunication weather radar existed can presume TAT pilots blundered thunderstorm rain low ceilings storm ate airplane Admitting public commercial airplanes dangerous bad weather would never powers-that-be blamed wooden wing construction banned such aircraft airline use leading demise American Fokker shortly thereafter Guess what huge highly influential company built available large allmetal passenger airplane US American Fokker division General Motors Boeing Model Numbers Did ever notice Boeing jet airliners have gap numbering system 707 727 737 747757 767 now M what happened 717 model number assigned Super Sonic Transport project died mock-up stage understanding 717 model number will used McDonnell Douglas MD-90 part two companies merger 4Sources Rockne Coach Man Legend Jerry Brandfield Flying Boeing Model 80 Museum Boeinga Pictorial History Pete Bowers Air Travel Henry Palmer 6146 E Cactus Wren Hd Scottsdale AL 6b253 Tel602-948-5798 602-998-7005 84 Model Aviation Introducing & Rocket Boy simple calpult glider can built JET-X assist kids adults Quick assembly Easy fly -PolumersP0 Box 710399-MA PhoneSantee CA 92071 619448-1818 Fax 619448-1833Send $400 full catalog PRECISION FIB ERGS Hundreds cowls radial cowls & wheelpants Strong lightweight one-piece construction Exact duplicate manufacturers original Phone orders information call 423-984-0828 Send $100 catalog $200 Outside US 9 am 6 pm EDT Dept 3 2805 Big Bend Dr e Maryville TN 37803 hT world dass tissue EASY TO APPLY TOUGH PUNCTURE RESISTANT TIGHTENS PERFECTLY $15 PER ROLL OST INTERNATIONAL

Author: D.B. Mathews


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/10
Page Numbers: 79, 81, 82, 84

DB Mathews £U77L17 25 tziuiii Splendid Subject last several columns Ive banging drum promoting unusual modeling subjects month have rare yet extremely appealing aircraft Boeing Model 80 people familiar extent another Ford Junkers trimotors lesser extent American Fokker units Did know preceded trimotor commercial aircraft Boeing Stinson Armstrong Whitworths Argosy now ugly airplane de Havillands Hercules several other domestic foreign manufacturers three engines Id suspect answer lies what available reliable power plants time aircraft designed Aircraft designs have dictated power plant development since Wright brothers vivid example unsuccessful Dornier DoX flying boat conceived revolutionary size capable canying 100 passengers across Atlantic However obtain sufficient power fly no less 12 engines powerful design available 500 horsepower Damier Benz needed larger engines available poor thing probably wouldnt have handicapped weight drag 12 engines nacelles propellers Following line logic wouldnt suspect two engines 700 800 hp available Boeing engineers Model 80 would have designed twinengined rather three-engined airplane glance through aviation history reveals excellent aircraft failures because engine builders unable perfect new engines P-70 series fighters powered unsuccessful power plants such horizontal 12-cylinder X-shaped liquid cooled units seem saying first engine airplane youve ever visited magnificent Seattle Museum Eight might have seen Model 80 centerpiece displays very impressed appeal Model 80 modeling subject wondered Id never seen flying model aircraft Seattle 1928 Model 80 12-passenger version three 425 hp Wasp engines NC 224M entered service May 1930 Boeing Air Transport System Boeing Stearman Northrop United Airlines Pratt Whimey Hamilton Standard several other firms merged United Aircraft early 1930s until US Justice Department broke up under October1998 79 Samuel Mossins Santa Maria CA model Boeing Model 80A spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 antitrust laws reason given United Aircraft converting raw materials nearly finished components airplane using provide direct government subsidized airline service United Aircraft monopoly gave unfair advantage over other airlines manufacturers wonder laws repealed Scale Model Samuel Mossin 909 Colebrook Dr Santa Maria CA 93458 reacted Model 80 have followed up inspiration developing beautiful Radio Control RC model prototype Samuels CN 228M Model 80A 18-passenger development featured what might have first onboard stewardesses Sixteen 525 hp Pratt Whitney-powered 8OAs sold last Standard Oil version much larger single vertical fin rather 80s triple fins uncowled center engine Samuel looking through World Encyclopedia Civilian Aircroft goodlooking trimotor struck again Boeing Model 80A obtained copies original drawings Smithsonian Institute After researching available accessories such Williams Bros ninecylinder engines classic wheels arrived rather odd scale I13 best utilize After 1 years research construction Samuel flew model successfully spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 twostroke other two propellers freewheeling undercarriage springloaded Samuel currently flying threeengine version has drawings fiberglass parts available plans builders Much models beauty lost black-and-white photos white kelly green trim pinstripes orange Boeing Air Transport BAT insignia under cockpit true scale created Macintosh computer photo Ultimate Compliment Perhaps delightful comment builders really unusual Scale models can hear What Through years Ive attracted have built unusual Scale subjects such Luton Minors Monopreps Rearwin Juniors 0 BEE HEROf 1* Role Modoll 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $85 -35 gram 4-OH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff eew~ aa1 RO Box 4125 Mesa 521 1-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly anywbnm entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs October 1998 81 Aveox SweeDs Electric NATS F7 LMR moo took top 8 places C ass LMR Sa ace Cong atula ons o Day d F Free Class Aveox took 6 top 7 places including first p lace tiel Both 3 noints Catalogtrom pertectle Class ff George Joy won th using F7LMFt motor 12 celIsI Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE catalogl Shown new Fl 0 Competition model new lightened version weighs 21 5g wires capable nearly 1 horsepower used 10 cell F5B competition also worlds powertal 7 cell motorl used new Hybridrive L60 controller can get over 700 watts trom 96 ounce packagel Aveox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 http//wwwaveoxcom fo@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushless DC Motors D & J ELECTRONICS Marigold St NW Hartville OH 44632 1236330-877-1445 hi ice & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endors.d AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace 1-liTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExirdUPSU S Mail CODs z m Visit home page http//wwwdnjelectromcscom Email david@dnielectronicscom jayne@dnjelectronics AMA #256t23ARRLWBSYSQ U l Aircraft Parts WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF SUPERIOR EPOXY-GLASS COWLS WHEEL PANTS & ACCESSORIES CALL NOW 810 677-0213 FAX 810 677-0414 orders 7118 wesTMoRe&aND D WSRReNroN VA 2O187PON 540 347-fi34 J1i A i [1 n Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Soilpianes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 7000 different full color photo studies 1903-1997 35000 3-view line drawings 1998 Catolo /GUidO200 poges ROO flYConodo/Mexco 51000 Overseas $1500 Bob Banka e Model Research 114 Yukon Avenue Costa Mesa CA 92626 7141 979-8058 http //www imt net/ims/scaie html Taylor Cubs Schweizer l-30s Rearwin Skyrangers Porterfield Zephyrs can imagine Samuel Mossins smile someone asks him What flies Boeing Model SOA Trimotor Story rainy 1000-footceiling morning Tuesday March 31 1931 TAT TWA Airlines Fokker trimotor flying approximately three miles west what now Matfield Green rest stop Kansas turnpike encountered severe thunderstorm activity disintegrated air crashed killing two pilots six passengers days case now press public much titillated airline crashes automobile accidents However particular crash generated extraordinary worldwide attention because Knute Rockne legendary 43-year-old Notre Dame football coach killed Rockne taken night train Chicago IL Kansas City KS flying Los Angeles CA intermediate stops Wichita KS Oklahoma City OK Albuquerque NM etc en route Los Angeles some controversy about reason trip apparently Rockne business meeting Universal Pictures about movie called Spirit Notre Dame released after death rarely visited memorial out rolling grassy Flint Hills pasture accessible down dirt road rest stop Besides tragedy lives lost impact crash aviation history Fokker trimotors wellrespected airline service Admiral Byrd used fly over North Pole crash set off such public furor federal government needed scapegoat blame placed Fokkers all-wood wing de Havilland Mosquito 1939 single handedly debunks questions concerning strength all-wood wings Knowing Kansas thunderstorms I seriously doubt aircraftno matter strongly constructed what constnicted ofcould safely fly through flies around over tied down 82 Model Aviation $100 forOpen $200 UanaaaMonday Friday $300 outside USA10 am 4 pm EST rBe Flag waver! L0RTHEAST SCREEPJ GRAPHICS P 0 BOX 304 EAST LONIiMtMUUW MA 111020 e5 per & MORE 4OO & major decals TEL 413 525 4110 FAX 413 525 7794 12 PR 12LS 145 P CALL ON THE ORDER LINE UAV Inc 800-294-9506 HAVE YOUR HOBBY DEALER * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $299 Cat No 202Air Cleaner Fine$299 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 P/2 Inserts Coarse$239 Cat No 204 PkI2 Inserts Fine$239 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Bru Line Industries Inc P0 Box 3786 Cente Lne M chgen4SOlS Add $250 sh pp ngM ch gan es dents add 4% sa es tax Dont wait longer experience awesome thrill paintin Sky St/PER DRI SUPERORI AVIATION SMOOE OIL tee pnernionn onroke oil ton modelers IMly U Superior intense smoke Id Eucellent persistenne V Consistent pentororenco SUPSRVRI tos eoeed ito neputotion os toe beet frese bent Ask Dove Patrick Done non 0~~ Stocker Auk industry reonunoctunens like AMP ond TME F777711 FOUR COftVEN ENT UN TaI CoOois -go coo$4800 Fe 0-go5500 0DeeeSSgo$2 oo jI airport want continue living power thunderstorms legendary high plains United States distinctly recall situation flight three US Air Force F-84s attempted penetrate boiler over Kansas didnt make through scattered pieces over Kansas Nebraska Colorado pilots ejected whipped around storm nearly hour before descending badly battered hail 100 miles away 1931 anything much above 10000 feet altitude about 20000-30000 feet below tops Kansas thunderstorms strain aircraft Also virtually no reliable meteorology adequate inflight radio conimunication weather radar existed can presume TAT pilots blundered thunderstorm rain low ceilings storm ate airplane Admitting public commercial airplanes dangerous bad weather would never powers-that-be blamed wooden wing construction banned such aircraft airline use leading demise American Fokker shortly thereafter Guess what huge highly influential company built available large allmetal passenger airplane US American Fokker division General Motors Boeing Model Numbers Did ever notice Boeing jet airliners have gap numbering system 707 727 737 747757 767 now M what happened 717 model number assigned Super Sonic Transport project died mock-up stage understanding 717 model number will used McDonnell Douglas MD-90 part two companies merger 4Sources Rockne Coach Man Legend Jerry Brandfield Flying Boeing Model 80 Museum Boeinga Pictorial History Pete Bowers Air Travel Henry Palmer 6146 E Cactus Wren Hd Scottsdale AL 6b253 Tel602-948-5798 602-998-7005 84 Model Aviation Introducing & Rocket Boy simple calpult glider can built JET-X assist kids adults Quick assembly Easy fly -PolumersP0 Box 710399-MA PhoneSantee CA 92071 619448-1818 Fax 619448-1833Send $400 full catalog PRECISION FIB ERGS Hundreds cowls radial cowls & wheelpants Strong lightweight one-piece construction Exact duplicate manufacturers original Phone orders information call 423-984-0828 Send $100 catalog $200 Outside US 9 am 6 pm EDT Dept 3 2805 Big Bend Dr e Maryville TN 37803 hT world dass tissue EASY TO APPLY TOUGH PUNCTURE RESISTANT TIGHTENS PERFECTLY $15 PER ROLL OST INTERNATIONAL

Author: D.B. Mathews


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/10
Page Numbers: 79, 81, 82, 84

DB Mathews £U77L17 25 tziuiii Splendid Subject last several columns Ive banging drum promoting unusual modeling subjects month have rare yet extremely appealing aircraft Boeing Model 80 people familiar extent another Ford Junkers trimotors lesser extent American Fokker units Did know preceded trimotor commercial aircraft Boeing Stinson Armstrong Whitworths Argosy now ugly airplane de Havillands Hercules several other domestic foreign manufacturers three engines Id suspect answer lies what available reliable power plants time aircraft designed Aircraft designs have dictated power plant development since Wright brothers vivid example unsuccessful Dornier DoX flying boat conceived revolutionary size capable canying 100 passengers across Atlantic However obtain sufficient power fly no less 12 engines powerful design available 500 horsepower Damier Benz needed larger engines available poor thing probably wouldnt have handicapped weight drag 12 engines nacelles propellers Following line logic wouldnt suspect two engines 700 800 hp available Boeing engineers Model 80 would have designed twinengined rather three-engined airplane glance through aviation history reveals excellent aircraft failures because engine builders unable perfect new engines P-70 series fighters powered unsuccessful power plants such horizontal 12-cylinder X-shaped liquid cooled units seem saying first engine airplane youve ever visited magnificent Seattle Museum Eight might have seen Model 80 centerpiece displays very impressed appeal Model 80 modeling subject wondered Id never seen flying model aircraft Seattle 1928 Model 80 12-passenger version three 425 hp Wasp engines NC 224M entered service May 1930 Boeing Air Transport System Boeing Stearman Northrop United Airlines Pratt Whimey Hamilton Standard several other firms merged United Aircraft early 1930s until US Justice Department broke up under October1998 79 Samuel Mossins Santa Maria CA model Boeing Model 80A spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 antitrust laws reason given United Aircraft converting raw materials nearly finished components airplane using provide direct government subsidized airline service United Aircraft monopoly gave unfair advantage over other airlines manufacturers wonder laws repealed Scale Model Samuel Mossin 909 Colebrook Dr Santa Maria CA 93458 reacted Model 80 have followed up inspiration developing beautiful Radio Control RC model prototype Samuels CN 228M Model 80A 18-passenger development featured what might have first onboard stewardesses Sixteen 525 hp Pratt Whitney-powered 8OAs sold last Standard Oil version much larger single vertical fin rather 80s triple fins uncowled center engine Samuel looking through World Encyclopedia Civilian Aircroft goodlooking trimotor struck again Boeing Model 80A obtained copies original drawings Smithsonian Institute After researching available accessories such Williams Bros ninecylinder engines classic wheels arrived rather odd scale I13 best utilize After 1 years research construction Samuel flew model successfully spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 twostroke other two propellers freewheeling undercarriage springloaded Samuel currently flying threeengine version has drawings fiberglass parts available plans builders Much models beauty lost black-and-white photos white kelly green trim pinstripes orange Boeing Air Transport BAT insignia under cockpit true scale created Macintosh computer photo Ultimate Compliment Perhaps delightful comment builders really unusual Scale models can hear What Through years Ive attracted have built unusual Scale subjects such Luton Minors Monopreps Rearwin Juniors 0 BEE HEROf 1* Role Modoll 40 LAZY BEE KIT $64 48 LAZY BEE KIT $69 Great beginners 40 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $74 50 LAZY BEE SPECIAL $84 40 SPEEDY BEE KIT $84 TREXLER 3-WHEEL SET $15 above kits FLOAT KITS above $29 EASYTEX covering $1275 per roll Small Plane Lovers have smallest RC system 24 gram servo $85 -35 gram 4-OH FM receiver $99 -5 gram BEC speed control $59-10 gram & 17 gram cobalt motors much small stuff eew~ aa1 RO Box 4125 Mesa 521 1-4125 Tel 602 649-1534 accept COD & Credit Cards Pledge teach kid fly get 15% off Clancy Kits buy Beginners love Lazy Bee because its easy fly though Lazy Bee great trainer expert pilots fall love its up-close-and-person al style aerobatics hope will take advantage Lazy Bees stunning looks ability fly anywbnm entice newcom ers join us great hobby teaches science craftsmanship self-discipline history sorely needed Americas kids ITS GOOD CLEAN FUN Seeing Believing Get 1 hour video & catalog $10 Free Hobby Shops Clubs October 1998 81 Aveox SweeDs Electric NATS F7 LMR moo took top 8 places C ass LMR Sa ace Cong atula ons o Day d F Free Class Aveox took 6 top 7 places including first p lace tiel Both 3 noints Catalogtrom pertectle Class ff George Joy won th using F7LMFt motor 12 celIsI Call write tax e-mail us tor FREE catalogl Shown new Fl 0 Competition model new lightened version weighs 21 5g wires capable nearly 1 horsepower used 10 cell F5B competition also worlds powertal 7 cell motorl used new Hybridrive L60 controller can get over 700 watts trom 96 ounce packagel Aveox Inc 31324 Via Colinas #103 Westake Village CA 91362 Phone 8185978915 Fax 8185970617 http//wwwaveoxcom fo@aveoxcom Aveox High Performance Brushless DC Motors D & J ELECTRONICS Marigold St NW Hartville OH 44632 1236330-877-1445 hi ice & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endors.d AMA RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace 1-liTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExirdUPSU S Mail CODs z m Visit home page http//wwwdnjelectromcscom Email david@dnielectronicscom jayne@dnjelectronics AMA #256t23ARRLWBSYSQ U l Aircraft Parts WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF SUPERIOR EPOXY-GLASS COWLS WHEEL PANTS & ACCESSORIES CALL NOW 810 677-0213 FAX 810 677-0414 orders 7118 wesTMoRe&aND D WSRReNroN VA 2O187PON 540 347-fi34 J1i A i [1 n Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Soilpianes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 7000 different full color photo studies 1903-1997 35000 3-view line drawings 1998 Catolo /GUidO200 poges ROO flYConodo/Mexco 51000 Overseas $1500 Bob Banka e Model Research 114 Yukon Avenue Costa Mesa CA 92626 7141 979-8058 http //www imt net/ims/scaie html Taylor Cubs Schweizer l-30s Rearwin Skyrangers Porterfield Zephyrs can imagine Samuel Mossins smile someone asks him What flies Boeing Model SOA Trimotor Story rainy 1000-footceiling morning Tuesday March 31 1931 TAT TWA Airlines Fokker trimotor flying approximately three miles west what now Matfield Green rest stop Kansas turnpike encountered severe thunderstorm activity disintegrated air crashed killing two pilots six passengers days case now press public much titillated airline crashes automobile accidents However particular crash generated extraordinary worldwide attention because Knute Rockne legendary 43-year-old Notre Dame football coach killed Rockne taken night train Chicago IL Kansas City KS flying Los Angeles CA intermediate stops Wichita KS Oklahoma City OK Albuquerque NM etc en route Los Angeles some controversy about reason trip apparently Rockne business meeting Universal Pictures about movie called Spirit Notre Dame released after death rarely visited memorial out rolling grassy Flint Hills pasture accessible down dirt road rest stop Besides tragedy lives lost impact crash aviation history Fokker trimotors wellrespected airline service Admiral Byrd used fly over North Pole crash set off such public furor federal government needed scapegoat blame placed Fokkers all-wood wing de Havilland Mosquito 1939 single handedly debunks questions concerning strength all-wood wings Knowing Kansas thunderstorms I seriously doubt aircraftno matter strongly constructed what constnicted ofcould safely fly through flies around over tied down 82 Model Aviation $100 forOpen $200 UanaaaMonday Friday $300 outside USA10 am 4 pm EST rBe Flag waver! L0RTHEAST SCREEPJ GRAPHICS P 0 BOX 304 EAST LONIiMtMUUW MA 111020 e5 per & MORE 4OO & major decals TEL 413 525 4110 FAX 413 525 7794 12 PR 12LS 145 P CALL ON THE ORDER LINE UAV Inc 800-294-9506 HAVE YOUR HOBBY DEALER * * Long Engine Life * * Use BRU LINE Air Cleaner Completely Fuel Proof Nylon Rubber Parts Cat No 102 Air Cleaner Coarse $299 Cat No 202Air Cleaner Fine$299 Replacement Inserts Cat No 104 P/2 Inserts Coarse$239 Cat No 204 PkI2 Inserts Fine$239 FITS MOST ENGINES 25 UP SEE YOUR LOCAL HOBBY DEALER IF UNAVAILABLE LOCALLY SEND TO Bru Line Industries Inc P0 Box 3786 Cente Lne M chgen4SOlS Add $250 sh pp ngM ch gan es dents add 4% sa es tax Dont wait longer experience awesome thrill paintin Sky St/PER DRI SUPERORI AVIATION SMOOE OIL tee pnernionn onroke oil ton modelers IMly U Superior intense smoke Id Eucellent persistenne V Consistent pentororenco SUPSRVRI tos eoeed ito neputotion os toe beet frese bent Ask Dove Patrick Done non 0~~ Stocker Auk industry reonunoctunens like AMP ond TME F777711 FOUR COftVEN ENT UN TaI CoOois -go coo$4800 Fe 0-go5500 0DeeeSSgo$2 oo jI airport want continue living power thunderstorms legendary high plains United States distinctly recall situation flight three US Air Force F-84s attempted penetrate boiler over Kansas didnt make through scattered pieces over Kansas Nebraska Colorado pilots ejected whipped around storm nearly hour before descending badly battered hail 100 miles away 1931 anything much above 10000 feet altitude about 20000-30000 feet below tops Kansas thunderstorms strain aircraft Also virtually no reliable meteorology adequate inflight radio conimunication weather radar existed can presume TAT pilots blundered thunderstorm rain low ceilings storm ate airplane Admitting public commercial airplanes dangerous bad weather would never powers-that-be blamed wooden wing construction banned such aircraft airline use leading demise American Fokker shortly thereafter Guess what huge highly influential company built available large allmetal passenger airplane US American Fokker division General Motors Boeing Model Numbers Did ever notice Boeing jet airliners have gap numbering system 707 727 737 747757 767 now M what happened 717 model number assigned Super Sonic Transport project died mock-up stage understanding 717 model number will used McDonnell Douglas MD-90 part two companies merger 4Sources Rockne Coach Man Legend Jerry Brandfield Flying Boeing Model 80 Museum Boeinga Pictorial History Pete Bowers Air Travel Henry Palmer 6146 E Cactus Wren Hd Scottsdale AL 6b253 Tel602-948-5798 602-998-7005 84 Model Aviation Introducing & Rocket Boy simple calpult glider can built JET-X assist kids adults Quick assembly Easy fly -PolumersP0 Box 710399-MA PhoneSantee CA 92071 619448-1818 Fax 619448-1833Send $400 full catalog PRECISION FIB ERGS Hundreds cowls radial cowls & wheelpants Strong lightweight one-piece construction Exact duplicate manufacturers original Phone orders information call 423-984-0828 Send $100 catalog $200 Outside US 9 am 6 pm EDT Dept 3 2805 Big Bend Dr e Maryville TN 37803 hT world dass tissue EASY TO APPLY TOUGH PUNCTURE RESISTANT TIGHTENS PERFECTLY $15 PER ROLL OST INTERNATIONAL

Author: D.B. Mathews


Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/10
Page Numbers: 79, 81, 82, 84

DB Mathews £U77L17 25 tziuiii Splendid Subject last several columns Ive banging drum promoting unusual modeling subjects month have rare yet extremely appealing aircraft Boeing Model 80 people familiar extent another Ford Junkers trimotors lesser extent American Fokker units Did know preceded trimotor commercial aircraft Boeing Stinson Armstrong Whitworths Argosy now ugly airplane de Havillands Hercules several other domestic foreign manufacturers three engines Id suspect answer lies what available reliable power plants time aircraft designed Aircraft designs have dictated power plant development since Wright brothers vivid example unsuccessful Dornier DoX flying boat conceived revolutionary size capable canying 100 passengers across Atlantic However obtain sufficient power fly no less 12 engines powerful design available 500 horsepower Damier Benz needed larger engines available poor thing probably wouldnt have handicapped weight drag 12 engines nacelles propellers Following line logic wouldnt suspect two engines 700 800 hp available Boeing engineers Model 80 would have designed twinengined rather three-engined airplane glance through aviation history reveals excellent aircraft failures because engine builders unable perfect new engines P-70 series fighters powered unsuccessful power plants such horizontal 12-cylinder X-shaped liquid cooled units seem saying first engine airplane youve ever visited magnificent Seattle Museum Eight might have seen Model 80 centerpiece displays very impressed appeal Model 80 modeling subject wondered Id never seen flying model aircraft Seattle 1928 Model 80 12-passenger version three 425 hp Wasp engines NC 224M entered service May 1930 Boeing Air Transport System Boeing Stearman Northrop United Airlines Pratt Whimey Hamilton Standard several other firms merged United Aircraft early 1930s until US Justice Department broke up under October1998 79 Samuel Mossins Santa Maria CA model Boeing Model 80A spans 73 inches weighs 12 pounds powered Enya 80 antitrust laws reason given United Aircraft converting raw materials nearly finished components airplane using provide direct government subsidized airline service United Aircraft monopoly gave unfair advantage over other airlines manufacturers wonder laws repealed Scale Model Samuel Mossin 909 Colebrook Dr Santa Maria CA 93458 reacted Model 80 have followed up inspiration developing beautiful Radio Control RC model prototype Samuels CN 228M Model 80A 18-passenger development featured what might have first onboard stewardesses Sixteen 525 hp Pratt Whitney-powered 8OAs sold last Standard Oil version much larger single vertical fin rather 80s triple fins uncowled center engine Samuel looking through World Encyclopedia Civilian Aircroft goodlooking trimotor struck again Boeing Model 80A obtained copies original drawings Smithsonian Institute After researching available accessories such Williams Bros ninecylinder engines classic wheels arrived rather odd scale I13 best 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