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Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/10
Page Numbers: 8, 9

Jerry McGhee 628 Gingko Ave Niceville FL 32578 E-mail themcghees@aolcom submitted photo Jim Adams front Jerrys models echelon takeoff formation Eglin Air Force Base Jims model carries markings 18th Fighter Squadron Eileson AFB Alaska Jerrys 39th Flight Test Squadron Eglin Carl Cumbon 932 Afton St Kingsport TN 37660 flies Great Planes J-3 various lakes Tennessee Power OS 465F model weighs nine pounds floats attached float Cub does beautiful scale takeoffs wrote landings extremely smooth Virgil L Jones 650 NE 19 Ave Deerfield Beach FL 33441 E-mail VLJones@Loran-Inccom found tricycle gear answer flying Tower Uproar narrow hard-surface runways no discernible change flight characteristics wrote its easier land Virgil flies Hawks Hamilton OH during summer Gold Coast club Boca Raton FL winter Both superb clubs feel blessed have privilege flying Keith Sparky Sparks 7735 Nor-East Dr Ft Worth TX 76180 built 26-pound L-19 six months Vailly Aviation plans Engine OS 320 Pegasus radio Futaba Sky Sport model covered 3/4-ounce glass cloth ZAP finishing resin finish Hobbypoxy real joy fly wrote Sparky flies very well halfthrottle slows down nicely full flaps 8 Model Aviation Uproar Pair F-16s Scale Takeoffs Smooth Landings Sparkys Bird Dog Emerson Melton 180 Coffey St Brooklyn NY 11231 built Cessna Top Flite kit Features include running lights strobe light open luggage door houses receiver slide-out tray most-asked question wrote fly out Charlee Smith 4580 San Ardo Ave Atascadero CA 93422 modified Wing Mfg kit model Power two Laser 80s model has interchangeable noses convert glass eight-gun nose J-model versions wrote Charlee model uses Robart retracts Glennis wheels Finish Cheveron Perfect Paint model uses functions 10-channel JR radio including rotating turret Tom Perkins 5110 Church Rd Mt Laurel NJ 08054 spent quite bit time plan-built F4F gear took year build airplane almost 11/2 years wrote 75-inch-span model powered Saito 150 fourstroke has working split flaps Radio JR eight servos used New Jersey Pine Barons RC Club member reports Wildcat has several flights it flies very well Cyclone Harry Dunlap 14711 SE 1st Ave Rd Summerfield FL 34491 E-mail tinytiger@attcom says Cyclone flies like funfly airplane model weighs 18 pounds has 80-inch wingspan powered G-62 Radio JR covering MonoKote Cyclone built Ed Andrews plans October 1999 9 Cessna 182New Jersey Wildcat PBJ-1H


Edition: Model Aviation - 1999/10
Page Numbers: 8, 9

Jerry McGhee 628 Gingko Ave Niceville FL 32578 E-mail themcghees@aolcom submitted photo Jim Adams front Jerrys models echelon takeoff formation Eglin Air Force Base Jims model carries markings 18th Fighter Squadron Eileson AFB Alaska Jerrys 39th Flight Test Squadron Eglin Carl Cumbon 932 Afton St Kingsport TN 37660 flies Great Planes J-3 various lakes Tennessee Power OS 465F model weighs nine pounds floats attached float Cub does beautiful scale takeoffs wrote landings extremely smooth Virgil L Jones 650 NE 19 Ave Deerfield Beach FL 33441 E-mail VLJones@Loran-Inccom found tricycle gear answer flying Tower Uproar narrow hard-surface runways no discernible change flight characteristics wrote its easier land Virgil flies Hawks Hamilton OH during summer Gold Coast club Boca Raton FL winter Both superb clubs feel blessed have privilege flying Keith Sparky Sparks 7735 Nor-East Dr Ft Worth TX 76180 built 26-pound L-19 six months Vailly Aviation plans Engine OS 320 Pegasus radio Futaba Sky Sport model covered 3/4-ounce glass cloth ZAP finishing resin finish Hobbypoxy real joy fly wrote Sparky flies very well halfthrottle slows down nicely full flaps 8 Model Aviation Uproar Pair F-16s Scale Takeoffs Smooth Landings Sparkys Bird Dog Emerson Melton 180 Coffey St Brooklyn NY 11231 built Cessna Top Flite kit Features include running lights strobe light open luggage door houses receiver slide-out tray most-asked question wrote fly out Charlee Smith 4580 San Ardo Ave Atascadero CA 93422 modified Wing Mfg kit model Power two Laser 80s model has interchangeable noses convert glass eight-gun nose J-model versions wrote Charlee model uses Robart retracts Glennis wheels Finish Cheveron Perfect Paint model uses functions 10-channel JR radio including rotating turret Tom Perkins 5110 Church Rd Mt Laurel NJ 08054 spent quite bit time plan-built F4F gear took year build airplane almost 11/2 years wrote 75-inch-span model powered Saito 150 fourstroke has working split flaps Radio JR eight servos used New Jersey Pine Barons RC Club member reports Wildcat has several flights it flies very well Cyclone Harry Dunlap 14711 SE 1st Ave Rd Summerfield FL 34491 E-mail tinytiger@attcom says Cyclone flies like funfly airplane model weighs 18 pounds has 80-inch wingspan powered G-62 Radio JR covering MonoKote Cyclone built Ed Andrews plans October 1999 9 Cessna 182New Jersey Wildcat PBJ-1H

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