FREE FLIGHT OLD-TIMERS j1 EE YOUR BEST MODEL ever very expensive difficultto-replace ignition engine just went clouds Did get line friends will ask fat lot good line bottom big cumulus cloud will confident smile turn Walston receiver hear reassuring signal tiny transmitter attached model weighs five grams battery yet super sensitive receiver has air range up 30 miles ground range three miles receiver antenna directional gives maximum signal pointing model cant see model air can follow find deep forest dark need likely find easily quickly allowing get back field put last flyoff flight win 1997 contest Rubber flier happy model easily maxed waited dethermalizer deploy waited realization grew going happen compass binoculars chase bike got good line model drifted out sight returned field get car drove seven miles along road roughly paralelled models path last seen got out turned receiver got strong signal model air 40 minutes 44 minutes signal silent meaning model landed ground range less airborne range will remember map bearing line knew wind velocity able calculate 44 minutes model about 18 miles out launch point took lot driving frustration 9 pm reciever dashboard began beep again continued travel signal became stronger went last near small cornfield signal very strong after traveling around periphery field knew sure could tell signal strength best side enter farmers permission Now need know nearly midnight moonless flier flashlightless struggled through corn trying keep reciever antenna untangled last thought could see something maybe corn stalk wingtip put out hand touched wingtip Checking map model 24 miles launch point said lessons learned set DT bring flashlight never give up Another fliers model went Georgia pine forest long distance launch point can testify got big tall thick pine forests Georgia located model quickly some difficulty got out tree using long pole Leaving forest walking car discovered transmitter somehow lost model Turning receiver again re-entered forest quickly found tiny transmitter deep weeds California flier gave up chase after sunset next day resumed hunt using private airplane following line soon signal landfill dump Driving dump asked permission enter guard said Sure wont find anything strongest signal coming office building guard said aint no way its resting shelf undamaged dump 10 miles launch point Bob Hanford editor Tulsa Glue Dobbers newsletter wrote personal retrieval experiences similar preceding concludes considering purchase chase bike Walston retrieval system retrieval system will virtually guarantee will find model bike will just help faster want subscribe Bobs newsletter address 1608 S Poplar Broken Arrow OK 74012 full information Walston system send SASE 725 Cooper Lake Rd SE Smyrna GA 30082 Model Aviation -39 Frank Zaic L New Yorker can identify modeler model right Bill Effinger photos 1955 shot late Don McGovern Berkeley Privateer designed longtime editor Flying Models prolific designer