NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT flyable state although wasnt fin ished weekend before big event good friend Sid Clements has test flown model designs over years made first flights fingers much steadier time like After carefully going over model setting engine liking Sid ordered tank topped off ready go first flight smooth silk just little aileron trim needed Everything else per fect Sid finished flight flawless landing overjoyed re sults test much like situa tion real 1931 craft finished just time races fly right first time since would no time mod ifications made minor aileron change get trim lever back neutral Sid also wanted try little engine offset added washer under front engine bolt engine side-mounted Edson mount regular Edson thrust wedge behind second flight Sid felt no further improve ments should made handed transmitter am usually very shaky new model after hours have spent building some strange reason very relaxed flying new Model Z flew through maneuvers required Scale flight pat tern left low flyby till last doing other maneuvers little altitude got feel new ship came around set up flyby lined up just wanted sudden engine quit would have hesitated make landing self Sid reached transmitter Left markings model painted hand cowl taking hours note detail louvers cowl buckles wing wires Right propeller static judging flying repilca Curtiss Modei Z used win races authors modei powered side-mounted Webra 91 engIne fitted Sum Line muffler Wood dowels extend forward mounting dummy PAWenglne PIcture rightshowstheflexlbie exhaustextenslon Robartpump Reilabieoperation requIred 32 Model Aviation oong much iie W5 full-size airplane stubby racer seems ready goand remily goes Modeis 80mph flight rIght scaie speed Prototyp once reached 315 mph Yellow black paint scheme Model Z gives striking appearance us does large racing number planes features obvious view isa very large tail skid let him make normal beautiful landing As wiped model off seemed lot fuel over bottom decided take wing off take look inside Good thing did rup tured tank raw fuel over Fortunately foam rubber around Left The radio gear installed tar torward possible Dattery aionguae ins TUI 1511K urvu uuu u nts . ele vator servo beside tank rudder servo has cables true scale fashion Throttle servo middle Right aileron has its own servothatyou see mounted thewing connected recelverwith sY-cord Ailerons actuated means oftorquetubes September 1984 33 Lets urns what dummy P&W engine looks like before cowl goes its built balsa plywood uses Williams Bros Wasp cylinders Haffke used Martin industries carburetor engine says runs great inside view cowl shows mount ing tracks spring-loaded retaining rod wheel collar adjusts spring tension Mounting tracks made triangle stock tank soaked up reached radio components ended test flying day got back work finishing model next big job buildin2 dummy Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine Fi nal detailing almost finished few days later met Sid field flew dummy engine place found Wa no problem handed sticks again flew model second time handing him box landing Now turn made slightly hairy takeoff con cerned about lifting off too soon kept down until quite close end strip using rest flight uneventful until got ready land pulled stunt am guilty quite frequently throttled down didnt pull throttle trim down wanted cut power low idle reach trim lever take eyes off model pulled trim down looked back model its nose up alarming angle enough speed correct mistake still made smooth landing little shaken point good find out model behaves very well dont Len The Tin T8l5 smootniy IfltO tUflledeck Ge Bee logo cut pressuresensitlve Mylar trim material Right rudder horn made plywood control cables scale stab struts made streamline-shaped aluminum tubing Left could Lowell Bayles wearing helmet goggles see through three-piece wind screen Short sections comI mon straight pins simulate rivets Joined wind screen sections Right Cowl fastening buckles carved basswood 34 Model 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model well Nats good flight score low static score 80 kept placing among top models flew contest after Nationals got static score 93 second place just point behind winner am looking forward years meets exciting model very famous aircraft flies like dream Some history Lets go back have look events led designing building full-size aircraft 1930 story fascinating point must give thanks son man designed Model Z since books notes three enabled write very accurate account building colorful aircraft Bob Hall Jr given notes over year ago help writing book will Granvilles Gee Bees story Model Z story Bob Hall joining forces Granville brothers make avia tion history Bob Hall born Taunton MA August 22 1905 spent childhood summers Cosco Bay ME wanted sailor developed love yachts unofficial photog rapher yacht club several years attended high school Lowell MA member ski jumping team later graduated Uni versity Michigan bachelors degree aeronautical engineering went work Fairchild Aviation Co Long Island met Eu genia Zeller working Coney Island restaurant graduate Cornell would later become Mrs Hall Things too slow Hall Fairchild jumped chance design seaplane Skyways Ltd Boston left big companys security Boston last pay check pocket job fell through leaving Hall strand ed time Granville brothers operating aircraft repair service Boston just found backer place build biplane Grannie designed abundance technical knowhow airplane building business have engineer Bob Hall man joining forces Springfield MA very young Granville brothers equally young Bob Hall rare combinations talent create aeronautical history aircraft emerge talents men become legend annals aviation history Tait brothers offered back Granvilles setting up old Left Lowell Bayles sits atop wheel Z old picture taken Springfield AIrport Note old car background Right Another shot original airplanewith lot spectators watching Large crowds gathered airport single day 36 Model Aviation FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 IRBALSA FUEL TANK WALLSBAYJ FIRE WAL SWITCH RECEIVER r B PLY SERVO ROARS ITA PER FRONT SPAR -I2S5 EADINIIESSE UYVUCCC2C2 36K IPAR II IB PLY WIRE K TAPREARPAR W&S/ BRASS TU WIRE RINSE PINl1j~jL VA SALE RIBS BASS B OCK r7 4 BALSA TAIL S JRFACES AILERON CROSS SECTION 1 LAR RUM TO E 60 4OBOL SEREC 4 XI TRAILINI EDGE ,IRNGE ORS MODEL Z CRANK PLAN SHEET NO 2 BNRSPAN TSR SCALE 3N FT DES BNED BY HENRY lIAFEKE 3B AILERORI LE dance hall side Springfield Airport went work building Gee Bee Model Biplane unsure just aircraft built records seem suggest eight 10 rolled out Granville shop can seen today Bradley Air Museum Windsor CT year 1929 best time aircraft business Airplanes hard sell ingenious Granville ganization always seemed come up something keep business de spite hard times announcement Cirrus Derby run 1930 American Cirrus Company prompted Giannie Bob Hall design build aircraft around Cirrus engine plane would compete 5541-mile en durance race Detroit down south west Los Angeles back Detroit design small single-seat aircraft called Model X 25-ft span powered 95-hp inverted Cirrus engine craft rigid land ing gear depended new balloon tire absorb landing shocks ship delightful aircraft fly ex cellent piloting necessary get ground smoothly Lowell Bayles Brinton-Bayles Flying Service located Springfield Airport flew new Model X registration NR49V derby finished second winning sizable sum money company behind Command-Air Rocket rac ing plane piloted Lee Gehlbach Bob Hall Granville brothers got first taste air racing Model X Sportster race plane destiny create race plane image aircraft pro duced Granville organization Sev eral sportsman pilots wanted sporty little Gee Bees total seven single-seat Sportsters built Another built Cirrus engine Harold Moon Menasco George Rand Warner radialengined Sportster built followed another larger Menasco-powered craft tested received its commer cial licensing Three Warner-pow ered Sportsters built Skip Tibert Bill Sloan third remained -the Granvilles after Bill Sloan returned could raced 1930 Ford Air Tour point orders stopped Gran Bob Hall came up what Left Mark Granvilie prop Ed cockpit about tire up big Wasp engine Right Note big prop huge filiets tairing wings fuseisge Seeing taii mating doily apparentiy Model Z Just roiied out hangar September 1984 37 A] A-40F332BALSAT B]L CU ALL N/RD OP 332 BALSA EXCEPT ASNOTED BEAR70HEOBAL- BRACE ~o - _ PR9NT 5/HE QRAL BRACE B PLY UW-/UW-A ALL FORMERS OP FR BALSA EXCEPT AS NOTED F4/~BALSAT3/F2TF-3TP-ATY-5TPET P/ //PYCQP/EE3 / k F-XSP-3DP-ADDSP-B F-2BP-3BF RB F-GB P48 UPUW3 Th/ L 77 WF/ N B PLY WY- PP-S PP-p WY-A WF 7 P/ND F/LLET PARTS PP/U HOLD DOWN BLOCKWF234AB OPT2BALSA /2 BASSWP-5BA7OP/RBALSA PP B RUDDER HORN BASE B PLF RUDDER HORNE -C-W/NDSH/ELO PATTERNS ER k MOD PEAt SHEET NO 3 I W/NUSFUSELAGE PARTS DES/UNED BY HE//PTA HAFFKF seemed like good idea thought two-seat version Sportster would sellable aircraft Model Y born proved fantastic aircraft delight fly very easy land powered various engines though Pratt & Whitney 350-hp Wasp Jr most-often installed designed sport plane Model Y soon became frequent racer could beaten its class also held its own against big unlimited racers Appearances Thompson Trophy Race 1931 1933 found ending up money both times com ing 4th 1931 Model Z first year 5th 1933 Two Model Y Senior Sportsters built second EL Cord Automobile Co test bed 215-hp radial aircraft engine Gran villes never paid craft typical hardships endured young Granville organization time Granville Hall thinking new direction sport planes successful racing events thoughts turned possibility designing building aircraft especially racing Air rac ing become very big sport big money won National Air Races decision Hall Granvilles start creation series aircraft would rock aviation world Times tough Zantford Gran nie Granville took road see could drum up buyer airplane somewhere Bob Hall sat drafting table little thoughts turned large sums money would given prizes upcoming National Air Races decided little money little luck could design race plane could win some big ger prizes started preliminary design work Grannie returned trip Bob presented proposal approval Hall already contacted friends Pratt & Whitney P&W anxious make name itself impressed Halls plans new racer agreed install super charger 535-hp Wasp Jr engine powered Jimmy Doolittle 1930 Bendix victory Laird Super Solution Bobs next chore get Hamilton Standard another young com pany area loan him Left Bob Hail poses cockpit after winning race Cieveland Haii duplicated pose Biii Tumers repilca 48 years iater Right This ast known photo originai No 4 snapped flashed onto speed record course Detroit December 5 1931 Shortly afterward gas cap came ioosecausing Modei Z crash totaiiy destroying piane kiiiing piiot 38 Model Aviation P/REP/ALL /6 PLYFUSELAGE DOUBLER -B PLY FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LANDING GEAR EAIRNG CUFF 1 0 SCALE PROP BLADE GE-I CENTER 1/ FILE RONT 3-32 PLY4 EACH OF GE-I PARTSF- REAR REQUIRED/3-32 PLY Li \1/ --GF-3 AOF 12 BALSA 4 OF 3 EBALSA -OLERTOM PB BALSA SF-A PA BALSA TA REQUIRED 0 Th 00 INSTRUMENT PANELOIL COEDER SIDE IBBALSA COWL RING2 OF PB PLYCOWL RING 30E I- BALSA 7 IDE IABALSA jL COWL CTT 2 LAMINATE IPLT I4 BALSA FRIARS/ LAMINATE PLY 3 IS BALSA RINDS 3JCFN SR TS OF RINDS BATH YIN-LEADTHSOF 450DUMMY ENIANE BASE 4SHEETORPLANKCOWL WITH IBBALSANDR#OW TO CLEAR EGRINE 116 PLT RCARVEA SAND TO FINAL SHAPE DUMMT ENGINE I1#AisA BIILT UP USING BALLIAMSiS ER BROS WASP CYLIRDE AND BALSA CRAMICADSDEL Z PLAN SHEET NO 4 PARTS PATTERNS DESIGNED BY HENRY HAFEKE new steel props Another call friend netted Bob pledge loan cock pit instruments Now big items pledged costs building craft would easier finance Money found pay Bobs salary craftsmen shop would build plane answer ob taming sufficient funds project came forming Springfield Air Racing Assn selling shares association shareholders promised fat profit plane won big money Cleveland Racing new idea Grannie Taits As matter fact Maude Tait Tait brothers daughters wanted race bought Bobs dream project got started Lowell Bayles piloted little Sportster Cirrus Derby excited about project bought $500 worth stock buying himself right fly new racer big race Since Lowell very light person some weight could saved designing cockpit around slight frame Bill Turner found 6 ft 5 size very tight fit reproduction no room crash helmet under cockpit canopy Taits probably responsible naming plane City Springfield realizing good public relations would create wrong local businessmen citizens gladly con tributed money shares exciting aircraft Construction started June 23 races scheduled start end August Hall knew new radical design fly just right first time left ground would no time changes Granville team going attempt impossible designing building new plane matter days monu mental task Fortunately teamwork loyalty fine crew far exceeded norm found companies shop crew would become members Granville family have come know several per sonally fantastic bunch Hiram Hi Jones did Left Bill Turners reproduction No 4 Springfield Museum Quadrangle June 1952 Springfield group headed Don Foster raising money buy airplane put permanent display Springfield Museum Science Donations intensted modelerawill deeplyappreciated Right Henry Haffke L Bob Hail Turners Model Z Bowiesirport Agawam MA occasion 50th Anniversary Gee Bee Celebration week-long affair attracted thousands aviation enthusiasts September 1984 39 job progressed draftsmen barely keeping ahead construction shop Bob Hall Grannie made daily rounds city trying sell shares Springfield Air Racing Association Much existing tooling used building Model Y used fabricating new craft though entirely new design Model Z souped-up Model Y neither craft completely untested con struction depression days Springfield people wanted dream Granville organization offering dream 40 Model Aviation difficult kept getting money shares sold dream became peoples project populace area excited proud Granville group amount collected day regularly reported newspaper en thusiasm continued climb early August aircraft begin ning take shape engine mounted craft mostly assembled doping going already entered National Air Races Cleveland day saw large groups interested citizens gather outside Granville shop waiting get glimpses dream becoming reality Halls de sign work nearly finished initial estimates crafts top speed 280 mph possibility reaching 290 major concern landing speed feared might too fast safety planned set modified wings would lower landing speed Actual landing speed could determined test-flying ship total $5200 subscribed SARA time ship get ting close its first test flight christening ceremony planned people gathering airport daily try see new racer Hall hoping keep exact day first test flight secret flight could strictly scientific test hope died young could no secrets watchers lined fences day late Friday ing August 21 mechanics tore paper masking off racer unveiling striking yellow-and-black color scheme rolled sparkling plane open hangar doorway roar approval large crowd honk ing auto horns greeted new crea tion factory crew tightened prop fueled up Bob Hall climbed cockpit engine started revved up until Hall satisfied everything OK first flight would made next morning Halls concern over landing speed prompted deci sion land Bowles Airport about six miles away across Connecticut river Bowles much longer runway tiny Springfield Airport landed T-Craft Springfield Airport 1944 didnt have much spare room getting tiny field Saturday August 22 Bob Halls 26th birthday climbed cock pit started engine ran engine making final checks thing crowd grew man fly new bird Thompson Trophy Race Lowell Bayles watched seat auto sat woman companion gleaming Gee Bee taxied position takeoff Hall pushed throttle forward little racer accelerat ed slight breeze eating up Continued page 140 Above A WW ii photo Bob Hall Lucky Strike tobacco ad Bob engi neer test pilot Grumman Retired now lives Hilton Head NC Left Springfield City Hail drawing appears cowl No4 City Springfield Look closely may see Turners reproduction base tower Picture taken August 1979 welding new racer married Gladys youngest Granville girls recollections working project fascinating Bob Granvilles widow Eva sister two factory workers real family rela tionship would stop nothing get job done Gladys Granvilie Jones youngest sister Granville brothers Henry Haffke modei featured article 1983 National Contest Chicopee MA Gladys husband Hiram have attended Rhinebeck Classic Contest Henry Gee Bees Hiram did welding original Za Gee Bee mechanic well LEOS LASER * World Aerobatic Champion Top Quality Epoxy Gloss Fuseloge Cowl & Wheel Pants inum Landing Gear loam Wing90 Span Win Area 1440 sq inchesg Weigbt Sc 12 lbs Balsa Finish Kit Engine Size 75 13 Complete 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too fast too high go around again next timehe made perfect landing craft trucked back Springfield Air port additional adjustments made wing alignment finish markings applied initial flights made plain blackand-yellow craft no registration num bers other markings National Air Races days away night public vited view now-finished racer crowd better 10000 people crowd ed around airport Lowell Bayles Maude Taft decided put show enthusiasts went aloft Model D Sportster Model Y Sportster thrill crowd Maude made some high-speed passes over field Bayles did some dazzling aerobatics Tuesday Hall took Model Z up another test flight found getting desired rpm out engine decided prop pitch correct optimum power no place locally could repitch prop Hall Granvilles decided Hall should fly ship Buffalo NY Wednesday prop could altered Curtiss plant evening large crowd again gathered airport formal christening City Springfield After speeches mayor other dignitaries Mrs Henry Booth wife president Board Aidermen smashed 2O bottle ginger ale against propeller hub crowd roared its approval Bayles again performed dazzling series aerobatics delight crowd Wednesday Hall headed Buf falo trip developed serious problem exhaust gasses being de flected against inner cowling burned through metal dangerous carbon monoxide fumes vented cockpit Hall became drowsy man aged keep conscious going over over things finally sighted field made straight-in approach instead customary cir cling field before landing Hall col lapsed controls ship rolled stop removed cockpit airport workers After Continued page 144 COMPLETE THIS FORM AND ATTACH MAILING LABEL FROM RECENT ISSUE S 3cY2rJac __ LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOIN GN move please let us know advanceSIX weeks required change address Attach current MA maIling label check appropriate box mali Subscrip tIon Dept Model Aviation 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 Check appropriate boxenclose payment 0 NEW SUBSCRIPTiON 0 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Non-AMA subscriptIon 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time 27898 mph 100000 spectators captivated fan tastic flying machine its striking yellowand-black paint Next Bayles won Goodyear Trophy Race speed 206001 mph Bob Hall flew Mixed Free won speed 222623 mph Hall pilot again General Tire Rubber Trophy Race won easily speed 189545although couldnt get much power out Wasp engine Granville crew went work labored night tearing engine down rebuilding big Thomp son Trophy Race next day still running-in engine race time arrived Bayles climaxed racing events winning Thompson Trophy Race another record speed 236239 mph City Springfield really elec trified air racing world success other Gee Bees races added already unbelievable success Granville organization Maude Tait set new women s record winning Aerol Trophy Race Model Y Hall placed 4th behind Lowell Bayles Thompson flying Y other Gee Bees also successful smaller races flew Bayles made attempt World Speed Rec ord engine trouble breakdown timing device foiled attempt large crowd gathered Springfield Airport September 9 greet re turning victors closely followed day-by-day escapades Granville contingent races daily papers Shortly after 230 pm colorful #4 City Springfield thrilled crowd flashed across field speed over 250 mph Bayles pulled nose up climbed nearly out sight stubby Model Z followed Maude Tait Model Y its brilliant redand-white coloring andt Bob Hall Grannie Granville followed fly ing single-seat Sportsters big celebration held landed Another attempt World Speed Record scheduled Wayne Air port near Detroit #4 fitted larger 450-hp Wasp engine equipped supercharging boosted power near 800 hp December 5 attempt made first trials unsuccess ful due breakdowns timing equipment speed 314 mph recorded pass 1 pm another attempt made As movie newsreel cameras recorded event racer roared through speed traps top speed Suddenly about halfway through course nose came up abruptly City Springfield shed its right wing panel rolled ground spectacular crash may have seen film 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