Golden-Age Racing Planes

NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT Left The Church Midwing restored EAA Museum gets Its picture taken first-ever Oshkoeh fly-in Right Keith Rider Jeckrabbit Los Angel. National Mr Races Lancaster CA back 1985 mix Jackrabbits built four stIll survive L i Left Restored 1913 Deperdussin monocoque theta display Mum de iAlr Bourget Airport Pads Right Benny Howards Mike temporarily assembled photographic session Premont OH Its owner Joe Binder hes shown cockpit whole generation Americans brought names like Doolittle GeeBee common usage What Mainly fast engines nudged limits technical knowledge airframes bare minimum long exciting things like power short boring things like stability control meant go like blazes --- long pilot maybe practice flight under belt able hang starters flag swung down wobbled air wings sup plied almost enough lift low-speed flight frequently tail-heavy thanks extra fuel tank crammed inst last moment briefest lapse part very busy pilot could stuff several years hard work ground near scatter pylon engine finally quitbecause too little oil too much heat just simple exhaustionthe resulting forced landing enough make lot tough old-time pilots swear off bottle take prayer crude retractable landing gear did come Wedell WIllIams #57 reetoratlon TRW corporation performing actual workattheCuyahoga county Airport nesrclevelan@ 82 Model Aviation First justa patcatthe nos RoscoeTumers MeteorL ana men iooucamewnobuung jwj anermecranamen ame Paul Gerber Reetor atlon Facility National Air & Space Museum Silver Hill MD have dos magic Only plane win twO Thompeon trophies downnot means sure thing low-speed control visibility poor enough ground loops cart wheels common should have scheduled program course story pre-World War II racing plane includes least serious crash often several busted up fixed busted again As long few large pieces left someone game make airplane whole Air racing people hardy lot anyway few could afford build brand new airplane scratch wondesful old creations survived World War II because destructive human events stopped air racing dead its tracks before lot very important airplanes could away themselves day before start 1939 Cleveland National Air Races Nazi tanks crashed across Polish border pilots shoved least vital wartime planes dark reaches hangars volunteered duty dangerous game As Americans rushed headlong peace determined live life hilt time air races again pylon racing Cleveland resumed Labor Day weekend 1946 Hardly knew old racers still around Hardly anyone cared like-new P-5 1 Mustangs P-38 Lightnings F4U Corsair sale little $1 OOO absolutely stock could leave finest prewar machines some say real racers prop wash Everything newthe airplanes pilots fans old lost shadows forgotten glare off shiny new wing tips Moreover no antique airplane movement might have encouraged enthusiasts search hangem barns warehouses America Lefr Miieetfawl5peed Six atthe 50th anniversary Kings up nace lllgn wycomne angiana riane now restoes uu nigni iauaron C71 4R foreground bulitforspeod record attempt Caudron C36 isapparentlys mook-upof Coupe Deutsch raoer Mumde rAir Pads September 1986 83 Percival Mew uuli ingn oia waraen Aeroorome once neia remmut-ume rec ord England South Africa feurday adventure would rival Indiana Jones Left BillTurner/Ed Marquardtreproductlon Gee BeeZ hasfiown hoursthan theor New Jersey B-i wasnt competitive extremely rare led wayto latervery sue Left Potez 53 winner 1933 Coupe Deutach race Musee de lAlr Caudron completely dominated moe except forthis Potez win Right Nose counter-rotating props massive Macchi-Castoldi MC72 seaplane speed record holder Paris Air Show old racers past past time touches everything event ually shiny new began tarnish People started looking past old planes part growing feeling nostalgianot old necessarily better its just special glow surrounds Little little old racing planes began emerge wartime quarters means survived war Some broken up parts others usedtotrainmechanics afew junked people failed ap preciate value made way museums private collections Wherever seen fanned long-smoldering embers real thing one-of-a-kind flying machines made history no comparison massproduced look-alike slightly-modified combat airplanes raced because powerful old ones glamour spilled like drops oil seem forever leak out old engines Among eager information old-time racers Scale modelers fathers built models planes news Now news again exciting ever may have several decades since last GeeBee screamed around Cleve land Airport fat little critter lost its ability thrill crowd went Wedeli-Williams Browns Keith Riders Cheaters lot Since very beat way get information necessary build abso lutely correct Scale model get full-size thing measure daylights out it seems right let another generation modelers know lot fine old craft still us Some course arent being accu rately recreated form flying Continued aie 167 Keith Rider H-S JscKrabbit aispisy EAA Museum Oshkosh WI shot taken Robert F Pauiey old BAA Vintage 1920 Dayton-Wright Racer museum outside Mliwaukee WI Ford Museum Dearborn Ml Plc Pauiey 84 Model Aviation DIUWIU m ruuwr uuIuruIugn wn racers Photo Jim Vilet Curtiss R3C-2 hangs National Air Space Museum Washington DC Wedell Williams *44 reproduction Budd Devisson Jim Clevenger 1986 National Business Aircraft Show Photo Bob Pauley little fuel reserve would suggest 2-to 4-oz feeder tank installed aft radio section supplement integral tank Pipe pressure adequate am told feed main tank auxiliary tank have yet try throttle extension shaft must made get belicrank outside fan shell easily fabricated brass tubing sheet brass about hours time Details plans Remember hole must provided gain access lowspeed carburetor adjustment screw located bellcrank side carburetor fit throttle extension onto carb stock black steel bellcrank rim must filed same diameter drum accomplished two notches brass extension bellcmank drum setscrew can filed Take care position brass external bellcrank correctly proper throttle actuation assembly complete will no tice top right aft stator must shortened chord leading edge accommodate throttle extension shaft order make retrofit HT 2001 little easier chose use gutted RK-20 fan shell RK-740 instead aluminum wrap provided kit cannot get fan shell Midwest Kress Technology use stock shell position plywood rings onto front aft ends simulate RK-20 hole setscrew needle valve conveniently provided extending needle valve outside fan shell nacelle suitable piece piano wire Allen wrench 6-in-dia length suit L-shaped wire does trick can spare /16-in Allen wrench use already has flat setscrew top stock needle valve Holes cylinder head needle valve fuel lines throttle extension must located drilled enlarged final assembly Notches fan shell throttle pushrod notch forward stiffener ring alignment fuselage can cut away time necessary modifications fuselage have made time trial fit fan assembly aircraft Locate hole lower nacelle half needle valve trial fit Charge batteries truck field fuel fire up set threshold push throttle firewall pull stick chest watch point its nose towards 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Again would like thank George Myers Bob Kress Bob Aberle especially wife proofreader moral support help making project pleasant painless success Golden Age/Berliner Continued page 84 non-flying reproductions Given basic information true modeler should able take rest way first classic series trophies pylon racing James Gordon Bennett began Reims France 1909 airplanes participating races extremely fragile Few lasted weeks after race can expect find little era Musee de lAir Le Bourget Airport north Paris has 1910 Baby Wright Racer marvelous 1913 Deperdussin mono coque Ford Museum Dearborn MI has remarkably advanced 1920 Dayton Wright Racer though never won anything pioneered retractable landing gear very modern streamlining Beginning same time Gor don Bennett lasting until 1931 great Schneider Trophy Race series seaplanes led some truly significant advances engines aerodynamics great craft flown races Supermarmne Sea Lion 1919 race still survives well hull does least Science Museum London far greater interest housed same building Supermarine S6B winner final race first flying machine top 400 mph An earlier type S6A Hall Aviation Southampton Engiand Europe hosted some pretty interesting racing during 1 930s though hardly scale Cleveland big meet Coupe Deutsch France run laps long course stressing dura bility well speed sleek dark blue Caudron racers completely dominated series extant may actually sophisticated mock-up built movie sometime after war accurate depiction Caudron 336 Right next Musee de lAir Potez 53 presumably winner 1933 race also display another great Caudron C714R might have broken world speed record war USA surviving Schnei der racer Curtiss R3C-2 Jimmy Doolittle flew victory 1925 Its display National Air & Space Mu seum Washington DC two Italian racing seaplanes left era Macchi M39 1926 race other spectacular Macchi Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines dual props turned 441 mph 1934 record still stands Both semiprivate collections Italy Pulitzer Trophy Races 1920 1925 purely military event pro duced some colorful early racersthe Curtiss Army Navy bi planes screaming V-12 engines classy lines Sadly thats left wing panel Curtiss R-6 US ELLERS NEW 4 CYCLE SERIES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136778 14677128 1567 16678 NEW *1 J PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833A456 8334568 84566/27 t 9456677/ 1045667 106W8W 106EW 11 4677/778 SW 116EW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 f September 1986 167 THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PRICE 149 149 179 189 199 199 209 209 219 229 229 239 239 279 279 279 349 459 659 969 989 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7SN 5N279 8I 6778 299 SERIES 400C 866777289 97289 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW details other Zimbabwe Model Products kits call write Ful] color deluxe catalog -$100 cf- ZIMPRO MARKETING PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE 37830 Tel 615 482-6188 0 Get back up now. before lose nerve IL WANNA RACE NORTHEAST AstA I. 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Chief Osh kosh high-powered Bonzo Chief later modified extensively first winning Goodyear Trophy Racer Buster now display such National Air & Space Museum big Bonzo EAA Museum Steve now over 80 still ready retirement continues build small fast airplanes seven Wedell Williams racers lives gold #57 famed Roscoe Turner won 1934 Thompson Trophy Race Newly restored Western Reserve Museum Cleveland OH Several reproductions works has com pleted Budd Davisson Jim Clev enger has displayed Wedell Williams Museum Paterson LA Prob ably successful unlimitedpower pylon racers 1 930s Ros coe Turners #29 Meteor won both 1938 1939 Thompson races sits now looking brand spanking new NASMs branch display Silver Hill MD museum also owns large col lection Turners trophies well stuffed lion Gilinore Among lesser-known old racers Mummert Mercury restored Detroit flown just enough discover tricky destined Glenn Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY same category Church Midwing simi lar Heath Baby Bullet restored 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Turner Ed Mar quardt temporarily housed Na tional Air & Space Museum pair has just completed Ivfiles Atwood racer plan follow deHavilland Comet twin several GeeBee R type Flying Milk Bottles being built some rumored meant flight despite negative reputation airplane acquired during its brief flashy career being built strictly display New England Air Museum under hand designer Howell Miller number long-distance racers extant NASM owns displays Boeing 247 airliner Roscoe Turner Clyde Pangborn placed third 1934 London-to-Melbourne race same building Hughes racer Howard Hughes used set transcon tinental speed record also 3-km record mid 1930s Travel Air Woolaroc Art Goebel won 1927 Dole Race California Hawaii Bartlesville OK GeeBee QED built London-to-Melbourne race fully restored displayed City Museum Ciudad Lerdo Mexico Besides Schneider Race seaplanes already mentioned several other fine old machines still remaining England original London-to-Mel bourne race-winning deHavilland Comet Grosvenor House nearing completion could fly again year Percival Mew Gull Model Aviation February 1981 badly damaged landing accident 1985 will probably re stored will big job Its con temporary Miles Hawk Speed Six raced England some 40 years now USA Other British prewar handicap racers such Comper Swifts sole Arrow Active can seen fly-ins rallies Dont get icea can just walk up fine old racing planes start poking around museums almost always protected cu rious some kind barrier need get closer doesnt hurt ask Often museum officials will make special arrangements serious researchers get closer tourists permitted racers private hands must also treated respect deserve Al ways make formal request first hope best old racing planes heart its worth extra effort see close up want keep up status might become member Society Air Racing Historians join receive societys bimonthly news letter Golden Pylons Membership $10 Send Jim Butler treasurer 37825 Lake Shore Blvd Eastlake OH 440094 170 Model 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NO OCR TEXT NO OCR TEXT Left The Church Midwing restored EAA Museum gets Its picture taken first-ever Oshkoeh fly-in Right Keith Rider Jeckrabbit Los Angel. National Mr Races Lancaster CA back 1985 mix Jackrabbits built four stIll survive L i Left Restored 1913 Deperdussin monocoque theta display Mum de iAlr Bourget Airport Pads Right Benny Howards Mike temporarily assembled photographic session Premont OH Its owner Joe Binder hes shown cockpit whole generation Americans brought names like Doolittle GeeBee common usage What Mainly fast engines nudged limits technical knowledge airframes bare minimum long exciting things like power short boring things like stability control meant go like blazes --- long pilot maybe practice flight under belt able hang starters flag swung down wobbled air wings sup plied almost enough lift low-speed flight frequently tail-heavy thanks extra fuel tank crammed inst last moment briefest lapse part very busy pilot could stuff several years hard work ground near scatter pylon engine finally quitbecause too little oil too much heat just simple exhaustionthe resulting forced landing enough make lot tough old-time pilots swear off bottle take prayer crude retractable landing gear did come Wedell WIllIams #57 reetoratlon TRW corporation performing actual workattheCuyahoga county Airport nesrclevelan@ 82 Model Aviation First justa patcatthe nos RoscoeTumers MeteorL ana men iooucamewnobuung jwj anermecranamen ame Paul Gerber Reetor atlon Facility National Air & Space Museum Silver Hill MD have dos magic Only plane win twO Thompeon trophies downnot means sure thing low-speed control visibility poor enough ground loops cart wheels common should have scheduled program course story pre-World War II racing plane includes least serious crash often several busted up fixed busted again As long few large pieces left someone game make airplane whole Air racing people hardy lot anyway few could afford build brand new airplane scratch wondesful old creations survived World War II because destructive human events stopped air racing dead its tracks before lot very important airplanes could away themselves day before start 1939 Cleveland National Air Races Nazi tanks crashed across Polish border pilots shoved least vital wartime planes dark reaches hangars volunteered duty dangerous game As Americans rushed headlong peace determined live life hilt time air races again pylon racing Cleveland resumed Labor Day weekend 1946 Hardly knew old racers still around Hardly anyone cared like-new P-5 1 Mustangs P-38 Lightnings F4U Corsair sale little $1 OOO absolutely stock could leave finest prewar machines some say real racers prop wash Everything newthe airplanes pilots fans old lost shadows forgotten glare off shiny new wing tips Moreover no antique airplane movement might have encouraged enthusiasts search hangem barns warehouses America Lefr Miieetfawl5peed Six atthe 50th anniversary Kings up nace lllgn wycomne angiana riane now restoes uu nigni iauaron C71 4R foreground bulitforspeod record attempt Caudron C36 isapparentlys mook-upof Coupe Deutsch raoer Mumde rAir Pads September 1986 83 Percival Mew uuli ingn oia waraen Aeroorome once neia remmut-ume rec ord England South Africa feurday adventure would rival Indiana Jones Left BillTurner/Ed Marquardtreproductlon Gee BeeZ hasfiown hoursthan theor New Jersey B-i wasnt competitive extremely rare led wayto latervery sue Left Potez 53 winner 1933 Coupe Deutach race Musee de lAlr Caudron completely dominated moe except forthis Potez win Right Nose counter-rotating props massive Macchi-Castoldi MC72 seaplane speed record holder Paris Air Show old racers past past time touches everything event ually shiny new began tarnish People started looking past old planes part growing feeling nostalgianot old necessarily better its just special glow surrounds Little little old racing planes began emerge wartime quarters means survived war Some broken up parts others usedtotrainmechanics afew junked people failed ap preciate value made way museums private collections Wherever seen fanned long-smoldering embers real thing one-of-a-kind flying machines made history no comparison massproduced look-alike slightly-modified combat airplanes raced because powerful old ones glamour spilled like drops oil seem forever leak out old engines Among eager information old-time racers Scale modelers fathers built models planes news Now news again exciting ever may have several decades since last GeeBee screamed around Cleve land Airport fat little critter lost its ability thrill crowd went Wedeli-Williams Browns Keith Riders Cheaters lot Since very beat way get information necessary build abso lutely correct Scale model get full-size thing measure daylights out it seems right let another generation modelers know lot fine old craft still us Some course arent being accu rately recreated form flying Continued aie 167 Keith Rider H-S JscKrabbit aispisy EAA Museum Oshkosh WI shot taken Robert F Pauiey old BAA Vintage 1920 Dayton-Wright Racer museum outside Mliwaukee WI Ford Museum Dearborn Ml Plc Pauiey 84 Model Aviation DIUWIU m ruuwr uuIuruIugn wn racers Photo Jim Vilet Curtiss R3C-2 hangs National Air Space Museum Washington DC Wedell Williams *44 reproduction Budd Devisson Jim Clevenger 1986 National Business Aircraft Show Photo Bob Pauley little fuel reserve would suggest 2-to 4-oz feeder tank installed aft radio section supplement integral tank Pipe pressure adequate am told feed main tank auxiliary tank have yet try throttle extension shaft must made get belicrank outside fan shell easily fabricated brass tubing sheet brass about hours time Details plans Remember hole must provided gain access lowspeed carburetor adjustment screw located bellcrank side carburetor fit throttle extension onto carb stock black steel bellcrank rim must filed same diameter drum accomplished two notches brass extension bellcmank drum setscrew can filed Take care position brass external bellcrank correctly proper throttle actuation assembly complete will no tice top right aft stator must shortened chord leading edge accommodate throttle extension shaft order make retrofit HT 2001 little easier chose use gutted RK-20 fan shell RK-740 instead aluminum wrap provided kit cannot get fan shell Midwest Kress Technology use stock shell position plywood rings onto front aft ends simulate RK-20 hole setscrew needle valve conveniently provided extending needle valve outside fan shell nacelle suitable piece piano wire Allen wrench 6-in-dia length suit L-shaped wire does trick can spare /16-in Allen wrench use already has flat setscrew top stock needle valve Holes cylinder head needle valve fuel lines throttle extension must located drilled enlarged final assembly Notches fan shell throttle pushrod notch forward stiffener ring alignment fuselage can cut away time necessary modifications fuselage have made time trial fit fan assembly aircraft Locate hole lower nacelle half needle valve trial fit Charge batteries truck field fuel fire up set threshold push throttle firewall pull stick chest watch point its nose towards heavens Till next .... Again would like thank George Myers Bob Kress Bob Aberle especially wife proofreader moral support help making project pleasant painless success Golden Age/Berliner Continued page 84 non-flying reproductions Given basic information true modeler should able take rest way first classic series trophies pylon racing James Gordon Bennett began Reims France 1909 airplanes participating races extremely fragile Few lasted weeks after race can expect find little era Musee de lAir Le Bourget Airport north Paris has 1910 Baby Wright Racer marvelous 1913 Deperdussin mono coque Ford Museum Dearborn MI has remarkably advanced 1920 Dayton Wright Racer though never won anything pioneered retractable landing gear very modern streamlining Beginning same time Gor don Bennett lasting until 1931 great Schneider Trophy Race series seaplanes led some truly significant advances engines aerodynamics great craft flown races Supermarmne Sea Lion 1919 race still survives well hull does least Science Museum London far greater interest housed same building Supermarine S6B winner final race first flying machine top 400 mph An earlier type S6A Hall Aviation Southampton Engiand Europe hosted some pretty interesting racing during 1 930s though hardly scale Cleveland big meet Coupe Deutsch France run laps long course stressing dura bility well speed sleek dark blue Caudron racers completely dominated series extant may actually sophisticated mock-up built movie sometime after war accurate depiction Caudron 336 Right next Musee de lAir Potez 53 presumably winner 1933 race also display another great Caudron C714R might have broken world speed record war USA surviving Schnei der racer Curtiss R3C-2 Jimmy Doolittle flew victory 1925 Its display National Air & Space Mu seum Washington DC two Italian racing seaplanes left era Macchi M39 1926 race other spectacular Macchi Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines dual props turned 441 mph 1934 record still stands Both semiprivate collections Italy Pulitzer Trophy Races 1920 1925 purely military event pro duced some colorful early racersthe Curtiss Army Navy bi planes screaming V-12 engines classy lines Sadly thats left wing panel Curtiss R-6 US ELLERS NEW 4 CYCLE SERIES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136778 14677128 1567 16678 NEW *1 J PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833A456 8334568 84566/27 t 9456677/ 1045667 106W8W 106EW 11 4677/778 SW 116EW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 f September 1986 167 THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PRICE 149 149 179 189 199 199 209 209 219 229 229 239 239 279 279 279 349 459 659 969 989 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7SN 5N279 8I 6778 299 SERIES 400C 866777289 97289 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW details other Zimbabwe Model Products kits call write Ful] color deluxe catalog -$100 cf- ZIMPRO MARKETING PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE 37830 Tel 615 482-6188 0 Get back up now. before lose nerve IL WANNA RACE NORTHEAST AstA I. 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airport shop Pittstown NJ Brown B-2 Miss Los Angeles has around past few years actually repro duction built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt southern California Well have say about shortly Both Art Chesters classic racers Jeep Goon still around Goon raced final prewar Thompson Greve Races complete last report belonged historian/writer John Caler lives Los Angeles area Bill Falck used Jeep parts 1947 rookie Goodyear Trophy racer its remains have recently taken restoration project group EAAers expect find home eventually EAA Museum Osh kosh WI Benny Howards four great racers Ike Mike still us belong enthusiast Joe Binder Fremont OH insists going restore least days Mr Mulligan restored 1977 wrecked during speed record attempt Younkin brothers Fayetteville AK flying superb reproduction airplane Pete Howards first racer converted sport plane years ago EAA Presi dent Paul Poberezny lot Laird biplanes raced early 1930s Solution Super Solution became famous first being restored New England Air Museum Windsor Locks CT second remains steel-tube fuselage hangs ceiling storage buildings NASMs Paul Garber Restoration Facility Silver Hill IvID However excellent repro NEW IMPROVED er Wit Modd wilk mars womb Power * WANDIT * USPalentNoOon Otalers inoilti276 *------ * lone yea warafliyi CORD * * orDry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine given exceptional *sanding control tor encellent tinish 89 Oasc nci 1 lIar Wand nnaci 01 6 gnlS 1 er SpecaI xci 2 liar 1 hall round wand h etch 01 6 grill 00100 ncideS 3 11*1 2 haIl roond 1 s 1 intl nands ii 01 * 6 ants *Additional Wandi Abrasiven available * 4 * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * *PO Box 266 Mesquite Texas 75149 168 Model Aviation trim Zimbabwe Medal Preducts tins commamhen ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership98 Academy Aviation R&D142 Ace Radio Control156 Aerospace Composite Products.. 159 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 3 American Jr Aircraft Co154 Applied Design164 Astro Flight14 Balsa 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Chief Osh kosh high-powered Bonzo Chief later modified extensively first winning Goodyear Trophy Racer Buster now display such National Air & Space Museum big Bonzo EAA Museum Steve now over 80 still ready retirement continues build small fast airplanes seven Wedell Williams racers lives gold #57 famed Roscoe Turner won 1934 Thompson Trophy Race Newly restored Western Reserve Museum Cleveland OH Several reproductions works has com pleted Budd Davisson Jim Clev enger has displayed Wedell Williams Museum Paterson LA Prob ably successful unlimitedpower pylon racers 1 930s Ros coe Turners #29 Meteor won both 1938 1939 Thompson races sits now looking brand spanking new NASMs branch display Silver Hill MD museum also owns large col lection Turners trophies well stuffed lion Gilinore Among lesser-known old racers Mummert Mercury restored Detroit flown just enough discover tricky destined Glenn Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY same category Church Midwing simi lar Heath Baby Bullet restored Dayton sent EAA Museum Pearson-Williams Mr Smoothie reportedly existsin some con dition California Tilbury Fundy Flash having restored some EAA members McLean September 1986 169 0 0 C0 e 0 cJ CiJ 0 -0 00 ZO otO 0 -S war e Co b 0 - mmmmmmmininmmmmmmmmmmm 0 Circle numbers plans wish order rn193239262302310314326 332386414430433438440 444447452454457460465 cOCJ~ 468470478487488490499 500501502503504505506 C I507508509510511512513 514515516517518519520 00521522523524525526527 8 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery Air Mail over 300 inks orders outside US please add $250 Air Mail $125 surface mail planU I Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation cia AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA Please allow 3 B weeks delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $ E w STREET I CITY ISTATE ________________ ZIP m m m m m m m mm m m County Historical Society Museum Bloomington IL addition reproductions akeady mentioned GeeBee Z flown Lowell Bayles win 1931 Thomp son built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt temporarily housed Na tional Air & Space Museum pair has just completed Ivfiles Atwood racer plan follow deHavilland Comet twin several GeeBee R type Flying Milk Bottles being built some rumored meant flight despite negative reputation airplane acquired during its brief flashy career being built strictly display New England Air Museum under hand designer Howell Miller number long-distance racers extant NASM owns displays Boeing 247 airliner Roscoe Turner Clyde Pangborn placed third 1934 London-to-Melbourne race same building Hughes racer Howard Hughes used set transcon tinental speed record also 3-km record mid 1930s Travel Air Woolaroc Art Goebel won 1927 Dole Race California Hawaii Bartlesville OK GeeBee QED built London-to-Melbourne race fully restored displayed City Museum Ciudad Lerdo Mexico Besides Schneider Race seaplanes already mentioned several other fine old machines still remaining England original London-to-Mel bourne race-winning deHavilland Comet Grosvenor House nearing completion could fly again year Percival Mew Gull Model Aviation February 1981 badly damaged landing accident 1985 will probably re stored will big job Its con temporary Miles Hawk Speed Six raced England some 40 years now USA Other British prewar handicap racers such Comper Swifts sole Arrow Active can seen fly-ins rallies Dont get icea can just walk up fine old racing planes start poking around museums almost always protected cu rious some kind barrier need get closer doesnt hurt ask Often museum officials will make special arrangements serious researchers get closer tourists permitted racers private hands must also treated respect deserve Al ways make formal request first hope best old racing planes heart its worth extra effort see close up want keep up status might become member Society Air Racing Historians join receive societys bimonthly news letter Golden Pylons Membership $10 Send Jim Butler treasurer 37825 Lake Shore Blvd Eastlake OH 440094 170 Model 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National Mr Races Lancaster CA back 1985 mix Jackrabbits built four stIll survive L i Left Restored 1913 Deperdussin monocoque theta display Mum de iAlr Bourget Airport Pads Right Benny Howards Mike temporarily assembled photographic session Premont OH Its owner Joe Binder hes shown cockpit whole generation Americans brought names like Doolittle GeeBee common usage What Mainly fast engines nudged limits technical knowledge airframes bare minimum long exciting things like power short boring things like stability control meant go like blazes --- long pilot maybe practice flight under belt able hang starters flag swung down wobbled air wings sup plied almost enough lift low-speed flight frequently tail-heavy thanks extra fuel tank crammed inst last moment briefest lapse part very busy pilot could stuff several years hard work ground near scatter pylon engine finally quitbecause too little oil too much heat just simple exhaustionthe resulting forced landing enough make lot tough old-time pilots swear off bottle take prayer crude retractable landing gear did come Wedell WIllIams #57 reetoratlon TRW corporation performing actual workattheCuyahoga county Airport nesrclevelan@ 82 Model Aviation First justa patcatthe nos RoscoeTumers MeteorL ana men iooucamewnobuung jwj anermecranamen ame Paul Gerber Reetor atlon Facility National Air & Space Museum Silver Hill MD have dos magic Only plane win twO Thompeon trophies downnot means sure thing low-speed control visibility poor enough ground loops cart wheels common should have scheduled program course story pre-World War II racing plane includes least serious crash often several busted up fixed busted again As long few large pieces left someone game make airplane whole Air racing people hardy lot anyway few could afford build brand new airplane scratch wondesful old creations survived World War II because destructive human events stopped air racing dead its tracks before lot very important airplanes could away themselves day before start 1939 Cleveland National Air Races Nazi tanks crashed across Polish border pilots shoved least vital wartime planes dark reaches hangars volunteered duty dangerous game As Americans rushed headlong peace determined live life hilt time air races again pylon racing Cleveland resumed Labor Day weekend 1946 Hardly knew old racers still around Hardly anyone cared like-new P-5 1 Mustangs P-38 Lightnings F4U Corsair sale little $1 OOO absolutely stock could leave finest prewar machines some say real racers prop wash Everything newthe airplanes pilots fans old lost shadows forgotten glare off shiny new wing tips Moreover no antique airplane movement might have encouraged enthusiasts search hangem barns warehouses America Lefr Miieetfawl5peed Six atthe 50th anniversary Kings up nace lllgn wycomne angiana riane now restoes uu nigni iauaron C71 4R foreground bulitforspeod record attempt Caudron C36 isapparentlys mook-upof Coupe Deutsch raoer Mumde rAir Pads September 1986 83 Percival Mew uuli ingn oia waraen Aeroorome once neia remmut-ume rec ord England South Africa feurday adventure would rival Indiana Jones Left BillTurner/Ed Marquardtreproductlon Gee BeeZ hasfiown hoursthan theor New Jersey B-i wasnt competitive extremely rare led wayto latervery sue Left Potez 53 winner 1933 Coupe Deutach race Musee de lAlr Caudron completely dominated moe except forthis Potez win Right Nose counter-rotating props massive Macchi-Castoldi MC72 seaplane speed record holder Paris Air Show old racers past past time touches everything event ually shiny new began tarnish People started looking past old planes part growing feeling nostalgianot old necessarily better its just special glow surrounds Little little old racing planes began emerge wartime quarters means survived war Some broken up parts others usedtotrainmechanics afew junked people failed ap preciate value made way museums private collections Wherever seen fanned long-smoldering embers real thing one-of-a-kind flying machines made history no comparison massproduced look-alike slightly-modified combat airplanes raced because powerful old ones glamour spilled like drops oil seem forever leak out old engines Among eager information old-time racers Scale modelers fathers built models planes news Now news again exciting ever may have several decades since last GeeBee screamed around Cleve land Airport fat little critter lost its ability thrill crowd went Wedeli-Williams Browns Keith Riders Cheaters lot Since very beat way get information necessary build abso lutely correct Scale model get full-size thing measure daylights out it seems right let another generation modelers know lot fine old craft still us Some course arent being accu rately recreated form flying Continued aie 167 Keith Rider H-S JscKrabbit aispisy EAA Museum Oshkosh WI shot taken Robert F Pauiey old BAA Vintage 1920 Dayton-Wright Racer museum outside Mliwaukee WI Ford Museum Dearborn Ml Plc Pauiey 84 Model Aviation DIUWIU m ruuwr uuIuruIugn wn racers Photo Jim Vilet Curtiss R3C-2 hangs National Air Space Museum Washington DC Wedell Williams *44 reproduction Budd Devisson Jim Clevenger 1986 National Business Aircraft Show Photo Bob Pauley little fuel reserve would suggest 2-to 4-oz feeder tank installed aft radio section supplement integral tank Pipe pressure adequate am told feed main tank auxiliary tank have yet try throttle extension shaft must made get belicrank outside fan shell easily fabricated brass tubing sheet brass about hours time Details plans Remember hole must provided gain access lowspeed carburetor adjustment screw located bellcrank side carburetor fit throttle extension onto carb stock black steel bellcrank rim must filed same diameter drum accomplished two notches brass extension bellcmank drum setscrew can filed Take care position brass external bellcrank correctly proper throttle actuation assembly complete will no tice top right aft stator must shortened chord leading edge accommodate throttle extension shaft order make retrofit HT 2001 little easier chose use gutted RK-20 fan shell RK-740 instead aluminum wrap provided kit cannot get fan shell Midwest Kress Technology use stock shell position plywood rings onto front aft ends simulate RK-20 hole setscrew needle valve conveniently provided extending needle valve outside fan shell nacelle suitable piece piano wire Allen wrench 6-in-dia length suit L-shaped wire does trick can spare /16-in Allen wrench use already has flat setscrew top stock needle valve Holes cylinder head needle valve fuel lines throttle extension must located drilled enlarged final assembly Notches fan shell throttle pushrod notch forward stiffener ring alignment fuselage can cut away time necessary modifications fuselage have made time trial fit fan assembly aircraft Locate hole lower nacelle half needle valve trial fit Charge batteries truck field fuel fire up set threshold push throttle firewall pull stick chest watch point its nose towards heavens Till next .... Again would like thank George Myers Bob Kress Bob Aberle especially wife proofreader moral support help making project pleasant painless success Golden Age/Berliner Continued page 84 non-flying reproductions Given basic information true modeler should able take rest way first classic series trophies pylon racing James Gordon Bennett began Reims France 1909 airplanes participating races extremely fragile Few lasted weeks after race can expect find little era Musee de lAir Le Bourget Airport north Paris has 1910 Baby Wright Racer marvelous 1913 Deperdussin mono coque Ford Museum Dearborn MI has remarkably advanced 1920 Dayton Wright Racer though never won anything pioneered retractable landing gear very modern streamlining Beginning same time Gor don Bennett lasting until 1931 great Schneider Trophy Race series seaplanes led some truly significant advances engines aerodynamics great craft flown races Supermarmne Sea Lion 1919 race still survives well hull does least Science Museum London far greater interest housed same building Supermarine S6B winner final race first flying machine top 400 mph An earlier type S6A Hall Aviation Southampton Engiand Europe hosted some pretty interesting racing during 1 930s though hardly scale Cleveland big meet Coupe Deutsch France run laps long course stressing dura bility well speed sleek dark blue Caudron racers completely dominated series extant may actually sophisticated mock-up built movie sometime after war accurate depiction Caudron 336 Right next Musee de lAir Potez 53 presumably winner 1933 race also display another great Caudron C714R might have broken world speed record war USA surviving Schnei der racer Curtiss R3C-2 Jimmy Doolittle flew victory 1925 Its display National Air & Space Mu seum Washington DC two Italian racing seaplanes left era Macchi M39 1926 race other spectacular Macchi Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines dual props turned 441 mph 1934 record still stands Both semiprivate collections Italy Pulitzer Trophy Races 1920 1925 purely military event pro duced some colorful early racersthe Curtiss Army Navy bi planes screaming V-12 engines classy lines Sadly thats left wing panel Curtiss R-6 US ELLERS NEW 4 CYCLE SERIES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136778 14677128 1567 16678 NEW *1 J PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833A456 8334568 84566/27 t 9456677/ 1045667 106W8W 106EW 11 4677/778 SW 116EW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 f September 1986 167 THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PRICE 149 149 179 189 199 199 209 209 219 229 229 239 239 279 279 279 349 459 659 969 989 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7SN 5N279 8I 6778 299 SERIES 400C 866777289 97289 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW details other Zimbabwe Model Products kits call write Ful] color deluxe catalog -$100 cf- ZIMPRO MARKETING PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE 37830 Tel 615 482-6188 0 Get back up now. before lose nerve IL WANNA RACE NORTHEAST AstA I. BEGINNER RACES 0 * FORM-i * FAI e Instructions 4 Club Programs Inlorination Contact NORTH EAST PYLON RACING ORGANIZATION 119 DEAN AVEFRANKLIN MASS 02038 Tel 611 528-4043 203 673-2000 PRO TECH-TOR PRO MOUNT ENGINE MOUNTS TRANSMITTER CASE olly machined . strong thermo-6061-Tb aluminum brightly molded metal framed softpolished Witreceed foam fIlled 9x12a5 Inmounting hoist 601 carryIng case best on120 S OS 61 00111 61 61 SI market tram-OPS 60 VS 61 1100160 mitter Price 13210 AddCt 90 Enya 60 tOur cycim t22 Enya 90 120 OS 120 1200 shIpping Alaskatour tyciel 121 Add lISt Hawaii 5450ship sa Alt & Hi 1300 SASE FOR FREE CATALOGCA RESADO62 BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTAFULLERTON CA 92632 Air Force Museum Dayton OH Curtiss R3C-2 mentioned above raced Pulitzer wheels instead floats glorious era prewar Cleveland Air Races 1929-1939 still lives quantity generally accessible too since races held US 20 airplanes known continue appear out nowhere remaining true Brown Racer B-i now being restored airport shop Pittstown NJ Brown B-2 Miss Los Angeles has around past few years actually repro duction built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt southern California Well have say about shortly Both Art Chesters classic racers Jeep Goon still around Goon raced final prewar Thompson Greve Races complete last report belonged historian/writer John Caler lives Los Angeles area Bill Falck used Jeep parts 1947 rookie Goodyear Trophy racer its remains have recently taken restoration project group EAAers expect find home eventually EAA Museum Osh kosh WI Benny Howards four great racers Ike Mike still us belong enthusiast Joe Binder Fremont OH insists going restore least days Mr Mulligan restored 1977 wrecked during speed record attempt Younkin brothers Fayetteville AK flying superb reproduction airplane Pete Howards first racer converted sport plane years ago EAA Presi dent Paul Poberezny lot Laird biplanes raced early 1930s Solution Super Solution became famous first being restored New England Air Museum Windsor Locks CT second remains steel-tube fuselage hangs ceiling storage buildings NASMs Paul Garber Restoration Facility Silver Hill IvID However excellent repro NEW IMPROVED er Wit Modd wilk mars womb Power * WANDIT * USPalentNoOon Otalers inoilti276 *------ * lone yea warafliyi CORD * * orDry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine given exceptional *sanding control tor encellent tinish 89 Oasc nci 1 lIar Wand nnaci 01 6 gnlS 1 er SpecaI xci 2 liar 1 hall round wand h etch 01 6 grill 00100 ncideS 3 11*1 2 haIl roond 1 s 1 intl nands ii 01 * 6 ants *Additional Wandi Abrasiven available * 4 * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * *PO Box 266 Mesquite Texas 75149 168 Model Aviation trim Zimbabwe Medal Preducts tins commamhen ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership98 Academy Aviation R&D142 Ace Radio Control156 Aerospace Composite Products.. 159 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 3 American Jr Aircraft Co154 Applied Design164 Astro Flight14 Balsa 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Chief Osh kosh high-powered Bonzo Chief later modified extensively first winning Goodyear Trophy Racer Buster now display such National Air & Space Museum big Bonzo EAA Museum Steve now over 80 still ready retirement continues build small fast airplanes seven Wedell Williams racers lives gold #57 famed Roscoe Turner won 1934 Thompson Trophy Race Newly restored Western Reserve Museum Cleveland OH Several reproductions works has com pleted Budd Davisson Jim Clev enger has displayed Wedell Williams Museum Paterson LA Prob ably successful unlimitedpower pylon racers 1 930s Ros coe Turners #29 Meteor won both 1938 1939 Thompson races sits now looking brand spanking new NASMs branch display Silver Hill MD museum also owns large col lection Turners trophies well stuffed lion Gilinore Among lesser-known old racers Mummert Mercury restored Detroit flown just enough discover tricky destined Glenn Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY same category Church Midwing simi lar Heath Baby Bullet restored Dayton sent EAA Museum Pearson-Williams Mr Smoothie reportedly existsin some con dition California Tilbury Fundy Flash having restored some EAA members McLean September 1986 169 0 0 C0 e 0 cJ CiJ 0 -0 00 ZO otO 0 -S war e Co b 0 - mmmmmmmininmmmmmmmmmmm 0 Circle numbers plans wish order rn193239262302310314326 332386414430433438440 444447452454457460465 cOCJ~ 468470478487488490499 500501502503504505506 C I507508509510511512513 514515516517518519520 00521522523524525526527 8 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery Air Mail over 300 inks orders outside US please add $250 Air Mail $125 surface mail planU I Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation cia AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA Please allow 3 B weeks delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $ E w STREET I CITY ISTATE ________________ ZIP m m m m m m m mm m m County Historical Society Museum Bloomington IL addition reproductions akeady mentioned GeeBee Z flown Lowell Bayles win 1931 Thomp son built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt temporarily housed Na tional Air & Space Museum pair has just completed Ivfiles Atwood racer plan follow deHavilland Comet twin several GeeBee R type Flying Milk Bottles being built some rumored meant flight despite negative reputation airplane acquired during its brief flashy career being built strictly display New England Air Museum under hand designer Howell Miller number long-distance racers extant NASM owns displays Boeing 247 airliner Roscoe Turner Clyde Pangborn placed third 1934 London-to-Melbourne race same building Hughes racer Howard Hughes used set transcon tinental speed record also 3-km record mid 1930s Travel Air Woolaroc Art Goebel won 1927 Dole Race California Hawaii Bartlesville OK GeeBee QED built London-to-Melbourne race fully restored displayed City Museum Ciudad Lerdo Mexico Besides Schneider Race seaplanes already mentioned several other fine old machines still remaining England original London-to-Mel bourne race-winning deHavilland Comet Grosvenor House nearing completion could fly again year Percival Mew Gull Model Aviation February 1981 badly damaged landing accident 1985 will probably re stored will big job Its con temporary Miles Hawk Speed Six raced England some 40 years now USA Other British prewar handicap racers such Comper Swifts sole Arrow Active can seen fly-ins rallies Dont get icea can just walk up fine old racing planes start poking around museums almost always protected cu rious some kind barrier need get closer doesnt hurt ask Often museum officials will make special arrangements serious researchers get closer tourists permitted racers private hands must also treated respect deserve Al ways make formal request first hope best old racing planes heart its worth extra effort see close up want keep up status might become member Society Air Racing Historians join receive societys bimonthly news letter Golden Pylons Membership $10 Send Jim Butler treasurer 37825 Lake Shore Blvd Eastlake OH 440094 170 Model 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National Mr Races Lancaster CA back 1985 mix Jackrabbits built four stIll survive L i Left Restored 1913 Deperdussin monocoque theta display Mum de iAlr Bourget Airport Pads Right Benny Howards Mike temporarily assembled photographic session Premont OH Its owner Joe Binder hes shown cockpit whole generation Americans brought names like Doolittle GeeBee common usage What Mainly fast engines nudged limits technical knowledge airframes bare minimum long exciting things like power short boring things like stability control meant go like blazes --- long pilot maybe practice flight under belt able hang starters flag swung down wobbled air wings sup plied almost enough lift low-speed flight frequently tail-heavy thanks extra fuel tank crammed inst last moment briefest lapse part very busy pilot could stuff several years hard work ground near scatter pylon engine finally quitbecause too little oil too much heat just simple exhaustionthe resulting forced landing enough make lot tough old-time pilots swear off bottle take prayer crude retractable landing gear did come Wedell WIllIams #57 reetoratlon TRW corporation performing actual workattheCuyahoga county Airport nesrclevelan@ 82 Model Aviation First justa patcatthe nos RoscoeTumers MeteorL ana men iooucamewnobuung jwj anermecranamen ame Paul Gerber Reetor atlon Facility National Air & Space Museum Silver Hill MD have dos magic Only plane win twO Thompeon trophies downnot means sure thing low-speed control visibility poor enough ground loops cart wheels common should have scheduled program course story pre-World War II racing plane includes least serious crash often several busted up fixed busted again As long few large pieces left someone game make airplane whole Air racing people hardy lot anyway few could afford build brand new airplane scratch wondesful old creations survived World War II because destructive human events stopped air racing dead its tracks before lot very important airplanes could away themselves day before start 1939 Cleveland National Air Races Nazi tanks crashed across Polish border pilots shoved least vital wartime planes dark reaches hangars volunteered duty dangerous game As Americans rushed headlong peace determined live life hilt time air races again pylon racing Cleveland resumed Labor Day weekend 1946 Hardly knew old racers still around Hardly anyone cared like-new P-5 1 Mustangs P-38 Lightnings F4U Corsair sale little $1 OOO absolutely stock could leave finest prewar machines some say real racers prop wash Everything newthe airplanes pilots fans old lost shadows forgotten glare off shiny new wing tips Moreover no antique airplane movement might have encouraged enthusiasts search hangem barns warehouses America Lefr Miieetfawl5peed Six atthe 50th anniversary Kings up nace lllgn wycomne angiana riane now restoes uu nigni iauaron C71 4R foreground bulitforspeod record attempt Caudron C36 isapparentlys mook-upof Coupe Deutsch raoer Mumde rAir Pads September 1986 83 Percival Mew uuli ingn oia waraen Aeroorome once neia remmut-ume rec ord England South Africa feurday adventure would rival Indiana Jones Left BillTurner/Ed Marquardtreproductlon Gee BeeZ hasfiown hoursthan theor New Jersey B-i wasnt competitive extremely rare led wayto latervery sue Left Potez 53 winner 1933 Coupe Deutach race Musee de lAlr Caudron completely dominated moe except forthis Potez win Right Nose counter-rotating props massive Macchi-Castoldi MC72 seaplane speed record holder Paris Air Show old racers past past time touches everything event ually shiny new began tarnish People started looking past old planes part growing feeling nostalgianot old necessarily better its just special glow surrounds Little little old racing planes began emerge wartime quarters means survived war Some broken up parts others usedtotrainmechanics afew junked people failed ap preciate value made way museums private collections Wherever seen fanned long-smoldering embers real thing one-of-a-kind flying machines made history no comparison massproduced look-alike slightly-modified combat airplanes raced because powerful old ones glamour spilled like drops oil seem forever leak out old engines Among eager information old-time racers Scale modelers fathers built models planes news Now news again exciting ever may have several decades since last GeeBee screamed around Cleve land Airport fat little critter lost its ability thrill crowd went Wedeli-Williams Browns Keith Riders Cheaters lot Since very beat way get information necessary build abso lutely correct Scale model get full-size thing measure daylights out it seems right let another generation modelers know lot fine old craft still us Some course arent being accu rately recreated form flying Continued aie 167 Keith Rider H-S JscKrabbit aispisy EAA Museum Oshkosh WI shot taken Robert F Pauiey old BAA Vintage 1920 Dayton-Wright Racer museum outside Mliwaukee WI Ford Museum Dearborn Ml Plc Pauiey 84 Model Aviation DIUWIU m ruuwr uuIuruIugn wn racers Photo Jim Vilet Curtiss R3C-2 hangs National Air Space Museum Washington DC Wedell Williams *44 reproduction Budd Devisson Jim Clevenger 1986 National Business Aircraft Show Photo Bob Pauley little fuel reserve would suggest 2-to 4-oz feeder tank installed aft radio section supplement integral tank Pipe pressure adequate am told feed main tank auxiliary tank have yet try throttle extension shaft must made get belicrank outside fan shell easily fabricated brass tubing sheet brass about hours time Details plans Remember hole must provided gain access lowspeed carburetor adjustment screw located bellcrank side carburetor fit throttle extension onto carb stock black steel bellcrank rim must filed same diameter drum accomplished two notches brass extension bellcmank drum setscrew can filed Take care position brass external bellcrank correctly proper throttle actuation assembly complete will no tice top right aft stator must shortened chord leading edge accommodate throttle extension shaft order make retrofit HT 2001 little easier chose use gutted RK-20 fan shell RK-740 instead aluminum wrap provided kit cannot get fan shell Midwest Kress Technology use stock shell position plywood rings onto front aft ends simulate RK-20 hole setscrew needle valve conveniently provided extending needle valve outside fan shell nacelle suitable piece piano wire Allen wrench 6-in-dia length suit L-shaped wire does trick can spare /16-in Allen wrench use already has flat setscrew top stock needle valve Holes cylinder head needle valve fuel lines throttle extension must located drilled enlarged final assembly Notches fan shell throttle pushrod notch forward stiffener ring alignment fuselage can cut away time necessary modifications fuselage have made time trial fit fan assembly aircraft Locate hole lower nacelle half needle valve trial fit Charge batteries truck field fuel fire up set threshold push throttle firewall pull stick chest watch point its nose towards 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Again would like thank George Myers Bob Kress Bob Aberle especially wife proofreader moral support help making project pleasant painless success Golden Age/Berliner Continued page 84 non-flying reproductions Given basic information true modeler should able take rest way first classic series trophies pylon racing James Gordon Bennett began Reims France 1909 airplanes participating races extremely fragile Few lasted weeks after race can expect find little era Musee de lAir Le Bourget Airport north Paris has 1910 Baby Wright Racer marvelous 1913 Deperdussin mono coque Ford Museum Dearborn MI has remarkably advanced 1920 Dayton Wright Racer though never won anything pioneered retractable landing gear very modern streamlining Beginning same time Gor don Bennett lasting until 1931 great Schneider Trophy Race series seaplanes led some truly significant advances engines aerodynamics great craft flown races Supermarmne Sea Lion 1919 race still survives well hull does least Science Museum London far greater interest housed same building Supermarine S6B winner final race first flying machine top 400 mph An earlier type S6A Hall Aviation Southampton Engiand Europe hosted some pretty interesting racing during 1 930s though hardly scale Cleveland big meet Coupe Deutsch France run laps long course stressing dura bility well speed sleek dark blue Caudron racers completely dominated series extant may actually sophisticated mock-up built movie sometime after war accurate depiction Caudron 336 Right next Musee de lAir Potez 53 presumably winner 1933 race also display another great Caudron C714R might have broken world speed record war USA surviving Schnei der racer Curtiss R3C-2 Jimmy Doolittle flew victory 1925 Its display National Air & Space Mu seum Washington DC two Italian racing seaplanes left era Macchi M39 1926 race other spectacular Macchi Castoldi MC72 its tandem engines dual props turned 441 mph 1934 record still stands Both semiprivate collections Italy Pulitzer Trophy Races 1920 1925 purely military event pro duced some colorful early racersthe Curtiss Army Navy bi planes screaming V-12 engines classy lines Sadly thats left wing panel Curtiss R-6 US ELLERS NEW 4 CYCLE SERIES 100 THP DESIGN TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPED TO GIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALLTHE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136778 14677128 1567 16678 NEW *1 J PRICE 299 379 479 689 989 PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION 10T020% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUEL PROOF HIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833A456 8334568 84566/27 t 9456677/ 1045667 106W8W 106EW 11 4677/778 SW 116EW 1167 124W 125W 1256 1356 1456 1556 164N 16678 f September 1986 167 THE LEADER IN COM PETITION PRICE 149 149 179 189 199 199 209 209 219 229 229 239 239 279 279 279 349 459 659 969 989 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH PRICE 7SN 5N279 8I 6778 299 SERIES 400C 866777289 97289 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW details other Zimbabwe Model Products kits call write Ful] color deluxe catalog -$100 cf- ZIMPRO MARKETING PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE 37830 Tel 615 482-6188 0 Get back up now. before lose nerve IL WANNA RACE NORTHEAST AstA I. BEGINNER RACES 0 * FORM-i * FAI e Instructions 4 Club Programs Inlorination Contact NORTH EAST PYLON RACING ORGANIZATION 119 DEAN AVEFRANKLIN MASS 02038 Tel 611 528-4043 203 673-2000 PRO TECH-TOR PRO MOUNT ENGINE MOUNTS TRANSMITTER CASE olly machined . strong thermo-6061-Tb aluminum brightly molded metal framed softpolished Witreceed foam fIlled 9x12a5 Inmounting hoist 601 carryIng case best on120 S OS 61 00111 61 61 SI market tram-OPS 60 VS 61 1100160 mitter Price 13210 AddCt 90 Enya 60 tOur cycim t22 Enya 90 120 OS 120 1200 shIpping Alaskatour tyciel 121 Add lISt Hawaii 5450ship sa Alt & Hi 1300 SASE FOR FREE CATALOGCA RESADO62 BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTAFULLERTON CA 92632 Air Force Museum Dayton OH Curtiss R3C-2 mentioned above raced Pulitzer wheels instead floats glorious era prewar Cleveland Air Races 1929-1939 still lives quantity generally accessible too since races held US 20 airplanes known continue appear out nowhere remaining true Brown Racer B-i now being restored airport shop Pittstown NJ Brown B-2 Miss Los Angeles has around past few years actually repro duction built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt southern California Well have say about shortly Both Art Chesters classic racers Jeep Goon still around Goon raced final prewar Thompson Greve Races complete last report belonged historian/writer John Caler lives Los Angeles area Bill Falck used Jeep parts 1947 rookie Goodyear Trophy racer its remains have recently taken restoration project group EAAers expect find home eventually EAA Museum Osh kosh WI Benny Howards four great racers Ike Mike still us belong enthusiast Joe Binder Fremont OH insists going restore least days Mr Mulligan restored 1977 wrecked during speed record attempt Younkin brothers Fayetteville AK flying superb reproduction airplane Pete Howards first racer converted sport plane years ago EAA Presi dent Paul Poberezny lot Laird biplanes raced early 1930s Solution Super Solution became famous first being restored New England Air Museum Windsor Locks CT second remains steel-tube fuselage hangs ceiling storage buildings NASMs Paul Garber Restoration Facility Silver Hill IvID However excellent repro NEW IMPROVED er Wit Modd wilk mars womb Power * WANDIT * USPalentNoOon Otalers inoilti276 *------ * lone yea warafliyi CORD * * orDry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine given exceptional *sanding control tor encellent tinish 89 Oasc nci 1 lIar Wand nnaci 01 6 gnlS 1 er SpecaI xci 2 liar 1 hall round wand h etch 01 6 grill 00100 ncideS 3 11*1 2 haIl roond 1 s 1 intl nands ii 01 * 6 ants *Additional Wandi Abrasiven available * 4 * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * *PO Box 266 Mesquite Texas 75149 168 Model Aviation trim Zimbabwe Medal Preducts tins commamhen ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership98 Academy Aviation R&D142 Ace Radio Control156 Aerospace Composite Products.. 159 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 3 American Jr Aircraft Co154 Applied Design164 Astro Flight14 Balsa 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Co37 Top Flite Models Inc85 Tower Hobbies157 VL Products16 Victor Engineering38 WE Technical Services6 Wandit Mfg168 Williams Brothers14 Wilshire Model Center45 Windsor Propeller Co153 Wing Mfg Co24 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation15 Zimpro Marketing168 Nick Ziroli Models36 duction Super Solution built under direction Matty Laird EAA Museum six Keith Rider racers built four still us R-3 Marcoux Bromberg has just restored placed display New England Air Mu seum R-4 Schoenfeldt Firecracker parts Planes Fame Museum Los Angeles R-5 Jackrabbit has restored EAA Museum pieces R-6 Eight-Ball stored somewhere California Two four Travel Air Mystery racers competed still around NR-6 13K somewhere California its restoration suspended since death its one-time owner Pancho Barnes Tex aco #13 Museum Science Industry Chicago Additionally courte sy Younkin brothers fineflying reproduction NR-614K plane Doug Davis won first Thompson Trophy Race Steve Wittman built two famous racers 1930s low-powered Chief Osh kosh high-powered Bonzo Chief later modified extensively first winning Goodyear Trophy Racer Buster now display such National Air & Space Museum big Bonzo EAA Museum Steve now over 80 still ready retirement continues build small fast airplanes seven Wedell Williams racers lives gold #57 famed Roscoe Turner won 1934 Thompson Trophy Race Newly restored Western Reserve Museum Cleveland OH Several reproductions works has com pleted Budd Davisson Jim Clev enger has displayed Wedell Williams Museum Paterson LA Prob ably successful unlimitedpower pylon racers 1 930s Ros coe Turners #29 Meteor won both 1938 1939 Thompson races sits now looking brand spanking new NASMs branch display Silver Hill MD museum also owns large col lection Turners trophies well stuffed lion Gilinore Among lesser-known old racers Mummert Mercury restored Detroit flown just enough discover tricky destined Glenn Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY same category Church Midwing simi lar Heath Baby Bullet restored Dayton sent EAA Museum Pearson-Williams Mr Smoothie reportedly existsin some con dition California Tilbury Fundy Flash having restored some EAA members McLean September 1986 169 0 0 C0 e 0 cJ CiJ 0 -0 00 ZO otO 0 -S war e Co b 0 - mmmmmmmininmmmmmmmmmmm 0 Circle numbers plans wish order rn193239262302310314326 332386414430433438440 444447452454457460465 cOCJ~ 468470478487488490499 500501502503504505506 C I507508509510511512513 514515516517518519520 00521522523524525526527 8 Plan price includes first class postage US delivery Air Mail over 300 inks orders outside US please add $250 Air Mail $125 surface mail planU I Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation cia AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA Please allow 3 B weeks delivery Please print carefully Enclosed $ E w STREET I CITY ISTATE ________________ ZIP m m m m m m m mm m m County Historical Society Museum Bloomington IL addition reproductions akeady mentioned GeeBee Z flown Lowell Bayles win 1931 Thomp son built Bill Turner Ed Mar quardt temporarily housed Na tional Air & Space Museum pair has just completed Ivfiles Atwood racer plan follow deHavilland Comet twin several GeeBee R type Flying Milk Bottles being built some rumored meant flight despite negative reputation airplane acquired during its brief flashy career being built strictly display New England Air Museum under hand designer Howell Miller number long-distance racers extant NASM owns displays Boeing 247 airliner Roscoe Turner Clyde Pangborn placed third 1934 London-to-Melbourne race same building Hughes racer Howard Hughes used set transcon tinental speed record also 3-km record mid 1930s Travel Air Woolaroc Art Goebel won 1927 Dole Race California Hawaii Bartlesville OK GeeBee QED built London-to-Melbourne race fully restored displayed City Museum Ciudad Lerdo Mexico Besides Schneider Race seaplanes already mentioned several other fine old machines still remaining England original London-to-Mel bourne race-winning deHavilland Comet Grosvenor House nearing completion could fly again year Percival Mew Gull Model Aviation February 1981 badly damaged landing accident 1985 will probably re stored will big job Its con temporary Miles Hawk Speed Six raced England some 40 years now USA Other British prewar handicap racers such Comper Swifts sole Arrow Active can seen fly-ins rallies Dont get icea can just walk up fine old racing planes start poking around museums almost always protected cu rious some kind barrier need get closer doesnt hurt ask Often museum officials will make special arrangements serious researchers get closer tourists permitted racers private hands must also treated respect deserve Al ways make formal request first hope best old racing planes heart its worth extra effort see close up want keep up status might become member Society Air Racing Historians join receive societys bimonthly news letter Golden Pylons Membership $10 Send Jim Butler treasurer 37825 Lake Shore Blvd Eastlake OH 440094 170 Model 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