ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series 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ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series Ah Shyhank P20 Tige shwrk will show jetlike pert orsence out hassle ducted f%n espenhn Both hits hales construe tion sprice spar wings p can aco emeodate standard 05th serve 4 channel radio systems will accept 20 ew 28 sies en glees Fwresce ptiweel pert wreance wee tha 21 25 rear wwhawet ewaines Ai enseshat mere dectie en lower speeds ki ta fwr inter aediwie Slyer Se effer plans cwwwpioa ForA4SkyliewkF-20 Tigerehark thwse wish te Straith huild $1500 Plans34eteg spee36 wingspan & Cawopy $1000 Piano only400eq aree330 eq erew Other prodwctw sea ilahle Fuel Iwleotiww iresa38lengnh38 length Pans Nacs Sicard Pipee Innonetine Sodel Pro$4500 $300 S/S$4800$300 S/S dects 5511 Kits & Plane Send check Money Order COD add *3 FL Res add 6% sales 155305581-4477 PARRISH AIRCRAFT e Models 1125 SW 49th Tar Plantation FL 33317 164 Model Aviation 49span 45length 4 channel C Symetrical wing Engine35-SO2cy 45-654cy Red silver trim k cockpit GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 252005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2FT X 4FT $ 5 HA TORI RA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS COMPOSITE MATERIALS BORON 004 dia KEYLAR CLOTH 10 oz 17 oz 36 oz KEYLAR THREAD -22 lb test x 010 dia CARBON FIBER TOW 6000 12000 strand CARBON FIBER PAPER 05 oz per yard CARBON FIBER UNIDIRECTIONAL CLOTH ide CARBON FIBER TAPE -5 wide CARBON FIBER SHEET STOCK 016 thick CARBON FIBER SPAR MATERIAL irectional thick CARBON FIBER FIBER ROD irectional dia MICROFILM mskys best gold film 00012 thick INDOOR MYLAR 59 thick MYLAR HEAT SRINK COVERINGS 0015 thick adhesive METALIZED MYLAR 0005 thick gas bags ALUMINUM WING SKINS thick FAI free flight models FOAM CUTTING WIRE dia Stainless Steel-200 Ft Rolls REAL SANDING SEALER ds best lider polish 3Ms #465 WING SKINNING TAPE acrylic adhesive tape form ENGINES AND THE BRAND NEW LINE OF es COMPETITION ENGINES leading supplier composites worlds modelers FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND $200 TO eae ee Model Research Labs 25108 Marguerite #160 Mission Viejo Ca 92692 Short Sunderland huge four-engined fly ing boat served RAF Coastal Com mand 1938 1955 hunting subma rines downed fliers Supermarine Seagull 1930s single-engined biplane fly ing boat used air-sea rescue Westland Lysander sturdy ground support type often used drop Allied agents supplies underground Fiat CR42 Falco pretty Italian biplane fighter shot down captured 1940 collection also boasts Heinkel 111 standard German medium bomber just two surviving examples Junkers Ju-87 Stuka first widely used dive bomber became easy target RAFs fighters Junkers Ju-88 best German medium bombers rare early example shot down restored Messerschmitt Bf-109E standard Ger man fighter Messerschmitt Bf-l 10 twin-engined German fighter no match Spitfires Hurricanes Battle Britain Museum building located left parking lot also houses Roundel restaurant museum-goer will find snacks complete meals Dedicated Scale modelers needing accu rate data project may want contem plate pilgrimage RAF Museum contacting Richard Simpson Keeper Aircraft Exhibits should part advance planning Simpsons permission youll able cross spectator barrier close-up look prototype youre interested Any interested support ing work museum can join its So ciety Friends 500 pounds about $9 per year Membership details available Secretary Society Friends RAF Museum Hendon NW9 5LL Eng land RAFs huge collection air craft reserve collections RAF bases throughout England Some can visited get special permission ad vance its British military air craft turn place see Hendon RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 49 Mark flew plane recent Soaring Mas ters about tied lead tried patented touch-and-go landings stop clock make spot landing Im told plane touched didnt go Mark missed landing dropping him eighth place Al winning Masters testimonial Apogee its prudent point out Mark could fly manhole cover still win con testshes good Lets hope some Marks skill will come packaged kit American Sailplane Designs SD booth housed San Diegos Gary Anderson said business has steadily growing im provements arc being madeincluding tele phone great news customers wishing check kits stock Garys inventory cludes smallest largest American-made kits can buy both Thermal Slope swears little toy ASW-20 fuselage hes holding photo will fly Gary also makes third-scale ASW 20 kit wingspan 197 164 ft Gary can reached 2626 Coronado Ave #89 San Diego CA 92154 telephone 1-619/429-828 1 Also manning ASD booth Rainar Wei balck designer manufacturer amazing Thermal Navigator ingenious gizmo tells plane going up down automat ically turning plane way its rising other way its descending actually microsized variometer electronic amplifier plugs between receiver rudder servo assuming youre flying rudder/elevator polyhedral-wing ship transmitters rudder stick will override TN can steer plane spite way Navigator wants go Get info Rainer High Sky 3929 Kansas St #9 San Diego CA 92104 telephone 1-619/297-5792 Robbe s new Gliders 10-in-span Ha bicht Hawk far-out-looking Vampire flying wing Habicht has Plura plastic fuse lage Jedelsky-type solid balsa wing Vampire looks fast just sitting its said actually medium-speed flier quite easy handle German imports highly prefabricated kits prices reflect time work save putting together Habicht kit $150 Vampire $200 Both prices re I&O UIbINtO AirplaneManne K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOtH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER FOXY RtSIN K&B SUPtR FOXY THINNER K&B SUPtR FOXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 989 UnlbedV LCv AUGUST 20 eStatic Display Fun Fly Swap Shop Air Show Team Competition r Information Call Fo SHOW August 1989 165 WORLD WIDE SINCE I9O 9 AJ INTERCEPTOR IRTF *760 *596 COMPANY PO Box 68132 Portland OR 97268
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 92, 93, 152, 164, 165
ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series Ah Shyhank P20 Tige shwrk will show jetlike pert orsence out hassle ducted f%n espenhn Both hits hales construe tion sprice spar wings p can aco emeodate standard 05th serve 4 channel radio systems will accept 20 ew 28 sies en glees Fwresce ptiweel pert wreance wee tha 21 25 rear wwhawet ewaines Ai enseshat mere dectie en lower speeds ki ta fwr inter aediwie Slyer Se effer plans cwwwpioa ForA4SkyliewkF-20 Tigerehark thwse wish te Straith huild $1500 Plans34eteg spee36 wingspan & Cawopy $1000 Piano only400eq aree330 eq erew Other prodwctw sea ilahle Fuel Iwleotiww iresa38lengnh38 length Pans Nacs Sicard Pipee Innonetine Sodel Pro$4500 $300 S/S$4800$300 S/S dects 5511 Kits & Plane Send check Money Order COD add *3 FL Res add 6% sales 155305581-4477 PARRISH AIRCRAFT e Models 1125 SW 49th Tar Plantation FL 33317 164 Model Aviation 49span 45length 4 channel C Symetrical wing Engine35-SO2cy 45-654cy Red silver trim k cockpit GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 252005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2FT X 4FT $ 5 HA TORI RA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS COMPOSITE MATERIALS BORON 004 dia KEYLAR CLOTH 10 oz 17 oz 36 oz KEYLAR THREAD -22 lb test x 010 dia CARBON FIBER TOW 6000 12000 strand CARBON FIBER PAPER 05 oz per yard CARBON FIBER UNIDIRECTIONAL CLOTH ide CARBON FIBER TAPE -5 wide CARBON FIBER SHEET STOCK 016 thick CARBON FIBER SPAR MATERIAL irectional thick CARBON FIBER FIBER ROD irectional dia MICROFILM mskys best gold film 00012 thick INDOOR MYLAR 59 thick MYLAR HEAT SRINK COVERINGS 0015 thick adhesive METALIZED MYLAR 0005 thick gas bags ALUMINUM WING SKINS thick FAI free flight models FOAM CUTTING WIRE dia Stainless Steel-200 Ft Rolls REAL SANDING SEALER ds best lider polish 3Ms #465 WING SKINNING TAPE acrylic adhesive tape form ENGINES AND THE BRAND NEW LINE OF es COMPETITION ENGINES leading supplier composites worlds modelers FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND $200 TO eae ee Model Research Labs 25108 Marguerite #160 Mission Viejo Ca 92692 Short Sunderland huge four-engined fly ing boat served RAF Coastal Com mand 1938 1955 hunting subma rines downed fliers Supermarine Seagull 1930s single-engined biplane fly ing boat used air-sea rescue Westland Lysander sturdy ground support type often used drop Allied agents supplies underground Fiat CR42 Falco pretty Italian biplane fighter shot down captured 1940 collection also boasts Heinkel 111 standard German medium bomber just two surviving examples Junkers Ju-87 Stuka first widely used dive bomber became easy target RAFs fighters Junkers Ju-88 best German medium bombers rare early example shot down restored Messerschmitt Bf-109E standard Ger man fighter Messerschmitt Bf-l 10 twin-engined German fighter no match Spitfires Hurricanes Battle Britain Museum building located left parking lot also houses Roundel restaurant museum-goer will find snacks complete meals Dedicated Scale modelers needing accu rate data project may want contem plate pilgrimage RAF Museum contacting Richard Simpson Keeper Aircraft Exhibits should part advance planning Simpsons permission youll able cross spectator barrier close-up look prototype youre interested Any interested support ing work museum can join its So ciety Friends 500 pounds about $9 per year Membership details available Secretary Society Friends RAF Museum Hendon NW9 5LL Eng land RAFs huge collection air craft reserve collections RAF bases throughout England Some can visited get special permission ad vance its British military air craft turn place see Hendon RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 49 Mark flew plane recent Soaring Mas ters about tied lead tried patented touch-and-go landings stop clock make spot landing Im told plane touched didnt go Mark missed landing dropping him eighth place Al winning Masters testimonial Apogee its prudent point out Mark could fly manhole cover still win con testshes good Lets hope some Marks skill will come packaged kit American Sailplane Designs SD booth housed San Diegos Gary Anderson said business has steadily growing im provements arc being madeincluding tele phone great news customers wishing check kits stock Garys inventory cludes smallest largest American-made kits can buy both Thermal Slope swears little toy ASW-20 fuselage hes holding photo will fly Gary also makes third-scale ASW 20 kit wingspan 197 164 ft Gary can reached 2626 Coronado Ave #89 San Diego CA 92154 telephone 1-619/429-828 1 Also manning ASD booth Rainar Wei balck designer manufacturer amazing Thermal Navigator ingenious gizmo tells plane going up down automat ically turning plane way its rising other way its descending actually microsized variometer electronic amplifier plugs between receiver rudder servo assuming youre flying rudder/elevator polyhedral-wing ship transmitters rudder stick will override TN can steer plane spite way Navigator wants go Get info Rainer High Sky 3929 Kansas St #9 San Diego CA 92104 telephone 1-619/297-5792 Robbe s new Gliders 10-in-span Ha bicht Hawk far-out-looking Vampire flying wing Habicht has Plura plastic fuse lage Jedelsky-type solid balsa wing Vampire looks fast just sitting its said actually medium-speed flier quite easy handle German imports highly prefabricated kits prices reflect time work save putting together Habicht kit $150 Vampire $200 Both prices re I&O UIbINtO AirplaneManne K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOtH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER FOXY RtSIN K&B SUPtR FOXY THINNER K&B SUPtR FOXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 989 UnlbedV LCv AUGUST 20 eStatic Display Fun Fly Swap Shop Air Show Team Competition r Information Call Fo SHOW August 1989 165 WORLD WIDE SINCE I9O 9 AJ INTERCEPTOR IRTF *760 *596 COMPANY PO Box 68132 Portland OR 97268
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 92, 93, 152, 164, 165
ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series Ah Shyhank P20 Tige shwrk will show jetlike pert orsence out hassle ducted f%n espenhn Both hits hales construe tion sprice spar wings p can aco emeodate standard 05th serve 4 channel radio systems will accept 20 ew 28 sies en glees Fwresce ptiweel pert wreance wee tha 21 25 rear wwhawet ewaines Ai enseshat mere dectie en lower speeds ki ta fwr inter aediwie Slyer Se effer plans cwwwpioa ForA4SkyliewkF-20 Tigerehark thwse wish te Straith huild $1500 Plans34eteg spee36 wingspan & Cawopy $1000 Piano only400eq aree330 eq erew Other prodwctw sea ilahle Fuel Iwleotiww iresa38lengnh38 length Pans Nacs Sicard Pipee Innonetine Sodel Pro$4500 $300 S/S$4800$300 S/S dects 5511 Kits & Plane Send check Money Order COD add *3 FL Res add 6% sales 155305581-4477 PARRISH AIRCRAFT e Models 1125 SW 49th Tar Plantation FL 33317 164 Model Aviation 49span 45length 4 channel C Symetrical wing Engine35-SO2cy 45-654cy Red silver trim k cockpit GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 252005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD 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25108 Marguerite #160 Mission Viejo Ca 92692 Short Sunderland huge four-engined fly ing boat served RAF Coastal Com mand 1938 1955 hunting subma rines downed fliers Supermarine Seagull 1930s single-engined biplane fly ing boat used air-sea rescue Westland Lysander sturdy ground support type often used drop Allied agents supplies underground Fiat CR42 Falco pretty Italian biplane fighter shot down captured 1940 collection also boasts Heinkel 111 standard German medium bomber just two surviving examples Junkers Ju-87 Stuka first widely used dive bomber became easy target RAFs fighters Junkers Ju-88 best German medium bombers rare early example shot down restored Messerschmitt Bf-109E standard Ger man fighter Messerschmitt Bf-l 10 twin-engined German fighter no match Spitfires Hurricanes Battle Britain Museum building located left parking lot also houses Roundel restaurant museum-goer will find snacks complete meals Dedicated Scale modelers needing accu rate data project may want contem plate pilgrimage RAF Museum contacting Richard Simpson Keeper Aircraft Exhibits should part advance planning Simpsons permission youll able cross spectator barrier close-up look prototype youre interested Any interested support ing work museum can join its So ciety Friends 500 pounds about $9 per year Membership details available Secretary Society Friends RAF Museum Hendon NW9 5LL Eng land RAFs huge collection air craft reserve collections RAF bases throughout England Some can visited get special permission ad vance its British military air craft turn place see Hendon RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 49 Mark flew plane recent Soaring Mas ters about tied lead tried patented touch-and-go landings stop clock make spot landing Im told plane touched didnt go Mark missed landing dropping him eighth place Al winning Masters testimonial Apogee its prudent point out Mark could fly manhole cover still win con testshes good Lets hope some Marks skill will come packaged kit American Sailplane Designs SD booth housed San Diegos Gary Anderson said business has steadily growing im provements arc being madeincluding tele phone great news customers wishing check kits stock Garys inventory cludes smallest largest American-made kits can buy both Thermal Slope swears little toy ASW-20 fuselage hes holding photo will fly Gary also makes third-scale ASW 20 kit wingspan 197 164 ft Gary can reached 2626 Coronado Ave #89 San Diego CA 92154 telephone 1-619/429-828 1 Also manning ASD booth Rainar Wei balck designer manufacturer amazing Thermal Navigator ingenious gizmo tells plane going up down automat ically turning plane way its rising other way its descending actually microsized variometer electronic amplifier plugs between receiver rudder servo assuming youre flying rudder/elevator polyhedral-wing ship transmitters rudder stick will override TN can steer plane spite way Navigator wants go Get info Rainer High Sky 3929 Kansas St #9 San Diego CA 92104 telephone 1-619/297-5792 Robbe s 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ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series Ah Shyhank P20 Tige shwrk will show jetlike pert orsence out hassle ducted f%n espenhn Both hits hales construe tion sprice spar wings p can aco emeodate standard 05th serve 4 channel radio systems will accept 20 ew 28 sies en glees Fwresce ptiweel pert wreance wee tha 21 25 rear wwhawet ewaines Ai enseshat mere dectie en lower speeds ki ta fwr inter aediwie Slyer Se effer plans cwwwpioa ForA4SkyliewkF-20 Tigerehark thwse wish te Straith huild $1500 Plans34eteg spee36 wingspan & Cawopy $1000 Piano only400eq aree330 eq erew Other prodwctw sea ilahle Fuel Iwleotiww iresa38lengnh38 length Pans Nacs Sicard Pipee Innonetine Sodel Pro$4500 $300 S/S$4800$300 S/S dects 5511 Kits & Plane Send check Money Order COD add *3 FL Res add 6% sales 155305581-4477 PARRISH AIRCRAFT e Models 1125 SW 49th Tar Plantation FL 33317 164 Model Aviation 49span 45length 4 channel C Symetrical wing Engine35-SO2cy 45-654cy Red silver trim k cockpit GOLDEN GATE HOBBIES PO BOX 252005 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94128 M/C OR COD CATALOG $ 200 OR FREE WITH ORDERS HATORI BLUEPRINT SHOWS ALL EXHAUST ITEMS FULL SIZE 2FT X 4FT $ 5 HA TORI RA DIGICON IM-MSK WE NEED DEALERS COMPOSITE MATERIALS BORON 004 dia KEYLAR CLOTH 10 oz 17 oz 36 oz KEYLAR THREAD -22 lb test x 010 dia CARBON FIBER TOW 6000 12000 strand CARBON FIBER PAPER 05 oz per yard CARBON FIBER UNIDIRECTIONAL CLOTH ide CARBON FIBER TAPE -5 wide CARBON FIBER SHEET STOCK 016 thick CARBON FIBER SPAR MATERIAL irectional thick CARBON FIBER FIBER ROD irectional dia MICROFILM mskys best gold film 00012 thick INDOOR MYLAR 59 thick MYLAR HEAT SRINK COVERINGS 0015 thick adhesive METALIZED MYLAR 0005 thick gas bags ALUMINUM WING SKINS thick FAI free flight models FOAM CUTTING WIRE dia Stainless Steel-200 Ft Rolls REAL SANDING SEALER ds best lider polish 3Ms #465 WING SKINNING TAPE acrylic adhesive tape form ENGINES AND THE BRAND NEW LINE OF es COMPETITION ENGINES leading supplier composites worlds modelers FOR COMPLETE CATALOG SEND $200 TO eae ee Model Research Labs 25108 Marguerite #160 Mission Viejo Ca 92692 Short Sunderland huge four-engined fly ing boat served RAF Coastal Com mand 1938 1955 hunting subma rines downed fliers Supermarine Seagull 1930s single-engined biplane fly ing boat used air-sea rescue Westland Lysander sturdy ground support type often used drop Allied agents supplies underground Fiat CR42 Falco pretty Italian biplane fighter shot down captured 1940 collection also boasts Heinkel 111 standard German medium bomber just two surviving examples Junkers Ju-87 Stuka first widely used dive bomber became easy target RAFs fighters Junkers Ju-88 best German medium bombers rare early example shot down restored Messerschmitt Bf-109E standard Ger man fighter Messerschmitt Bf-l 10 twin-engined German fighter no match Spitfires Hurricanes Battle Britain Museum building located left parking lot also houses Roundel restaurant museum-goer will find snacks complete meals Dedicated Scale modelers needing accu rate data project may want contem plate pilgrimage RAF Museum contacting Richard Simpson Keeper Aircraft Exhibits should part advance planning Simpsons permission youll able cross spectator barrier close-up look prototype youre interested Any interested support ing work museum can join its So ciety Friends 500 pounds about $9 per year Membership details available Secretary Society Friends RAF Museum Hendon NW9 5LL Eng land RAFs huge collection air craft reserve collections RAF bases throughout England Some can visited get special permission ad vance its British military air craft turn place see Hendon RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 49 Mark flew plane recent Soaring Mas ters about tied lead tried patented touch-and-go landings stop clock make spot landing Im told plane touched didnt go Mark missed landing dropping him eighth place Al winning Masters testimonial Apogee its prudent point out Mark could fly manhole cover still win con testshes good Lets hope some Marks skill will come packaged kit American Sailplane Designs SD booth housed San Diegos Gary Anderson said business has steadily growing im provements arc being madeincluding tele phone great news customers wishing check kits stock Garys inventory cludes smallest largest American-made kits can buy both Thermal Slope swears little toy ASW-20 fuselage hes holding photo will fly Gary also makes third-scale ASW 20 kit wingspan 197 164 ft Gary can reached 2626 Coronado Ave #89 San Diego CA 92154 telephone 1-619/429-828 1 Also manning ASD booth Rainar Wei balck designer manufacturer amazing Thermal Navigator ingenious gizmo tells plane going up down automat ically turning plane way its rising other way its descending actually microsized variometer electronic amplifier plugs between receiver rudder servo assuming youre flying rudder/elevator polyhedral-wing ship transmitters rudder stick will override TN can steer plane spite way Navigator wants go Get info Rainer High Sky 3929 Kansas St #9 San Diego CA 92104 telephone 1-619/297-5792 Robbe s new Gliders 10-in-span Ha bicht Hawk far-out-looking Vampire flying wing Habicht has Plura plastic fuse lage Jedelsky-type solid balsa wing Vampire looks fast just sitting its said actually medium-speed flier quite easy handle German imports highly prefabricated kits prices reflect time work save putting together Habicht kit $150 Vampire $200 Both prices re I&O UIbINtO AirplaneManne K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOtH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER FOXY RtSIN K&B SUPtR FOXY THINNER K&B SUPtR FOXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 989 UnlbedV LCv AUGUST 20 eStatic Display Fun Fly Swap Shop Air Show Team Competition r Information Call Fo SHOW August 1989 165 WORLD WIDE SINCE I9O 9 AJ INTERCEPTOR IRTF *760 *596 COMPANY PO Box 68132 Portland OR 97268
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 92, 93, 152, 164, 165
ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland Mosquito versatile use ful twin-engined World War II air planes Handley Page Halifax another RAFs major heavy bombers dis played unrestored just recov ered Norway Also display North American B-25 Mitchell World War II medium bomber used RAF well USAAF sole surviving Vickers Wel lington main British medium bomber World War II known its geodetic construction Vickers Valiant earlier RAF four-engined jet bombers Avro Vulcan intimidating deltawinged heavy bomber capable near-sonic speed Battle Britain Museum new building found what quite possibly worlds finest collection air planes early World War II period youll see Supermarine Spitfire Hawker Hurricane mainstays Fighter Command Battle Britain displayed simulated revetments complete sandbags support equipment also Bristol Blenheim important RAF light bomber represented its Cana dian-built counterpart Bolingbroke Boulton Paul Defiant last surviving exam ple turret-equipped fighter little fascinating novelty Want go vertical NiniJet Series 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25108 Marguerite #160 Mission Viejo Ca 92692 Short Sunderland huge four-engined fly ing boat served RAF Coastal Com mand 1938 1955 hunting subma rines downed fliers Supermarine Seagull 1930s single-engined biplane fly ing boat used air-sea rescue Westland Lysander sturdy ground support type often used drop Allied agents supplies underground Fiat CR42 Falco pretty Italian biplane fighter shot down captured 1940 collection also boasts Heinkel 111 standard German medium bomber just two surviving examples Junkers Ju-87 Stuka first widely used dive bomber became easy target RAFs fighters Junkers Ju-88 best German medium bombers rare early example shot down restored Messerschmitt Bf-109E standard Ger man fighter Messerschmitt Bf-l 10 twin-engined German fighter no match Spitfires Hurricanes Battle Britain Museum building located left parking lot also houses Roundel restaurant museum-goer will find snacks complete meals Dedicated Scale modelers needing accu rate data project may want contem plate pilgrimage RAF Museum contacting Richard Simpson Keeper Aircraft Exhibits should part advance planning Simpsons permission youll able cross spectator barrier close-up look prototype youre interested Any interested support ing work museum can join its So ciety Friends 500 pounds about $9 per year Membership details available Secretary Society Friends RAF Museum Hendon NW9 5LL Eng land RAFs huge collection air craft reserve collections RAF bases throughout England Some can visited get special permission ad vance its British military air craft turn place see Hendon RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 49 Mark flew plane recent Soaring Mas ters about tied lead tried patented touch-and-go landings stop clock make spot landing Im told plane touched didnt go Mark missed landing dropping him eighth place Al winning Masters testimonial Apogee its prudent point out Mark could fly manhole cover still win con testshes good Lets hope some Marks skill will come packaged kit American Sailplane Designs SD booth housed San Diegos Gary Anderson said business has steadily growing im provements arc being madeincluding tele phone great news customers wishing check kits stock Garys inventory cludes smallest largest American-made kits can buy both Thermal Slope swears little toy ASW-20 fuselage hes holding photo will fly Gary also makes third-scale ASW 20 kit wingspan 197 164 ft Gary can reached 2626 Coronado Ave #89 San Diego CA 92154 telephone 1-619/429-828 1 Also manning ASD booth Rainar Wei balck designer manufacturer amazing Thermal Navigator ingenious gizmo tells plane going up down automat ically turning plane way its rising other way its descending actually microsized variometer electronic amplifier plugs between receiver rudder servo assuming youre flying rudder/elevator polyhedral-wing ship transmitters rudder stick will override TN can steer plane spite way Navigator wants go Get info Rainer High Sky 3929 Kansas St #9 San Diego CA 92104 telephone 1-619/297-5792 Robbe s new Gliders 10-in-span Ha bicht Hawk far-out-looking Vampire flying wing Habicht has Plura plastic fuse lage Jedelsky-type solid balsa wing Vampire looks fast just sitting its said actually medium-speed flier quite easy handle German imports highly prefabricated kits prices reflect time work save putting together Habicht kit $150 Vampire $200 Both prices re I&O UIbINtO AirplaneManne K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 9 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOtH K&B Micro-Balloons FILLER K&B SUPER FOXY RtSIN K&B SUPtR FOXY THINNER K&B SUPtR FOXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS 989 UnlbedV LCv AUGUST 20 eStatic Display Fun Fly Swap Shop Air Show Team Competition r Information Call Fo SHOW August 1989 165 WORLD WIDE SINCE I9O 9 AJ INTERCEPTOR IRTF *760 *596 COMPANY PO Box 68132 Portland OR 97268
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 89, 90, 92, 93, 152, 164, 165
ITS TOSS-UP packed history displays Royal Air Force Museum Hendon Hendon self Like places England area imbued tales legends early Celts Anglo-Saxon succes sors reaching back what seems like ginning time visitor rela tively young country like USA Hendon feels ancient indeed doesnt go back very far course trace beginning time British aviation 1908 American pilot named Samuel Cody made first recognized flight English soil craft given serviceable unglamorous name Brit ish Army Aeroplane #1 Less year later thread picked up near vil lage Colindale north London near anyone can tell what later became Hendon passing villagers must have intrigued sight small mono plane being tinkered under canopy sky open fieldsurely marvel days flight still surrounded mystique excitement way before long Hendon become hotbed activity aviation enthusiasts first recorded flights Hendon launched January 1910 young Claude Grahame-White Farman bi plane April year Louis Paulhan flown Hendon Birmingham 150 miles win prize first such flight completed less 24 hours Grahame-White main rival made first true night flight desperate unsuccessful effort beat him spring following year Grahame-White opened flying school Hendon offering complete flying course 50 guineas little over $250 estab lishing area seat aviation activity May 12 1911 first long series classic flying displays held August 1989 89 Top The Hawker Typhoon sole remaining example renowned powerful World War II fighter-bomber acquired swap Smithsonion Institution Washington DC Hawker Hurricane Above main building RAF Museum nicely decorated peaceful colorful flowers along gigantic Blackburn Beverly military freighter museum building actually consists several World War hangars linked together September year British air mail service got off impressive start car rying 100000 letters cards commem orate coronation King George V Aerial Derby made its debut 1912 80-mile race around London beginning ending Hendon drew 45000 paying customers first public demonstrations parachuting aerobat ics took place 1913 Loops verted flying having invented few months earlier aerobatics must have particularly stirring 1914 number airplane manufactur ers including first Handley-Page fac tory set up operations Hendon area making first major air craft industrial centers Shortly after World War began Hendon taken over Royal Navy designated Air Service Station five already established flying schools its airfield diverted train military pilots government used other sections Hendon delivery centers warplanes such deHavilland 9 Sopwith Camel Nieuport 1915 1916 air war still its infancy pair flimsy BE2 planes based Hendon defending London against raids German zeppelins end war 1918 sizable pro portion pilots airplanes Royal Flying Corps predecessor RAF come least through Hendon Among firsts achieved during war initial testing compressed-air catapult became forerunner aircraft carrier wartime demand ended after 1918 aviation production development tempo rarily declined Claude Grahame-White changed manufacturing airplanes cars turned out hundreds little two-seat runabouts Hendon Grahame White didnt stop flying though oper ated several airplanes joyriding until 1920 brief period between wars Hendon offered airline service Birming ham Amsterdam Holland air field also home group surplus SESA warbird pursuits engaged skywrit ingContinued vase 92 Left World War RAF known Royal Flying Corps armed wixn wide variety OT scout planes pursuit fighters bomb ers left Sopwith Triplane existence right rare Bristol Fighter Right lineup Axis aircraft left Junk ers Ju-87D Stuka early Messerschmitt Bf-109E Italian Fiat CR42 aircraft shot down over England during war 90 Model Aviation realistic mannequin seen working bench life-size diorama World War maintenance shop Several dioramas add feeling living Royal Air Force Their.. mww nurImudIrn Wuu d oupermarine pitire 51 quietly recreat .orld War ii revetment surrounded sandbags period equipment used get airborne repel enemy during Battle Britain 1920 first spectacular very fashionable RAF air displays held Hendon tradition endured until 1937 As showcases current future RAF aircraft extravaganzas enter tained millions spectators raised over 17 years almost million dollars RAF charities Second World War Hendon again assumed important military role base squadrons Hurricanes Spittires Battle Britain During course war noncombat units equipped American-built Douglas C-47s still called Dakotas British replaced Spitfires Hurricanes 1944 C-47s flying out Hendon belonged USAAF Air Transport Command Units moved out quickly two squad rons Spitfires being last opera tional outfits call Hendon home steady growth housing after war changed Hendon bucolic village suburb London As such sort extensive systematic flying consid ered unsafe unpopular Hendon air field finally closed November 1957 remained inactive 15 years November 17 1972 however its cele brated iron gates swung open once again dedication Royal Air Force Mu seum public invited view augural displays Spanning decades World War through postwar years extensive air craft displays Hendons Royal Air Force Museum amply reward aviation buff Collections like dont usually spring full-blown pile dust RAF ex hibits have roots going back 1917 plan preserving example type airplane eventual official display first drawn up LetUU skies inMesits first serious opposition rricanes ulton Paul Defiant interesting Idea flopped Its four-gun turret may have fooled first uerman fighterb ii unt bu1 et quickly got out its lack speed proved its undoing effective fighting machine Left later versions immortal over 20000 built Spitfire Mark 24 Though big Griffon engine bubble can opy still Spitfire Right bomber version legendary DeHavilland Mosquito Mosquito turned out ver satile useful twin-engined World War II airplanesan intimidating lethal fighting machine its high speed load capacity 92 Model Aviation woria war ii aerial combat began 1930s biplanes ended firsi jeia i ma us ian Fiat CR42 Falco out date launched battle very soon shot down decision create current mu seum made 1962 Although orig inal concept envisioned simply collection 48-scale models some 500 types air craft flown REC RAF quickly replaced ambitious plan conventional air museum fullsize craft assembling collection air craft gathered far Mid dle East USA main museum building quite mod ern looking white arches pillars outside made joining gether two World War hangars create exhibit hall 540 ft long 175 ft wide later addition built Bomber Command Museum second building erected serve Battle Britain Museum Getting Hendon London fairly simple Travel north Colindale via either northern line Landon underground subway No 79 bus its just short walk car Hendon near No 2 junction Ml Motor way Signs however few hard follow traffic can heavy driv ing recommended adventur ous Admission 300 pounds $5 adults 150 pounds $250 children students buildings open 10 am 6 pm Monday through Satur day 2 pm 6 pm Sunday Its closed Christmas Day Boxing Day De cember 26 New Years Day Royal Air Force Museum Main Building largest portion RAF collection housed main building 36 aircraft displayed light-colored floor very low barriers restrain overcurious touching second floor displays uniforms medals sup port equipment weapons like along life-size diorama World War maintenance shop center first-floor area dis play honoring late renowned Sir Sidney Camm Hawker design genius airplanes view can cred ited Specifically Camm responsible Hawker Cygnet low-powered Continued page 152 Left Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber left crash landed frozen Norwegian Lake during war sank re covered 1973 displayed condition found Right Supermarine Stranraer flying boat majestic biplane flying boat designed RJ Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame served RAF reconnaissance craft through 1941 Bristol Beaufighter first new breed night fighters combat test bed newly developed airborne-lnlCrcCpl ra dar pivotal stage conduct aerial warfare Unsuspecting Heinkels Junkers served flaming guinea pigs Right Bristol Blen heim medium bomber actually Canadian-built Bolingbroke served Coastal Command playing hob German shipping August 1989 93 ermanys premier Iwin-enginsa IIgnIer-uumuI ie Messerschmitt Bf-100 no match American P-38 British Mosquito did cause headaches its primitive radar Left dreaded Stuka Junkers Ju-87D dive bomber thrown defenseless ground targets Poland Russia early years war deadly Later however Hurricanes Spitfires lunch Right Vickers Wellington left world yet produced multiengined British bomber time RAFs primary bomber during early years war Hendon/Berliner Continued page 93 1920s lightplane Hawker Hart twoseat biplane day-bomber 1000 service 1930 1939 its offshoot Hawker Hind used bombing training until World War II reclaimed Afghanistan museum Hawker Typhoon surviving example gift Smith sonian Institution powerful World war II fighter-bomber Hawker Tempest follow-on Typhoon famed shooting down hundreds V-l buzz bombs Hawker Sea Fury developmental end point Hurricane used Royal Navy last piston-engined fighter produced Britain else Hawker Hunter RAFs standard subsonic jet fighter 1954 1960 then-holder world speed rec ord 728 mph Hawker P1127 experimental forerunner radical Harrier VTOL jet fighter impressive elements RAF collection its display World War airplanes section can seen Avro 504K standard rotary-engined trainer 8000 appeared 1913 last being retired late 1920s Bristol F2bthe Bristol Fighter Brisfit short im portant airplanes RFC Caudron G 111 French single-engined reconnais sance plane used RFC Hanriot HD-I designed France used mainly other countries SESA very best fighters World War Sopwith Camel principal British fighter 1917 Completing WW exhibit re alistic reproductions Sopwith 1 Strut ter Vickers Gunbus no example either planes having survived museum also offers small collec tion period between wars section visitor finds Gloster Gladiator last types RAF biplane pursuits few fought World War II example recov ered Norway Supermarine Stran raer majestic biplane flying boat de signed R J Mitchell Spitfire Schneider Trophy fame Cierva C30A mid-1930s ground support autogyro World War II aircraft housed main part building include surviv ing example nearly 6000 built Bristol Beaufighter first effec tive radar-equipped night fighters deHa villand Tiger Moth RAFs standard pri mary trainer least 100 still flying privately Dornier Do-24 rare tn-motored German flying boat Spain Lockheed Hudson patrol bomber ver sion late 1930s Electra airliner 2000 sent Britain pe riod before US entered war Sikorsky R-4B very early production American helicopter first type used RAP Before leaving main building visi tor sees examples postwar aircraft Bristol Belvidere first RAF twin-en gined twin-rotor helicopter similar American CH-47 Chinook deHavilland Vampire first production jet fighters English Electra Canberra standard twin-jet medium bomber also used USAF Martin B-57 English Electric Lightning unusual highly sweptwing fighter vertically stacked engines first RAF hit Mach 2 Gloster Meteor F8 ma jor RAF day interceptor 1950 1955 further development first nonGerman jet see combat Continued page 164 aster adlator obsolete beginning war 5 proved maneuverable enough shoot down 250 enemy airplanes before being relegated training utility roles Right Hawker Hart entered service 1930 light bomber state art outfiew RAFs best fighters day Some planes still service Middle East World War II 152 Model Aviation Agressor high quality balsa Plywood jln fly airplane Covered Monokote can easily repaired should need like foam AREs Agressor very competitive Fun Fly events also available built order $14995 plus $iSP & H Just add engine tank$11995 radio go Flyptw$12COP&H CRENSHAW AERO RR 1 Box 121 Manilla IN 46150 317-396-6528 M-F till 400 pm ICSTI 317-525-9074 After 500 pm Weekends p / DEDICATED TO PERFORMANCE SINCE 1959 50CANTh SYNUB0CANTS p&CING GAS OVER 50 6iJtL HI-PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS FREE CATALOG 800242-0489 fuselage explode blasted bomb first flight -scale British Supermarine Spitfire John Guenther man aged sand down wing tip famous WW II fighter weighed 13 lb 75-in-span powered OS 90 four-cycle engine John disappoint ing second flights both days hurt placement Showeasing elite Scale modeling inaugural Top Gun Invitational over flowed planes pilotsmore have room describe Nor does space per mit elaborate peripheral events simply superb lineup tal ent public view will en core next year Plan attending Frank Tiano has already announced next years invitational four-day event April 27-30 1990 Westin Hotel will again headquarters Encouraged great success first meet Westin management has promised lower rates next year special videotape meet avail able Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terr Davie FL 33324 telephone 1-305/473-2211 30minute videotape sells $1995 including shipping Credit cards accepted Other Top Gun videos may purchased Joe Griffin Academy Aviation Research & Development 17010 Elm Dr Hazel Crest IL 60429 Propwash Video Productions 2973 Berman St Las Vegas NV 89109 RC Video Magazine PO Box 98 Layfayette CO 80026 telephone1-303/6658204 Hendon/Berliner Continued page 152 Bomber Command Museum Bomber Command wing contains air planes originally displayed main building well others moved branch facility RAF St Athans south Wales after restoration Bomber Command collection deHavilland deH9 single-engined World War bomber obtained trade Spit fire Polish Air Space Museum Vickers Vimy authentic flying repro duction modified twin-engined World War bomber Alcock Brown became 1919 first cross Atlan tic nonstop Sopwith Tabloid repro duction minor World War scout devel oped Schneider Trophy Race win ner Avro Lancaster RAFs important heavy bomber World War II Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress important heavy bomber flown World War II USAAF also flown RAF bomber version deHavilland 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