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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 FT LENGTHS SMALL 118 ORPRICE 3 ft $250 LARGE 114 Fun/Winter Continued page 133 first meeting Homer tells thought information should now go record Mr R passed away last montlt lucky Mr R ever thoughtful mailed Homer additional comments nearly lost forever happy have Bob Homer round out lost chronicles late Mr R Phineas known Carbuncle friends got out Army within two weeks 1918 Armistice Homer begins due combined effort squadron mates commanding officer upper-echelon officers ever come contact him Au cant say blame themif knew Phineas went Boonetown IA married childhood sweetheart redhaired freckle-faced farm lass 1920 took ajob selling new type tractor treads like tank worked another EASYTO INSTALL WSTALL HINGE 11SF STRAIGHT PIN TO MAKE SMALL HOLE EVERY INCH OR SO ORIP CYAAIOACRYLA1S GLEE RI HOLESCAPSLARY AC17ON WILL CARRY GLUE ALONG ENTIRE JOINT FOR ADDITIONAL SESIRITI 3 IISERT SMALL PIN EVERY 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 STRONG AND LIGHTWEIGHT COMPLETELY FUELPROOF COMPATABLE WITH ALL IRON-ON MATERIALS COMES IN 3 FT LENGTHS SMALL 118 ORPRICE 3 ft $250 LARGE 114 Fun/Winter Continued page 133 first meeting Homer tells thought information should now go record Mr R passed away last montlt lucky Mr R ever thoughtful mailed Homer additional comments nearly lost forever happy have Bob Homer round out lost chronicles late Mr R Phineas known Carbuncle friends got out Army within two weeks 1918 Armistice Homer begins due combined effort squadron mates commanding officer upper-echelon officers ever come contact him Au cant say blame themif knew Phineas went Boonetown IA married childhood sweetheart redhaired freckle-faced farm lass 1920 took ajob selling new type tractor treads like tank worked another EASYTO INSTALL WSTALL HINGE 11SF STRAIGHT PIN TO MAKE SMALL HOLE EVERY INCH OR SO ORIP CYAAIOACRYLA1S GLEE RI HOLESCAPSLARY AC17ON WILL CARRY GLUE ALONG ENTIRE JOINT FOR ADDITIONAL SESIRITI 3 IISERT SMALL PIN EVERY 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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DER/de lOOts S4ar PRO P4vrra P Pot FUTY4U Aq0g ep TOt 41R mAew PR0* 5505 *ORNDS n7~S 51 W# OWSRY Illustrators like Frank Tinsley created detailed plans planes flown heroes like Bill Barnes used futurIstic features came pass villaIns mounted throwaway steeds often far practical designs fliers Rub ber Scale models have noted Flying Aces Newsletter prInted series show FAC Fiction Fliers No 1 No 2 monoplane before Wildcat featured July 1936 Air Trails novel Lancer Strikes 27 such bad-guy designs Color olive-green engIne Tornado armament two 50-cal guns Death Ship Adam Preston bipe flown villain Moon God October 1937 issue Winter edited copy says story very far out Waco could have done better Color used currently unknown demarcation lIne bottom line broad arrow side fuselage big city members ronto have invited participate event last few years Sand Lake near Muskoka Ont some 165 miles north Toronto three seasonal events decided October 13-15 would plan Friday evening Clapp wanders club mem bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now MAN builds nothing biggies few Right ClippedWing Cub Sig Mfg 125 Kioritz fun fiy aerobatic original 17 lb makes great scalelike takeoffs landings Below Left Mid dle Balsa USA Pup shown front rear views files well 0-35 35 lb Handles well ground spite skid small rudder Veeeryyy slow Far Right Upper Ply Baby 050 another Balsa USA ship though Dick builds wide variety itisa niceflier looks mighty fine air says Far Right Lower Uncovered Balsa USA Der Jaeger has performance simiiar sport biplane 035 Has 12 Ah double packs through Ace RC redundant battery accessory ruo iioats mne sizes listed makes 16 handle specific plane weights 104 98 lb Core lengths vary 22 55 finished floats 1 3 longer also sells copies Edo 1320 1 drawings Four float sets precisely correct J-3 Cubs 96 105 span le sizes Walt also has unlisted new floats -in-scale DH Beaver singleengined Otter Nordynn Norseman list have carries Walt Lawrences address 189 Lloyd Ave Newmarket Ont L3Y 5L4 Canadaphone 4 16/8956252 probably evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer third man peered round windows bowels want Inspiration Blackburn Blackburn After group Virginia discussed beauty Ugliness Hurst Bowers made drawing monsterforthe Maxecuters newsletter None otherthan Dave Reese Biplane Bippee built 20-incherwith Saint Genese 26 airfoil Gosh care Buidog Puss flies around spotting fleet six strands 3/16 Sig rubber turning old 9-in Palowina trimmed 5l/3 Exactly 2 oz will take much cognac improve looks performance quite satisfactory 18 Model Aviation Torc upon landing iu WUU LU get days passed quickly Hangar flying Freds model shop night fellowship will forgotten About floats scale Edo Theres picture Walt Lawrence could-be -scale original floats man hes engineer Arvin Industries Toronto hates write thanks George have copy spec sheet Walts float productsunder label Walts Foam & Things Float Cores Id suggest ask sheet name include pre-addressed envelope does nt list prices serious about listed expect hed quote Dick Phillips former ACM big model col umnist now 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evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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bers Walter Lawrence Al Walton Bruce Thompson met Walts home consolidate models etc pack Walts van wagon models exception big 20s Era flying boat have foam-core floats designed Wt. other club members Don Jim Roberts Allan Brooks also came up evening Fred Lord owns camp super host cooks great meals Great weather Clear skies no wind speak shirt-sleeve tempera tures Other fellows didnt show learned later weekend Toronto foggy ram eight us did make total 24 RC models FF boat sand beach shallow good way out making easy retrieve model stalled engine near shore although water icy-cold know because upset Left Marty Meyer flies 15-lb movie camera Max 60 says Clark Y airfoil really helps lifting load Engine mounting pod keeps oily smoke being photographed Camera nose weighs 2 lb Marty should able get some great strafing shots Right Rubber Scale guys will love hate exercise ugliness During Twenties British fond baffling airplanes Blackburnof Airedale Sprat Splat Iris etccaiied fleet three-placer 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evenings Give air airplane flight part air ocean Other effect ground speed ajet 30000 ft oblivious wind Any scientist engineer pilot knowsays yes Yet have trouble biblical truth comes models have seen strange things pose stupid questions Astronomers simplify things laymen say view things fringes space seeing what existed 20000000000 years ago Carl Sagan would set right 60 seconds left own devices figuratively ask myself question thing 20000000000 years out took length time get am looking something twice age certainly its present form billions years ago quasar quasar long ago air ocean perplexes quasar once Ron Van Putte knows beans has stated incontro vertible truth Dullards apparently argued him agree Ron talldng airplane air mass Ron said confuse subject Continued page22 May1985 19 MORE NEW KITS FROM 111 TWO DESIGNED FOR 05 ELECTRIC POWER SPORT SCALE 54 SPAN 425 sqAREA $4495 Cx&ta BILL WINTER design 58 SPAN 490 sq AREA $4795 AND TWO COMPETITION SAILPLANES PROPHET 941 DAVE V USYSTEMS 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evidently amazed old hand like myself would appear among disbelievers wind causes model weathervane Id said yet. learned fly J-3 told practice crosswind S-turns-on-a-road Figure 8s intersection road Brother strong wind blowing oad maneuvers done air perfect viewed ground eye-openers student pilot began intersecting road headed wind flew straight line what seemed forever turned complete first half S intersect road going downwind ship swept around reached point quickly would take breath away upwind leg seemed like short X-country downwind leg gave precious little time assay second half S crossed road Because wind drift second turn-and-bank literally horsed around steeper angle bank rapidity forced prevent drifting far downwind road Fig 8 difficult Any pilot knows Ron absolutely correct yet. model part air ocean Some times seems yes sometimes no Things harder understand because 50 mph speed model far less relation say 35-mph wind J-3or F15 F-iS setting speed record would make timed runs both upwind downwind expect see go 35 miles faster over ground downwind 35 miles less upwind Does model estab lish itself airspeed blends air ocean its own speed relative wind much less ratio fullscale planes speed same wind strongly suspect inertia Rons refer ence physics whatever plays signifi cant part models performance wind physics whatever strongly involved models Gordon Light early Wakefield Cup winner published early Thirties look-alike Commercial design MAN built two Lightweight floaters flew beautifully Yet wind circling lower-side wing would recover spiral dive always developed until im pact modest increase dihedral cured plane flew buoyant 360s after other Rubber modelers today dihedral-less Lacey 100% exception own Wake field Eureka high-pitch prop Going downwind big prop somewhat underpowered looked like slow motion went plop plop plop true airspeed Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation GEAR OhioComing. 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MAXI 60 36 cuin Letters Editor Continued page 9 Above its personal satisfaction derive just participating aeromo4eling anyone cant achieve saxpe satisfaction feel must impress non-aeromodeling public may recommend bowling Military/Civilian Reunion 44th BG/BW/SMW Air Force Group composed personnel ever assigned 66th 67th 68th 506th Sqds plus other flying non-flying members attached unit group invited attend Fourth IV Family Reunion Ellsworth AFB Rapid City SD May 22 26 1985 Full information reservation details may obtained Loyd Loachman 1700 E 4th St Owens boro y 42301 tel 502/683-5752 44th Project Officer 66th SMSqd Ells worth AFB SD 57706 44th military fraternal group sponsored part Air Forces Operation Heritage Program Everyone invited attend become active member Charles Joseph Warth Cincinnati OH Safety Comes First Continued page 14 days Sundays Standing amongst group four five missiles darting up down field a$ nest terrifying equal importance p apparent trend toward bad manners believe stimulated some extent competition space flight line specifically Im referring six Ive seen seven planes air foot races Jeff Johnson flight line pits checks out Fargo p- control surfaces tunes engine situations complete disre gard air traffic landing taking off Recently set up -scale Cub approachit takes regular pattern some measure air space to see two blips dart ahead final did neat bit formation flying passed flight line landing almost landing put ting coals Quadra trying might ily gain altitude Im pointing finger just trying emphasize problems encountering field also see other bad manners checking te gir traffic before racing onto takeolf area taking off across landing strip setting up landing approach checking field people planes No excuse ground-checking aircraft before tween flights Things loosen up break air guys last least no radio checks think heading disaster flying field things continue deteri orate Maybe youre thinking Im real alarmist much ado about nothing fellows watched man die field model chest dont ever want see again As first step regaining sanity recommend reduce limit flight line operations five four fliers intend raise meeting Secondly ask club member review fly ing rules thoroughly Lastly ask us perform like grownups fieldlets equipment failure flying beyond pilots capability Its phenomenon brings point lecture Id like see fewer fliers line pure simple Now have fewer novices beginner/intermediates flying faster panes coupled greater number qf radio frequencies flight line generally filled both Satur show some courtesy fellow fliers As postscript newsletter article editor did raise issue reducing numbers models air five four club members rejected proposal personal experience fliers behave courtesy fellows act like grownups five models can flown safely simultaneously fields However fliers oblivious presence others flight line two models air simultaneously could too Treat others would like have treat Hot Dogger field too Since column appearing May issue magazine May has declared National Safety Month perhaps clubs should take look flying field rules see revisions needed important members observ ing rules flying club field Have safe month John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rockville MD 20852 Fun/Winter Continued page 24 search amazed find socalled fictional air heroes pulpmagazine days really livedsome still liv ing Remarkable disclosures post war careers documented last month Youll recall Bob curator New England Air Museum Connecticut Af ter visiting Frank Tinsley 1965 Frank illustrated Bill Barnes novels de signed planes Homer directed Mr R wished remain anony mous info now present made known Mr Rat time Continued page 136 May1985 133 4teopIeof 0 Box 26247 NewOrleans LA 701 86 42-5967 Still Using bid Fashioned 6pPLES Wing HingesGO will gain control efficiency eliminating gap between moveable nd stationary control surfaces will amazed performance gained using simple inexpen sive improvement FREE MOVEMENT450 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G-8 learned fly college before war Au would WWI first go overseas Homer quotes Mr R After ashorttour combat duty applied duty fighter pilot spy As part-time spy entitled code name because father prominent lawyer given G-8 Au father played leading part cracking Teapot Dome scandal After war changed name bom Montague Montmor ency didnt think suited person master spy combat pilot changed George Haight business card read simply G Haight didnt want lawyer like father tried barnstorming went broke started private detective agency no business went theater successful actor later director producer stage movies TV died 1976 Au know share sense anti climactic close him suspect G-8 willed himself go bicentennial yearhe breathed last New Years Eve What about G-8s wartime companions Mr Rs last scrawled letter Homer boils down Nippy tried barnstorming Homer recounts went theater magic act later flew Holly wood Fokker movie still later settled down actors agent now retired living Los Angeles Au old movie Wings has remade television saw New Yorks Hippo drome 1927it famous its wide-screen aerial action shots Nippy Wings begoggled pilot Bull tried pro football Homer con tinues wasnt much money second string went college coaching rose athletic director Midwest college advisor flying club Au small college Aeronca C-3s drove Bull drink died natural causes 1982 G-8 met Battle Au gung-ho guys names fit before war college drama club Battle touring US British theater group included serious young actor named Stan Laurel Stan came US after war another group got stranded tumedto comedy Battle charge costumes scenery well serving makeup man Au Stans partner Oliver Hardy resented Battles quips about portly figure own makeup man G-8 met Battle 136 ModelAviation GAPLESS HiNGE SLOTTER Simplifies installation Gapless Hinges Makes Slols 4 Sizes ol Balsa ~ PRICE $250 VOL lot SENSA ~TIONAL aviation videos type See action packed simulated bomb ings strsifings formation flights tours interviews - 100 sircraft such P-38 P51-47 B-i 7242526290-130 F-SF AD-4 Jets Transports much GIANT airshow package covering 4 events FREE DRAWING WINNERS FOR FEB & JAN 85 John Monsour Louisville KY PRIZE Robart Incidence Meter e R/O Flyers W Fargo N OAK sorted Zap Glue Pak - MORE TO COME RENT OR PUR CHASE ANY MONTH TO ENTER IDEO PROGRAM 000000 FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC 107 Mm NOM rLISaF-1 I ESAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC ....65 Mm Professional highly detailed step-by-step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION ..........91J Mm Expos Scale meets AMA Nats & 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW 55 Mm Workshops Forums Tours Aerobatics Warbirds & AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm See friends others goofing wildest video ever 5 US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS ........60 Mm best scale models pilots competing top honors 7WARBIRDS IN ACTION75 Mm sales final prices sub/ed fo change p/ease check curreef ada rates RENT 14gS 1495 1495 $ 1554 ** * BUY 4995 FREE WDEO 4495 month SPECIAL OFFER 13953995Buy 3 programs receive 4th FREE 3995Rent 3 programs receive 4th FREE 14953995plus 3 extra days rental. 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