EU mm U 0U HE Mu ScaleBob& Dolly Wischer THE EXPECTED large entry Cali fornia Nats did materialize Some 48 planes judged Sport Scale 10 AMA Scale class qual ity however generally better previous Nats individual standout examples very best emphasis high quality especially noticeable AMA Scale place team represent US next year England stake first three places Nats will constitute team Officiating capably administered Monty Patricia Groves exciting entries repeat performance Dave Platt new Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 center attention 10-year-old origi nal now Navy museum Pensa cola Florida new plane generally superior possible Built same scale original 1 /2 es modern OS 60 Schnuerle engine improve performance Its greatest advan tage over previous model weighs pound less 10 lbs Daves luck Nats has always best meet no exception plane crashed stalled landing approach second round Steve Sauger immaculate Fair child 24 awarded best show Toledo finished second place Steve 50 flights plane build confidence work out bugs virtually non-existent plane flies perfectly represents perfection modeling tech nique skill covered silk dope power K&B 61 radio Cox Sanwa Curtiss Hawk P6-E George Rose came way Tenafly New Jersey compete place team plane very few flights before Nats considered serious competition scaled fac tory drawings copied remain ing example Air Force Museum 10-pound plane scratch-built using Coverite Hobbypoxy Flights November 1977 21 Steve Sauger won Sterling Award 75 Nats won again year excel lent Fairchild 24 best show Toledo Award top static points must make flight trio will represent United States 1978 Scale World Championships L R Bob Wischer Piel Beryl Bob Underwood 3rd Wittman Bonzo Steve Sauger 2nd Fairchild 24 highly detailed cockpit Roses Curtiss superb Curtiss P-Ut took littfl AMA acale tar usorge Rose el-in wing span Hawk Note scalloped trailing edges Ribs powered ST 6OABC weighed 10 lbs Coverite Hobbypoxy finish stable flier simulated stitching fabric covering smooth precise After second round appeared plane would assured high place meet eventually finished fifth Bob Underwood again top con tender Wittman Bonzo Ily ushin Stormovik Bonzo taking third place AMA class assured Bob spot team same plane flown World Championship Sweden well 1976 Nats Its static score low Bob made good use years flying experience bring up total score Bob Wischer flew Piel Beryl first place AMA Scale entry also same used 1976 meets real difference since comple tion detailing model mainly addition hundreds Phillips screws centrifugally cast type metal Other outstanding planes AMA class 22 Model Aviation Continued page 92Making last-minute adjustments intricate interior aetaiis nis aircniia oteve auger Highly detailed working flaps retractable landing gear Earl Large scratch-built 1/7-scale Mustang Larry Bennington allThompsons Goodyear-built Corsair FG-1 entered AMA Scale balsa construction K&B Super Poxy finish Sport Scale OPS 60 new organization will provide means encouraging participation Carrier events sharing information about Carrier flying representing interests Navy Carrier fliers AMA first official act organization establish Eugene Ely Award commemorates first man suc cessfully take off land aboard ship 1911 1912 award Na tionals Navy Carrier Champion re ceives total points three Carrier events Nats years award went Ron Duly accumulated 7869 points placed first Class Class II N ats/Wischers continued page 22 included Granger Williams Curtiss Sea Hawk F6C-4 outstanding dummy engine disguising model engine sport scale Don Srull entered Dor nier DO-23G highly unusual subject its external ailerons twin engines Bud Atkinson flew Hawker Hunter exceptional penetration through usual afternoon wind examples WW II planes present Most spec tacular fine Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 Kent Walters large plane 1/7th size 14 pounds made spec tacular vertical dives 300-foot alti tude releasing its bomb near paved surface followed abrupt pull-out its final dive ran out air scat tered itself over large area Eventual winner Sport Scale 5-year-old llyushin Stormovik flown previous Nats Bob Underwood Don Liens Focke-WuIf FW 190-D placed second followed Srulls Dornier Walters Douglas Art Johnson entered very large Lockheed Lightning P-38L made screaming dives across field very high speed dropping its fuel tanks exactly same spot flight Bob Seigelkoff flew Cosmic Winds both Sport Scale Pattern very large-quarter size planes built own kits performance size outstanding OPS 60 engine power Richard Hagers Douglas C-47 finished Missile Command colors separately controlled throttle engine superb slow speed taxi control made takeoff difficult due lack synchronization AMA scale planes entered Eastern states 35 48 sport scale planes entered Cali fornia fliers highest scoring flight AMA scale made Joe Tschirgi Hansa Brandenburg seaplane lifted off wheeled-dolly landed very slowly almost no forward motion skid along its keel Actually Joes plane should have entered Sport Scale entry AMA protest against pattern-like flight WW II fighter majority Sport Scale Nats/Paul continued page 24 two scores due crashes passing 12 seeded fliers qualified expected seeding procedure promoted Keith Trostle PAMPA has proved fair way spread out recognized pilots difficult put words suc cess administration event performed Arlie Preszler Lanny Shorts Pre-Nats planning logistical support rivaled World Cham pionships Probably disappoint ing part entire show low number entries 51 Open six Junior eight Senior However entire Nationals entry low Al Rabes winning plane F-51D flew third place last year Weigh ing 51 oz craft has span 57 inches approximate wing area 5585 sq Al believes large flaps full-span boards root chord 325 tip 1 Al used molded balsa fuselage construction has developed successfully through Bearcat Sea Fury F-5l series semiscale stunters engine used Al called Su pertigre/Aloise 51 What amounts stroked ST 46 engine several other modifications Carlos Aloise Briefly some modifications basic engine Carlos crank pin 92 Model Aviation GEE BEE RACER 1/32 SCALE PLASTIC MODEL KIT CONSTRUCT R-1 OR 1-2 SErAKRILf WASP SEND 5O FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069 ne ever-popular uee ee mooel L portster aiso came tram tne DOflCfl Granger Williams Sport Scale entry K&B rear-rotor 40 Large I/I-scale uougias b5U-1 enxerea bport caie Ient Walters Weighing 14 pounds pulled Kraft 61 made series spectacular dive-bombing runsthen failed pull Out dive
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/11
Page Numbers: 21, 22, 92
EU mm U 0U HE Mu ScaleBob& Dolly Wischer THE EXPECTED large entry Cali fornia Nats did materialize Some 48 planes judged Sport Scale 10 AMA Scale class qual ity however generally better previous Nats individual standout examples very best emphasis high quality especially noticeable AMA Scale place team represent US next year England stake first three places Nats will constitute team Officiating capably administered Monty Patricia Groves exciting entries repeat performance Dave Platt new Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 center attention 10-year-old origi nal now Navy museum Pensa cola Florida new plane generally superior possible Built same scale original 1 /2 es modern OS 60 Schnuerle engine improve performance Its greatest advan tage over previous model weighs pound less 10 lbs Daves luck Nats has always best meet no exception plane crashed stalled landing approach second round Steve Sauger immaculate Fair child 24 awarded best show Toledo finished second place Steve 50 flights plane build confidence work out bugs virtually non-existent plane flies perfectly represents perfection modeling tech nique skill covered silk dope power K&B 61 radio Cox Sanwa Curtiss Hawk P6-E George Rose came way Tenafly New Jersey compete place team plane very few flights before Nats considered serious competition scaled fac tory drawings copied remain ing example Air Force Museum 10-pound plane scratch-built using Coverite Hobbypoxy Flights November 1977 21 Steve Sauger won Sterling Award 75 Nats won again year excel lent Fairchild 24 best show Toledo Award top static points must make flight trio will represent United States 1978 Scale World Championships L R Bob Wischer Piel Beryl Bob Underwood 3rd Wittman Bonzo Steve Sauger 2nd Fairchild 24 highly detailed cockpit Roses Curtiss superb Curtiss P-Ut took littfl AMA acale tar usorge Rose el-in wing span Hawk Note scalloped trailing edges Ribs powered ST 6OABC weighed 10 lbs Coverite Hobbypoxy finish stable flier simulated stitching fabric covering smooth precise After second round appeared plane would assured high place meet eventually finished fifth Bob Underwood again top con tender Wittman Bonzo Ily ushin Stormovik Bonzo taking third place AMA class assured Bob spot team same plane flown World Championship Sweden well 1976 Nats Its static score low Bob made good use years flying experience bring up total score Bob Wischer flew Piel Beryl first place AMA Scale entry also same used 1976 meets real difference since comple tion detailing model mainly addition hundreds Phillips screws centrifugally cast type metal Other outstanding planes AMA class 22 Model Aviation Continued page 92Making last-minute adjustments intricate interior aetaiis nis aircniia oteve auger Highly detailed working flaps retractable landing gear Earl Large scratch-built 1/7-scale Mustang Larry Bennington allThompsons Goodyear-built Corsair FG-1 entered AMA Scale balsa construction K&B Super Poxy finish Sport Scale OPS 60 new organization will provide means encouraging participation Carrier events sharing information about Carrier flying representing interests Navy Carrier fliers AMA first official act organization establish Eugene Ely Award commemorates first man suc cessfully take off land aboard ship 1911 1912 award Na tionals Navy Carrier Champion re ceives total points three Carrier events Nats years award went Ron Duly accumulated 7869 points placed first Class Class II N ats/Wischers continued page 22 included Granger Williams Curtiss Sea Hawk F6C-4 outstanding dummy engine disguising model engine sport scale Don Srull entered Dor nier DO-23G highly unusual subject its external ailerons twin engines Bud Atkinson flew Hawker Hunter exceptional penetration through usual afternoon wind examples WW II planes present Most spec tacular fine Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 Kent Walters large plane 1/7th size 14 pounds made spec tacular vertical dives 300-foot alti tude releasing its bomb near paved surface followed abrupt pull-out its final dive ran out air scat tered itself over large area Eventual winner Sport Scale 5-year-old llyushin Stormovik flown previous Nats Bob Underwood Don Liens Focke-WuIf FW 190-D placed second followed Srulls Dornier Walters Douglas Art Johnson entered very large Lockheed Lightning P-38L made screaming dives across field very high speed dropping its fuel tanks exactly same spot flight Bob Seigelkoff flew Cosmic Winds both Sport Scale Pattern very large-quarter size planes built own kits performance size outstanding OPS 60 engine power Richard Hagers Douglas C-47 finished Missile Command colors separately controlled throttle engine superb slow speed taxi control made takeoff difficult due lack synchronization AMA scale planes entered Eastern states 35 48 sport scale planes entered Cali fornia fliers highest scoring flight AMA scale made Joe Tschirgi Hansa Brandenburg seaplane lifted off wheeled-dolly landed very slowly almost no forward motion skid along its keel Actually Joes plane should have entered Sport Scale entry AMA protest against pattern-like flight WW II fighter majority Sport Scale Nats/Paul continued page 24 two scores due crashes passing 12 seeded fliers qualified expected seeding procedure promoted Keith Trostle PAMPA has proved fair way spread out recognized pilots difficult put words suc cess administration event performed Arlie Preszler Lanny Shorts Pre-Nats planning logistical support rivaled World Cham pionships Probably disappoint ing part entire show low number entries 51 Open six Junior eight Senior However entire Nationals entry low Al Rabes winning plane F-51D flew third place last year Weigh ing 51 oz craft has span 57 inches approximate wing area 5585 sq Al believes large flaps full-span boards root chord 325 tip 1 Al used molded balsa fuselage construction has developed successfully through Bearcat Sea Fury F-5l series semiscale stunters engine used Al called Su pertigre/Aloise 51 What amounts stroked ST 46 engine several other modifications Carlos Aloise Briefly some modifications basic engine Carlos crank pin 92 Model Aviation GEE BEE RACER 1/32 SCALE PLASTIC MODEL KIT CONSTRUCT R-1 OR 1-2 SErAKRILf WASP SEND 5O FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069 ne ever-popular uee ee mooel L portster aiso came tram tne DOflCfl Granger Williams Sport Scale entry K&B rear-rotor 40 Large I/I-scale uougias b5U-1 enxerea bport caie Ient Walters Weighing 14 pounds pulled Kraft 61 made series spectacular dive-bombing runsthen failed pull Out dive
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/11
Page Numbers: 21, 22, 92
EU mm U 0U HE Mu ScaleBob& Dolly Wischer THE EXPECTED large entry Cali fornia Nats did materialize Some 48 planes judged Sport Scale 10 AMA Scale class qual ity however generally better previous Nats individual standout examples very best emphasis high quality especially noticeable AMA Scale place team represent US next year England stake first three places Nats will constitute team Officiating capably administered Monty Patricia Groves exciting entries repeat performance Dave Platt new Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 center attention 10-year-old origi nal now Navy museum Pensa cola Florida new plane generally superior possible Built same scale original 1 /2 es modern OS 60 Schnuerle engine improve performance Its greatest advan tage over previous model weighs pound less 10 lbs Daves luck Nats has always best meet no exception plane crashed stalled landing approach second round Steve Sauger immaculate Fair child 24 awarded best show Toledo finished second place Steve 50 flights plane build confidence work out bugs virtually non-existent plane flies perfectly represents perfection modeling tech nique skill covered silk dope power K&B 61 radio Cox Sanwa Curtiss Hawk P6-E George Rose came way Tenafly New Jersey compete place team plane very few flights before Nats considered serious competition scaled fac tory drawings copied remain ing example Air Force Museum 10-pound plane scratch-built using Coverite Hobbypoxy Flights November 1977 21 Steve Sauger won Sterling Award 75 Nats won again year excel lent Fairchild 24 best show Toledo Award top static points must make flight trio will represent United States 1978 Scale World Championships L R Bob Wischer Piel Beryl Bob Underwood 3rd Wittman Bonzo Steve Sauger 2nd Fairchild 24 highly detailed cockpit Roses Curtiss superb Curtiss P-Ut took littfl AMA acale tar usorge Rose el-in wing span Hawk Note scalloped trailing edges Ribs powered ST 6OABC weighed 10 lbs Coverite Hobbypoxy finish stable flier simulated stitching fabric covering smooth precise After second round appeared plane would assured high place meet eventually finished fifth Bob Underwood again top con tender Wittman Bonzo Ily ushin Stormovik Bonzo taking third place AMA class assured Bob spot team same plane flown World Championship Sweden well 1976 Nats Its static score low Bob made good use years flying experience bring up total score Bob Wischer flew Piel Beryl first place AMA Scale entry also same used 1976 meets real difference since comple tion detailing model mainly addition hundreds Phillips screws centrifugally cast type metal Other outstanding planes AMA class 22 Model Aviation Continued page 92Making last-minute adjustments intricate interior aetaiis nis aircniia oteve auger Highly detailed working flaps retractable landing gear Earl Large scratch-built 1/7-scale Mustang Larry Bennington allThompsons Goodyear-built Corsair FG-1 entered AMA Scale balsa construction K&B Super Poxy finish Sport Scale OPS 60 new organization will provide means encouraging participation Carrier events sharing information about Carrier flying representing interests Navy Carrier fliers AMA first official act organization establish Eugene Ely Award commemorates first man suc cessfully take off land aboard ship 1911 1912 award Na tionals Navy Carrier Champion re ceives total points three Carrier events Nats years award went Ron Duly accumulated 7869 points placed first Class Class II N ats/Wischers continued page 22 included Granger Williams Curtiss Sea Hawk F6C-4 outstanding dummy engine disguising model engine sport scale Don Srull entered Dor nier DO-23G highly unusual subject its external ailerons twin engines Bud Atkinson flew Hawker Hunter exceptional penetration through usual afternoon wind examples WW II planes present Most spec tacular fine Douglas Dauntless SBD-3 Kent Walters large plane 1/7th size 14 pounds made spec tacular vertical dives 300-foot alti tude releasing its bomb near paved surface followed abrupt pull-out its final dive ran out air scat tered itself over large area Eventual winner Sport Scale 5-year-old llyushin Stormovik flown previous Nats Bob Underwood Don Liens Focke-WuIf FW 190-D placed second followed Srulls Dornier Walters Douglas Art Johnson entered very large Lockheed Lightning P-38L made screaming dives across field very high speed dropping its fuel tanks exactly same spot flight Bob Seigelkoff flew Cosmic Winds both Sport Scale Pattern very large-quarter size planes built own kits performance size outstanding OPS 60 engine power Richard Hagers Douglas C-47 finished Missile Command colors separately controlled throttle engine superb slow speed taxi control made takeoff difficult due lack synchronization AMA scale planes entered Eastern states 35 48 sport scale planes entered Cali fornia fliers highest scoring flight AMA scale made Joe Tschirgi Hansa Brandenburg seaplane lifted off wheeled-dolly landed very slowly almost no forward motion skid along its keel Actually Joes plane should have entered Sport Scale entry AMA protest against pattern-like flight WW II fighter majority Sport Scale Nats/Paul continued page 24 two scores due crashes passing 12 seeded fliers qualified expected seeding procedure promoted Keith Trostle PAMPA has proved fair way spread out recognized pilots difficult put words suc cess administration event performed Arlie Preszler Lanny Shorts Pre-Nats planning logistical support rivaled World Cham pionships Probably disappoint ing part entire show low number entries 51 Open six Junior eight Senior However entire Nationals entry low Al Rabes winning plane F-51D flew third place last year Weigh ing 51 oz craft has span 57 inches approximate wing area 5585 sq Al believes large flaps full-span boards root chord 325 tip 1 Al used molded balsa fuselage construction has developed successfully through Bearcat Sea Fury F-5l series semiscale stunters engine used Al called Su pertigre/Aloise 51 What amounts stroked ST 46 engine several other modifications Carlos Aloise Briefly some modifications basic engine Carlos crank pin 92 Model Aviation GEE BEE RACER 1/32 SCALE PLASTIC MODEL KIT CONSTRUCT R-1 OR 1-2 SErAKRILf WASP SEND 5O FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 92069 ne ever-popular uee ee mooel L portster aiso came tram tne DOflCfl Granger Williams Sport Scale entry K&B rear-rotor 40 Large I/I-scale uougias b5U-1 enxerea bport caie Ient Walters Weighing 14 pounds pulled Kraft 61 made series spectacular dive-bombing runsthen failed pull Out dive