PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being 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onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF 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today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II 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airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before 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display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being Chinese lucky figure will hot potato new Maloney 100 although ad mittedly someones going have put little lead tail beautiful size model 75 Comos 90 Comos 1204-strokes 160 4-stroke Twins new engine Maloney 100 magneto gasoline burner $13995 FOTO3- FM DUAL CON VERSION EXPERT Weve gotten new FCC number blessing sold out first shipment Next shipment may end March early April have flying system just about year now -works great Did engine testing kit testing Maloney 100 Robinhood 80 combination R/C system 7 Ch 4 Servos S31995 4 Ch 2 Servos S18995 FOTO 4- ROCKBUSTER now have 1/10 scale electric buggy under World Engines label offering Rockbuster kit form 90% assembled Watch parts list unusual extra accessories well offering buggy later time Dealers distributors note applying standard model airplane merchandise discounts price schedule inquiries welcome Delivery sometime April 1986 Rockbuster Assembled $6895 Rockbuster Kit $5695 1 cu magneto ignition engine burns gasoline delighted able put 4 color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB 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airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being Chinese lucky figure will hot potato new Maloney 100 although ad mittedly someones going have put little lead tail beautiful size model 75 Comos 90 Comos 1204-strokes 160 4-stroke Twins new engine Maloney 100 magneto gasoline burner $13995 FOTO3- FM DUAL CON VERSION EXPERT Weve gotten new FCC number blessing sold out first shipment Next shipment may end March early April have flying system just about year now -works great Did engine testing kit testing Maloney 100 Robinhood 80 combination R/C system 7 Ch 4 Servos S31995 4 Ch 2 Servos S18995 FOTO 4- ROCKBUSTER now have 1/10 scale electric buggy under World Engines label offering Rockbuster kit form 90% assembled Watch parts list unusual extra accessories well offering buggy later time Dealers distributors note applying standard model airplane merchandise discounts price schedule inquiries welcome Delivery sometime April 1986 Rockbuster Assembled $6895 Rockbuster Kit $5695 1 cu magneto ignition engine burns gasoline delighted able put 4 color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB #1GM Available Tx 25 7x 3 35 8s 4 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP RUB ASSEMBLY #110 051 engines electric motor equivalent Weight 5 grams $1500 PROP BLADES FOR HUB #110 lable 6s 3 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP HUB ASSEMBLY # 111 0 engines electric motor equivalent 20 grams$2000 PROP BLADES FOR HUB # 111 lable 10 9 x 4 10 x 411 x 4 $500 per blade $1000 per pair Send SSAE tor cptalog sheet complete line * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * SCALE DRAWINGS MODEL PLANS PHOTOS BOOKS EPLA-TECH AIRPLANE CATALOG INTERNATIONAL OVER 100 PAGES48500 MC KENZIE HWY *300VIDA OREGON 07488 LONELY No talk free flight hobby shop thinks DTs medical problem Get mailing list Okie Free Flight Flyer 1902 Peter Pan St Norman Oklahoma 73072 $5 8 issues Show paled comparison thou sands being turned out suddenly-mobil ized industries dozen countries time terrible war ended half-million aircraft built includ ing almost 100000 built US 1943 alone Along amazing technical develop ments made during seven years warlaminar-flow airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/04
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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being 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color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB #1GM Available Tx 25 7x 3 35 8s 4 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP RUB ASSEMBLY #110 051 engines electric motor equivalent Weight 5 grams $1500 PROP BLADES FOR HUB #110 lable 6s 3 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP HUB ASSEMBLY # 111 0 engines electric motor equivalent 20 grams$2000 PROP BLADES FOR HUB # 111 lable 10 9 x 4 10 x 411 x 4 $500 per blade $1000 per pair Send SSAE tor cptalog sheet complete line * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * SCALE DRAWINGS MODEL PLANS PHOTOS BOOKS EPLA-TECH AIRPLANE CATALOG INTERNATIONAL OVER 100 PAGES48500 MC KENZIE HWY *300VIDA OREGON 07488 LONELY No talk free flight hobby shop thinks DTs medical problem Get mailing list Okie Free Flight Flyer 1902 Peter Pan St Norman Oklahoma 73072 $5 8 issues Show paled comparison thou sands being turned out suddenly-mobil ized industries dozen countries time terrible war ended half-million aircraft built includ ing almost 100000 built US 1943 alone Along amazing technical develop ments made during seven years warlaminar-flow airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may very thing need ed otherwise tail-heavy model type installation will depend upon ade quacy space within fuselage nacelle Robart pump assure circulation tank can some remote location desirable alternative cases will some sort radiator transfer engine heat outside air liquid-cooled system its best because radiator can located wherever air flows Rapid transfer heat will mean minimum fluid car ried system long connecting tubes become part radiator us familiar large air scoop rear belly Mustang recognize its purpose model smaller storage tank ounce two capacity used reservoir Glycol pumped out tank through Kool Klamp through radiator thence back tank radiator can quite simple its shape will depend upon space inside 158 Model Aviation oeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoc 1BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN R/C107 Mb 4995 F*54~* 72BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC65Mm 4495W 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW...55 Mm3795 hA3THE WORLDOF MODEL AVIATION .90Mm4495 495 fl 5AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm37 9S 6 SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS60 Mm39 95 IN ACTION Full Scale Air Shows & Morel75 Mm 49 95 WARBIRDS BHEDGE HOPPIN IVarletyl Model & Full Scale45 Mm 44 95 9WHICH WAY IS UP lAerolatlcsl70 Mm 44 95 soles jInol prices subject change please check cuwent DERING INFORMATION Please Read CareluIly Awold Delay tI7$A11G W AL DEPOSIT lull purchase price ol EACH program ordered difference refunded 5 Q AL DURATION week alter delivery Reserved dates require 15 day noice PAYMENT Check 110 day clearancel money order Charge Orders Include Card Expiration Date Phone CODS available phone SHIPPING $350 Foreign Canada add 10% ol TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% las SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 277 HAZEL CREST ILLINOIS 60429-0277 312 3354776 10 rn-S pm Mon -Sal ooooooooeoeoeoec
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/04
Page Numbers: 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 155, 156, 157, 158
PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being Chinese lucky figure will hot potato new Maloney 100 although ad mittedly someones going have put little lead tail beautiful size model 75 Comos 90 Comos 1204-strokes 160 4-stroke Twins new engine Maloney 100 magneto gasoline burner $13995 FOTO3- FM DUAL CON VERSION EXPERT Weve gotten new FCC number blessing sold out first shipment Next shipment may end March early April have flying system just about year now -works great Did engine testing kit testing Maloney 100 Robinhood 80 combination R/C system 7 Ch 4 Servos S31995 4 Ch 2 Servos S18995 FOTO 4- ROCKBUSTER now have 1/10 scale electric buggy under World Engines label offering Rockbuster kit form 90% assembled Watch parts list unusual extra accessories well offering buggy later time Dealers distributors note applying standard model airplane merchandise discounts price schedule inquiries welcome Delivery sometime April 1986 Rockbuster Assembled $6895 Rockbuster Kit $5695 1 cu magneto ignition engine burns gasoline delighted able put 4 color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF 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today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB 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airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may very thing need ed otherwise tail-heavy model type installation will depend upon ade quacy space within fuselage nacelle Robart pump assure circulation tank can some remote location desirable alternative cases will some sort radiator transfer engine heat outside air liquid-cooled system its best because radiator can located wherever air flows Rapid transfer heat will mean minimum fluid car ried system long connecting tubes become part radiator us familiar large air scoop rear belly Mustang recognize its purpose model smaller storage tank ounce two capacity used reservoir Glycol pumped out tank through Kool Klamp through radiator thence back tank radiator can quite simple its shape will depend upon space inside 158 Model Aviation oeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoeoc 1BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN R/C107 Mb 4995 F*54~* 72BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC65Mm 4495W 4OSHKOSH OVERVIEW...55 Mm3795 hA3THE WORLDOF MODEL AVIATION .90Mm4495 495 fl 5AIRPLANE FUNNIES30 Mm37 9S 6 SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS60 Mm39 95 IN ACTION Full Scale Air Shows & Morel75 Mm 49 95 WARBIRDS BHEDGE HOPPIN IVarletyl Model & Full Scale45 Mm 44 95 9WHICH WAY IS UP lAerolatlcsl70 Mm 44 95 soles jInol prices subject change please check cuwent DERING INFORMATION Please Read CareluIly Awold Delay tI7$A11G W AL DEPOSIT lull purchase price ol EACH program ordered difference refunded 5 Q AL DURATION week alter delivery Reserved dates require 15 day noice PAYMENT Check 110 day clearancel money order Charge Orders Include Card Expiration Date Phone CODS available phone SHIPPING $350 Foreign Canada add 10% ol TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% las SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 277 HAZEL CREST ILLINOIS 60429-0277 312 3354776 10 rn-S pm Mon -Sal ooooooooeoeoeoec
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/04
Page Numbers: 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 155, 156, 157, 158
PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being 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onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF 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today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II 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airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before 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display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being Chinese lucky figure will hot potato new Maloney 100 although ad mittedly someones going have put little lead tail beautiful size model 75 Comos 90 Comos 1204-strokes 160 4-stroke Twins new engine Maloney 100 magneto gasoline burner $13995 FOTO3- FM DUAL CON VERSION EXPERT Weve gotten new FCC number blessing sold out first shipment Next shipment may end March early April have flying system just about year now -works great Did engine testing kit testing Maloney 100 Robinhood 80 combination R/C system 7 Ch 4 Servos S31995 4 Ch 2 Servos S18995 FOTO 4- ROCKBUSTER now have 1/10 scale electric buggy under World Engines label offering Rockbuster kit form 90% assembled Watch parts list unusual extra accessories well offering buggy later time Dealers distributors note applying standard model airplane merchandise discounts price schedule inquiries welcome Delivery sometime April 1986 Rockbuster Assembled $6895 Rockbuster Kit $5695 1 cu magneto ignition engine burns gasoline delighted able put 4 color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB 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airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being Chinese lucky figure will hot potato new Maloney 100 although ad mittedly someones going have put little lead tail beautiful size model 75 Comos 90 Comos 1204-strokes 160 4-stroke Twins new engine Maloney 100 magneto gasoline burner $13995 FOTO3- FM DUAL CON VERSION EXPERT Weve gotten new FCC number blessing sold out first shipment Next shipment may end March early April have flying system just about year now -works great Did engine testing kit testing Maloney 100 Robinhood 80 combination R/C system 7 Ch 4 Servos S31995 4 Ch 2 Servos S18995 FOTO 4- ROCKBUSTER now have 1/10 scale electric buggy under World Engines label offering Rockbuster kit form 90% assembled Watch parts list unusual extra accessories well offering buggy later time Dealers distributors note applying standard model airplane merchandise discounts price schedule inquiries welcome Delivery sometime April 1986 Rockbuster Assembled $6895 Rockbuster Kit $5695 1 cu magneto ignition engine burns gasoline delighted able put 4 color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB #1GM Available Tx 25 7x 3 35 8s 4 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP RUB ASSEMBLY #110 051 engines electric motor equivalent Weight 5 grams $1500 PROP BLADES FOR HUB #110 lable 6s 3 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP HUB ASSEMBLY # 111 0 engines electric motor equivalent 20 grams$2000 PROP BLADES FOR HUB # 111 lable 10 9 x 4 10 x 411 x 4 $500 per blade $1000 per pair Send SSAE tor cptalog sheet complete line * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * SCALE DRAWINGS MODEL PLANS PHOTOS BOOKS EPLA-TECH AIRPLANE CATALOG INTERNATIONAL OVER 100 PAGES48500 MC KENZIE HWY *300VIDA OREGON 07488 LONELY No talk free flight hobby shop thinks DTs medical problem Get mailing list Okie Free Flight Flyer 1902 Peter Pan St Norman Oklahoma 73072 $5 8 issues Show paled comparison thou sands being turned out suddenly-mobil ized industries dozen countries time terrible war ended half-million aircraft built includ ing almost 100000 built US 1943 alone Along amazing technical develop ments made during seven years warlaminar-flow airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu facturers ignored Le Bourget did busi ness economically expensive hotel suites downtown Paris Viewed through gloomy glasses 1983 Paris Air Show could cause wonder about future classic event gone almost 75 years nearly entire history airplane enough companies have sold enough keep feeling friendly toward show Besides still enough stature war rant NASAs sending Space Shuttle its 747 carrier trip never envisioned project begun Millions saw Americas proudest space achievement thanks lure Le Bourget 1985 Soviets moved back spotlight debut huge An tonov An-l 24 obvious copy Lockheed C-5A Galaxy military freighter US nothing counter can expected make another try attention Paris 1987 something space program since spectacular new airplanes now rare So can safe marking calendar next June 12 17 1987 like latest flying ma chines will place know find reason ably-priced hotels allegedly-expensive Paris can have ball RC ScalelWischers Continued page 45 eight-ounce tank located far forward nose may 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/04
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PARIS AIR SHOW AIR SHOWS come air shows go organizers wave banners pro claiming greatest largest important Some play small part aviation lore fade away before anyone has chance take close look very few become part aeronau tical history develop real personalities like giant EAA Fly-In Oshkosh like spectacular Paris Air Show Theres hardly aviation enthusiast doesnt know show know its beginnings take look came some high lights through years EDon Berliner Top it gets crowded weekends Parisians come out force gawk Above aerial shot courtesy French Aeronautical Space industries Group shows vast amount space now occupied show Hangars beside Concorde make up Musee de iAir biack building rounded front housesthe permanent display April 1986 87 foreground features Swedish SAAB fighters note tfl5 small canard wing plane right Dutch Fokker airliners make up backdrop volume hardware 1880 great has packed densely throughout static display area huge sign entrance announces Salon Internationalde lAero nautique Ct de lEspace interested airplanes fancy words biennial Paris Air Show Le Bourget Airport Since its flamboyant beginnings magnificent palace downtown Paris has unquestioned premier display market place aviation now aerospace dustry important airplanes have made public debuts Paris anywhere else people have seen brilliant flying Paris anywhere else air planes have sold champagne poured brochures handed out Paris other shows combined began France just starting recover aeronautical trauma caused sensational flying Wilbur Wright Le Mans 1908 Prior Europeans achieved almost noth ing airplanes believed almost nothing being said about Wrights mastery air Wilbur calmly took off flew under full control until fuel ran out shocked awed Americans far ahead comparisons meaning less French gendarme smiles says Noni Crowd control problem great credit French did sit mope set out push bounds progress ahead fast could 1909 great year progress July Louis Bleriot made first important cross-country flight bridged English Channel changed history August French invented air racing great surge record breaking Left part French static display two main exhibit halls background Hlgnt ntrance main aispisy pavmumun 88 Model Aviation scene inaugural Paris Air Show 1909 SittIng amid lavish ornate sur roundings Grand Palals Antoinette Plc courtesy Smithsonian institution Left Whydo Russian airliners have noses iike 9-29 Right Aerial dispiay British styic Victortanker refueis Buccaneerand Lightning Reims September organized first static display aircraft engines equipment initial Exposition Internationale de lAeronutique held ornate Grand Palais just off Champs Elysees now celebrated street world Grand Palace festooned multi-colored bunting elaborate decorations charac terize era marvelous sight Parisians visitors jammed palace 23 days people got close airplanes short period done aviations first five years splendid center vast hall spherical balloon suspended ceiling Directly under Blenots channel crosser Surrounding Stands Honour examples some famous airplanes day Farman Wright French-built An toinette REP Also display original 1903 Wright Flyer way become entirely too com mon Paris tucked away small room top grand staircase I7E SALON INTERNATIONAL LAVIATION DUI5NOVAU DEC PARIS advertising poster 17th show 1946 first after World War i photo courtesy Service Presse USiAS April 1986 89 paint bombs rockets brightiy enough maybe someonewili thinktheyre harmless armament carried aii once Yugosiav Galeb ground-support jet 1926 Paris Air Show become mass airplanes information signswith iittie way decoration See anything recognize Credit Smithsonian institution Left Chalet row has patios balconies outside well-stocked bars buffets inside recent years high cost has forced some companies business other locations Right Indoor displays bythe manufacturers combine modelawith fiowersto wow visitors French nationalism hallmark show restriction its early growth hall lined tastefully deco rated commercial displays airplanes propellers engines roof building filled balloons small dirigible Much attention professional guests aside flood curious spectators radical designs such De Dion Bouton 10-winged craft four pro pellers driven single 100-hp V8 engine nearly 30 complete aircraft display flimsy-looking bi planes monoplanes novel device should have attracted attention did Vintlon helicopter probably never flew continuation serious effort France develop vertical risers mar gmal flights no fewer three heli copters prior 1909 show ap parently unknown majority aviation professionals time seoond Paris Air Show held October 1910 aviation made great gains words correspondent British weeklyFlight aeroplane brief year has come known corners earth Flights have made plains India over snows Russia inscrutable Sphinx has seen pass repass deepest valleys Alps greatest heights Catskills have borne shadows.. surprising increase number armed versions standard airplanes moved some people express concern over possible use airplanes war same British writer commented unfor tunate lack foresight Let such people remember accumulated terrors war lie surest guarantee peace Among interesting new ideas propeller-less Coanda monoplane intended driven through air some sort turbine worked no evidence flight ever attempted might have sped intro duction jet airplane several dec 90 Model Aviation 1926 show Grand Palals Czechosiovakian exhibit foreground airplanes Aero Avis amid potted plants Photo Service Presse USIAS display 1936 show Lolre-Niouport 250 monoplane fighterwith retracts far left low Lolre-Nicuport 46 wIth strut-braced parasol wing Still Grand Palals note modern decor ceiling Credit Service Presse USIAS Looking like its outer space giant Soviet Mit V-12 heilcopter has four gas turbines menacing manner Plc David Grove ades intriguing trend show move away ailerons lateral control older idea wing-warping can assume first ailerons very badly designed replaced system offers such poor response just its second running Paris Air Show presented world pace direction aeronautical progress Designem builders did level best create new better airplanes distin guished crowd turn spent hours studying work rivals originality quickly became standard practice third show December 1911 showed major growth both variety quality displays 42 different airplanes 28 manufacturers 71 different engines 24 manu facturers aviation industry fact inventors experimenters joined men skilled production management sales healthy results first two shows increased attention paid airplanes well-built 1911 marked improvement construction finish of airplanes display aerody namic structural design still crude stage no shortage skilled woodworkers metalworkers ef forts covered sheet aluminum today fourth Paris Air Show October 1912 about same size previous strong signs something new exciting airplane design streamlining Some new designs like DePerdussin monoplane cleaned up spinner tail post others still showing awkwardness early thinking fully-covered fuselages often neat fairings around landing gear struts fewer balloons airships prior years planes pontoons place wheels though showed little awareness hydro dynamics Louis Bleriot true pioneers showed airplane novel construction would appreciated half century fuselage twoseater paper-cork-fabric laminate same philosophy modern com posites fifth show late 1913 last held before Europe plunged itself bloodbath called World War very much French show almost no displays other countries little new France strong evidence trend away wooden structures toward steel frames airplanes Other trends continue far future creased concern oomfort pilotand drop interest waterborne craft fewer military airplanes show probably because manufacturers busy filling orders 1914 through 1918 Europe engaged destroying itself efficiency never before known Among clever new ways doing airplanes carrying machine guns bombs Types airplanes previously Continued page 155 April 1986 91 Part static dispiay recent showSoviet airilners foregound general avi ation types behind Note Disney Worid-size iine get Concorde David Grove pic p 4UIIE73iP iiiiwi*k*kZ7UI frJL1tZ UbLLIJ#ItIPS&APJ U half page advertisement con tains commentary four color back cover ad really like just feature item back cover advertising space hopefully will get back position very short time right now weve got new exciting things coming up product line thats forcing us jam over ten new products space guess really pretty happy about situation FOTO 1 ALL WOOD PRINCE ARF now have low wing high wing repairable wood Prince stock Model flies greatstraight forward construction repairable materials model builders find workshop great thing about youre getting color finished wood model price less competition charging foam ARFs Low Wing Prince Si 1500 High Wing Prince D 00 FOTO 2 JOSS STIK Modeltech has made 877 sq Lucky Stik calling Joss Stik Joss being 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color picture new creation back magazine engine sort pocket battleship magneto ignition engines being smallest generally offered trade today engine has fuel pump carburetor gives nice steady run through flight Also burns inexpensive gasoline doesnt make very much mess airplane Theres lot people frankly frightened huge chain saw engines hand started little fellow will start easily Sullivan starter So want enjoy advantages magneto engine heres engine will permit model transport Volks wagen Bug S179 95 FOTO 6 ROBINHOOD 80 nice size Robinhood Constructions just like 99 99s typically weigh 20 pounds 80 will weigh 10 11 pounds Later going offer cowling extra F0T07 BRAT ENGINES World Engines -MC aluminum aluminum chrome footprint 05 25 FSR Supertigre 29 Available 21 car engine 25 FSR 28 FSR 28 helicopter twin ball bearing nice broad needle valve adlustment Brat 25 FSRS5995 FOTO 8- CHARGERS -The large charger photograph 120 volt 12 volt option timer charger time runs down charger beeps turns off S4995 small charger B designed charge 12 volt car battery through cigar lighter has mechanical timer times out goes trickle charge mode $1595 72 volt camel back battery pack C -batteries designed quick charger capability best Japanese NiCad man ufacturers $2395 Expert starter D shown photo coming will priced later ad Q t vintage model thats designed fly last Great touch goes Robinhood 80 $7500 4 Wi 41 111171 LJ1J V#f F ff 1 Tigiir lIE J5MIL L *M Spirit Lorain/Mabrouk Continued page 84 peared some five miles away As got closer could see electronic lighthouse produced some kind navigation beacon feared radio inter ference its powerful signal close range relieved passed problem Once passed lighthouse could see land dead ahead about 10 miles away Point Pelee would mean Jeff Hoopes boat skipper navi gated perfectly course actually Point Pelee could see 15 minutes later beaches large enough landing also came sight Soon Spirit Lorain flying over dry land Jeff Hoopes beached boat jumped onto beach transmitter hand circled couple times reducing altitude final approach south slowly descending toward sandy beach As soon wheels touched loose bumpy sand Spirit Lorain came sudden stop flipped over its tail up air No matter pretty sight made crowd vacationers gathered see what thought first fullsize aircraftwas proclaimed witness Lake Erie conquered Spirit Lorain Paris Air Show/Berliner Continued page 91 built dozens appeared thousands Fortunes made tens thousands young men leamed fly fascinating machines world ready great leap aeronautical progress Paris Air Show place see sell December 1919 sixth show held Grand Palais lots new companies displaying wares Clever new technical concepts seen corner far twinengined airplanes As indication beginnings commerical aviation Flight BrOW PNRFMRM*NCE MONO LOONdOEM CLIMERS FROM LIGOFREIGOT ALOMINOM BEOGROGE CANS TWO POLL SIZE POTTEBES VOO COOICEF ILLOSTRAFEM POBRICOTION 0MM FLYING OMMTIONOL PATTERNS SIZE MOCO OR SF0 P0CM IPCE ESF SOUTOEOSTEN 0 UNR1E-S MIFEM April 1986 155 FOTO5 MALONEY 100 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHT R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams Cut Offoells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Ott cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grems $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-BO0SC SCR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same die N900SC will deliver st least 960 MAH N900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT 203 748-0083 151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 ADAMS SPEED CONTROLLERS PNER OFLIGHT ER R magazines coverage show speeded up flying stories Paris London whole world speeding up significant new idea adding small flying display Le Bourget Airport north city what must have first displays historic airplanes after aviation 16 years old few people thinking terms history French government showed off eight prewar airplanes survived second war went Musee de lAir can seen today Chalais Meudon France deserves great credit 1921 Paris Air Show remark able number large forthose days multi-engined airplanes meant carry passengers price proudly called mammoth leviathon jug gernaut would look tiny parked next modern 747 LiOll got people thinking about passenger comfort ways reducing cost flying order make profit year 1922 saw sudden promi nence duraluminum structures French airplanes least partly because PAW DIESELS Englands Finest 049 35 RIC STD Send $100 list Eric Clutton 913 Cedar Lane Tullahoma Tenn 37388 France did produce thin sheet steel forced innovate development airliners slowed noticeably first real helicopter display Pescara would soon set first official records VTOL craft flying almost half mile early 1924 Among technical advances superchargers variable-pitch props both ofwhichwouldplay major roles once perfected 1924 Paris Air Show became biennial practice continued day An annual show become too expensive manufacturers few making much money obvious signs progress fewer show two years would offer enough new products ideas excite public press increasing dissatisfaction way French running show obvious bias toward French com panies foreign displays pushed background Nevertheless show con tinued gain international structure crowd including leading figures world aviation 1924 new airplanes years quite increase popularity sesquiplanes biplanes very small lower wings supposed combine structural advantages biplanes aerody namic advantages monoplanes soon faded out Metal props made strong showing being Reid type formed piece metal twisted shape 1926 Paris Air Show Grand Palais offered strong evidence aircraft industry becoming busi nesslike few freak prototypes seen other shows presum ably shock entertainment value airplanes showed much higher standards design construction Al ready sesquiplane being replaced briefly least parasol monoplane Paris Air Show blossomed international event 1928 four other countries showing airplanes prophetic Germany present first time since war Its airplanes low-powered trainers sport planes Italy military types plus Macchi M52R racing seaplane held World Speed Record 319 mph first US participation Paris Air Show would have occurred 1930 except Ford Tri-Motor wouldnt fit through doors Grand Palais French refused tear down part wall let general trend toward large commercial planes accompanied indications coming boom per sonal planes No doubt about Paris place get feel what about happen aviation Through early 1 930s less way new technical ideas people come expect Paris Air Show Metal construction became popular especially among increasing ly-common military airplanes Both tworow radial inverted V-i 2 engines grew size power Streamliningwas evident classes airplanes though canti lever wing still rare struts wires everywhere Tn-motored airliners bombers popular though widely recog nized middle engine might make alot difference 1936 firstof what would soon become famous World War II airplanes appeared particular Bristol Blenheim Great Britain France showed models prototypes suggested industry develop ing modern combat planes 1938 Hawker Hurricane placed display after having failed get government permission two years before accompanied newer Spit fire soon-to-be-immortal Rolls Royce Merlin engine Other new military types included Germans Dornier 17 medium bomber several pursuits Poland assumed major air plane design country Most French military planes held back security reasons because no need push sales Eight months after 1938 Paris Air Show airplanes action Germany rumbled across Poland start World War II scores sales generated Paris Air 156 Model Aviation 0 0 0 01 0 2 0 w w m -I 0 2 C rri ELECTRIC MODELS SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER uO III IISill PROPASSEMBLY #109-ELECTRIC ONLY PROP HUB ASSEMBLY #IOOA 15 21 size engines electric motor equivalent Weight 85 grams $1500 PROP BlADES FOR HUB #1GM Available Tx 25 7x 3 35 8s 4 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP RUB ASSEMBLY #110 051 engines electric motor equivalent Weight 5 grams $1500 PROP BLADES FOR HUB #110 lable 6s 3 $400 per blade $800 per pair PROP HUB ASSEMBLY # 111 0 engines electric motor equivalent 20 grams$2000 PROP BLADES FOR HUB # 111 lable 10 9 x 4 10 x 411 x 4 $500 per blade $1000 per pair Send SSAE tor cptalog sheet complete line * SCALE DOCUMENTATION * SCALE DRAWINGS MODEL PLANS PHOTOS BOOKS EPLA-TECH AIRPLANE CATALOG INTERNATIONAL OVER 100 PAGES48500 MC KENZIE HWY *300VIDA OREGON 07488 LONELY No talk free flight hobby shop thinks DTs medical problem Get mailing list Okie Free Flight Flyer 1902 Peter Pan St Norman Oklahoma 73072 $5 8 issues Show paled comparison thou sands being turned out suddenly-mobil ized industries dozen countries time terrible war ended half-million aircraft built includ ing almost 100000 built US 1943 alone Along amazing technical develop ments made during seven years warlaminar-flow airfoils jet engines air borne radarthere ominous advancements World War airplane able drop small bombs little accuracy civilian military targets World War II bomb loads tons routinely dropped great precision cities well factories airfields bringing war home front innocent citizens first postwar Paris Air Show held usual Grand Palais December 1946 showed results years enor mous technical effort ultimate prop driven fighters along first really fast jets like Gloster Meteor IV age electronics becoming evident along impact truly scientific work phases avi ation Despite awful damage suffered France during years Nazi occupa tion its aircraft industry beginning return life especially area lightpl8nes Several French jets showA along models 0n13a few American firms displays nothing USSR because centuries-old para noia Germany because limitations imposed victorious Allies clear aviation riding high future Paris Air Shows would demonstrate international level far greater extent before war world shrunk thanks air plane political barriers starting fade geographical ones already Major changes began occur next show moved late 1948 spring 1949 would less conflict annual Famborough Air Show England would possible add flying display weather would better 1949 day flying Orly Airport impact considerable 1951 show remained Grand Palais flight demonstrations held Le Bourget Airport Lindbergh landed end historic solo flight across Atlantic 1927 growing feeling size number airplanes manufactur ers wanted exhibit just tco great indoor show didnt include giant American B-36 bombers overfiew Le Bourget 1951 Consequently 1953 Paris Air Show moved permanently Le Bourget special buildings erected Association French Aircraft Manufacturers buildings would added few years Interna tional participation rise particularly large showing US Most people huge crowd new experience first sonic boom courtesy RAE pilot flying Cana dian-built North American F-86 Sabre 1955 airplanes helicopters ever before powered gas turbine engines Highlight expanded flying display launch French Leduc 021 ramjet-powered research craft pilot lay inside center-body its engine carried aloft top four-engined Languedoc airliner Through late 1 950s show grew size varietynot among flying machines displays electronics engines instruments other vital parts modern aviation lack some glamour airplanes V/STOL came important part show seemed everyone claimed airplane fit category pilot empty pockets before takeoff hold down weight Russians finally appeared 1957 first jet airliners Since early Tupolevs inefficient must have political reasons rather business true other exhibits show de veloped two parts marketplace growing number commercial chalets customer entertainment centers dem onstration rides potential customers slam-bang air show aimed people France anyone else appreciated airplanes action As size show increased did its stature world aviation new designs held back could introduced Paris flair sure noticed international press Competition between manufacturers between countries led increasinglyambitious flight demonstrations pilot tried show aircraft maneuverableespecially low speed rivals 1961 American B-58 Hustler supersonic delta-wing bomber flew show New York record 1089 mph after putting very impressive show went rolling cloud crashed soon after positive side SILICONE TUBING 05 25 tNO SMALL 062 d 5 12 50 MED 002 dI. $400 *000 1600 LANGE 125 dI. 1500 SI 12$ $2000 US $ CAM POSTPAID IERRY DODGE 4ERO INC 10210 Manning Ave N Stiliwater MN 55082 CARBON FIBER Industrial PrIces Carbon Fiber-Tape & Laminates Composite Materials Glass-Tape & /z ox Cloth Send SASE sales sheet AEROSPACE COMPOSITE PRODUCTS 28 Crosswood Rd ingoon CT 06032 April 1986157 weoloS ejoosor ocno proro SESCOP 000 OIOOTO CoSI PLANS 3 VIEWS PHOTO-PACKS PLANS ENLARGING SASE Eflioging OOIE Catalog 5300 SCALE PLANS ad PETS SEN VICE 3209 MadoOs Goooboo NC 27403 P000 (919 253-5235 No Council LAINIS ING MACHINES INE SlOP SUPPLIES For ho AoaSon Model BLUE RIDGE MACHINERY AND_TOOLS INC 0 CEll loll IrOC 1-000-0726600RopreOOnSuSioOI WV 1-502-3538Many MnufoeturncI P00oo536-YHoiOOnoWV25526 CnSoIogn $100 Over 200 Pqon first year display space hardware people prestige gained country could show off its astronauts cosmonauts consider able 1963 Salon VTOL parade ranging huge Sikorsky Sud Frelon helicopters down tiny crowd-pleas ing Bell rocket belt used test pilot fly over grounds day theme though some like Stamp Collectors Day puzzle Americans years half airplanes seemed Mirages sort another 1965 Soviet participation ex panded include several jet airliners hefty An-22 turboprop transport mod els much-talked-about Tu- 144 super sonic transport several large very impressive Soviet helicopters static flying displays Italian Fiat G91 fighter crashed during formation aerobatics international show grew noticeably 1967 large unified US national display full sorts advanced hard ware salesmen eager take orders large Soviet display centered around huge Vostok spacecraft its launcher great contrast lacking basic information spokesmen fullsize very realistic mock-up longawaited Concorde SST dominated out door display area After years promises SSTs finally arrived 1969 Two Concordes seen air same time well separated safety parked far Tupolev 144 talk mainly futuristic craft enormous Boeing 747 making its public debut historic side flying reproductions fragile monoplane flown across English Channel Bleriot 50 years earlier As 1 970s dawned Paris Air Show grown unprecedented size 600 exhibitors 200 cor porate chalets solid indications international cooperation 1973 spot light NASAs Skylab twin giant craft recently orbited low spot crash Soviet Tu- 144 pilot apparently tried too hard match fancy flying rival 1975 about 230 aircraft displayed dozen countries growing concern over American domination aircraft manufac turing Europeans saw airlines buying Boeing Lockheed Mc Donnell-Douglas private pilots flying Cessnas Pipers Beechcraft set out invest money technical know-how major effort correct imbalance year 1977 saw end scheduled airline service Le Bourget after almost 60 years nearby DeGaulle Airport offered modern facilities left space show prompt ly grabbed up Among new entries high-technology business showing stuff previously-unnoticed countries like Brazil Australia Israel Poland Soviets finally displayed widebodied airliner Ilyushin 11-76 years behind West 1979 show takingup 10 times display space 1953 first year Le Bourget 700 exhib itors 290 rented chalets wining dining customers Soviets showed An-72 STOL transport obvi ously scaled-down Boeing YC-14 1981 growth continued though big companies com plained about high cost doing busi ness Paris Almost 800 took part dis playing 250 aircraft year dominated terrific battle capture market medium-range air liners Airbus Industrie Boeing working hardest 1983 show letdown after long string successes Soviets weren t several American manu 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