Radb Control San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers CA great idea get novice fliers compete experienced club members comes Ed Slobod works way Everyone signs up flies individual normal fashion beginning contest experts will put names slips paper interested novices will draw sight unseen name ex pert drawn will fly team novice combined score novices individual score will count contest Soang whole awards winning novice-expert team will made novice novice anyone has placed higher fourth contest 20 entrants North-South meet CA 120 contestants40 declared themselves North 80 declared themselves South Because imbalance 25 contestants chosen represent North South teams North wonbarely--23 18 2313 Rick Pearson designed landing area looked like de emphasize landings See Fig 1 Chris Adams 9lb. 11 ft Caproni took him three years design build Rudder ailerons coupled releasable tow hook FIGURE 1 4 F 50 FT 20 FT6FT Dan Pruss Three generations Pearsons Hobie Hawks Ito R James 1 Jr. James 1111 James 1 Sr Does little fellow fly Rick didnt mention size angle pie shaped sector earned flier bonus points get idea theme novice-expert class classes comes report contesttheir firstfrom Tn-State Soaring Society T53 group covers West Vir ginia Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio hub soaring activity states outside York-Lancaster area contest combined sailplane classes competitors divided expert sportsman categories graduate expert class has earn six points 1st place three points 2nd place two points 3rd place point Fifty members make up T53 interested joining should contact Dave Burt 180 South Eight St Indiana PA 15701 Dave has also come up battery charging system might find handy Let Dave tell Tired hauling winch battery out car after flying session Live its impractical haul winch charging Leave car charge cars battery car 12 volts winch six good husky dropping resistor between two will allow recharge slow overnight rate about $500 buy yourself Trailer Brake Current Adjusting Resis tor make Kelsey-Hayes avail able through recreational vehicle trailer equipment dealers Its three-coil nichrome-wire resistor unit mounted insulated block Its resistance depends hook up itinstructions included hooking up Fig 2 continued page 88 10 POINTS 2 342 18 Model Aviation Around USA cently formed club youre interested joining contact Stewart Bergner Treas 3160 West 71 St Westminster CO 80030 club will hosting FAI finals over Labor Day weekend top three finalists will earn slot South Africa 1977 World Champion ships lower club level competi tion couple ideas. follow ing came several Didnt know club originated idea its based King 0 Hill concept lottery club draws its members names establishes series levels names pyramid type pattern first name top next two tier two next three tier three etc etc until members names drawn initial list course mutual consent basic idea become clubs top dog challenging member next higher plateau challenge met mutually within given time task either decided upon individuals established club Variations exist depending num ber members club roster using specific tasks etc larger clubs club 106 members would have pyra mid 15 tiers allow member chal lenge other member two higher tiers Smaller clubs distort pyra mid having 1-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-7 modified pattern order have steps top hill SOAR Chicago area club has series achievement awards Jan uary 1 year until annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot members vie honors five various categories Traveling plaques awarded annual Christmas banquet top fliers thermal duration straight line crosscountry speed points club con tests original design January 1 competition starts again zero designed encourage new members compete withFIGURE 2out having challenge three-hour dura tion mark some 50-mile cross-country record group has unique intra-club competition program send way well pass along via column should get 11/2 2 amps charging currentlow enough run down car battery overnight two nights should bring average battery up full charge RMSA Rocky Mountain Soaring AssociationDenver area re CIGARETTE LIGHTER PLUG PLASTIC LAMP CORDWIRE LARGE COIL NOT USED TRAILER RESISTOR SUBMITTED BY GAVE BURT 1605 EIGHT ST INDIANA PA 15701 LARGE ALLIGATOR CLIPS CHECK CLIPS POLARITY BEPORE HOOKING TO 6 VOLTBATTERY PLAINLY WINCH BATTERY Its Time Make Waves Department Through years concern realistic landings has met sys tems havent come close solving problem landings de-emphasized placing lower values landing zones system worked some degree people still pranged sailplane felt scoring crucial landing judges gave thumbs up down landing quality system produced enemies better land ings large generous landing zone fixed value landing works majoritythat realistic landings madebut might overshoot sudden nose-her-over technique still prevails Giving zero points flipping over shedding parts has taken care obviously bad landings inequity still exists thats reason soap-box stance flier can make what would con sidered acceptable landing pcp rubber band unravel landing skid definition shedding parts dis qualified earning landing points Meanwhile fellow competitor boiler-plate special aiming spot bounces rest approach could closely resemble Olga Korbuts goldmedal Olympic act sailplane per formance plane lands upright sheds no parts its bonusville flier also case bird lands hardbut sheds no partsthat things holding fuselage gether receiver harness 88 Model Aviation PERMAGLOSS COVERITE IS OT PLASTIC made 100% polyester fibres behave differently plastic film cover ings Polyester easier apply lightweight never sags scratches flies better because its texture Try PermaGloss youll never use plastic again OTE 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley Pa 19007 RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 18 Sterling Models Inc Announces Free Factory Model Museum Tours Have ever wished could visit study model manufac turing facility Well expect Philadelphia area youll tickled invite Sterling Modelsin honor Bicentennial Yearto visit plant museum Sterling know biggest pro ducers model airplane boat kits world can sured pleasant illum inating visit Recently announcing opening Model Ship Airplane Museum Guided Plant Tours no charge Sterling states modelers public may tour Model Museum between hours 930 1130 am 130 330 pm Mondays through Fridays inclusive addition quided tours plant will conducted three times week guided tours schedule yet announced limited total 50 people Sterling will welcome letters calls wish further details address Sterling Models Inc 3620 G St Philadelphia PA 19134 Phone 215426-4100 Children under 10 will ad mitted Smoking prohibited Street parking onlyparking permitted plant pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/08
Page Numbers: 18, 88, 89
Radb Control San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers CA great idea get novice fliers compete experienced club members comes Ed Slobod works way Everyone signs up flies individual normal fashion beginning contest experts will put names slips paper interested novices will draw sight unseen name ex pert drawn will fly team novice combined score novices individual score will count contest Soang whole awards winning novice-expert team will made novice novice anyone has placed higher fourth contest 20 entrants North-South meet CA 120 contestants40 declared themselves North 80 declared themselves South Because imbalance 25 contestants chosen represent North South teams North wonbarely--23 18 2313 Rick Pearson designed landing area looked like de emphasize landings See Fig 1 Chris Adams 9lb. 11 ft Caproni took him three years design build Rudder ailerons coupled releasable tow hook FIGURE 1 4 F 50 FT 20 FT6FT Dan Pruss Three generations Pearsons Hobie Hawks Ito R James 1 Jr. James 1111 James 1 Sr Does little fellow fly Rick didnt mention size angle pie shaped sector earned flier bonus points get idea theme novice-expert class classes comes report contesttheir firstfrom Tn-State Soaring Society T53 group covers West Vir ginia Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio hub soaring activity states outside York-Lancaster area contest combined sailplane classes competitors divided expert sportsman categories graduate expert class has earn six points 1st place three points 2nd place two points 3rd place point Fifty members make up T53 interested joining should contact Dave Burt 180 South Eight St Indiana PA 15701 Dave has also come up battery charging system might find handy Let Dave tell Tired hauling winch battery out car after flying session Live its impractical haul winch charging Leave car charge cars battery car 12 volts winch six good husky dropping resistor between two will allow recharge slow overnight rate about $500 buy yourself Trailer Brake Current Adjusting Resis tor make Kelsey-Hayes avail able through recreational vehicle trailer equipment dealers Its three-coil nichrome-wire resistor unit mounted insulated block Its resistance depends hook up itinstructions included hooking up Fig 2 continued page 88 10 POINTS 2 342 18 Model Aviation Around USA cently formed club youre interested joining contact Stewart Bergner Treas 3160 West 71 St Westminster CO 80030 club will hosting FAI finals over Labor Day weekend top three finalists will earn slot South Africa 1977 World Champion ships lower club level competi tion couple ideas. follow ing came several Didnt know club originated idea its based King 0 Hill concept lottery club draws its members names establishes series levels names pyramid type pattern first name top next two tier two next three tier three etc etc until members names drawn initial list course mutual consent basic idea become clubs top dog challenging member next higher plateau challenge met mutually within given time task either decided upon individuals established club Variations exist depending num ber members club roster using specific tasks etc larger clubs club 106 members would have pyra mid 15 tiers allow member chal lenge other member two higher tiers Smaller clubs distort pyra mid having 1-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-7 modified pattern order have steps top hill SOAR Chicago area club has series achievement awards Jan uary 1 year until annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot members vie honors five various categories Traveling plaques awarded annual Christmas banquet top fliers thermal duration straight line crosscountry speed points club con tests original design January 1 competition starts again zero designed encourage new members compete withFIGURE 2out having challenge three-hour dura tion mark some 50-mile cross-country record group has unique intra-club competition program send way well pass along via column should get 11/2 2 amps charging currentlow enough run down car battery overnight two nights should bring average battery up full charge RMSA Rocky Mountain Soaring AssociationDenver area re CIGARETTE LIGHTER PLUG PLASTIC LAMP CORDWIRE LARGE COIL NOT USED TRAILER RESISTOR SUBMITTED BY GAVE BURT 1605 EIGHT ST INDIANA PA 15701 LARGE ALLIGATOR CLIPS CHECK CLIPS POLARITY BEPORE HOOKING TO 6 VOLTBATTERY PLAINLY WINCH BATTERY Its Time Make Waves Department Through years concern realistic landings has met sys tems havent come close solving problem landings de-emphasized placing lower values landing zones system worked some degree people still pranged sailplane felt scoring crucial landing judges gave thumbs up down landing quality system produced enemies better land ings large generous landing zone fixed value landing works majoritythat realistic landings madebut might overshoot sudden nose-her-over technique still prevails Giving zero points flipping over shedding parts has taken care obviously bad landings inequity still exists thats reason soap-box stance flier can make what would con sidered acceptable landing pcp rubber band unravel landing skid definition shedding parts dis qualified earning landing points Meanwhile fellow competitor boiler-plate special aiming spot bounces rest approach could closely resemble Olga Korbuts goldmedal Olympic act sailplane per formance plane lands upright sheds no parts its bonusville flier also case bird lands hardbut sheds no partsthat things holding fuselage gether receiver harness 88 Model Aviation PERMAGLOSS COVERITE IS OT PLASTIC made 100% polyester fibres behave differently plastic film cover ings Polyester easier apply lightweight never sags scratches flies better because its texture Try PermaGloss youll never use plastic again OTE 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley Pa 19007 RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 18 Sterling Models Inc Announces Free Factory Model Museum Tours Have ever wished could visit study model manufac turing facility Well expect Philadelphia area youll tickled invite Sterling Modelsin honor Bicentennial Yearto visit plant museum Sterling know biggest pro ducers model airplane boat kits world can sured pleasant illum inating visit Recently announcing opening Model Ship Airplane Museum Guided Plant Tours no charge Sterling states modelers public may tour Model Museum between hours 930 1130 am 130 330 pm Mondays through Fridays inclusive addition quided tours plant will conducted three times week guided tours schedule yet announced limited total 50 people Sterling will welcome letters calls wish further details address Sterling Models Inc 3620 G St Philadelphia PA 19134 Phone 215426-4100 Children under 10 will ad mitted Smoking prohibited Street parking onlyparking permitted plant pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/08
Page Numbers: 18, 88, 89
Radb Control San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers CA great idea get novice fliers compete experienced club members comes Ed Slobod works way Everyone signs up flies individual normal fashion beginning contest experts will put names slips paper interested novices will draw sight unseen name ex pert drawn will fly team novice combined score novices individual score will count contest Soang whole awards winning novice-expert team will made novice novice anyone has placed higher fourth contest 20 entrants North-South meet CA 120 contestants40 declared themselves North 80 declared themselves South Because imbalance 25 contestants chosen represent North South teams North wonbarely--23 18 2313 Rick Pearson designed landing area looked like de emphasize landings See Fig 1 Chris Adams 9lb. 11 ft Caproni took him three years design build Rudder ailerons coupled releasable tow hook FIGURE 1 4 F 50 FT 20 FT6FT Dan Pruss Three generations Pearsons Hobie Hawks Ito R James 1 Jr. James 1111 James 1 Sr Does little fellow fly Rick didnt mention size angle pie shaped sector earned flier bonus points get idea theme novice-expert class classes comes report contesttheir firstfrom Tn-State Soaring Society T53 group covers West Vir ginia Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio hub soaring activity states outside York-Lancaster area contest combined sailplane classes competitors divided expert sportsman categories graduate expert class has earn six points 1st place three points 2nd place two points 3rd place point Fifty members make up T53 interested joining should contact Dave Burt 180 South Eight St Indiana PA 15701 Dave has also come up battery charging system might find handy Let Dave tell Tired hauling winch battery out car after flying session Live its impractical haul winch charging Leave car charge cars battery car 12 volts winch six good husky dropping resistor between two will allow recharge slow overnight rate about $500 buy yourself Trailer Brake Current Adjusting Resis tor make Kelsey-Hayes avail able through recreational vehicle trailer equipment dealers Its three-coil nichrome-wire resistor unit mounted insulated block Its resistance depends hook up itinstructions included hooking up Fig 2 continued page 88 10 POINTS 2 342 18 Model Aviation Around USA cently formed club youre interested joining contact Stewart Bergner Treas 3160 West 71 St Westminster CO 80030 club will hosting FAI finals over Labor Day weekend top three finalists will earn slot South Africa 1977 World Champion ships lower club level competi tion couple ideas. follow ing came several Didnt know club originated idea its based King 0 Hill concept lottery club draws its members names establishes series levels names pyramid type pattern first name top next two tier two next three tier three etc etc until members names drawn initial list course mutual consent basic idea become clubs top dog challenging member next higher plateau challenge met mutually within given time task either decided upon individuals established club Variations exist depending num ber members club roster using specific tasks etc larger clubs club 106 members would have pyra mid 15 tiers allow member chal lenge other member two higher tiers Smaller clubs distort pyra mid having 1-2-3-3-4-4-5-5-6-7 modified pattern order have steps top hill SOAR Chicago area club has series achievement awards Jan uary 1 year until annual Thanksgiving Turkey Shoot members vie honors five various categories Traveling plaques awarded annual Christmas banquet top fliers thermal duration straight line crosscountry speed points club con tests original design January 1 competition starts again zero designed encourage new members compete withFIGURE 2out having challenge three-hour dura tion mark some 50-mile cross-country record group has unique intra-club competition program send way well pass along via column should get 11/2 2 amps charging currentlow enough run down car battery overnight two nights should bring average battery up full charge RMSA Rocky Mountain Soaring AssociationDenver area re CIGARETTE LIGHTER PLUG PLASTIC LAMP CORDWIRE LARGE COIL NOT USED TRAILER RESISTOR SUBMITTED BY GAVE BURT 1605 EIGHT ST INDIANA PA 15701 LARGE ALLIGATOR CLIPS CHECK CLIPS POLARITY BEPORE HOOKING TO 6 VOLTBATTERY PLAINLY WINCH BATTERY Its Time Make Waves Department Through years concern realistic landings has met sys tems havent come close solving problem landings de-emphasized placing lower values landing zones system worked some degree people still pranged sailplane felt scoring crucial landing judges gave thumbs up down landing quality system produced enemies better land ings large generous landing zone fixed value landing works majoritythat realistic landings madebut might overshoot sudden nose-her-over technique still prevails Giving zero points flipping over shedding parts has taken care obviously bad landings inequity still exists thats reason soap-box stance flier can make what would con sidered acceptable landing pcp rubber band unravel landing skid definition shedding parts dis qualified earning landing points Meanwhile fellow competitor boiler-plate special aiming spot bounces rest approach could closely resemble Olga Korbuts goldmedal Olympic act sailplane per formance plane lands upright sheds no parts its bonusville flier also case bird lands hardbut sheds no partsthat things holding fuselage gether receiver harness 88 Model Aviation PERMAGLOSS COVERITE IS OT PLASTIC made 100% polyester fibres behave differently plastic film cover ings Polyester easier apply lightweight never sags scratches flies better because its texture Try PermaGloss youll never use plastic again OTE 2779 Philmont Ave Huntingdon Valley Pa 19007 RC Soaring/Pruss continued page 18 Sterling Models Inc Announces Free Factory Model Museum Tours Have ever wished could visit study model manufac turing facility Well expect Philadelphia area youll tickled invite Sterling Modelsin honor Bicentennial Yearto visit plant museum Sterling know biggest pro ducers model airplane boat kits world can sured pleasant illum inating visit Recently announcing opening Model Ship Airplane Museum Guided Plant Tours no charge Sterling states modelers public may tour Model Museum between hours 930 1130 am 130 330 pm Mondays through Fridays inclusive addition quided tours plant will conducted three times week guided tours schedule yet announced limited total 50 people Sterling will welcome letters calls wish further details address Sterling Models Inc 3620 G St Philadelphia PA 19134 Phone 215426-4100 Children under 10 will ad mitted Smoking prohibited Street parking onlyparking permitted plant pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041