U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean 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U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean morning did 1300 hours everyone God present button pushed.the porters removed dirt left pails brooms other tools making laps through propeller blades until stopped Management upset brass looking heads aeronautical wizards figured would take week disassemble propellers indeterminate time repair another week assemblyprobably three-week delay everything took Hollywood turn As movie Flight Phoenix hero case Prop Shop supervisor model builder possessed knowledge things vital hobby beyond ken ordinary practitioners aeronautical lore pointed out hard balsa same density spruce propeller material could easily worked propellers place Continued poge 150 WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WB100 -$400 uura PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/5 3/16 1/4 S/1B3/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 Si 200 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINIATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAiNLESS MWB3 S3O0 T-PIN 1 1/4 100 PACK TP1 4 $200 ZONA SAWS 15042 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Dtsptay Controt Line Etectric Power RIC Airplanes new iltustrated 32 page tabloid size catalog US ft Canada $100 Forsigh $300 Penn Valley Hobby Canter 837-A W Main St Lansdale PA 19446 215- 388-0710 FOL 3/4-600 V-800 BUNGlE BALL 6 406 WE MAMJFACUIRE & STOC3 SEVERAt OTHER SYSTEMS & HAVE FIJI LSdE OF ACCESEORIES ALL WITh ThE YENLXR II MIU CALL FAX OR MAE US TO PLACE YOUR ORDER OR TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE CATALOG Over 970 Select *7 1/4 Scale & 5 GIant Scale138Sheets *60 Sze138Sheets *40 Size138Sheets *1/12 Scale122Sheets *1/18 Scale122Sheets *1/24 Scal&122Sheets *Prop Decals WT Only ITO Sheets2 3 sizesOr Ca *Kilt Markings WT only16Sheets *Nomenclature Markings 13 Sizes-12 Sheets ir RIack OrWhite copy *Letters Numbers 11 Colors See color chart * Flags American Ueitd Kingdom Contederate * Stars 11 Colors Sizes pbs Sheet Assorted Sizes * Trim Sheets 14-3/4- 25 11 Colors See chart * Aircraft Markings166 Sets * Squadron lnsgn as1174 Sets 5 Seetd major decals btt%/WCksdie ii EAST LONGMEADOW MA 518280354 TEL 413-525-4110 1 Taibi/Lehmberg Continued page 139 repairs would completed overnight refinished next day lads worked overnight 20-foot ladders sanded finished cuts patches next day predicted duct tests easily completed data confirming vital start A-20 construction Management pleased threw massive picnic Prop Shop over Yorktown seriousness just times model builders NACA supplemented massive brainpower its engineering staff significantly contributed war effort After Prop Shop experience Sal became toolmaker apprentice soon moved some pretty exotic projects such all-flying stabilizer elevator now used jet airplanes met Sal 1942 both belonged local model club Brainbusters Now plot changes course war full swing Sal discovered new interesta girl name Nan After lengthy wartime courtship three weeks Sal marries Nan March 4 1944 much later still 1944 Sal left NACA enter Air Forces 862nd Engineers aviation battalion war ended 1945 discharged Sal worked toolmaker Naval Ordnance Plant Indianapolis Indiana until 1946 left NOP Indianapolis work Federal Aeronautics Authority engaged kinds flight safety improvements such first lightweight two-and-a-half-pound radio receiver light planes first Ground Control Approach System February 1951 Sal Obechi Large Sheets Please call 509-548-5201 send SASE 12306 Bergstrasse Leavenworth WA 98826 150 Model Aviation 1V1SA1 DAILY Li2 P4L 3/4-600 -900 POP UP CANOPIES $29900 lOxlO LIGHTWEIGHT $39900 lOxlO HEAVWJEIGHT Sets Up Less 10 Seconds No Tools Required Other Sizes 8x8 10x15 10x20 P4D 3/4 650 V900 WIDOW MAKER WHOOT $4995 Inquiries 217 523-0OToll Free Orders Only 1 -800-944-0044 Shipping $575Illinois Residents add 625% TaxV1SA/ MasterCard welcone Z JR HOBBIES RR #7 BOX 249A NGFIELD IL 62707 maYor decals DECALS PRESSURE SENSITIVE WATER TRANSFER Authentic model insignias Ipressure sensitine mater Iranster br 1/4 1/e 1/8 scale size propeller decals World War II kill mark ings stars hub letters numbers trim sheets much NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS PO 008 304 KULPRIT s35 S&HSPORT OR COMBAT WING KITS 11710 RPRODUCTS 318 747-5331 103 LOIOSNE OOISIES CITY LI ENGINE 021 II I5 5541 WOO OLIn, [05300125333 Bob Fiorenze Hobby Center Inc CUPSOrdersShipped Dailyqinizi Dealer Yellow Aircraft Sand $300 Yellow Info Package z Visit Showroom 135 mm DIs World Foil Line Hobby AccessorIes 42OWastSR434 Winter Springs FL 327084071327-6353 Nan took vacation California exceptionally cold February -80F Indianapolis airport 80 Burbank end time Indiana Sal applied received ajob toolmaker Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena bought house Lakewood went back Indianapolis just long enough pack up make return trip California moved new home April 10 1951 still live Continued page 154 SeverskylKanyusik Continued page 149 Minneapolis Vocational School used training P-35 its way Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio able take pictures before crowds arrivedand certainly did Grandfathers told children grandchildren about airplane remember seeing heard day long highlight visit presence Alexander de Seversky climbed cockpit P-35 using handhold device refused help Brigadier General John R Dolny commander Minnesota Air National Guard visit airfield certainly beat painting house old dayjust seeing P-35 again thrill Although friends did accompany airport visit spirit first trip see Seversky P-35 person seven-mile hike time 70-mile ride am considering visit P-35 Air Force Museum 700 miles home Mankato Minnesota Will play hooky school painting some other chore trip Hmmm.. us Pasadena Its Selling Show Admission $600 dren ages 5 & under FREE adult Win RIC System 1st Trophies 2nd & 3rd Static Display Models FREE Model Airplane Building Lessons RADIO CONTROLLED CARS S PLANES COPTERS NS FOR SHOW INFORMATION PHONE 714-548-4700 Fax 714-5484705 SWAP SHOP contact IMS office call Red 209-931-0214 LIVE R/C DEMOS LE Advance Admission Tickets Available International Modeler Shows Inc Dept T 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 PASADENA ORLANDO December 1993 151 SCALE DOCUMENTATION r are/Antique/Classic Aircraft I1 SaSs photos 1555 ot 3-ciaws 927 5 Reed Lak wood CO 80226 I.-many tareuriqoelone hind I satisfaction guatantoed ss~Lit catalog $200 US funds Golden Ae Models FUTURISTIC DUCTED FAN CONSTRUCTION VIDEO An Atfordablo Revolutionary way build dacted tan dolts conard R C Aircraft Vectorod Thrust Tho Vidoo takes step stop trom computer deoigo constroct ion actual flight Designed tot easy building high & low speed manueverability vertical flight capability & lightweight FREE details write Mirage Video Productions 2 Hinricho P1 Ste 2 Bloomfield NJ 07003 201 -650-0331 D & J ELECTRONICS Road Howell Michigan 48843 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA1 RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/12
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U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean morning did 1300 hours everyone God present button pushed.the porters removed dirt left pails brooms other tools making laps through propeller blades until stopped Management upset brass looking heads aeronautical wizards figured would take week disassemble propellers indeterminate time repair another week assemblyprobably three-week delay everything took Hollywood turn As movie Flight Phoenix hero case Prop Shop supervisor model builder possessed knowledge things vital hobby beyond ken ordinary practitioners aeronautical lore pointed out hard balsa same density spruce propeller material could easily worked propellers place Continued poge 150 WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WB100 -$400 uura PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/5 3/16 1/4 S/1B3/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 Si 200 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINIATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAiNLESS MWB3 S3O0 T-PIN 1 1/4 100 PACK TP1 4 $200 ZONA SAWS 15042 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100 SINGLE REVOLUTION EASTERN TOOL&SUPPLYCO CO0 ADD $750 GRAD IN 001 149 GRAND STREET NEW YORK NY 10013 ORDERS 212925I006l SATIN CHROME FINISH OFFICE 212-226-37491WITH FITTED CASE WRITE FOR CATALOG -$300- OR FREE WITH ORDERFAX 212-925-10101DC6 -$2100 December 1993 139 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best #RAM 01Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 02Strobe Light Ad] Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 03Landing Lights 48V$3995 #RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon Ad] Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 05Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing 9V$1095 #RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 9V$2495 #RAM 14Big Airplane Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 16Econo Landing Lights brightest 9V$1995 PRAM 23Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe 3V$2995 0 SEE YOUR DEALER S SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info coat item plus $400 $500 forelgnfor immediate shIpment Include full address U PS Sorry no COD Ram 229A E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 Can Anybody Teach Mold Fiberglass Yes Can plug mold part comprehensive video discusses materials techniques tips ma king molding experience successful Its easier think $3495 plus $450 Shipping & Handling e Glast Developments Corporation 1944 Neva Dr Dayton OH 45414 e Ph 800-821-3283 Fax 513-274-7267 AUIATORSU UP-DATE YOUR SH04UU IBLUEI~r CATALOG 5100 8004726500 AIWMAB1UCAmDecoAB MACHINERY TOOLS METALS SUPPLES ACCESSORIES BOOKS MOREII ADVANCED AERO PRODUCTS Os SURPASS 120 EXHNJST SYSTEMS FOfi FTTERN AIRcRAFT AND UI11UATS RIPE SIUCONE COUPLERS AND TAIL PIPES ALSO AVAILABLE GOLL 00 SPITE FIE WOIAAATES4 0 WALES ,aJINES lfIIES RT 1 BOX 365-C ANNA TX 75409 p14 924-3940 UPS r71 VISA DAILY 4338 Austin Blvd Island Park NY 11558 eTel 516/431-4127 516/594-9881 FEATURING UTEWEIGHT EUT CONDUIT TUBING & QUICK LOCK ON FIT1NGS NO TOOLS 0 TARP INCLUDED 13141I 8xl0 $95 $130 I lOslO $100 $135 I2~2J BREAKDOWN MODEL Fits in Cars & Can Shipped UPS Add Amounts Below Unit Price 8s10& lOxlO Flat 440 3/4 & $45 P BxIO & lOslO Peaked 435 3/4 & $45 IP 10x20 Flat $64 3/4 & $73 1 I0x20 Peaked $54 3/4 & $62 1 FINCLUDE I3/4I OslO$50$110 lOslO$85$115 P3JP3EP41FCF3 q~ 3/4-6003/4-6003346503/4-4003/44003/46503/4750 V800V-8O0 9001 500 8001 900 1000 SF 3/4 750 V 1000 FOOT PAD 3/4 6 50 V 750 3/4 600 800 Rubber ft Engine Power Free Fttght Dtsptay Controt Line Etectric Power RIC Airplanes new iltustrated 32 page tabloid size catalog US ft Canada $100 Forsigh $300 Penn Valley Hobby Canter 837-A W Main St Lansdale PA 19446 215- 388-0710 FOL 3/4-600 V-800 BUNGlE BALL 6 406 WE MAMJFACUIRE & STOC3 SEVERAt OTHER SYSTEMS & HAVE FIJI LSdE OF ACCESEORIES ALL WITh ThE YENLXR II MIU CALL FAX OR MAE US TO PLACE YOUR ORDER OR TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE CATALOG Over 970 Select *7 1/4 Scale & 5 GIant Scale138Sheets *60 Sze138Sheets *40 Size138Sheets *1/12 Scale122Sheets *1/18 Scale122Sheets *1/24 Scal&122Sheets *Prop Decals WT Only ITO Sheets2 3 sizesOr Ca *Kilt Markings WT only16Sheets *Nomenclature Markings 13 Sizes-12 Sheets ir RIack OrWhite copy *Letters Numbers 11 Colors See color chart * Flags American Ueitd Kingdom Contederate * Stars 11 Colors Sizes pbs Sheet Assorted Sizes * Trim Sheets 14-3/4- 25 11 Colors See chart * Aircraft Markings166 Sets * Squadron lnsgn as1174 Sets 5 Seetd major decals btt%/WCksdie ii EAST LONGMEADOW MA 518280354 TEL 413-525-4110 1 Taibi/Lehmberg Continued page 139 repairs would completed overnight refinished next day lads worked overnight 20-foot ladders sanded finished cuts patches next day predicted duct tests easily completed data confirming vital start A-20 construction Management pleased threw massive picnic Prop Shop over Yorktown seriousness just times model builders NACA supplemented massive brainpower its engineering staff significantly contributed war effort After Prop Shop experience Sal became toolmaker apprentice soon moved some pretty exotic projects such all-flying stabilizer elevator now used jet airplanes met Sal 1942 both belonged local model club Brainbusters Now plot changes course war full swing Sal discovered new interesta girl name Nan After lengthy wartime courtship three weeks Sal marries Nan March 4 1944 much later still 1944 Sal left NACA enter Air Forces 862nd Engineers aviation battalion war ended 1945 discharged Sal worked toolmaker Naval Ordnance Plant Indianapolis Indiana until 1946 left NOP Indianapolis work Federal Aeronautics Authority engaged kinds flight safety improvements such first lightweight two-and-a-half-pound radio receiver light planes first Ground Control Approach System February 1951 Sal Obechi Large Sheets Please call 509-548-5201 send SASE 12306 Bergstrasse Leavenworth WA 98826 150 Model Aviation 1V1SA1 DAILY Li2 P4L 3/4-600 -900 POP UP CANOPIES $29900 lOxlO LIGHTWEIGHT $39900 lOxlO HEAVWJEIGHT Sets Up Less 10 Seconds No Tools Required Other Sizes 8x8 10x15 10x20 P4D 3/4 650 V900 WIDOW MAKER WHOOT $4995 Inquiries 217 523-0OToll Free Orders Only 1 -800-944-0044 Shipping $575Illinois Residents add 625% TaxV1SA/ MasterCard welcone Z JR HOBBIES RR #7 BOX 249A NGFIELD IL 62707 maYor decals DECALS PRESSURE SENSITIVE WATER TRANSFER Authentic model insignias Ipressure sensitine mater Iranster br 1/4 1/e 1/8 scale size propeller decals World War II kill mark ings stars hub letters numbers trim sheets much NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS PO 008 304 KULPRIT s35 S&HSPORT OR COMBAT WING KITS 11710 RPRODUCTS 318 747-5331 103 LOIOSNE OOISIES CITY LI ENGINE 021 II I5 5541 WOO OLIn, [05300125333 Bob Fiorenze Hobby Center Inc CUPSOrdersShipped Dailyqinizi Dealer Yellow Aircraft Sand $300 Yellow Info Package z Visit Showroom 135 mm DIs World Foil Line Hobby AccessorIes 42OWastSR434 Winter Springs FL 327084071327-6353 Nan took vacation California exceptionally cold February -80F Indianapolis airport 80 Burbank end time Indiana Sal applied received ajob toolmaker Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena bought house Lakewood went back Indianapolis just long enough pack up make return trip California moved new home April 10 1951 still live Continued page 154 SeverskylKanyusik Continued page 149 Minneapolis Vocational School used training P-35 its way Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio able take pictures before crowds arrivedand certainly did Grandfathers told children grandchildren about airplane remember seeing heard day long highlight visit presence Alexander de Seversky climbed cockpit P-35 using handhold device refused help Brigadier General John R Dolny commander Minnesota Air National Guard visit airfield certainly beat painting house old dayjust seeing P-35 again thrill Although friends did accompany airport visit spirit first trip see Seversky P-35 person seven-mile hike time 70-mile ride am considering visit P-35 Air Force Museum 700 miles home Mankato Minnesota Will play hooky school painting some other chore trip Hmmm.. us Pasadena Its Selling Show Admission $600 dren ages 5 & under FREE adult Win RIC System 1st Trophies 2nd & 3rd Static Display Models FREE Model Airplane Building Lessons RADIO CONTROLLED CARS S PLANES COPTERS NS FOR SHOW INFORMATION PHONE 714-548-4700 Fax 714-5484705 SWAP SHOP contact IMS office call Red 209-931-0214 LIVE R/C DEMOS LE Advance Admission Tickets Available International Modeler Shows Inc Dept T 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 PASADENA ORLANDO December 1993 151 SCALE DOCUMENTATION r are/Antique/Classic Aircraft I1 SaSs photos 1555 ot 3-ciaws 927 5 Reed Lak wood CO 80226 I.-many tareuriqoelone hind I satisfaction guatantoed ss~Lit catalog $200 US funds Golden Ae Models FUTURISTIC DUCTED FAN CONSTRUCTION VIDEO An Atfordablo Revolutionary way build dacted tan dolts conard R C Aircraft Vectorod Thrust Tho Vidoo takes step stop trom computer deoigo constroct ion actual flight Designed tot easy building high & low speed manueverability vertical flight capability & lightweight FREE details write Mirage Video Productions 2 Hinricho P1 Ste 2 Bloomfield NJ 07003 201 -650-0331 D & J ELECTRONICS Road Howell Michigan 48843 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA1 RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed Control Repairs Quality Service Fast Turn Around Shipping & Insurance ExtraUPSU S MailCODh Z m VISA MASTERCARD & DISCOVER WELCOMED AMA #256123ARRLWB8YSQ
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/12
Page Numbers: 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 150, 151
U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean morning did 1300 hours everyone God present button pushed.the porters removed dirt left pails brooms other tools making laps through propeller blades until stopped Management upset brass looking heads aeronautical wizards figured would take week disassemble propellers indeterminate time repair another week assemblyprobably three-week delay everything took Hollywood turn As movie Flight Phoenix hero case Prop Shop supervisor model builder possessed knowledge things vital hobby beyond ken ordinary practitioners aeronautical lore pointed out hard balsa same density spruce propeller material could easily worked propellers place Continued poge 150 WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WB100 -$400 uura PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/5 3/16 1/4 S/1B3/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 Si 200 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINIATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAiNLESS MWB3 S3O0 T-PIN 1 1/4 100 PACK TP1 4 $200 ZONA SAWS 15042 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518280354 TEL 413-525-4110 1 Taibi/Lehmberg Continued page 139 repairs would completed overnight refinished next day lads worked overnight 20-foot ladders sanded finished cuts patches next day predicted duct tests easily completed data confirming vital start A-20 construction Management pleased threw massive picnic Prop Shop over Yorktown seriousness just times model builders NACA supplemented massive brainpower its engineering staff significantly contributed war effort After Prop Shop experience Sal became toolmaker apprentice soon moved some pretty exotic projects such all-flying stabilizer elevator now used jet airplanes met Sal 1942 both belonged local model club Brainbusters Now plot changes course war full swing Sal discovered new interesta girl name Nan After lengthy wartime courtship three weeks Sal marries Nan March 4 1944 much later still 1944 Sal left NACA enter Air Forces 862nd Engineers aviation battalion war ended 1945 discharged Sal worked toolmaker Naval Ordnance Plant 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U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean morning did 1300 hours everyone God present button pushed.the porters removed dirt left pails brooms other tools making laps through propeller blades until stopped Management upset brass looking heads aeronautical wizards figured would take week disassemble propellers indeterminate time repair another week assemblyprobably three-week delay everything took Hollywood turn As movie Flight Phoenix hero case Prop Shop supervisor model builder possessed knowledge things vital hobby beyond ken ordinary practitioners aeronautical lore pointed out hard balsa same density spruce propeller material could easily worked propellers place Continued poge 150 WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WB100 -$400 uura PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/5 3/16 1/4 S/1B3/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 Si 200 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINIATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAiNLESS MWB3 S3O0 T-PIN 1 1/4 100 PACK TP1 4 $200 ZONA SAWS 15042 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Still Best #RAM 01Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 02Strobe Light Ad] Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 03Landing Lights 48V$3995 #RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon Ad] Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 05Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing 9V$1095 #RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 9V$2495 #RAM 14Big Airplane Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 16Econo Landing Lights brightest 9V$1995 PRAM 23Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe 3V$2995 0 SEE YOUR DEALER S SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info coat item plus $400 $500 forelgnfor immediate shIpment Include full address U PS Sorry no COD Ram 229A E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 Can Anybody Teach Mold Fiberglass Yes Can plug mold part comprehensive video discusses materials techniques tips ma king molding experience successful Its easier think $3495 plus $450 Shipping & Handling e Glast Developments Corporation 1944 Neva Dr Dayton OH 45414 e Ph 800-821-3283 Fax 513-274-7267 AUIATORSU UP-DATE YOUR SH04UU IBLUEI~r CATALOG 5100 8004726500 AIWMAB1UCAmDecoAB MACHINERY TOOLS METALS SUPPLES ACCESSORIES BOOKS MOREII ADVANCED AERO PRODUCTS Os SURPASS 120 EXHNJST SYSTEMS FOfi FTTERN AIRcRAFT AND UI11UATS RIPE SIUCONE COUPLERS AND TAIL PIPES ALSO AVAILABLE GOLL 00 SPITE FIE WOIAAATES4 0 WALES ,aJINES lfIIES RT 1 BOX 365-C ANNA TX 75409 p14 924-3940 UPS r71 VISA DAILY 4338 Austin Blvd Island Park NY 11558 eTel 516/431-4127 516/594-9881 FEATURING UTEWEIGHT EUT CONDUIT TUBING & QUICK LOCK ON FIT1NGS NO TOOLS 0 TARP INCLUDED 13141I 8xl0 $95 $130 I lOslO $100 $135 I2~2J BREAKDOWN MODEL Fits in Cars & Can Shipped UPS Add Amounts Below Unit Price 8s10& lOxlO Flat 440 3/4 & $45 P BxIO & lOslO Peaked 435 3/4 & $45 IP 10x20 Flat $64 3/4 & $73 1 I0x20 Peaked $54 3/4 & $62 1 FINCLUDE I3/4I OslO$50$110 lOslO$85$115 P3JP3EP41FCF3 q~ 3/4-6003/4-6003346503/4-4003/44003/46503/4750 V800V-8O0 9001 500 8001 900 1000 SF 3/4 750 V 1000 FOOT PAD 3/4 6 50 V 750 3/4 600 800 Rubber ft Engine Power Free Fttght 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518280354 TEL 413-525-4110 1 Taibi/Lehmberg Continued page 139 repairs would completed overnight refinished next day lads worked overnight 20-foot ladders sanded finished cuts patches next day predicted duct tests easily completed data confirming vital start A-20 construction Management pleased threw massive picnic Prop Shop over Yorktown seriousness just times model builders NACA supplemented massive brainpower its engineering staff significantly contributed war effort After Prop Shop experience Sal became toolmaker apprentice soon moved some pretty exotic projects such all-flying stabilizer elevator now used jet airplanes met Sal 1942 both belonged local model club Brainbusters Now plot changes course war full swing Sal discovered new interesta girl name Nan After lengthy wartime courtship three weeks Sal marries Nan March 4 1944 much later still 1944 Sal left NACA enter Air Forces 862nd Engineers aviation battalion war ended 1945 discharged Sal worked toolmaker Naval Ordnance Plant Indianapolis Indiana until 1946 left NOP Indianapolis work Federal Aeronautics Authority engaged kinds flight safety improvements such first lightweight two-and-a-half-pound radio receiver light planes first Ground Control Approach System February 1951 Sal Obechi Large Sheets Please call 509-548-5201 send SASE 12306 Bergstrasse Leavenworth WA 98826 150 Model Aviation 1V1SA1 DAILY Li2 P4L 3/4-600 -900 POP UP CANOPIES $29900 lOxlO LIGHTWEIGHT $39900 lOxlO HEAVWJEIGHT Sets Up Less 10 Seconds No Tools Required Other Sizes 8x8 10x15 10x20 P4D 3/4 650 V900 WIDOW MAKER WHOOT $4995 Inquiries 217 523-0OToll Free Orders Only 1 -800-944-0044 Shipping $575Illinois Residents add 625% TaxV1SA/ MasterCard welcone Z JR HOBBIES RR #7 BOX 249A NGFIELD IL 62707 maYor decals DECALS PRESSURE SENSITIVE WATER TRANSFER Authentic model insignias Ipressure sensitine mater Iranster br 1/4 1/e 1/8 scale size propeller decals World War II kill mark ings stars hub letters numbers trim sheets much NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS PO 008 304 KULPRIT s35 S&HSPORT OR COMBAT WING KITS 11710 RPRODUCTS 318 747-5331 103 LOIOSNE OOISIES CITY LI ENGINE 021 II I5 5541 WOO OLIn, [05300125333 Bob Fiorenze Hobby Center Inc CUPSOrdersShipped Dailyqinizi Dealer Yellow Aircraft Sand $300 Yellow Info Package z Visit Showroom 135 mm DIs World Foil Line Hobby AccessorIes 42OWastSR434 Winter Springs FL 327084071327-6353 Nan took vacation California exceptionally cold February -80F Indianapolis airport 80 Burbank end time Indiana Sal applied received ajob toolmaker Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena bought house Lakewood went back Indianapolis just long enough pack up make return trip California moved new home April 10 1951 still live Continued page 154 SeverskylKanyusik Continued page 149 Minneapolis Vocational School used training P-35 its way Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio able take pictures before crowds arrivedand certainly did Grandfathers told children grandchildren about airplane remember seeing heard day long highlight visit presence Alexander de Seversky climbed cockpit P-35 using handhold device refused help Brigadier General John R Dolny commander Minnesota Air National Guard visit airfield certainly beat painting house old dayjust seeing P-35 again thrill Although friends did accompany airport visit spirit first trip see Seversky P-35 person seven-mile hike time 70-mile ride am considering visit P-35 Air Force Museum 700 miles home Mankato Minnesota Will play hooky school painting some other chore trip Hmmm.. us Pasadena Its Selling Show Admission $600 dren ages 5 & under FREE adult Win RIC System 1st Trophies 2nd & 3rd Static Display Models FREE Model Airplane Building Lessons RADIO CONTROLLED CARS S PLANES COPTERS NS FOR SHOW INFORMATION PHONE 714-548-4700 Fax 714-5484705 SWAP SHOP contact IMS office call Red 209-931-0214 LIVE R/C DEMOS LE Advance Admission Tickets Available International Modeler Shows Inc Dept T 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 PASADENA ORLANDO December 1993 151 SCALE DOCUMENTATION r are/Antique/Classic Aircraft I1 SaSs photos 1555 ot 3-ciaws 927 5 Reed Lak wood CO 80226 I.-many tareuriqoelone hind I satisfaction guatantoed ss~Lit catalog $200 US funds Golden Ae Models FUTURISTIC DUCTED FAN CONSTRUCTION VIDEO An Atfordablo Revolutionary way build dacted tan dolts conard R C Aircraft Vectorod Thrust Tho Vidoo takes step stop trom computer deoigo constroct ion actual flight Designed tot easy building high & low speed manueverability vertical flight capability & lightweight FREE details write Mirage Video Productions 2 Hinricho P1 Ste 2 Bloomfield NJ 07003 201 -650-0331 D & J ELECTRONICS Road Howell Michigan 48843 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA1 RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed 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U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models obtained names leaders model aviation Academy Model Aeronautics drew bank experts Sal began Prop Shop building wind-tunnel propellers also NACA model builder time heard story about Prop Shop Crew Twenty lads working months complete seven push seven pull propeller blades 18 feet long three feet thick blades set two five- foot-diameter hubs end shaft 5000 hp electric 138 Model Aviation f Styles right microphone introduces Sal opening AMAs National Flying Site Muncie Indiana left Vic Cunnyngham Sr Frank Zaic Sals famous 56 Chevy original owner still going strong 1990 photo Sal Taibi FFMAASC banquet Car still has showroom-type finish after 652000 miles motor assembly placed large-diameter slow-speed section 16-foot plenum wind tunnel state-of-the-art tunnels first run test oil-cooling ducts Douglas A-20 attack bomberan extremely high-priority project needed begin production aircraft other words brass prowling area pressure test start after lunch tunnel porters told sweep tunnel clean morning did 1300 hours everyone God present button pushed.the porters removed dirt left pails brooms other tools making laps through propeller blades until stopped Management upset brass looking heads aeronautical wizards figured would take week disassemble propellers indeterminate time repair another week assemblyprobably three-week delay everything took Hollywood turn As movie Flight Phoenix hero case Prop Shop supervisor model builder possessed knowledge things vital hobby beyond ken ordinary practitioners aeronautical lore pointed out hard balsa same density spruce propeller material could easily worked propellers place Continued poge 150 WIRE BENDER BENDS AND FORMS WIRE AND STRIPS OF METAL IN ANGLES CURVES LOOPS ETC No WB100 -$400 uura PUNCH SET CUTS SQUARES AND SLOTS SET INCLUDES SIZES 1/5 3/16 1/4 S/1B3/B MADE FROM NICKEL PLATED STEEL No SPS5 Si 200 BRUSHES 3 PCS MINIATURE WIRE BRUSH SET ONE EACH BRASS NYLON STAiNLESS MWB3 S3O0 T-PIN 1 1/4 100 PACK TP1 4 $200 ZONA SAWS 15042 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518280354 TEL 413-525-4110 1 Taibi/Lehmberg Continued page 139 repairs would completed overnight refinished next day lads worked overnight 20-foot ladders sanded finished cuts patches next day predicted duct tests easily completed data confirming vital start A-20 construction Management pleased threw massive picnic Prop Shop over Yorktown seriousness just times model builders NACA supplemented massive brainpower its engineering staff significantly contributed war effort After Prop Shop experience Sal became toolmaker apprentice soon moved some pretty exotic projects such all-flying stabilizer elevator now used jet airplanes met Sal 1942 both belonged local model club Brainbusters Now plot changes course war full swing Sal discovered new interesta girl name Nan After lengthy wartime courtship three weeks Sal marries Nan March 4 1944 much later still 1944 Sal left NACA enter Air Forces 862nd Engineers aviation battalion war ended 1945 discharged Sal worked toolmaker Naval Ordnance Plant Indianapolis Indiana until 1946 left NOP Indianapolis work Federal Aeronautics Authority engaged kinds flight safety improvements such first lightweight two-and-a-half-pound radio receiver light planes first Ground Control Approach System February 1951 Sal Obechi Large Sheets Please call 509-548-5201 send SASE 12306 Bergstrasse Leavenworth WA 98826 150 Model Aviation 1V1SA1 DAILY Li2 P4L 3/4-600 -900 POP UP CANOPIES $29900 lOxlO LIGHTWEIGHT $39900 lOxlO HEAVWJEIGHT Sets Up Less 10 Seconds No Tools Required Other Sizes 8x8 10x15 10x20 P4D 3/4 650 V900 WIDOW MAKER WHOOT $4995 Inquiries 217 523-0OToll Free Orders Only 1 -800-944-0044 Shipping $575Illinois Residents add 625% TaxV1SA/ MasterCard welcone Z JR HOBBIES RR #7 BOX 249A NGFIELD IL 62707 maYor decals DECALS PRESSURE SENSITIVE WATER TRANSFER Authentic model insignias Ipressure sensitine mater Iranster br 1/4 1/e 1/8 scale size propeller decals World War II kill mark ings stars hub letters numbers trim sheets much NORTHEAST SCREEN GRAPHICS PO 008 304 KULPRIT s35 S&HSPORT OR COMBAT WING KITS 11710 RPRODUCTS 318 747-5331 103 LOIOSNE OOISIES CITY LI ENGINE 021 II I5 5541 WOO OLIn, [05300125333 Bob Fiorenze Hobby Center Inc CUPSOrdersShipped Dailyqinizi Dealer Yellow Aircraft Sand $300 Yellow Info Package z Visit Showroom 135 mm DIs World Foil Line Hobby AccessorIes 42OWastSR434 Winter Springs FL 327084071327-6353 Nan took vacation California exceptionally cold February -80F Indianapolis airport 80 Burbank end time Indiana Sal applied received ajob toolmaker Naval Ordnance Test Station Pasadena bought house Lakewood went back Indianapolis just long enough pack up make return trip California moved new home April 10 1951 still live Continued page 154 SeverskylKanyusik Continued page 149 Minneapolis Vocational School used training P-35 its way Air Force Museum Dayton Ohio able take pictures before crowds arrivedand certainly did Grandfathers told children grandchildren about airplane remember seeing heard day long highlight visit presence Alexander de Seversky climbed cockpit P-35 using handhold device refused help Brigadier General John R Dolny commander Minnesota Air National Guard visit airfield certainly beat painting house old dayjust seeing P-35 again thrill Although friends did accompany airport visit spirit first trip see Seversky P-35 person seven-mile hike time 70-mile ride am considering visit P-35 Air Force Museum 700 miles home Mankato Minnesota Will play hooky school painting some other chore trip Hmmm.. us Pasadena Its Selling Show Admission $600 dren ages 5 & under FREE adult Win RIC System 1st Trophies 2nd & 3rd Static Display Models FREE Model Airplane Building Lessons RADIO CONTROLLED CARS S PLANES COPTERS NS FOR SHOW INFORMATION PHONE 714-548-4700 Fax 714-5484705 SWAP SHOP contact IMS office call Red 209-931-0214 LIVE R/C DEMOS LE Advance Admission Tickets Available International Modeler Shows Inc Dept T 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 PASADENA ORLANDO December 1993 151 SCALE DOCUMENTATION r are/Antique/Classic Aircraft I1 SaSs photos 1555 ot 3-ciaws 927 5 Reed Lak wood CO 80226 I.-many tareuriqoelone hind I satisfaction guatantoed ss~Lit catalog $200 US funds Golden Ae Models FUTURISTIC DUCTED FAN CONSTRUCTION VIDEO An Atfordablo Revolutionary way build dacted tan dolts conard R C Aircraft Vectorod Thrust Tho Vidoo takes step stop trom computer deoigo constroct ion actual flight Designed tot easy building high & low speed manueverability vertical flight capability & lightweight FREE details write Mirage Video Productions 2 Hinricho P1 Ste 2 Bloomfield NJ 07003 201 -650-0331 D & J ELECTRONICS Road Howell Michigan 48843 517-546-2644 Service & Repairs Most Radio Control Systems Utilizing Calibrated Test Equipment & Spectrum Analyzers Endorsed AMA1 RCMA Sticker Station #105 Futaba Airtronics JR Ace HiTec Tower Cirrus World Engines & WE USE GENUINE FACTORY REPLACEMENT PARTS Complete 1991 Narrow Banding & Upgrades RCD / HITEC R/C DEALER FCC Licensed Speed 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/12
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U Fred Lehmberg e kid mass unruly black hair stared horses left front foot unblinking eyes gaze moved back black boot shiny stirrup up blue uniform New Yorks finest cold grey eyes under black bill cap thin lips mounted police officer barely moved Flyin things park allowed Pack up get outta said authoritative voice watched boy friends gathered model airplanes boxes gear decided really wereleaving corners mouth lifted suggestion grin added low tone sony about See youse guys next week little scenario took place Van Cortlandt Parka nice little grassy area northern end Bronx New York City time. could have anytime between 1935 1937 group model builders borough Brooklyn burly young Italian mounted policeman addressed Sal Taibi point time no Academy Model Aeronautics its Hall Fame Society Antique Modelers would have its own Hall Fame nearly halfcentury later someone told Sal day Van Cortlandt Park would day appointed both lists would have shrugged shoulders rolled eyes up sky turned away short expletive uses hears story thats too hard swallow hard times airplane modelers wished power models internal combustion enginesparticularly densely populated areas such New York City well-managed Above Sal fourth left photo fall 1941 Creedmore Long Island flying session Left Sal Class C Pacer circa 1942 Photo Sals NACA days Hampton Virginia Kelinhans photo December 1993 135 Below left Sal Taibi note mass curly black hair Joe Elgin wife Rubber great Dick Korda movement almost successful outlawing flying such models Several states Massachusetts instancealready legislation effect Van Cortlandt Park used modelers New York boroughs Connecticut Long Island ordinance prohibiting flying type model aircraft mounted police enforcing Van Cortlandt ban generally looked other way let early arrivals fly models As day wore wanted picnic play lawn games football baseball would arrive police would chase off modelers aircraft required efforts National Aeronautic Association Academy Model Aeronautics combat movement allow hobby develop its current status have lot reason thank early modelers flew public areas like Van Cortlandt Park over 50 years ago Sals start model aviation really accident about 13 years age visited house friend Louis Canava lived way home school Louis process constructing built-up Scale model Bellanca wanted show effort Sal As Louis took model off its shelf noticed mother dropped couple longerons broken Louis quite angry going stomp remains floor until restrained Sal asked could have model Louis gave Sal plans pins glue everything Sal repaired damage 136 Model Aviation d gathers 1980 Sal cranks Forster 99 another successful designs Powerhouse Now thats Green Hornet Photo 1989 USFFC Taft California SalSal readies Starduster 900 1990 Lawrenceville IL superb craftsman outstanding fliercontest Placed second six maxes completed model neighbor kids glided roof Sals three-story home Brooklyn next model 30-inch Commercial Cabin rubber model As recall Commercial Cabin models built Junior Birdmen rules fuselage model resembled somewhat full-scale commercial craft named differ stick models Sal next built number two-foot Corbin Super Ace rubber powered models Corbin popular home-built monoplane 1930s powered Ford Model automobile engine design Ace Corbin flashy aviator Corpus Christi Texas 1935 rolled around Sal acquired first Brown Junior engine put Brown slabsided Buccaneer preceded 7A-foot Super Buccaneer kitted Berkeley model competed early pioneers Joe Kovel Maxwell Bassett Phil Zechitella Frank Ehling Ben Shereshaw After meeting Leon Shulman Sal attended meeting TAMBE Airplane Model Builders Exchange joined organization days model builders wore ties jackets flying field formed clubs high-sounding names 1936 Sal joined group consisting Carroll Moon Leon Shulman Scotty Murray Maurice Schoenbrun Pinky Fruchtman Micky Beitchman other TAMBE members form new model aviation club Brooklyn Skyscrapers organization became perhaps famous club nation Skyscrapers claimed members leading names regional state national competition Members designs published kitted leading magazines manufacturers used concept models designers over world Sal built first Berkeley Buccaneer 1937 problem engine installation Left Sal Class C Brooklyn Dodger 1991 Perris California contest Below Vivell 35-powered Class C Pacer Mile Square California 1988 Sal winds Lanzo Duplex contest Middle Wallop England December1993 137 days Brown Jr delivered factory screwed pretty maple bearers coil condenser mounted neatly soldered secured position Since plans no help Sal problem solved simply screwing entire assembly nose aircraft liked well developed very clever style engine wiring installation incorporated later models Powerhouse Pacer Brooklyn Dodger etc mounted engines wiring compactly arranged hardwood block similar Brown setup sub-mount screwed pemanently mounted engine bearers built fuselage technique avoided wiring mess average modeler encountered Sal noted today finerunning engines Sal built expertise over next several years attending six eight meets per season Skyscrapers continued justify name fall 1938 Sal developed seven-footer Forster 99 February 1939 won first contest Creedmore Long Island aircraft appropriately named Powerhouse finally broke ice off running Just two months later won another first time Class B Ohlsson 23 Bay Ridge Diamond Demon set first national record seasons end First Eastem ROW Rise-Off-Water Contest Lake Hopatchong New Jersey Sal carried off first place Powerhouse Since 1941 has taken over 15 first places AMA Nationals has among leading competitors country since 1936 57 years continuous competition No other pioneer model builder can make claim Sals employment rsum6 seems have tailored complement modeling activities As far back 1938 employed Berkeley Models leaving sawroom 1941 go NACA National Advisory Committee Aeronautics Langley Field Virginia NACA needed expert model builders build handle windtunnel models 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