San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling maximum fillet forming slow cure cyanoacrylate* limited time will include 1/3 oz sample Z7TM DEBONDER purchase SLO-ZAPT * Use our ZlP-KlCKElfor immediate cure after obtaining final alignment Pacer Tech 1600 DELL AVENUE CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA 95008 408 379-9701 1 removes cured cyanoacrylates skin wod surfaces etc youre sometimes slower SLOZAPTM Z7TM will give second chance Z7TM DEBONDER odorless will nor craze plastics comes safer water based chemistry know youre going like SLOZAPTM Z7TM DEBONDER wont get stuck Available now leading hobby shops everywhere Regional Waehoosing Sales Offices FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 620 RTE 32N NEW PALTZ NY 12561 914 650-9906 House ci Balsa 34 ROSO thers calm air better conditions xpected 1985 WC Yugoslavia iany others may try approach honestly thought Burgos close s Id ever get FlA win said Paul Im still little surprised sult Goulburn Notwithstanding still hudderwhen think flyoff because hould have done lot better Paul says rill unable make trip 1985 Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final demonstration before being placed Air Museum two built other jet fighter very durable Douglas A-4 Skyhawk termed smallest jet used aboard US Navys aircraft carriers supposedly capable atomic weapons delivery Man Space Section contains mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit uniformed mannequins con trols rock moon encased plastic However museum officials stress space travel section complete likelihood will con tinue expand long manned/un manned space travel exists Women Aviation Amelia Earharts likeness story life uniforms military women occupy area other women feats extolled will greatly add viewer s knowledge vital part women played aviation Model Section Under glass models top-notch museum quality composite visual picture aviation April1985 177 SAILPLANES WORLD iSOlA Coffee Rd Modesto CA 95355 Sailplanes International Krause MultiPlex Wanitschek Wik & Roke Sport-Scale-F3B European Hardware Accessories Send $500 Cat & Price List 209 577-0506 complete photo-study display feasible photographs article representative varied wonderful collection seen museum come visit Aero Space Museum open day except holidays take leisurely journey through aviation history things see Some displays have audio-visual podiums explain screen voice history subject Such memories invoke visit will surely increase knowledge aviation ParaCraft/H ux Continued page 98 forgiving errors learning basics gives novice chance good first flight flying strong wind find model drifting backwards beyond control reduce power let model parachute down try fly back against strong wind higher kite will rise Ready build Lets buy kite wings first ParaCraft uses two Jalbert J-75 ram-air-kites available kite stores around country friend member AKA American Kite Association has copy Kite Lines can assist locating nearby kite stores local shops available may order phone source Kite Site Washington DC phone number 202 965-4230 may order using charge card request order form mail purchases cost kites 1984 approxi mately $300 J-75 $300 shipping thats total $6900 two will need wish experiment smaller chute 40-size model higher wind range order J-5 also approximate ly $1600 will add $3200 order must choose between two chutes order J-75 try smaller chute later repair work suggest buy foot two rip-stop nylon tape adhesive backing Get several colors such yellow white excel lent repair material chute After applying tape can stitch place match colors use permanent marker pens Fly new kites 50- 100-lb-test nylon line mild breeze before using ParaCraft will help remove creases relax fabric kites arrive appear permanent ly pressed folded position should also acquaint yourself parafoils performance Notice have strong pulland remember try fly two ParaCraft windy day Use gloves flying size kite prevent line burns cuts attach two kites other place kites side-by-side rib section rib section shown drawings Line up bottom keel hems fold back triangular ventrals lines remainder chute fabric Set sew ing machine its longest stitch wide zigzag Assemble two hems starting leading edge left zig should enter fabric right zag should fall just outside hem Triple-knot thread both ends hem Next set machine straight stitch sew leading edge two chutes together Center stitch between factory stitch edge fabric Again triple-knot both ends thread Lastly attach approximately six inches top kites together necessary join kites way down top edge Most people will prefer hand-stitch quite difficult machine Use large stitches over manufacturers stitches triple-tie ends Check seams hems leading edge intersections loose threads open stitches Once under air pressure seams can come apart Snug knots bridle lines apply small piece folded tape prevent J BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION -This just another Laser 7 large 1/38 scale model builds quickly flies perfectly 95 balsa ply fiberglass cowl wheelpants lots hardware decals 12 cu larger engines Webra Bully 35 recommended 87 3/8 wing span 1254 sq wing area 16 TOC LASER 200 19 lbs WE GIVE YOU GREAT VALUE Eb33133ORDER TOLL FREE 800-7820022 CEK4U8 SERVICE & INFORMATION 7027320022 3132 South Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase M 52 $2500 ea includes shipping UPS COD add $200 $600 plans CA add 6% Dealer Inquiries Invited LINDSEY MICRO PRODUCTS 160-A No airview Ave Suite 104 Goleta CA 93117 805 683 2042 After 5 pm Pacific 178 Model Aviation Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 6886 Transit Rd. Depew NV 14043 Phone No 716 684-5555 LMP 1000 Both require Two Channel Radio Mini Servos 250 MAN BATT wood construction Include hardware needed
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 86, 87, 177, 178
San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling maximum fillet forming slow cure cyanoacrylate* limited time will include 1/3 oz sample Z7TM DEBONDER purchase SLO-ZAPT * Use our ZlP-KlCKElfor immediate cure after obtaining final alignment Pacer Tech 1600 DELL AVENUE CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA 95008 408 379-9701 1 removes cured cyanoacrylates skin wod surfaces etc youre sometimes slower SLOZAPTM Z7TM will give second chance Z7TM DEBONDER odorless will nor craze plastics comes safer water based chemistry know youre going like SLOZAPTM Z7TM DEBONDER wont get stuck Available now leading hobby shops everywhere Regional Waehoosing Sales Offices FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 620 RTE 32N NEW PALTZ NY 12561 914 650-9906 House ci Balsa 34 ROSO thers calm air better conditions xpected 1985 WC Yugoslavia iany others may try approach honestly thought Burgos close s Id ever get FlA win said Paul Im still little surprised sult Goulburn Notwithstanding still hudderwhen think flyoff because hould have done lot better Paul says rill unable make trip 1985 Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final demonstration before being placed Air Museum two built other jet fighter very durable Douglas A-4 Skyhawk termed smallest jet used aboard US Navys aircraft carriers supposedly capable atomic weapons delivery Man Space Section contains mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit uniformed mannequins con trols rock moon encased plastic However museum officials stress space travel section complete likelihood will con tinue expand long manned/un manned space travel exists Women Aviation Amelia Earharts likeness story life uniforms military women occupy area other women feats extolled will greatly add viewer s knowledge vital part women played aviation Model Section Under glass models top-notch museum quality composite visual picture aviation April1985 177 SAILPLANES WORLD iSOlA Coffee Rd Modesto CA 95355 Sailplanes International Krause MultiPlex Wanitschek Wik & Roke Sport-Scale-F3B European Hardware Accessories Send $500 Cat & Price List 209 577-0506 complete photo-study display feasible photographs article representative varied wonderful collection seen museum come visit Aero Space Museum open day except holidays take leisurely journey through aviation history things see Some displays have audio-visual podiums explain screen voice history subject Such memories invoke visit will surely increase knowledge aviation ParaCraft/H ux Continued page 98 forgiving errors learning basics gives novice chance good first flight flying strong wind find model drifting backwards beyond control reduce power let model parachute down try fly back against strong wind higher kite will rise Ready build Lets buy kite wings first ParaCraft uses two Jalbert J-75 ram-air-kites available kite stores around country friend member AKA American Kite Association has copy Kite Lines can assist locating nearby kite stores local shops available may order phone source Kite Site Washington DC phone number 202 965-4230 may order using charge card request order form mail purchases cost kites 1984 approxi mately $300 J-75 $300 shipping thats total $6900 two will need wish experiment smaller chute 40-size model higher wind range order J-5 also approximate ly $1600 will add $3200 order must choose between two chutes order J-75 try smaller chute later repair work suggest buy foot two rip-stop nylon tape adhesive backing Get several colors such yellow white excel lent repair material chute After applying tape can stitch place match colors use permanent marker pens Fly new kites 50- 100-lb-test nylon line mild breeze before using ParaCraft will help remove creases relax fabric kites arrive appear permanent ly pressed folded position should also acquaint yourself parafoils performance Notice have strong pulland remember try fly two ParaCraft windy day Use gloves flying size kite prevent line burns cuts attach two kites other place kites side-by-side rib section rib section shown drawings Line up bottom keel hems fold back triangular ventrals lines remainder chute fabric Set sew ing machine its longest stitch wide zigzag Assemble two hems starting leading edge left zig should enter fabric right zag should fall just outside hem Triple-knot thread both ends hem Next set machine straight stitch sew leading edge two chutes together Center stitch between factory stitch edge fabric Again triple-knot both ends thread Lastly attach approximately six inches top kites together necessary join kites way down top edge Most people will prefer hand-stitch quite difficult machine Use large stitches over manufacturers stitches triple-tie ends Check seams hems leading edge intersections loose threads open stitches Once under air pressure seams can come apart Snug knots bridle lines apply small piece folded tape prevent J BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION -This just another Laser 7 large 1/38 scale model builds quickly flies perfectly 95 balsa ply fiberglass cowl wheelpants lots hardware decals 12 cu larger engines Webra Bully 35 recommended 87 3/8 wing span 1254 sq wing area 16 TOC LASER 200 19 lbs WE GIVE YOU GREAT VALUE Eb33133ORDER TOLL FREE 800-7820022 CEK4U8 SERVICE & INFORMATION 7027320022 3132 South Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase M 52 $2500 ea includes shipping UPS COD add $200 $600 plans CA add 6% Dealer Inquiries Invited LINDSEY MICRO PRODUCTS 160-A No airview Ave Suite 104 Goleta CA 93117 805 683 2042 After 5 pm Pacific 178 Model Aviation Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 6886 Transit Rd. Depew NV 14043 Phone No 716 684-5555 LMP 1000 Both require Two Channel Radio Mini Servos 250 MAN BATT wood construction Include hardware needed
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 86, 87, 177, 178
San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling maximum fillet forming slow cure cyanoacrylate* limited time will include 1/3 oz sample Z7TM DEBONDER purchase SLO-ZAPT * Use our ZlP-KlCKElfor immediate cure after obtaining final alignment Pacer Tech 1600 DELL AVENUE CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA 95008 408 379-9701 1 removes cured cyanoacrylates skin wod surfaces etc youre sometimes slower SLOZAPTM Z7TM will give second chance Z7TM DEBONDER odorless will nor craze plastics comes safer water based chemistry know youre going like SLOZAPTM Z7TM DEBONDER wont get stuck Available now leading hobby shops everywhere Regional Waehoosing Sales Offices FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 620 RTE 32N NEW PALTZ NY 12561 914 650-9906 House ci Balsa 34 ROSO thers calm air better conditions xpected 1985 WC Yugoslavia iany others may try approach honestly thought Burgos close s Id ever get FlA win said Paul Im still little surprised sult Goulburn Notwithstanding still hudderwhen think flyoff because hould have done lot better Paul says rill unable make trip 1985 Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final demonstration before being placed Air Museum two built other jet fighter very durable Douglas A-4 Skyhawk termed smallest jet used aboard US Navys aircraft carriers supposedly capable atomic weapons delivery Man Space Section contains mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit uniformed mannequins con trols rock moon encased plastic However museum officials stress space travel section complete likelihood will con tinue expand long manned/un manned space travel exists Women Aviation Amelia Earharts likeness story life uniforms military women occupy area other women feats extolled will greatly add viewer s knowledge vital part women played aviation Model Section Under glass models top-notch museum quality composite visual picture aviation April1985 177 SAILPLANES WORLD iSOlA Coffee Rd Modesto CA 95355 Sailplanes International Krause MultiPlex Wanitschek Wik & Roke Sport-Scale-F3B European Hardware Accessories Send $500 Cat & Price List 209 577-0506 complete photo-study display feasible photographs article representative varied wonderful collection seen museum come visit Aero Space Museum open day except holidays take leisurely journey through aviation history things see Some displays have audio-visual podiums explain screen voice history subject Such memories invoke visit will surely increase knowledge aviation ParaCraft/H ux Continued page 98 forgiving errors learning basics gives novice chance good first flight flying strong wind find model drifting backwards beyond control reduce power let model parachute down try fly back against strong wind higher kite will rise Ready build Lets buy kite wings first ParaCraft uses two Jalbert J-75 ram-air-kites available kite stores around country friend member AKA American Kite Association has copy Kite Lines can assist locating nearby kite stores local shops available may order phone source Kite Site Washington DC phone number 202 965-4230 may order using charge card request order form mail purchases cost kites 1984 approxi mately $300 J-75 $300 shipping thats total $6900 two will need wish experiment smaller chute 40-size model higher wind range order J-5 also approximate ly $1600 will add $3200 order must choose between two chutes order J-75 try smaller chute later repair work suggest buy foot two rip-stop nylon tape adhesive backing Get several colors such yellow white excel lent repair material chute After applying tape can stitch place match colors use permanent marker pens Fly new kites 50- 100-lb-test nylon line mild breeze before using ParaCraft will help remove creases relax fabric kites arrive appear permanent ly pressed folded position should also acquaint yourself parafoils performance Notice have strong pulland remember try fly two ParaCraft windy day Use gloves flying size kite prevent line burns cuts attach two kites other place kites side-by-side rib section rib section shown drawings Line up bottom keel hems fold back triangular ventrals lines remainder chute fabric Set sew ing machine its longest stitch wide zigzag Assemble two hems starting leading edge left zig should enter fabric right zag should fall just outside hem Triple-knot thread both ends hem Next set machine straight stitch sew leading edge two chutes together Center stitch between factory stitch edge fabric Again triple-knot both ends thread Lastly attach approximately six inches top kites together necessary join kites way down top edge Most people will prefer hand-stitch quite difficult machine Use large stitches over manufacturers stitches triple-tie ends Check seams hems leading edge intersections loose threads open stitches Once under air pressure seams can come apart Snug knots bridle lines apply small piece folded tape prevent J BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION -This just another Laser 7 large 1/38 scale model builds quickly flies perfectly 95 balsa ply fiberglass cowl wheelpants lots hardware decals 12 cu larger engines Webra Bully 35 recommended 87 3/8 wing span 1254 sq wing area 16 TOC LASER 200 19 lbs WE GIVE YOU GREAT VALUE Eb33133ORDER TOLL FREE 800-7820022 CEK4U8 SERVICE & INFORMATION 7027320022 3132 South Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase M 52 $2500 ea includes shipping UPS COD add $200 $600 plans CA add 6% Dealer Inquiries Invited LINDSEY MICRO PRODUCTS 160-A No airview Ave Suite 104 Goleta CA 93117 805 683 2042 After 5 pm Pacific 178 Model Aviation Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 6886 Transit Rd. Depew NV 14043 Phone No 716 684-5555 LMP 1000 Both require Two Channel Radio Mini Servos 250 MAN BATT wood construction Include hardware needed
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 86, 87, 177, 178
San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling maximum fillet forming slow cure cyanoacrylate* limited time will include 1/3 oz sample Z7TM DEBONDER purchase SLO-ZAPT * Use our ZlP-KlCKElfor immediate cure after obtaining final alignment Pacer Tech 1600 DELL AVENUE CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA 95008 408 379-9701 1 removes cured cyanoacrylates skin wod surfaces etc youre sometimes slower SLOZAPTM Z7TM will give second chance Z7TM DEBONDER odorless will nor craze plastics comes safer water based chemistry know youre going like SLOZAPTM Z7TM DEBONDER wont get stuck Available now leading hobby shops everywhere Regional Waehoosing Sales Offices FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 620 RTE 32N NEW PALTZ NY 12561 914 650-9906 House ci Balsa 34 ROSO thers calm air better conditions xpected 1985 WC Yugoslavia iany others may try approach honestly thought Burgos close s Id ever get FlA win said Paul Im still little surprised sult Goulburn Notwithstanding still hudderwhen think flyoff because hould have done lot better Paul says rill unable make trip 1985 Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final demonstration before being placed Air Museum two built other jet fighter very durable Douglas A-4 Skyhawk termed smallest jet used aboard US Navys aircraft carriers supposedly capable atomic weapons delivery Man Space Section contains mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit uniformed mannequins con trols rock moon encased plastic However museum officials stress space travel section complete likelihood will con tinue expand long manned/un manned space travel exists Women Aviation Amelia Earharts likeness story life uniforms military women occupy area other women feats extolled will greatly add viewer s knowledge vital part women played aviation Model Section Under glass models top-notch museum quality composite visual picture aviation April1985 177 SAILPLANES WORLD iSOlA Coffee Rd Modesto CA 95355 Sailplanes International Krause MultiPlex Wanitschek Wik & Roke Sport-Scale-F3B European Hardware Accessories Send $500 Cat & Price List 209 577-0506 complete photo-study display feasible photographs article representative varied wonderful collection seen museum come visit Aero Space Museum open day except holidays take leisurely journey through aviation history things see Some displays have audio-visual podiums explain screen voice history subject Such memories invoke visit will surely increase knowledge aviation ParaCraft/H ux Continued page 98 forgiving errors learning basics gives novice chance good first flight flying strong wind find model drifting backwards beyond control reduce power let model parachute down try fly back against strong wind higher kite will rise Ready build Lets buy kite wings first ParaCraft uses two Jalbert J-75 ram-air-kites available kite stores around country friend member AKA American Kite Association has copy Kite Lines can assist locating nearby kite stores local shops available may order phone source Kite Site Washington DC phone number 202 965-4230 may order using charge card request order form mail purchases cost kites 1984 approxi mately $300 J-75 $300 shipping thats total $6900 two will need wish experiment smaller chute 40-size model higher wind range order J-5 also approximate ly $1600 will add $3200 order must choose between two chutes order J-75 try smaller chute later repair work suggest buy foot two rip-stop nylon tape adhesive backing Get several colors such yellow white excel lent repair material chute After applying tape can stitch place match colors use permanent marker pens Fly new kites 50- 100-lb-test nylon line mild breeze before using ParaCraft will help remove creases relax fabric kites arrive appear permanent ly pressed folded position should also acquaint yourself parafoils performance Notice have strong pulland remember try fly two ParaCraft windy day Use gloves flying size kite prevent line burns cuts attach two kites other place kites side-by-side rib section rib section shown drawings Line up bottom keel hems fold back triangular ventrals lines remainder chute fabric Set sew ing machine its longest stitch wide zigzag Assemble two hems starting leading edge left zig should enter fabric right zag should fall just outside hem Triple-knot thread both ends hem Next set machine straight stitch sew leading edge two chutes together Center stitch between factory stitch edge fabric Again triple-knot both ends thread Lastly attach approximately six inches top kites together necessary join kites way down top edge Most people will prefer hand-stitch quite difficult machine Use large stitches over manufacturers stitches triple-tie ends Check seams hems leading edge intersections loose threads open stitches Once under air pressure seams can come apart Snug knots bridle lines apply small piece folded tape prevent J BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION -This just another Laser 7 large 1/38 scale model builds quickly flies perfectly 95 balsa ply fiberglass cowl wheelpants lots hardware decals 12 cu larger engines Webra Bully 35 recommended 87 3/8 wing span 1254 sq wing area 16 TOC LASER 200 19 lbs WE GIVE YOU GREAT VALUE Eb33133ORDER TOLL FREE 800-7820022 CEK4U8 SERVICE & INFORMATION 7027320022 3132 South Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase M 52 $2500 ea includes shipping UPS COD add $200 $600 plans CA add 6% Dealer Inquiries Invited LINDSEY MICRO PRODUCTS 160-A No airview Ave Suite 104 Goleta CA 93117 805 683 2042 After 5 pm Pacific 178 Model Aviation Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 6886 Transit Rd. Depew NV 14043 Phone No 716 684-5555 LMP 1000 Both require Two Channel Radio Mini Servos 250 MAN BATT wood construction Include hardware needed
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 86, 87, 177, 178
San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling maximum fillet forming slow cure cyanoacrylate* limited time will include 1/3 oz sample Z7TM DEBONDER purchase SLO-ZAPT * Use our ZlP-KlCKElfor immediate cure after obtaining final alignment Pacer Tech 1600 DELL AVENUE CAMPBELL CALIFORNIA 95008 408 379-9701 1 removes cured cyanoacrylates skin wod surfaces etc youre sometimes slower SLOZAPTM Z7TM will give second chance Z7TM DEBONDER odorless will nor craze plastics comes safer water based chemistry know youre going like SLOZAPTM Z7TM DEBONDER wont get stuck Available now leading hobby shops everywhere Regional Waehoosing Sales Offices FRANK TIANO ENTERPRISES 620 RTE 32N NEW PALTZ NY 12561 914 650-9906 House ci Balsa 34 ROSO thers calm air better conditions xpected 1985 WC Yugoslavia iany others may try approach honestly thought Burgos close s Id ever get FlA win said Paul Im still little surprised sult Goulburn Notwithstanding still hudderwhen think flyoff because hould have done lot better Paul says rill unable make trip 1985 Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final demonstration before being placed Air Museum two built other jet fighter very durable Douglas A-4 Skyhawk termed smallest jet used aboard US Navys aircraft carriers supposedly capable atomic weapons delivery Man Space Section contains mock-up Space Shuttle cockpit uniformed mannequins con trols rock moon encased plastic However museum officials stress space travel section complete likelihood will con tinue expand long manned/un manned space travel exists Women Aviation Amelia Earharts likeness story life uniforms military women occupy area other women feats extolled will greatly add viewer s knowledge vital part women played aviation Model Section Under glass models top-notch museum quality composite visual picture aviation April1985 177 SAILPLANES WORLD iSOlA Coffee Rd Modesto CA 95355 Sailplanes International Krause MultiPlex Wanitschek Wik & Roke Sport-Scale-F3B European Hardware Accessories Send $500 Cat & Price List 209 577-0506 complete photo-study display feasible photographs article representative varied wonderful collection seen museum come visit Aero Space Museum open day except holidays take leisurely journey through aviation history things see Some displays have audio-visual podiums explain screen voice history subject Such memories invoke visit will surely increase knowledge aviation ParaCraft/H ux Continued page 98 forgiving errors learning basics gives novice chance good first flight flying strong wind find model drifting backwards beyond control reduce power let model parachute down try fly back against strong wind higher kite will rise Ready build Lets buy kite wings first ParaCraft uses two Jalbert J-75 ram-air-kites available kite stores around country friend member AKA American Kite Association has copy Kite Lines can assist locating nearby kite stores local shops available may order phone source Kite Site Washington DC phone number 202 965-4230 may order using charge card request order form mail purchases cost kites 1984 approxi mately $300 J-75 $300 shipping thats total $6900 two will need wish experiment smaller chute 40-size model higher wind range order J-5 also approximate ly $1600 will add $3200 order must choose between two chutes order J-75 try smaller chute later repair work suggest buy foot two rip-stop nylon tape adhesive backing Get several colors such yellow white excel lent repair material chute After applying tape can stitch place match colors use permanent marker pens Fly new kites 50- 100-lb-test nylon line mild breeze before using ParaCraft will help remove creases relax fabric kites arrive appear permanent ly pressed folded position should also acquaint yourself parafoils performance Notice have strong pulland remember try fly two ParaCraft windy day Use gloves flying size kite prevent line burns cuts attach two kites other place kites side-by-side rib section rib section shown drawings Line up bottom keel hems fold back triangular ventrals lines remainder chute fabric Set sew ing machine its longest stitch wide zigzag Assemble two hems starting leading edge left zig should enter fabric right zag should fall just outside hem Triple-knot thread both ends hem Next set machine straight stitch sew leading edge two chutes together Center stitch between factory stitch edge fabric Again triple-knot both ends thread Lastly attach approximately six inches top kites together necessary join kites way down top edge Most people will prefer hand-stitch quite difficult machine Use large stitches over manufacturers stitches triple-tie ends Check seams hems leading edge intersections loose threads open stitches Once under air pressure seams can come apart Snug knots bridle lines apply small piece folded tape prevent J BEAUTIFUL OBSESSION -This just another Laser 7 large 1/38 scale model builds quickly flies perfectly 95 balsa ply fiberglass cowl wheelpants lots hardware decals 12 cu larger engines Webra Bully 35 recommended 87 3/8 wing span 1254 sq wing area 16 TOC LASER 200 19 lbs WE GIVE YOU GREAT VALUE Eb33133ORDER TOLL FREE 800-7820022 CEK4U8 SERVICE & INFORMATION 7027320022 3132 South Highland Drive Las Vegas Nevada 89109 Send $150 catalog Refunded first purchase M 52 $2500 ea includes shipping UPS COD add $200 $600 plans CA add 6% Dealer Inquiries Invited LINDSEY MICRO PRODUCTS 160-A No airview Ave Suite 104 Goleta CA 93117 805 683 2042 After 5 pm Pacific 178 Model Aviation Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 6886 Transit Rd. Depew NV 14043 Phone No 716 684-5555 LMP 1000 Both require Two Channel Radio Mini Servos 250 MAN BATT wood construction Include hardware needed
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 86, 87, 177, 178
San Diego Aero Space Museum An institution devoted 1useum procurement care study displayof objects lasting interestorvalueAgreat loss felt San Diego destroyed fire has rebuilt tender loving care U Dale Willoughby Top Picture centerpiece view Supermarine Spitfire Mk XVI excellent flyable example airplane ma terially contributed winning Battle Britain WW II Left photo mural background flight activities Ryan PT-22 full ground crew seem willing start days flight training Right Grumman F6F Hellcat flown loved US Navy Marine Corps pilots airplane achieved outstanding kill ratio against Japanese Zero fighter Pacific Carrier War 84 Model Aviation eft This particular French-designed two-place trainer Morane Saulnier MS-230 used movie Blue Max later painted original French colors loan museum Right Reuban H Fleets Consolidated PT-i Husky teddy bear-clad pilot about climb cockpit aircraft aplenty satisfy almost anyones desire photos author Left The Nieuport 11 long favorite American modelers because biplane configuration boxy fuselage Right appealing biplanes Last Great War original Nieuport 28 Captain Eddie Rickenbackers hat-in-ring squadron Left A noted competition modeler late 1960s Gordon Gabbert built exact-copy Fokker D-VII German fighter pro duced thousands WW Right Another German fighter Albatross D-Va plywood fuselage Mercedes liquid-cooled engine gave good account itself over fields Verdun Number variety aircraft rebuilt museum truly remarkable THIS IS THE STORY disastrous fire February 1983 end result finer more-organized display air craft closely related city San Diego CA wisp smoke coming door left open two dark-complected young men hurrying parked car noticed strolling visitors verdant green Balboa Park sound fire crackling followed shout Fire Fire soon entire struc ture once called Electric Building engulfed flamesfed seasoned old pine decades-old doped linen time fire engines arrived little hope extinguishing inferno Smoldering nearly three days heartsickened staff pawed through still-hot ruins uncover old valuable refer ence books thought lost building condemned previously negotia tions underway acquire newer structure belonging city staff given 10 days salvage what could find usable clean up mess Irreplaceably lost fire original aircraft though some fact replicas will never seen man much less fly again However like fallen Phoenix ashes arose better far com plete collection representing aviation its very beginning space shuttle pro gram outpouring offers dona tions artifacts aircraft avia tion fans United States yes around world nothing less outstanding response great some ancient aircraft still stored hangars outlying private airfield awaiting attention April 1985 85 restoration Further negotiations underway acquire unused hangar nearby Gillespie Field used active fly-in museum com memorative gatherings past events aviation history new building situated across US Naval Regional Medical Center Balboa Park shaped like symbol 00 infinity chosen repre sent mans eternal never-ending desire find ways fly further explore ever-expanding realm knowledge earth Aptly named Aerospace Historical Center has two parts International Aerospace Hall Fame San Diego Aero Space Museum southern California City San Diego has closely linked aerospace industry use newer terminologybeginning Ryan Spirit St Louis Major Fleets Consolidated Aircraft firm eventually built over 18000 B-24 Liberator bombers countless PRY Catalina flying boats latter con sidered airmen particularly rescued welcome aircraft sky Oil portraits biographical panels Charles Lindbergh Glen H Curtiss T Claude Ryan Reuben H Fleet display memorabilia others Left gIeamii hei ty w T Claude Rye Vs specialh-cared-lsr personal Ryan STA basis PT-22 trainer Right newly-acquied eehcrat Model 17 Staggerwirg airplane sic example Golden Age aviation author says Left The Piper J-3 Cub probably most-modeled airplane world i nas mint conaition nangs tribute won derful days aspiring phots took air first time Right attempts have made design produce prac tical airplane could also converted driving ot hghweys lovely Waterman Aerobile example well preserved K f ~ siu Q1&de raphicol c--unt ase o stand primitive second engine Right Curtiss V y Vrcneyataihce ~lver loop-theloop routinethrilledthousandsbutledtO hisdeath 86 Model Aviation have made flight space exploration headlines Amelia Earhart Neil Arm strong Yuri Gagarin Sir Geoffrey de Havilland name few plus investors industrialists pilots explorers astronautsthose have distin guished themselves different aspects flight represented depicted International Hall Fame other portion building divided internally various phases progress eras represent Breaking Earths Bonds Dawn Powered Flight World War Golden Age Flight World War II Jet Age Man Space Women Aviation Model Collection Breaking Earths Bonds details ear ly efforts man learn principles flight area contains full-size aircraft built around drawings Leonardo da Vinci innovative ideas workable doubtful composite aircraft would fly However replica models designs Sir George Cayley Great Britain American Octave Chanute Germa nys Otto Lilienthal capable man-carrying stable sus tained unpowered flight display museum Octave Chanutes book Progress Flying Machines containing thoughts experiments published 1884 profound influence Wright brothers powered sustained man-carrying flight still elusive unobtainable 20th Century dawned Also hanging attitude flight pilot aboard Mont gomery Evergreen glider probably best example early man-carrying vehicle San Diego area Dawn Powered Flight Section contains story Wright brothers well known model build ersthose four flights longest 852 feet across sands Kitty Hawk NC beautiful replica original Wright Flyer Wright brothers stretched prone display An original French Deperdussin underneath 1910 Bleriot Model 11 can examined very closely story Lincoln Beachey famous loop-theloop routine chronicled newspaper clippings around base rotunda Curtiss Little Looper mounted atop Cal Rodgers plane Vin Fiz advertising Ideal Grape Drink used pioneering cross-country flights shown section World War Section Progress avia tion particularly purposes winning war greatly accelerated 1914 1919 aircraft prime exam ples such progress An original Thomas Morse SAC Curtiss JN-4D SPAD VII Nicuport 28 Standard J-l display Replicas Albatross D-Va Nieuport 11 DeHavilland DH-4 available first-hand viewing Continued page 177 Montgomery Evergreen Glider w n early poneer p having bicycle wheels spruce structure linen covering Displays specialize r ft San Diego area Sometimes called Heinemans folly Douglas A-4B Skyhawl production fr s serving manyairfomes still flown someUS Nyand Ma eGo e familiar ZAPTM CA know its superfast super-adhesive Yar. also know instances neec rime make final positioning adjustments orfill gap SLO-ZAPTM allows time up 2 minutes get everything just right Its high viscosity maximum gap filling 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Tugoslavia great pity may ave another go 1987 Paul said r now Im enjoying other pastimes Ve hope make Paul Museum/Willoughby Continued page 87 Golden Age Flight Section two fantastic decades1919 1939aviation America truly came age During time world flight profoundly affected number historic aero nautical milestones Noteworthy barnstomers flew World War surplus aircraft outlying areas intro luced general public airplane basic Jenny entranced inspired countless thousands hrill flying Fly 15 minutes pitch experience nwittingly influenced public acceptance f air travel soon become reality Establishment Air Mail Ser vice added further momentum publics acceptance airplane during era aircraft factories started San Diego two famousConsolidated now General Dynamics Ryanbegan building test-flying airplanes founders both firms representative aircraft have place honor museum display Ryans M-1 Brougham ST Consolidateds PT-l Trusty Fleet 2 Other Golden Age airplanes Cur tiss B-i Robin Aeronca C-3 American Eagle A-I Morane Saulnier MS230 Gee Bee Model Z Rearwin Cloudstar Waterman Aerobile World War II Germany invaded Poland 1939 aviation-minded people turned thoughts energies application then-present aircraft meet requirements ever-widen ing war expanded designed new aircraft Represented display period time Ryan PT-22 Stearman N25-3 7A0th-scale Junkers Ju-87 dive bomber Supermarine Spitfire XVI Grumman F6F Hellcat Grum man J2F Duck Postwar civil aviation aircraft displayed Smith DSA-1 Miniplane Jungster VI Pitts Special Wee Bee Mercury Air Shoe String single sailplane Glasfluegel Libelle Jet Age Germany first Great Britain Japan United States developed flown operationally-capable jet fighters before Axis powers defeated surge jet air travel initially began British Comet Passenger service between London South Africa May 1952 set pace rest world An Air Force contract determine feasibility vertical takeoff landing generated Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet flown off steps Pentagon final 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