Vickers 0 Vimy OPEN-COCKPIT biplanes fun Like Pitts Specials aerobatics Wacos Stearmans nostalgic short hops airport next serious flying youd rather sensible people prefer airplanes tops keep out wind rain cold course hasnt always way Time flying men knew wasnt safe sit inside protected wind Because wind told things going right going wrong since instruments rarely right electronic navigation aids hadnt broken science fiction today otherwise rational peo ple some funny things thoroughly uncomfortable airplanes weve got jolly friend has racked up well over 5000 miles cross-country flying open-everything Breezy thats mostly summer mostly dry weather As people intention ally go places bad weather protection least canopy theyre either gluttons punishment doing best can what theyve got two young Britishers set out become hrst fly forbidding Atlantic Ocean non-stop werent first try others embarked before Harry Hawker Mackenzie-Grieve got halfway Sopwith Atlantic before landing drink Raynham Morgan didnt get Martinsyde far end runway Still others hadnt gotten far plans failures did nothing dis courage vast mysteri ous icey Atlantic greatest Top This reproduction built 50th Anni versery Atlantic flight attended 1969 Paris Air Show Plane made Atlantic hop hangs Englands Science Museum challenges Atlantic wasnt com pletely unknown ships plying hundreds perhaps thousands years climb above rickety airplane having crude radio few instruments would clearly involve bravery skill luck unprecedented quanti ties As John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown proceeded plans fly converted Vickers Vimy bomber Canada Ireland rivals trying put plans action well no strictly-for-glory stunt Lord Northcliffe towering figure British newspaper industry offered prize $50000 first direct crossing between Great Britain North America calm aftermath Great War such prize stirred hearts bored aviator Early May 1919 Alcock Brown airplane arrived ship New foundland Already scene Harry Hawker later gain fame classic fighter planes Martinsyde crew May 8 fleet four Curtiss NC fly46 Model Aviation Don Berliner Below Under urging twin Rolls-Royce 360hp Eagles reproduction taxies grassprobably save its tail skid June 14-1 5 1 91 9 John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown flew primitive WW RAF bomber Canada Ireland first non-stop transatlantic crossing ing boats left New York bound Eng land after 23 days eight stops actually waddled Plymouth England Atlantic Ocean indeed crossed air taken long close failure didnt seem offer much advan tage over sea crossing challenge remained May 18 Curtiss boats way Hawker got halfway across before having ditch turn Alcock Brown Vickers Vimy loaded 1000 gallons fuel 50 gallons oil Rolls Royce Eagle V-12 engines ready deliver normal 360 hp pilot Alcock navigator Brown ready two men could such trip Shortly after noon local time Satur day June 14 1919 heavily loaded Vimy lifted off St Johns Newfound land 413 pm Clifden western coast Ireland almost 1900 miles away Fifteen minutes later crossed coast headed out over Atlantic perhaps never see land again just half hour entered mas sive fog bank soon discovered sole link civilization simple wireless telegraph devicehad rend ered worthless its generator failed minimum instruments two sound engines droned eastward 6 pm Alcock decided try climb above fog effort give Brown chance make use expert naviga tional skills During climb inboard exhaust stacks starboard engine gan break up spewing molten fragments Top A queenly antique indeed Too late service WW came 25 years fore Boeing B-il WW II fame Right Fascinating details aboundthat noseover strut example evil weather over lantic Vimy broke clear 60 feet recovered spin ploughed through spray back toward fabric-covered tail sur faces Luckily no fire resulted now batteries given out went electrical heating flying suits getting later colder. much colder After five very long hours air almost dense fogBrown caught glimpse low-lying sun able shoot sextant learn amazingly almost precisely course back fog time black night can far out over North Atlantic completely out touch rest humanity Rolls Royces continued roar out happy song should continue long fuel tanks what wel come tailwind should enough get way Ireland beyond Early morning Sunday June 15 Brown discovered glass face fuel-flow gauge out center-section strut become iced over im possible read Without knowing rate fuel being used no way cruise economically enough make certain could get way dry land thing Climb out cockpit onto top fuse lage clean gauge hand Arthur Whitten Brown did just clinging hand cabane strut scraping away clotted snow ice other being blasted icey winds did best remove intruder skies had themselves since beginning time got gauge clean readable scrambled back relative warmth continued page 80 turn page plans II / \ N \ I I U fJf} FRONT VIEW II I Al III I IIIIII - \~i-J / -N \ \\ I I I II 1VFC -TUCTI Oi& RIB ION Trsa&IzE COiOBD 1c eAe SD2 AM5i PYLOtJ LPPT TARII I7FR REAR VIEW 1Y PlC L U~Lh64 CO4S1ZUC lO-4 1 3 U 5 SPAR SECTIONS r%Plc1L v/-I LilLT- UP -ic 3 5CT& 0 LL IZUO2 C i-io VET vh-a /II\ AN/ININ rr Hcc1e C0D ENGINE 4c OUTBOARD PROFILEqobiPIDATE I~I VICKERS VIMYI SHT I1 &0c VO 1~ECI dUh40Zic iiNIIIINhl gnu U - I - I 2 WING FUSELAGE ILEAI2It4G tic Mui-1 -4--__ - -WING FRAMING FUSELAGE JOINT 0 5 feet LX -I 2 10 guro 15 GENERAL DATA OfO1YPE Q- 2C0W1 F7T I-I2 14fl&L PPocUCT2- 2-2o NF TE2 0E2UCT- 2-3c0 4P V2 EAGL~vrrr AA0UMENT LEN/E &U4I Ut4Tt LOiP 47 Iv2 L66 -23o L~-J 4G- oo N1LS tT q MI ACt Eooo PT Z M FEZ MP L4TI-44~AT -AEAGWt L2VKL eoe ecc 4ILES PLAN VIEWI SHT ~0biP 1DATE ISCALEIVIC KERS VIMY -I LOWER STABILIlER 9A23455 Meters [Au I/C IrnI BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 Vickers Vimy continued page 47 comfort open cockpit over again again again long storm lasted seemed forever ac counts tell Brown also cleaning snow ice shutters front engine radiators own story mentions nothing sort three morning still good 600 miles land Vimy suddenly broke free clouds fog emerged clear skies before two weary men could begin appreci ate sudden good fortune plunged headlong violent storm tossing turning far too wildly crude instruments cope point some 4000 feet above waves Vimy slowed shuddered stalled went spin rapid spiral headed water frighten ing rate though Alcock cooly throttled back soon realized what happening until within 60 feet Atlantic did break free ugly storm clouds no few feet spare Alcock pulled big bomber out spin back level flight its wings ploughing through salty spray its way back Canada After making 180 Alcock climbed back up 6500 feet could finally relax death grip controls catch breath long heavy rain storm charged rain turned hail snow built up dangerously wings struts anything else stuck out Shortly after seven morning less 100 miles Irish coast build-up snow bad Alcock forced descend through thick cloud layer just 500 feet warmer air did what years later would done pushing button marked De-icer ice gone goal almost within sight feeling doom began slipping farther farther behind First sun appeared just teasing moment could see horizon beautiful mountain called Twelve Pins reaching almost half mile above green Irish countryside 815 am Vimy its two ex hausted men over land first time what must have seemed like years actually just 16 hours 825 flying over Clifden small village near coast 840 down stopped dragging themselves out. soggy sticky peat bog Alcocks very tired eyes looked like reasonably smooth field land great beast Too late realized wet soggy thor oughly treacherous Vimy touched lurched shoved its nose deep muck coming complete stop entirely too soon men totally drained battle elements Vimy such mess its own mother might have recognized made Alcock Brown flown non-stop way across Atlantic Ocean taken off New World landed until got Old World No ever done before certainly no would ever forget done first John Arthur met curious shopkeeper took close look cried thunder really great news exploded through nearby town London world welcomed true heroes fashion Dublin London awarded $65000 prizes whisked off Windsor Castle knighted King George V triumph piloting navigation mechanics piloting side things Sir John Alcock saw future prophetic light next time cross ocean said will flying boat Sir Arthur Whitten Brown saw part operation quite success So far weather concerned could have worse er first hour smothered fog until landed Ireland Nevertheless sextant compass special device determining machines speed drift came through am sure could again being able stagger across Atlantic extreme discomfort did mean dependable commercial airline service right around corner predicted after epic flight Farepaying passengers want some assurance theyll get theyre going sonably good condition rea son would full 20 years before Atlantic crossed scheduled airlines sadly John Alcock long gone perished fact just few months after historic voyage crash Viking flying boat bad wea ther over France Arthur Brown shaken never again flew living out rest life minor public official until died quietly 1948 Vimy however lives hangs proudly ceiling Science Museum South Kensington section London same hall Supermarine S-6B Schneider Trophy winner Britains first jet Gloster E28/39 lives another form well 1969 50th anniversary Atlantic flight exact reproduction Vimy built Vintage Aircraft Flying Association Weybridge England flown across English Channel 1969 Paris Air Show later severely damaged fire Repaired retired RAF Museum Hendon north London Specifications transatlantic Vimy Length428 Wingspan both eight l53 Total wing area 1330 sq ft Empty weight about 7100 lbs Gross weight t 12500 lbs Fuel capacity Imp Gal 1038 US gal Maximum speed about 100 mph Cruising speed about 90 mph Landing speed 45 mph Maximum range record fuel load 2400 mi Vickers Vimy standard heavy bomber RAF its intro duction very end First World War until 1924 remained service until 1929 about 300 built converted special use took Alcock Brown 16 hours 12 minutes fly 1880 miles New foundland Ireland help good tailwind averaged 116 mph ground speed absorbing punishment near limits human endurance Today same flight could made new Vickers productthe Concorde SSTin about 90 minutes almost shameful comfort Vimy hadnt done first 80 Model Aviation r SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come yOure interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add $50 1st Class mail retuml
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 80
Vickers 0 Vimy OPEN-COCKPIT biplanes fun Like Pitts Specials aerobatics Wacos Stearmans nostalgic short hops airport next serious flying youd rather sensible people prefer airplanes tops keep out wind rain cold course hasnt always way Time flying men knew wasnt safe sit inside protected wind Because wind told things going right going wrong since instruments rarely right electronic navigation aids hadnt broken science fiction today otherwise rational peo ple some funny things thoroughly uncomfortable airplanes weve got jolly friend has racked up well over 5000 miles cross-country flying open-everything Breezy thats mostly summer mostly dry weather As people intention ally go places bad weather protection least canopy theyre either gluttons punishment doing best can what theyve got two young Britishers set out become hrst fly forbidding Atlantic Ocean non-stop werent first try others embarked before Harry Hawker Mackenzie-Grieve got halfway Sopwith Atlantic before landing drink Raynham Morgan didnt get Martinsyde far end runway Still others hadnt gotten far plans failures did nothing dis courage vast mysteri ous icey Atlantic greatest Top This reproduction built 50th Anni versery Atlantic flight attended 1969 Paris Air Show Plane made Atlantic hop hangs Englands Science Museum challenges Atlantic wasnt com pletely unknown ships plying hundreds perhaps thousands years climb above rickety airplane having crude radio few instruments would clearly involve bravery skill luck unprecedented quanti ties As John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown proceeded plans fly converted Vickers Vimy bomber Canada Ireland rivals trying put plans action well no strictly-for-glory stunt Lord Northcliffe towering figure British newspaper industry offered prize $50000 first direct crossing between Great Britain North America calm aftermath Great War such prize stirred hearts bored aviator Early May 1919 Alcock Brown airplane arrived ship New foundland Already scene Harry Hawker later gain fame classic fighter planes Martinsyde crew May 8 fleet four Curtiss NC fly46 Model Aviation Don Berliner Below Under urging twin Rolls-Royce 360hp Eagles reproduction taxies grassprobably save its tail skid June 14-1 5 1 91 9 John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown flew primitive WW RAF bomber Canada Ireland first non-stop transatlantic crossing ing boats left New York bound Eng land after 23 days eight stops actually waddled Plymouth England Atlantic Ocean indeed crossed air taken long close failure didnt seem offer much advan tage over sea crossing challenge remained May 18 Curtiss boats way Hawker got halfway across before having ditch turn Alcock Brown Vickers Vimy loaded 1000 gallons fuel 50 gallons oil Rolls Royce Eagle V-12 engines ready deliver normal 360 hp pilot Alcock navigator Brown ready two men could such trip Shortly after noon local time Satur day June 14 1919 heavily loaded Vimy lifted off St Johns Newfound land 413 pm Clifden western coast Ireland almost 1900 miles away Fifteen minutes later crossed coast headed out over Atlantic perhaps never see land again just half hour entered mas sive fog bank soon discovered sole link civilization simple wireless telegraph devicehad rend ered worthless its generator failed minimum instruments two sound engines droned eastward 6 pm Alcock decided try climb above fog effort give Brown chance make use expert naviga tional skills During climb inboard exhaust stacks starboard engine gan break up spewing molten fragments Top A queenly antique indeed Too late service WW came 25 years fore Boeing B-il WW II fame Right Fascinating details aboundthat noseover strut example evil weather over lantic Vimy broke clear 60 feet recovered spin ploughed through spray back toward fabric-covered tail sur faces Luckily no fire resulted now batteries given out went electrical heating flying suits getting later colder. much colder After five very long hours air almost dense fogBrown caught glimpse low-lying sun able shoot sextant learn amazingly almost precisely course back fog time black night can far out over North Atlantic completely out touch rest humanity Rolls Royces continued roar out happy song should continue long fuel tanks what wel come tailwind should enough get way Ireland beyond Early morning Sunday June 15 Brown discovered glass face fuel-flow gauge out center-section strut become iced over im possible read Without knowing rate fuel being used no way cruise economically enough make certain could get way dry land thing Climb out cockpit onto top fuse lage clean gauge hand Arthur Whitten Brown did just clinging hand cabane strut scraping away clotted snow ice other being blasted icey winds did best remove intruder skies had themselves since beginning time got gauge clean readable scrambled back relative warmth continued page 80 turn page plans II / \ N \ I I U fJf} FRONT VIEW II I Al III I IIIIII - \~i-J / -N \ \\ I I I II 1VFC -TUCTI Oi& RIB ION Trsa&IzE COiOBD 1c eAe SD2 AM5i PYLOtJ LPPT TARII I7FR REAR VIEW 1Y PlC L U~Lh64 CO4S1ZUC lO-4 1 3 U 5 SPAR SECTIONS r%Plc1L v/-I LilLT- UP -ic 3 5CT& 0 LL IZUO2 C i-io VET vh-a /II\ AN/ININ rr Hcc1e C0D ENGINE 4c OUTBOARD PROFILEqobiPIDATE I~I VICKERS VIMYI SHT I1 &0c VO 1~ECI dUh40Zic iiNIIIINhl gnu U - I - I 2 WING FUSELAGE ILEAI2It4G tic Mui-1 -4--__ - -WING FRAMING FUSELAGE JOINT 0 5 feet LX -I 2 10 guro 15 GENERAL DATA OfO1YPE Q- 2C0W1 F7T I-I2 14fl&L PPocUCT2- 2-2o NF TE2 0E2UCT- 2-3c0 4P V2 EAGL~vrrr AA0UMENT LEN/E &U4I Ut4Tt LOiP 47 Iv2 L66 -23o L~-J 4G- oo N1LS tT q MI ACt Eooo PT Z M FEZ MP L4TI-44~AT -AEAGWt L2VKL eoe ecc 4ILES PLAN VIEWI SHT ~0biP 1DATE ISCALEIVIC KERS VIMY -I LOWER STABILIlER 9A23455 Meters [Au I/C IrnI BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 Vickers Vimy continued page 47 comfort open cockpit over again again again long storm lasted seemed forever ac counts tell Brown also cleaning snow ice shutters front engine radiators own story mentions nothing sort three morning still good 600 miles land Vimy suddenly broke free clouds fog emerged clear skies before two weary men could begin appreci ate sudden good fortune plunged headlong violent storm tossing turning far too wildly crude instruments cope point some 4000 feet above waves Vimy slowed shuddered stalled went spin rapid spiral headed water frighten ing rate though Alcock cooly throttled back soon realized what happening until within 60 feet Atlantic did break free ugly storm clouds no few feet spare Alcock pulled big bomber out spin back level flight its wings ploughing through salty spray its way back Canada After making 180 Alcock climbed back up 6500 feet could finally relax death grip controls catch breath long heavy rain storm charged rain turned hail snow built up dangerously wings struts anything else stuck out Shortly after seven morning less 100 miles Irish coast build-up snow bad Alcock forced descend through thick cloud layer just 500 feet warmer air did what years later would done pushing button marked De-icer ice gone goal almost within sight feeling doom began slipping farther farther behind First sun appeared just teasing moment could see horizon beautiful mountain called Twelve Pins reaching almost half mile above green Irish countryside 815 am Vimy its two ex hausted men over land first time what must have seemed like years actually just 16 hours 825 flying over Clifden small village near coast 840 down stopped dragging themselves out. soggy sticky peat bog Alcocks very tired eyes looked like reasonably smooth field land great beast Too late realized wet soggy thor oughly treacherous Vimy touched lurched shoved its nose deep muck coming complete stop entirely too soon men totally drained battle elements Vimy such mess its own mother might have recognized made Alcock Brown flown non-stop way across Atlantic Ocean taken off New World landed until got Old World No ever done before certainly no would ever forget done first John Arthur met curious shopkeeper took close look cried thunder really great news exploded through nearby town London world welcomed true heroes fashion Dublin London awarded $65000 prizes whisked off Windsor Castle knighted King George V triumph piloting navigation mechanics piloting side things Sir John Alcock saw future prophetic light next time cross ocean said will flying boat Sir Arthur Whitten Brown saw part operation quite success So far weather concerned could have worse er first hour smothered fog until landed Ireland Nevertheless sextant compass special device determining machines speed drift came through am sure could again being able stagger across Atlantic extreme discomfort did mean dependable commercial airline service right around corner predicted after epic flight Farepaying passengers want some assurance theyll get theyre going sonably good condition rea son would full 20 years before Atlantic crossed scheduled airlines sadly John Alcock long gone perished fact just few months after historic voyage crash Viking flying boat bad wea ther over France Arthur Brown shaken never again flew living out rest life minor public official until died quietly 1948 Vimy however lives hangs proudly ceiling Science Museum South Kensington section London same hall Supermarine S-6B Schneider Trophy winner Britains first jet Gloster E28/39 lives another form well 1969 50th anniversary Atlantic flight exact reproduction Vimy built Vintage Aircraft Flying Association Weybridge England flown across English Channel 1969 Paris Air Show later severely damaged fire Repaired retired RAF Museum Hendon north London Specifications transatlantic Vimy Length428 Wingspan both eight l53 Total wing area 1330 sq ft Empty weight about 7100 lbs Gross weight t 12500 lbs Fuel capacity Imp Gal 1038 US gal Maximum speed about 100 mph Cruising speed about 90 mph Landing speed 45 mph Maximum range record fuel load 2400 mi Vickers Vimy standard heavy bomber RAF its intro duction very end First World War until 1924 remained service until 1929 about 300 built converted special use took Alcock Brown 16 hours 12 minutes fly 1880 miles New foundland Ireland help good tailwind averaged 116 mph ground speed absorbing punishment near limits human endurance Today same flight could made new Vickers productthe Concorde SSTin about 90 minutes almost shameful comfort Vimy hadnt done first 80 Model Aviation r SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come yOure interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add $50 1st Class mail retuml
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 80
Vickers 0 Vimy OPEN-COCKPIT biplanes fun Like Pitts Specials aerobatics Wacos Stearmans nostalgic short hops airport next serious flying youd rather sensible people prefer airplanes tops keep out wind rain cold course hasnt always way Time flying men knew wasnt safe sit inside protected wind Because wind told things going right going wrong since instruments rarely right electronic navigation aids hadnt broken science fiction today otherwise rational peo ple some funny things thoroughly uncomfortable airplanes weve got jolly friend has racked up well over 5000 miles cross-country flying open-everything Breezy thats mostly summer mostly dry weather As people intention ally go places bad weather protection least canopy theyre either gluttons punishment doing best can what theyve got two young Britishers set out become hrst fly forbidding Atlantic Ocean non-stop werent first try others embarked before Harry Hawker Mackenzie-Grieve got halfway Sopwith Atlantic before landing drink Raynham Morgan didnt get Martinsyde far end runway Still others hadnt gotten far plans failures did nothing dis courage vast mysteri ous icey Atlantic greatest Top This reproduction built 50th Anni versery Atlantic flight attended 1969 Paris Air Show Plane made Atlantic hop hangs Englands Science Museum challenges Atlantic wasnt com pletely unknown ships plying hundreds perhaps thousands years climb above rickety airplane having crude radio few instruments would clearly involve bravery skill luck unprecedented quanti ties As John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown proceeded plans fly converted Vickers Vimy bomber Canada Ireland rivals trying put plans action well no strictly-for-glory stunt Lord Northcliffe towering figure British newspaper industry offered prize $50000 first direct crossing between Great Britain North America calm aftermath Great War such prize stirred hearts bored aviator Early May 1919 Alcock Brown airplane arrived ship New foundland Already scene Harry Hawker later gain fame classic fighter planes Martinsyde crew May 8 fleet four Curtiss NC fly46 Model Aviation Don Berliner Below Under urging twin Rolls-Royce 360hp Eagles reproduction taxies grassprobably save its tail skid June 14-1 5 1 91 9 John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown flew primitive WW RAF bomber Canada Ireland first non-stop transatlantic crossing ing boats left New York bound Eng land after 23 days eight stops actually waddled Plymouth England Atlantic Ocean indeed crossed air taken long close failure didnt seem offer much advan tage over sea crossing challenge remained May 18 Curtiss boats way Hawker got halfway across before having ditch turn Alcock Brown Vickers Vimy loaded 1000 gallons fuel 50 gallons oil Rolls Royce Eagle V-12 engines ready deliver normal 360 hp pilot Alcock navigator Brown ready two men could such trip Shortly after noon local time Satur day June 14 1919 heavily loaded Vimy lifted off St Johns Newfound land 413 pm Clifden western coast Ireland almost 1900 miles away Fifteen minutes later crossed coast headed out over Atlantic perhaps never see land again just half hour entered mas sive fog bank soon discovered sole link civilization simple wireless telegraph devicehad rend ered worthless its generator failed minimum instruments two sound engines droned eastward 6 pm Alcock decided try climb above fog effort give Brown chance make use expert naviga tional skills During climb inboard exhaust stacks starboard engine gan break up spewing molten fragments Top A queenly antique indeed Too late service WW came 25 years fore Boeing B-il WW II fame Right Fascinating details aboundthat noseover strut example evil weather over lantic Vimy broke clear 60 feet recovered spin ploughed through spray back toward fabric-covered tail sur faces Luckily no fire resulted now batteries given out went electrical heating flying suits getting later colder. much colder After five very long hours air almost dense fogBrown caught glimpse low-lying sun able shoot sextant learn amazingly almost precisely course back fog time black night can far out over North Atlantic completely out touch rest humanity Rolls Royces continued roar out happy song should continue long fuel tanks what wel come tailwind should enough get way Ireland beyond Early morning Sunday June 15 Brown discovered glass face fuel-flow gauge out center-section strut become iced over im possible read Without knowing rate fuel being used no way cruise economically enough make certain could get way dry land thing Climb out cockpit onto top fuse lage clean gauge hand Arthur Whitten Brown did just clinging hand cabane strut scraping away clotted snow ice other being blasted icey winds did best remove intruder skies had themselves since beginning time got gauge clean readable scrambled back relative warmth continued page 80 turn page plans II / \ N \ I I U fJf} FRONT VIEW II I Al III I IIIIII - \~i-J / -N \ \\ I I I II 1VFC -TUCTI Oi& RIB ION Trsa&IzE COiOBD 1c eAe SD2 AM5i PYLOtJ LPPT TARII I7FR REAR VIEW 1Y PlC L U~Lh64 CO4S1ZUC lO-4 1 3 U 5 SPAR SECTIONS r%Plc1L v/-I LilLT- UP -ic 3 5CT& 0 LL IZUO2 C i-io VET vh-a /II\ AN/ININ rr Hcc1e C0D ENGINE 4c OUTBOARD PROFILEqobiPIDATE I~I VICKERS VIMYI SHT I1 &0c VO 1~ECI dUh40Zic iiNIIIINhl gnu U - I - I 2 WING FUSELAGE ILEAI2It4G tic Mui-1 -4--__ - -WING FRAMING FUSELAGE JOINT 0 5 feet LX -I 2 10 guro 15 GENERAL DATA OfO1YPE Q- 2C0W1 F7T I-I2 14fl&L PPocUCT2- 2-2o NF TE2 0E2UCT- 2-3c0 4P V2 EAGL~vrrr AA0UMENT LEN/E &U4I Ut4Tt LOiP 47 Iv2 L66 -23o L~-J 4G- oo N1LS tT q MI ACt Eooo PT Z M FEZ MP L4TI-44~AT -AEAGWt L2VKL eoe ecc 4ILES PLAN VIEWI SHT ~0biP 1DATE ISCALEIVIC KERS VIMY -I LOWER STABILIlER 9A23455 Meters [Au I/C IrnI BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 Vickers Vimy continued page 47 comfort open cockpit over again again again long storm lasted seemed forever ac counts tell Brown also cleaning snow ice shutters front engine radiators own story mentions nothing sort three morning still good 600 miles land Vimy suddenly broke free clouds fog emerged clear skies before two weary men could begin appreci ate sudden good fortune plunged headlong violent storm tossing turning far too wildly crude instruments cope point some 4000 feet above waves Vimy slowed shuddered stalled went spin rapid spiral headed water frighten ing rate though Alcock cooly throttled back soon realized what happening until within 60 feet Atlantic did break free ugly storm clouds no few feet spare Alcock pulled big bomber out spin back level flight its wings ploughing through salty spray its way back Canada After making 180 Alcock climbed back up 6500 feet could finally relax death grip controls catch breath long heavy rain storm charged rain turned hail snow built up dangerously wings struts anything else stuck out Shortly after seven morning less 100 miles Irish coast build-up snow bad Alcock forced descend through thick cloud layer just 500 feet warmer air did what years later would done pushing button marked De-icer ice gone goal almost within sight feeling doom began slipping farther farther behind First sun appeared just teasing moment could see horizon beautiful mountain called Twelve Pins reaching almost half mile above green Irish countryside 815 am Vimy its two ex hausted men over land first time what must have seemed like years actually just 16 hours 825 flying over Clifden small village near coast 840 down stopped dragging themselves out. soggy sticky peat bog Alcocks very tired eyes looked like reasonably smooth field land great beast Too late realized wet soggy thor oughly treacherous Vimy touched lurched shoved its nose deep muck coming complete stop entirely too soon men totally drained battle elements Vimy such mess its own mother might have recognized made Alcock Brown flown non-stop way across Atlantic Ocean taken off New World landed until got Old World No ever done before certainly no would ever forget done first John Arthur met curious shopkeeper took close look cried thunder really great news exploded through nearby town London world welcomed true heroes fashion Dublin London awarded $65000 prizes whisked off Windsor Castle knighted King George V triumph piloting navigation mechanics piloting side things Sir John Alcock saw future prophetic light next time cross ocean said will flying boat Sir Arthur Whitten Brown saw part operation quite success So far weather concerned could have worse er first hour smothered fog until landed Ireland Nevertheless sextant compass special device determining machines speed drift came through am sure could again being able stagger across Atlantic extreme discomfort did mean dependable commercial airline service right around corner predicted after epic flight Farepaying passengers want some assurance theyll get theyre going sonably good condition rea son would full 20 years before Atlantic crossed scheduled airlines sadly John Alcock long gone perished fact just few months after historic voyage crash Viking flying boat bad wea ther over France Arthur Brown shaken never again flew living out rest life minor public official until died quietly 1948 Vimy however lives hangs proudly ceiling Science Museum South Kensington section London same hall Supermarine S-6B Schneider Trophy winner Britains first jet Gloster E28/39 lives another form well 1969 50th anniversary Atlantic flight exact reproduction Vimy built Vintage Aircraft Flying Association Weybridge England flown across English Channel 1969 Paris Air Show later severely damaged fire Repaired retired RAF Museum Hendon north London Specifications transatlantic Vimy Length428 Wingspan both eight l53 Total wing area 1330 sq ft Empty weight about 7100 lbs Gross weight t 12500 lbs Fuel capacity Imp Gal 1038 US gal Maximum speed about 100 mph Cruising speed about 90 mph Landing speed 45 mph Maximum range record fuel load 2400 mi Vickers Vimy standard heavy bomber RAF its intro duction very end First World War until 1924 remained service until 1929 about 300 built converted special use took Alcock Brown 16 hours 12 minutes fly 1880 miles New foundland Ireland help good tailwind averaged 116 mph ground speed absorbing punishment near limits human endurance Today same flight could made new Vickers productthe Concorde SSTin about 90 minutes almost shameful comfort Vimy hadnt done first 80 Model Aviation r SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come yOure interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add $50 1st Class mail retuml
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 80
Vickers 0 Vimy OPEN-COCKPIT biplanes fun Like Pitts Specials aerobatics Wacos Stearmans nostalgic short hops airport next serious flying youd rather sensible people prefer airplanes tops keep out wind rain cold course hasnt always way Time flying men knew wasnt safe sit inside protected wind Because wind told things going right going wrong since instruments rarely right electronic navigation aids hadnt broken science fiction today otherwise rational peo ple some funny things thoroughly uncomfortable airplanes weve got jolly friend has racked up well over 5000 miles cross-country flying open-everything Breezy thats mostly summer mostly dry weather As people intention ally go places bad weather protection least canopy theyre either gluttons punishment doing best can what theyve got two young Britishers set out become hrst fly forbidding Atlantic Ocean non-stop werent first try others embarked before Harry Hawker Mackenzie-Grieve got halfway Sopwith Atlantic before landing drink Raynham Morgan didnt get Martinsyde far end runway Still others hadnt gotten far plans failures did nothing dis courage vast mysteri ous icey Atlantic greatest Top This reproduction built 50th Anni versery Atlantic flight attended 1969 Paris Air Show Plane made Atlantic hop hangs Englands Science Museum challenges Atlantic wasnt com pletely unknown ships plying hundreds perhaps thousands years climb above rickety airplane having crude radio few instruments would clearly involve bravery skill luck unprecedented quanti ties As John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown proceeded plans fly converted Vickers Vimy bomber Canada Ireland rivals trying put plans action well no strictly-for-glory stunt Lord Northcliffe towering figure British newspaper industry offered prize $50000 first direct crossing between Great Britain North America calm aftermath Great War such prize stirred hearts bored aviator Early May 1919 Alcock Brown airplane arrived ship New foundland Already scene Harry Hawker later gain fame classic fighter planes Martinsyde crew May 8 fleet four Curtiss NC fly46 Model Aviation Don Berliner Below Under urging twin Rolls-Royce 360hp Eagles reproduction taxies grassprobably save its tail skid June 14-1 5 1 91 9 John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown flew primitive WW RAF bomber Canada Ireland first non-stop transatlantic crossing ing boats left New York bound Eng land after 23 days eight stops actually waddled Plymouth England Atlantic Ocean indeed crossed air taken long close failure didnt seem offer much advan tage over sea crossing challenge remained May 18 Curtiss boats way Hawker got halfway across before having ditch turn Alcock Brown Vickers Vimy loaded 1000 gallons fuel 50 gallons oil Rolls Royce Eagle V-12 engines ready deliver normal 360 hp pilot Alcock navigator Brown ready two men could such trip Shortly after noon local time Satur day June 14 1919 heavily loaded Vimy lifted off St Johns Newfound land 413 pm Clifden western coast Ireland almost 1900 miles away Fifteen minutes later crossed coast headed out over Atlantic perhaps never see land again just half hour entered mas sive fog bank soon discovered sole link civilization simple wireless telegraph devicehad rend ered worthless its generator failed minimum instruments two sound engines droned eastward 6 pm Alcock decided try climb above fog effort give Brown chance make use expert naviga tional skills During climb inboard exhaust stacks starboard engine gan break up spewing molten fragments Top A queenly antique indeed Too late service WW came 25 years fore Boeing B-il WW II fame Right Fascinating details aboundthat noseover strut example evil weather over lantic Vimy broke clear 60 feet recovered spin ploughed through spray back toward fabric-covered tail sur faces Luckily no fire resulted now batteries given out went electrical heating flying suits getting later colder. much colder After five very long hours air almost dense fogBrown caught glimpse low-lying sun able shoot sextant learn amazingly almost precisely course back fog time black night can far out over North Atlantic completely out touch rest humanity Rolls Royces continued roar out happy song should continue long fuel tanks what wel come tailwind should enough get way Ireland beyond Early morning Sunday June 15 Brown discovered glass face fuel-flow gauge out center-section strut become iced over im possible read Without knowing rate fuel being used no way cruise economically enough make certain could get way dry land thing Climb out cockpit onto top fuse lage clean gauge hand Arthur Whitten Brown did just clinging hand cabane strut scraping away clotted snow ice other being blasted icey winds did best remove intruder skies had themselves since beginning time got gauge clean readable scrambled back relative warmth continued page 80 turn page plans II / \ N \ I I U fJf} FRONT VIEW II I Al III I IIIIII - \~i-J / -N \ \\ I I I II 1VFC -TUCTI Oi& RIB ION Trsa&IzE COiOBD 1c eAe SD2 AM5i PYLOtJ LPPT TARII I7FR REAR VIEW 1Y PlC L U~Lh64 CO4S1ZUC lO-4 1 3 U 5 SPAR SECTIONS r%Plc1L v/-I LilLT- UP -ic 3 5CT& 0 LL IZUO2 C i-io VET vh-a /II\ AN/ININ rr Hcc1e C0D ENGINE 4c OUTBOARD PROFILEqobiPIDATE I~I VICKERS VIMYI SHT I1 &0c VO 1~ECI dUh40Zic iiNIIIINhl gnu U - I - I 2 WING FUSELAGE ILEAI2It4G tic Mui-1 -4--__ - -WING FRAMING FUSELAGE JOINT 0 5 feet LX -I 2 10 guro 15 GENERAL DATA OfO1YPE Q- 2C0W1 F7T I-I2 14fl&L PPocUCT2- 2-2o NF TE2 0E2UCT- 2-3c0 4P V2 EAGL~vrrr AA0UMENT LEN/E &U4I Ut4Tt LOiP 47 Iv2 L66 -23o L~-J 4G- oo N1LS tT q MI ACt Eooo PT Z M FEZ MP L4TI-44~AT -AEAGWt L2VKL eoe ecc 4ILES PLAN VIEWI SHT ~0biP 1DATE ISCALEIVIC KERS VIMY -I LOWER STABILIlER 9A23455 Meters [Au I/C IrnI BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 Vickers Vimy continued page 47 comfort open cockpit over again again again long storm lasted seemed forever ac counts tell Brown also cleaning snow ice shutters front engine radiators own story mentions nothing sort three morning still good 600 miles land Vimy suddenly broke free clouds fog emerged clear skies before two weary men could begin appreci ate sudden good fortune plunged headlong violent storm tossing turning far too wildly crude instruments cope point some 4000 feet above waves Vimy slowed shuddered stalled went spin rapid spiral headed water frighten ing rate though Alcock cooly throttled back soon realized what happening until within 60 feet Atlantic did break free ugly storm clouds no few feet spare Alcock pulled big bomber out spin back level flight its wings ploughing through salty spray its way back Canada After making 180 Alcock climbed back up 6500 feet could finally relax death grip controls catch breath long heavy rain storm charged rain turned hail snow built up dangerously wings struts anything else stuck out Shortly after seven morning less 100 miles Irish coast build-up snow bad Alcock forced descend through thick cloud layer just 500 feet warmer air did what years later would done pushing button marked De-icer ice gone goal almost within sight feeling doom began slipping farther farther behind First sun appeared just teasing moment could see horizon beautiful mountain called Twelve Pins reaching almost half mile above green Irish countryside 815 am Vimy its two ex hausted men over land first time what must have seemed like years actually just 16 hours 825 flying over Clifden small village near coast 840 down stopped dragging themselves out. soggy sticky peat bog Alcocks very tired eyes looked like reasonably smooth field land great beast Too late realized wet soggy thor oughly treacherous Vimy touched lurched shoved its nose deep muck coming complete stop entirely too soon men totally drained battle elements Vimy such mess its own mother might have recognized made Alcock Brown flown non-stop way across Atlantic Ocean taken off New World landed until got Old World No ever done before certainly no would ever forget done first John Arthur met curious shopkeeper took close look cried thunder really great news exploded through nearby town London world welcomed true heroes fashion Dublin London awarded $65000 prizes whisked off Windsor Castle knighted King George V triumph piloting navigation mechanics piloting side things Sir John Alcock saw future prophetic light next time cross ocean said will flying boat Sir Arthur Whitten Brown saw part operation quite success So far weather concerned could have worse er first hour smothered fog until landed Ireland Nevertheless sextant compass special device determining machines speed drift came through am sure could again being able stagger across Atlantic extreme discomfort did mean dependable commercial airline service right around corner predicted after epic flight Farepaying passengers want some assurance theyll get theyre going sonably good condition rea son would full 20 years before Atlantic crossed scheduled airlines sadly John Alcock long gone perished fact just few months after historic voyage crash Viking flying boat bad wea ther over France Arthur Brown shaken never again flew living out rest life minor public official until died quietly 1948 Vimy however lives hangs proudly ceiling Science Museum South Kensington section London same hall Supermarine S-6B Schneider Trophy winner Britains first jet Gloster E28/39 lives another form well 1969 50th anniversary Atlantic flight exact reproduction Vimy built Vintage Aircraft Flying Association Weybridge England flown across English Channel 1969 Paris Air Show later severely damaged fire Repaired retired RAF Museum Hendon north London Specifications transatlantic Vimy Length428 Wingspan both eight l53 Total wing area 1330 sq ft Empty weight about 7100 lbs Gross weight t 12500 lbs Fuel capacity Imp Gal 1038 US gal Maximum speed about 100 mph Cruising speed about 90 mph Landing speed 45 mph Maximum range record fuel load 2400 mi Vickers Vimy standard heavy bomber RAF its intro duction very end First World War until 1924 remained service until 1929 about 300 built converted special use took Alcock Brown 16 hours 12 minutes fly 1880 miles New foundland Ireland help good tailwind averaged 116 mph ground speed absorbing punishment near limits human endurance Today same flight could made new Vickers productthe Concorde SSTin about 90 minutes almost shameful comfort Vimy hadnt done first 80 Model Aviation r SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come yOure interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add $50 1st Class mail retuml
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 48, 49, 80
Vickers 0 Vimy OPEN-COCKPIT biplanes fun Like Pitts Specials aerobatics Wacos Stearmans nostalgic short hops airport next serious flying youd rather sensible people prefer airplanes tops keep out wind rain cold course hasnt always way Time flying men knew wasnt safe sit inside protected wind Because wind told things going right going wrong since instruments rarely right electronic navigation aids hadnt broken science fiction today otherwise rational peo ple some funny things thoroughly uncomfortable airplanes weve got jolly friend has racked up well over 5000 miles cross-country flying open-everything Breezy thats mostly summer mostly dry weather As people intention ally go places bad weather protection least canopy theyre either gluttons punishment doing best can what theyve got two young Britishers set out become hrst fly forbidding Atlantic Ocean non-stop werent first try others embarked before Harry Hawker Mackenzie-Grieve got halfway Sopwith Atlantic before landing drink Raynham Morgan didnt get Martinsyde far end runway Still others hadnt gotten far plans failures did nothing dis courage vast mysteri ous icey Atlantic greatest Top This reproduction built 50th Anni versery Atlantic flight attended 1969 Paris Air Show Plane made Atlantic hop hangs Englands Science Museum challenges Atlantic wasnt com pletely unknown ships plying hundreds perhaps thousands years climb above rickety airplane having crude radio few instruments would clearly involve bravery skill luck unprecedented quanti ties As John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown proceeded plans fly converted Vickers Vimy bomber Canada Ireland rivals trying put plans action well no strictly-for-glory stunt Lord Northcliffe towering figure British newspaper industry offered prize $50000 first direct crossing between Great Britain North America calm aftermath Great War such prize stirred hearts bored aviator Early May 1919 Alcock Brown airplane arrived ship New foundland Already scene Harry Hawker later gain fame classic fighter planes Martinsyde crew May 8 fleet four Curtiss NC fly46 Model Aviation Don Berliner Below Under urging twin Rolls-Royce 360hp Eagles reproduction taxies grassprobably save its tail skid June 14-1 5 1 91 9 John Alcock Arthur Whitten Brown flew primitive WW RAF bomber Canada Ireland first non-stop transatlantic crossing ing boats left New York bound Eng land after 23 days eight stops actually waddled Plymouth England Atlantic Ocean indeed crossed air taken long close failure didnt seem offer much advan tage over sea crossing challenge remained May 18 Curtiss boats way Hawker got halfway across before having ditch turn Alcock Brown Vickers Vimy loaded 1000 gallons fuel 50 gallons oil Rolls Royce Eagle V-12 engines ready deliver normal 360 hp pilot Alcock navigator Brown ready two men could such trip Shortly after noon local time Satur day June 14 1919 heavily loaded Vimy lifted off St Johns Newfound land 413 pm Clifden western coast Ireland almost 1900 miles away Fifteen minutes later crossed coast headed out over Atlantic perhaps never see land again just half hour entered mas sive fog bank soon discovered sole link civilization simple wireless telegraph devicehad rend ered worthless its generator failed minimum instruments two sound engines droned eastward 6 pm Alcock decided try climb above fog effort give Brown chance make use expert naviga tional skills During climb inboard exhaust stacks starboard engine gan break up spewing molten fragments Top A queenly antique indeed Too late service WW came 25 years fore Boeing B-il WW II fame Right Fascinating details aboundthat noseover strut example evil weather over lantic Vimy broke clear 60 feet recovered spin ploughed through spray back toward fabric-covered tail sur faces Luckily no fire resulted now batteries given out went electrical heating flying suits getting later colder. much colder After five very long hours air almost dense fogBrown caught glimpse low-lying sun able shoot sextant learn amazingly almost precisely course back fog time black night can far out over North Atlantic completely out touch rest humanity Rolls Royces continued roar out happy song should continue long fuel tanks what wel come tailwind should enough get way Ireland beyond Early morning Sunday June 15 Brown discovered glass face fuel-flow gauge out center-section strut become iced over im possible read Without knowing rate fuel being used no way cruise economically enough make certain could get way dry land thing Climb out cockpit onto top fuse lage clean gauge hand Arthur Whitten Brown did just clinging hand cabane strut scraping away clotted snow ice other being blasted icey winds did best remove intruder skies had themselves since beginning time got gauge clean readable scrambled back relative warmth continued page 80 turn page plans II / \ N \ I I U fJf} FRONT VIEW II I Al III I IIIIII - \~i-J / -N \ \\ I I I II 1VFC -TUCTI Oi& RIB ION Trsa&IzE COiOBD 1c eAe SD2 AM5i PYLOtJ LPPT TARII I7FR REAR VIEW 1Y PlC L U~Lh64 CO4S1ZUC lO-4 1 3 U 5 SPAR SECTIONS r%Plc1L v/-I LilLT- UP -ic 3 5CT& 0 LL IZUO2 C i-io VET vh-a /II\ AN/ININ rr Hcc1e C0D ENGINE 4c OUTBOARD PROFILEqobiPIDATE I~I VICKERS VIMYI SHT I1 &0c VO 1~ECI dUh40Zic iiNIIIINhl gnu U - I - I 2 WING FUSELAGE ILEAI2It4G tic Mui-1 -4--__ - -WING FRAMING FUSELAGE JOINT 0 5 feet LX -I 2 10 guro 15 GENERAL DATA OfO1YPE Q- 2C0W1 F7T I-I2 14fl&L PPocUCT2- 2-2o NF TE2 0E2UCT- 2-3c0 4P V2 EAGL~vrrr AA0UMENT LEN/E &U4I Ut4Tt LOiP 47 Iv2 L66 -23o L~-J 4G- oo N1LS tT q MI ACt Eooo PT Z M FEZ MP L4TI-44~AT -AEAGWt L2VKL eoe ecc 4ILES PLAN VIEWI SHT ~0biP 1DATE ISCALEIVIC KERS VIMY -I LOWER STABILIlER 9A23455 Meters [Au I/C IrnI BOX 511E HIGGINSVILLE MISSOURI 64037 Vickers Vimy continued page 47 comfort open cockpit over again again again long storm lasted seemed forever ac counts tell Brown also cleaning snow ice shutters front engine radiators own story mentions nothing sort three morning still good 600 miles land Vimy suddenly broke free clouds fog emerged clear skies before two weary men could begin appreci ate sudden good fortune plunged headlong violent storm tossing turning far too wildly crude instruments cope point some 4000 feet above waves Vimy slowed shuddered stalled went spin rapid spiral headed water frighten ing rate though Alcock cooly throttled back soon realized what happening until within 60 feet Atlantic did break free ugly storm clouds no few feet spare Alcock pulled big bomber out spin back level flight its wings ploughing through salty spray its way back Canada After making 180 Alcock climbed back up 6500 feet could finally relax death grip controls catch breath long heavy rain storm charged rain turned hail snow built up dangerously wings struts anything else stuck out Shortly after seven morning less 100 miles Irish coast build-up snow bad Alcock forced descend through thick cloud layer just 500 feet warmer air did what years later would done pushing button marked De-icer ice gone goal almost within sight feeling doom began slipping farther farther behind First sun appeared just teasing moment could see horizon beautiful mountain called Twelve Pins reaching almost half mile above green Irish countryside 815 am Vimy its two ex hausted men over land first time what must have seemed like years actually just 16 hours 825 flying over Clifden small village near coast 840 down stopped dragging themselves out. soggy sticky peat bog Alcocks very tired eyes looked like reasonably smooth field land great beast Too late realized wet soggy thor oughly treacherous Vimy touched lurched shoved its nose deep muck coming complete stop entirely too soon men totally drained battle elements Vimy such mess its own mother might have recognized made Alcock Brown flown non-stop way across Atlantic Ocean taken off New World landed until got Old World No ever done before certainly no would ever forget done first John Arthur met curious shopkeeper took close look cried thunder really great news exploded through nearby town London world welcomed true heroes fashion Dublin London awarded $65000 prizes whisked off Windsor Castle knighted King George V triumph piloting navigation mechanics piloting side things Sir John Alcock saw future prophetic light next time cross ocean said will flying boat Sir Arthur Whitten Brown saw part operation quite success So far weather concerned could have worse er first hour smothered fog until landed Ireland Nevertheless sextant compass special device determining machines speed drift came through am sure could again being able stagger across Atlantic extreme discomfort did mean dependable commercial airline service right around corner predicted after epic flight Farepaying passengers want some assurance theyll get theyre going sonably good condition rea son would full 20 years before Atlantic crossed scheduled airlines sadly John Alcock long gone perished fact just few months after historic voyage crash Viking flying boat bad wea ther over France Arthur Brown shaken never again flew living out rest life minor public official until died quietly 1948 Vimy however lives hangs proudly ceiling Science Museum South Kensington section London same hall Supermarine S-6B Schneider Trophy winner Britains first jet Gloster E28/39 lives another form well 1969 50th anniversary Atlantic flight exact reproduction Vimy built Vintage Aircraft Flying Association Weybridge England flown across English Channel 1969 Paris Air Show later severely damaged fire Repaired retired RAF Museum Hendon north London Specifications transatlantic Vimy Length428 Wingspan both eight l53 Total wing area 1330 sq ft Empty weight about 7100 lbs Gross weight t 12500 lbs Fuel capacity Imp Gal 1038 US gal Maximum speed about 100 mph Cruising speed about 90 mph Landing speed 45 mph Maximum range record fuel load 2400 mi Vickers Vimy standard heavy bomber RAF its intro duction very end First World War until 1924 remained service until 1929 about 300 built converted special use took Alcock Brown 16 hours 12 minutes fly 1880 miles New foundland Ireland help good tailwind averaged 116 mph ground speed absorbing punishment near limits human endurance Today same flight could made new Vickers productthe Concorde SSTin about 90 minutes almost shameful comfort Vimy hadnt done first 80 Model Aviation r SERVING THE R/Cer SINCE 1953 Since weve business 24 years can sure stay offer service customers years come yOure interested what have offer send Si complete catalog Add $50 1st Class mail retuml