Ineering plasad w -all has IT SW ral Os irs mac NO OCR TEXT Ned foi desig anisms projects run fuselage co faces would ui post ir nounted nected Iii Connect& prc raft n acri little kheeo -13 In ile mc ngine ck-up S3 ith sinj nacelles k through ye ibricatc wers Ned dinsci die bare bones 0* n prototypes r ir enlarge surfaces f vull f ii sustaimi inuthenti secoin fri etive apologize have neglected new data engines intentional did neglect carburetors mufflers since such should covered separate complete article Winged World/Bowers continued page 52 barnstorming During golden age years flew air races Howard Pete made home-built aircraft re built bought airplanes such Waco 10 During operations meticu lously photographed plumbed measured recorded structural details now maintains data reference files flew old Northwest Airways using Laird Speedwings friend Speed Holman Canada bush flew Bellancas re mote areas Northwest Territories such trip Ned tells picking up load mining tools several dogs pregnant Eskimo woman Enroute encountering moderate turbulence suddenly attention grabbed loud crack followed ripping noise never felt much cold air dogs started barking expectant mother began have pains amid excitement Neds assessment damages determined Bel lancas fuselage fabric torn away just behind wing almost back fin flapping breeze able maintain flight next mining station landed relief repairs ever run Eskimo named Bellanca can guess came Kragness continued work airlines including old Transcontinen tal Western later TWA leaving special assignment took him pre-war Nazi Germany through out South America During period able fly foreign aircraft names soon become house hold words Just prior World War II called active duty Army Air Corps held reserve commission Coast Artillery first military flying began operations officer after looking log book pointed North American 0-47 field told him go out brush up bit military flying took him Panama flew odd balls combat tours P-40s B-24s Pacific later Muroc Dry Lake test flying engineering Just before war ended captured enemy aircraft brought Wright Field flight evaluation engineer ing studies Kragness deeply involved laughs recalls cident ramp Wright Field captured JU 88 flown Africa brass came out inspect new prize milling around plane under wings kicking tires doing what pilots see new ma chine Major got cockpit began examining switches arm ament panel guess couldnt read German Ned recalls soon loud bang hell broke loose Major thrown switch detonated sev eral explosive bolts under wing part emergency system used rid plane certain external armament loads Bits pieces schrapnel pep pering hell out brass under wing injured awarded Purple Heart After war Kragness left service joined CAA later FAA held positions respon sibility engineering research aviation law lure cockpit came too strong returned industry active flying engineering test pilot Hayes Aircraft later Lockheed During years Kragness owned sev eral airplanes all-time favorite old surplus Vultee Vibrator BT-13 flew fun seven years re markable choice pilot has flown several hundred types ranging Curtiss flying boat Spads Howard racers Lockheed Vegas P-38s FW 190s Constellations JU 52s modern day jets Kragness went back Government 1959 Although day day responsi bilities include active flying manages remain proficient two three different aircraft types flying Beech Sierra Cessna models Kragness still manages spend hours shop pro ducing beautiful models quality seem improve builds often think active modeler individual spends spare mo ment amid much ballyhoo flying field quality model whether built himself may no real concern him admirers Significant rolls can get fast fly-past super Macho X highly active mod elers needs expression satis fied through creativity Such producing replica aircraft has some special esthetic nostalgic appeal Krag ness example BT-13 owned has subject models improvement over its predecessor As true innovator Kragness has developed re markable techniques constructing mon ocoque fuselages has applied BT has developed another clever control systems model com pletely enclosed tail conesheer genius models have flown FF RC considerable success techniques being applied other sub jects Several techniques have subject magazine articles recognition Kragness varied activities have come frequent requests services consultant time time has represented Department Justice insurance firms several large legal firms litigation regarding aircraft accidents Kragness retirement has no allure will progression another career What plans future Well Ned says big grin think Ill just what neighbors neu tered tomcat Sam does continue consult ing also other things want goes such writing about aviation model planes structing flying Beechs Cessnas local airport plans pursue other hobbies photography music use wonderful collection ma chine tools Will provide satisfaction after active years aviation asked him No replied sure hell ofa lot models want build H iperbipe/Schobloher continued page 55 plans help shape styrofoam block carving shaping sandpaper block Sand direc tion prevent chunking Out styrofoam proper type styrofoam expanded-bead polystyrene type because readily dissolvable aromatic fluids Paint foam form coat Hobbypoxy formula #2 epoxy becomes tacky lay number pieces paper handiwipes cloth-like paper towel ing over coated form block Add another coat Hobbypoxy another layer toweling final coat epoxy dry sand down epoxy un til smooth holes paper toweling comes through add coats epoxy necessary ob tain smooth cowling best time prime finish spray painting cowling dry completely satisfied finish cowling pour gasoline inside gaso line will dissolve foam leaving finFebruary 1979 105 $100PeanutNo7 Capt Page 5] Curtiss XF6C-6 MODERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 REPLA-TECHDIr JINTFRNATIONAL INC MC KENZIE HWY PLANS VIDA OREGON 974BB
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/02
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 52, 105
Ineering plasad w -all has IT SW ral Os irs mac NO OCR TEXT Ned foi desig anisms projects run fuselage co faces would ui post ir nounted nected Iii Connect& prc raft n acri little kheeo -13 In ile mc ngine ck-up S3 ith sinj nacelles k through ye ibricatc wers Ned dinsci die bare bones 0* n prototypes r ir enlarge surfaces f vull f ii sustaimi inuthenti secoin fri etive apologize have neglected new data engines intentional did neglect carburetors mufflers since such should covered separate complete article Winged World/Bowers continued page 52 barnstorming During golden age years flew air races Howard Pete made home-built aircraft re built bought airplanes such Waco 10 During operations meticu lously photographed plumbed measured recorded structural details now maintains data reference files flew old Northwest Airways using Laird Speedwings friend Speed Holman Canada bush flew Bellancas re mote areas Northwest Territories such trip Ned tells picking up load mining tools several dogs pregnant Eskimo woman Enroute encountering moderate turbulence suddenly attention grabbed loud crack followed ripping noise never felt much cold air dogs started barking expectant mother began have pains amid excitement Neds assessment damages determined Bel lancas fuselage fabric torn away just behind wing almost back fin flapping breeze able maintain flight next mining station landed relief repairs ever run Eskimo named Bellanca can guess came Kragness continued work airlines including old Transcontinen tal Western later TWA leaving special assignment took him pre-war Nazi Germany through out South America During period able fly foreign aircraft names soon become house hold words Just prior World War II called active duty Army Air Corps held reserve commission Coast Artillery first military flying began operations officer after looking log book pointed North American 0-47 field told him go out brush up bit military flying took him Panama flew odd balls combat tours P-40s B-24s Pacific later Muroc Dry Lake test flying engineering Just before war ended captured enemy aircraft brought Wright Field flight evaluation engineer ing studies Kragness deeply involved laughs recalls cident ramp Wright Field captured JU 88 flown Africa brass came out inspect new prize milling around plane under wings kicking tires doing what pilots see new ma chine Major got cockpit began examining switches arm ament panel guess couldnt read German Ned recalls soon loud bang hell broke loose Major thrown switch detonated sev eral explosive bolts under wing part emergency system used rid plane certain external armament loads Bits pieces schrapnel pep pering hell out brass under wing injured awarded Purple Heart After war Kragness left service joined CAA later FAA held positions respon sibility engineering research aviation law lure cockpit came too strong returned industry active flying engineering test pilot Hayes Aircraft later Lockheed During years Kragness owned sev eral airplanes all-time favorite old surplus Vultee Vibrator BT-13 flew fun seven years re markable choice pilot has flown several hundred types ranging Curtiss flying boat Spads Howard racers Lockheed Vegas P-38s FW 190s Constellations JU 52s modern day jets Kragness went back Government 1959 Although day day responsi bilities include active flying manages remain proficient two three different aircraft types flying Beech Sierra Cessna models Kragness still manages spend hours shop pro ducing beautiful models quality seem improve builds often think active modeler individual spends spare mo ment amid much ballyhoo flying field quality model whether built himself may no real concern him admirers Significant rolls can get fast fly-past super Macho X highly active mod elers needs expression satis fied through creativity Such producing replica aircraft has some special esthetic nostalgic appeal Krag ness example BT-13 owned has subject models improvement over its predecessor As true innovator Kragness has developed re markable techniques constructing mon ocoque fuselages has applied BT has developed another clever control systems model com pletely enclosed tail conesheer genius models have flown FF RC considerable success techniques being applied other sub jects Several techniques have subject magazine articles recognition Kragness varied activities have come frequent requests services consultant time time has represented Department Justice insurance firms several large legal firms litigation regarding aircraft accidents Kragness retirement has no allure will progression another career What plans future Well Ned says big grin think Ill just what neighbors neu tered tomcat Sam does continue consult ing also other things want goes such writing about aviation model planes structing flying Beechs Cessnas local airport plans pursue other hobbies photography music use wonderful collection ma chine tools Will provide satisfaction after active years aviation asked him No replied sure hell ofa lot models want build H iperbipe/Schobloher continued page 55 plans help shape styrofoam block carving shaping sandpaper block Sand direc tion prevent chunking Out styrofoam proper type styrofoam expanded-bead polystyrene type because readily dissolvable aromatic fluids Paint foam form coat Hobbypoxy formula #2 epoxy becomes tacky lay number pieces paper handiwipes cloth-like paper towel ing over coated form block Add another coat Hobbypoxy another layer toweling final coat epoxy dry sand down epoxy un til smooth holes paper toweling comes through add coats epoxy necessary ob tain smooth cowling best time prime finish spray painting cowling dry completely satisfied finish cowling pour gasoline inside gaso line will dissolve foam leaving finFebruary 1979 105 $100PeanutNo7 Capt Page 5] Curtiss XF6C-6 MODERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 REPLA-TECHDIr JINTFRNATIONAL INC MC KENZIE HWY PLANS VIDA OREGON 974BB
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/02
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 52, 105
Ineering plasad w -all has IT SW ral Os irs mac NO OCR TEXT Ned foi desig anisms projects run fuselage co faces would ui post ir nounted nected Iii Connect& prc raft n acri little kheeo -13 In ile mc ngine ck-up S3 ith sinj nacelles k through ye ibricatc wers Ned dinsci die bare bones 0* n prototypes r ir enlarge surfaces f vull f ii sustaimi inuthenti secoin fri etive apologize have neglected new data engines intentional did neglect carburetors mufflers since such should covered separate complete article Winged World/Bowers continued page 52 barnstorming During golden age years flew air races Howard Pete made home-built aircraft re built bought airplanes such Waco 10 During operations meticu lously photographed plumbed measured recorded structural details now maintains data reference files flew old Northwest Airways using Laird Speedwings friend Speed Holman Canada bush flew Bellancas re mote areas Northwest Territories such trip Ned tells picking up load mining tools several dogs pregnant Eskimo woman Enroute encountering moderate turbulence suddenly attention grabbed loud crack followed ripping noise never felt much cold air dogs started barking expectant mother began have pains amid excitement Neds assessment damages determined Bel lancas fuselage fabric torn away just behind wing almost back fin flapping breeze able maintain flight next mining station landed relief repairs ever run Eskimo named Bellanca can guess came Kragness continued work airlines including old Transcontinen tal Western later TWA leaving special assignment took him pre-war Nazi Germany through out South America During period able fly foreign aircraft names soon become house hold words Just prior World War II called active duty Army Air Corps held reserve commission Coast Artillery first military flying began operations officer after looking log book pointed North American 0-47 field told him go out brush up bit military flying took him Panama flew odd balls combat tours P-40s B-24s Pacific later Muroc Dry Lake test flying engineering Just before war ended captured enemy aircraft brought Wright Field flight evaluation engineer ing studies Kragness deeply involved laughs recalls cident ramp Wright Field captured JU 88 flown Africa brass came out inspect new prize milling around plane under wings kicking tires doing what pilots see new ma chine Major got cockpit began examining switches arm ament panel guess couldnt read German Ned recalls soon loud bang hell broke loose Major thrown switch detonated sev eral explosive bolts under wing part emergency system used rid plane certain external armament loads Bits pieces schrapnel pep pering hell out brass under wing injured awarded Purple Heart After war Kragness left service joined CAA later FAA held positions respon sibility engineering research aviation law lure cockpit came too strong returned industry active flying engineering test pilot Hayes Aircraft later Lockheed During years Kragness owned sev eral airplanes all-time favorite old surplus Vultee Vibrator BT-13 flew fun seven years re markable choice pilot has flown several hundred types ranging Curtiss flying boat Spads Howard racers Lockheed Vegas P-38s FW 190s Constellations JU 52s modern day jets Kragness went back Government 1959 Although day day responsi bilities include active flying manages remain proficient two three different aircraft types flying Beech Sierra Cessna models Kragness still manages spend hours shop pro ducing beautiful models quality seem improve builds often think active modeler individual spends spare mo ment amid much ballyhoo flying field quality model whether built himself may no real concern him admirers Significant rolls can get fast fly-past super Macho X highly active mod elers needs expression satis fied through creativity Such producing replica aircraft has some special esthetic nostalgic appeal Krag ness example BT-13 owned has subject models improvement over its predecessor As true innovator Kragness has developed re markable techniques constructing mon ocoque fuselages has applied BT has developed another clever control systems model com pletely enclosed tail conesheer genius models have flown FF RC considerable success techniques being applied other sub jects Several techniques have subject magazine articles recognition Kragness varied activities have come frequent requests services consultant time time has represented Department Justice insurance firms several large legal firms litigation regarding aircraft accidents Kragness retirement has no allure will progression another career What plans future Well Ned says big grin think Ill just what neighbors neu tered tomcat Sam does continue consult ing also other things want goes such writing about aviation model planes structing flying Beechs Cessnas local airport plans pursue other hobbies photography music use wonderful collection ma chine tools Will provide satisfaction after active years aviation asked him No replied sure hell ofa lot models want build H iperbipe/Schobloher continued page 55 plans help shape styrofoam block carving shaping sandpaper block Sand direc tion prevent chunking Out styrofoam proper type styrofoam expanded-bead polystyrene type because readily dissolvable aromatic fluids Paint foam form coat Hobbypoxy formula #2 epoxy becomes tacky lay number pieces paper handiwipes cloth-like paper towel ing over coated form block Add another coat Hobbypoxy another layer toweling final coat epoxy dry sand down epoxy un til smooth holes paper toweling comes through add coats epoxy necessary ob tain smooth cowling best time prime finish spray painting cowling dry completely satisfied finish cowling pour gasoline inside gaso line will dissolve foam leaving finFebruary 1979 105 $100PeanutNo7 Capt Page 5] Curtiss XF6C-6 MODERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 REPLA-TECHDIr JINTFRNATIONAL INC MC KENZIE HWY PLANS VIDA OREGON 974BB
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/02
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 52, 105
Ineering plasad w -all has IT SW ral Os irs mac NO OCR TEXT Ned foi desig anisms projects run fuselage co faces would ui post ir nounted nected Iii Connect& prc raft n acri little kheeo -13 In ile mc ngine ck-up S3 ith sinj nacelles k through ye ibricatc wers Ned dinsci die bare bones 0* n prototypes r ir enlarge surfaces f vull f ii sustaimi inuthenti secoin fri etive apologize have neglected new data engines intentional did neglect carburetors mufflers since such should covered separate complete article Winged World/Bowers continued page 52 barnstorming During golden age years flew air races Howard Pete made home-built aircraft re built bought airplanes such Waco 10 During operations meticu lously photographed plumbed measured recorded structural details now maintains data reference files flew old Northwest Airways using Laird Speedwings friend Speed Holman Canada bush flew Bellancas re mote areas Northwest Territories such trip Ned tells picking up load mining tools several dogs pregnant Eskimo woman Enroute encountering moderate turbulence suddenly attention grabbed loud crack followed ripping noise never felt much cold air dogs started barking expectant mother began have pains amid excitement Neds assessment damages determined Bel lancas fuselage fabric torn away just behind wing almost back fin flapping breeze able maintain flight next mining station landed relief repairs ever run Eskimo named Bellanca can guess came Kragness continued work airlines including old Transcontinen tal Western later TWA leaving special assignment took him pre-war Nazi Germany through out South America During period able fly foreign aircraft names soon become house hold words Just prior World War II called active duty Army Air Corps held reserve commission Coast Artillery first military flying began operations officer after looking log book pointed North American 0-47 field told him go out brush up bit military flying took him Panama flew odd balls combat tours P-40s B-24s Pacific later Muroc Dry Lake test flying engineering Just before war ended captured enemy aircraft brought Wright Field flight evaluation engineer ing studies Kragness deeply involved laughs recalls cident ramp Wright Field captured JU 88 flown Africa brass came out inspect new prize milling around plane under wings kicking tires doing what pilots see new ma chine Major got cockpit began examining switches arm ament panel guess couldnt read German Ned recalls soon loud bang hell broke loose Major thrown switch detonated sev eral explosive bolts under wing part emergency system used rid plane certain external armament loads Bits pieces schrapnel pep pering hell out brass under wing injured awarded Purple Heart After war Kragness left service joined CAA later FAA held positions respon sibility engineering research aviation law lure cockpit came too strong returned industry active flying engineering test pilot Hayes Aircraft later Lockheed During years Kragness owned sev eral airplanes all-time favorite old surplus Vultee Vibrator BT-13 flew fun seven years re markable choice pilot has flown several hundred types ranging Curtiss flying boat Spads Howard racers Lockheed Vegas P-38s FW 190s Constellations JU 52s modern day jets Kragness went back Government 1959 Although day day responsi bilities include active flying manages remain proficient two three different aircraft types flying Beech Sierra Cessna models Kragness still manages spend hours shop pro ducing beautiful models quality seem improve builds often think active modeler individual spends spare mo ment amid much ballyhoo flying field quality model whether built himself may no real concern him admirers Significant rolls can get fast fly-past super Macho X highly active mod elers needs expression satis fied through creativity Such producing replica aircraft has some special esthetic nostalgic appeal Krag ness example BT-13 owned has subject models improvement over its predecessor As true innovator Kragness has developed re markable techniques constructing mon ocoque fuselages has applied BT has developed another clever control systems model com pletely enclosed tail conesheer genius models have flown FF RC considerable success techniques being applied other sub jects Several techniques have subject magazine articles recognition Kragness varied activities have come frequent requests services consultant time time has represented Department Justice insurance firms several large legal firms litigation regarding aircraft accidents Kragness retirement has no allure will progression another career What plans future Well Ned says big grin think Ill just what neighbors neu tered tomcat Sam does continue consult ing also other things want goes such writing about aviation model planes structing flying Beechs Cessnas local airport plans pursue other hobbies photography music use wonderful collection ma chine tools Will provide satisfaction after active years aviation asked him No replied sure hell ofa lot models want build H iperbipe/Schobloher continued page 55 plans help shape styrofoam block carving shaping sandpaper block Sand direc tion prevent chunking Out styrofoam proper type styrofoam expanded-bead polystyrene type because readily dissolvable aromatic fluids Paint foam form coat Hobbypoxy formula #2 epoxy becomes tacky lay number pieces paper handiwipes cloth-like paper towel ing over coated form block Add another coat Hobbypoxy another layer toweling final coat epoxy dry sand down epoxy un til smooth holes paper toweling comes through add coats epoxy necessary ob tain smooth cowling best time prime finish spray painting cowling dry completely satisfied finish cowling pour gasoline inside gaso line will dissolve foam leaving finFebruary 1979 105 $100PeanutNo7 Capt Page 5] Curtiss XF6C-6 MODERNISTIC MODELS PO BOX 6974 ALBUQ NM 87197 REPLA-TECHDIr JINTFRNATIONAL INC MC KENZIE HWY PLANS VIDA OREGON 974BB