Park View: GWS-15 EDF - 2008/08
IN THE LATE 1960s and early 1970s, the
US Air Force needed a fighter capable of
operating at a performance level that would
allow it to counter the many highperformance
designs coming out of the
Russian design bureaus. The Air Force had
many airplanes flying at the time, but few
were of the air-combat variety.
Great Planes Hosts E-Fest 2007 - 2007/06
E-FEST 2007 was held February 10-11 at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in
Champaign. On campus the weather was way below
freezing and there were piles of snow all around.
Racing Over Rantoul - 2006/10
Giant Scale racing is
a thriller, and the
2006 USRA World
Championship Series
has only just begun
Plane Talk: Hyperion “Miss America” P-51 Mustang 25e - 2010/06
THE NORTH AMERICAN P-51 Mustang
is one of our nation’s best-known airplanes.
Even in this age of sleek, thundering jets, the
Mustang still stirs the hearts and
imaginations of many aircraft lovers.
That is not only a result of the P-51’s
excellent service record in World War II, but
also because of its beauty. It has a
streamlined fuselage, full canopy, nicely
tapered wings … I could go on, but I should
restrain myself.
Joe Nall Fly-In - 2004/10
AS I WAS trying to organize the words
to describe our visit to the 2004 Joe Nall
Fly-In, held May 12-15, and wondering
how to summarize the feelings about
and impact of the event, I received an Email
from John Hunton, who is well
known as a prolific model designer and
builder and generally nice guy. He
described his visit to the event with such
excitement that I asked permission to
steal his words.
