The Spirit of St. Louis
FOR AVIATION aficionados, the Spirit of St. Louis is one of those airplanes that seems to embody the wonders of flight. Whatever the source of our interest in aviation-aerospace, jets, aircraft of World War I or II, to name a few-nearly all of us have been touched at one time or another by the Lindbergh legend. Almost everyone has been attracted to the tall, quiet Lindbergh and his clean, high-wing monoplane, marveling over the man and then the machine. Many of us were fascinated enough to read the book We, maybe even to build a plastic model of the Spirit of St. Louis.
Fokker Spin III
Consistent documentation on this early aircraft wasn't easy to come by, the author found out, but perseverance paid off. Eventually he was able to develop a very authentic Free Flight Scale model for 1/2A engines with construction very similar to the prototype.
Back to the OI' Drawing/Building Board
Modelers who have drawing/building tables wonder how anyone could get along without one. This table can be constructed easily and inexpensively. It has sufficient portability even for apartment use. The old drawing board is the mystical place from whence ideas and dreams are, somehow, transformed into those beautiful models churning around the summer sky. It is also the place where we return to figure out that quirk that haunts our model in flight. It's always "back to the old drawing board" for some reason or other. Ideally, it is a place to work - designed to fit our indi vidual needs and character.
