Looking Back: Contests As I Remember
IF YOU'VE BEEN a modeler for half a century, going to the AMA and FAC Nationals can conjure memories of how the earlier big contests used to be. Some recent visits to the Nationals had that effect on me. I think of World War II as a dividing line. During those bleak, uncertain years when the Great War was tearing societies apart, I sometimes wondered if the exciting national contests would ever again be possible. Fortunately, five decades later they remain alive and well. In fact, except for the ages of most participants (the average age of contestants at the prewar contests was just under 19), today's Nationals aren't all that different from the ones we old-timers remember.
Piper Pawnee Brave
AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT are playing an increasingly important role in helping to meet the nutritional requirements for the world's burgeoning population. With massive capability to distribute seed, fight the destructive actions of pests, and nourish developing crops, they are in service about the globe. The Piper Pawnee Brave was the last of the aerial applicators produced by Piper. It was designed to distribute a broad range of farming necessities at affordable costs; to provide improved safety and comfort for the pilot; and to be rugged, with low maintenance requirements while away from base working the fields.
