Czech Mate
In these views the model looks like a stylized home-built or some kind of fighter from the Thirties. Fuselage and rudder are colored with Floquil paint, wing and stab finished with clear nitrate dope. The OK on the wing is the international mark for Czech aircraft.
Over-EZBipe
ALTHOUGH FLYING MODELS in circles with some sort of elevator control had been developed by Jim Walker, Victor Stanzel, and others prior to WW II, the concept really didn't catch on commercially until the postwar 40s. Returning GIs, with their pockets full of separation pay and war bond savings, set off one of the most explosive eras of modeling ever seen. Numerous manufacturers rushed engines, kits, and hardware into production. Hobby shops sprung up everywhere, and CL models were being flown all over America.
Softee
IN THE DECEMBER 1983 issue of Model Aviation, Associate Editor Ross McMullen expressed his ideas concerning use of four-stroke engines in Control Line flying. Concerning these remarkable power plants, Ross stated, "To have some chance of continuing to enjoy the pleasures of CL flying, we're going to have to shift to engines which reduce the annoyance factor to our neighbors." His comments led me to develop this model as a test bed for flying CL models with a four-cycle engine. Strangely, vir-
