Avia
IN POLAND, modeling could be a lot more popular if conditions were more favorable. Everything is so expensive for the Polish people. When the choice is between shoes or balsawood, food or an engine, naturally the necessities of life come first. Then, too, most young boys in Poland have no opportunity to learn to make simple models. There are few hobby shops, and even fewer carry good, inexpensive kits designed for youngsters.
Lucky 14
LUCKY 14 is my approach to precision aerobatics with a control-line model. The year 1978 was a very good season for me and my Model 14. I had with it the most victories in all important contests in Poland and I was the best stunter in the Polish team at the international competition in Czestochowa/Champs of Socialist Countries and in the Cup of Sofia/Bulgaria/. Only in the Poland National Championships I got a second place-vice-champion of Poland 1978. Thus, after this lucky '78 season I named my Model 14 as "Lucky 14." Designing: After the 1977 season in which I got the third place in Nats of Poland, I started to design my new model for 1978-the 14th of the series. Model 13 had, in my opinion, too large a wing area-about 750 sq. in.-for my old Fox 40 Stunt, so I reduced the wing size to about 700 sq. in. This model would have a maximum weight of about 50 ounces complete, because my Fox 40, a very good engine, was already very old and not as powerful as a new one.
