DON'S LATEST ART SHOW WITH NANCY BAKER IS SCHEDULED APRIL 21-22 2012 AT THE YELLOW BARN GALLERY IN GLEN ECHO PARK AT GLEN ECHO PARK, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812. http://www.glenechopark.org/directions.htm  |
 John Hunton with his prototype model.  |
| Don't miss subscribing to ---- RC MICRO WORLD The latest issue (April) offers a fascinating history of Reginald Denny's Radioplane (OQ-2A) development , production and extensive employment as a WWII radio controlled target aircraft. John Hunton's plans for a rubber powered model are part of the package -- see photos. Photo below also shows one of the production workers at Radioplane although in later era! Here is a email address to Roland Friestad -- to subscribe -- Mail to: subscriptions@fullsizeplans.com or contact Roland at - Mail to: cardinal.eng@grics.net  |
Photo of a model OQ-2A built from John's plan by Mr. Calvino in Australia  |
John Bird's electric R/c "Whimpy" in Australia.
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| Vance had some time on his hands between 'gigs' to work on his JN3 Check out his latest engagement coming April 28 to "Jamming Java" nearby in Virginia, You will not regret the evening -- let have a large Maxecuter turnout for our friend and fellow scale modeler "With the voice of an angel, the wit of a devil and ..." Click below for info ---- http://jamminjava.com/home/events/vance-gilbert   |
Hopefully vance will have it ready for the FAC Nats this coming July.
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Another twin for the FAC Nats at Genseo Tom Hallman's latest the MIG-DIS, Tom's dad enjoying holding.  |
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A note from Tom --"Size matters? This should give us some perspective. 13". 20". 37"."  |
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A note from Bob Wetherell in California. "I thought that you and the guys might enjoy these shots of my new Dehavilland Hornet Moth. It has a 37-inch wingspan, is powered by a .5cc reduction of the Mills 1.3 engine, I think manufactured in Eastern Europe. The model has a traditional balsa and spruce structure, is covered with silk and is finished with Sig dope. I chose the taper-wing version of the Hornet Moth because I like how they look. The original is in a museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. (How did I ever document models before the internet?) The pictures were taken at the Perris, California flying site, just after the first test flight. Minimal adjustment was necessary and it made several successful flights. I’m looking forward to many mornings sport flying this model. I always enjoy the latest updates to the Maxecuters web site. I hope all is well. Hello to all the guys. Best Regards, Bob Wetherell"  |
A note from Lindsey Smith in England, Easter Weekend. " We had a busy day, Communion Service at 0800, then off to our daughter in Bath for a family get together lunch. I went flying at Wallop on Saturday, about 90 people there, but we are all so old! There was a group of full size replica WW1 aircraft there practising for a display, and we had to stop flying while they did their thing, but they were pretty neat. The‘observer’ in the Junkers J 1 was a dummy. Regards and best wishes from Lindsey and Jane" |
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