The Drifter Plans
September 1971 American Aircraft Modeler

September 1971 American Aircraft Modeler Table of Contents These pages from vintage modeling magazines like Flying Aces, Air Trails, American Modeler, American Aircraft Modeler, Young Men, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, R/C Modeler, captured the era. All copyrights acknowledged.

Airplanes and Rockets visitor Shun kwei L., from Taiwan, wrote to request the plans and article for The Drifter, a hand-launched glider that appeared in the September 1971 edition of American Aircraft Modeler. There was no accompanying article, but here are the scanned plans. The Drifter was designed by Phil Boretto, and plans were drawn by George Metz.

The Drifter

Designed by Phil Boretto
Drawn by George Metz

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Posted December 18, 2010