With the Model Builders at the 14th Nationals
October 1941 Flying Aces

May 1934 Flying Aces 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.

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"With the Model Builders at the 14th Nationals

George Gallaris' short coupled original design.

Not thrown away - just waiting to be identified.

Left: Johnny Clemens of Dallas, Texas, placed among the winners in the flying scale model event with this Rearwin Speedster.

Right: Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Harper of Chicago share a common interest in gas model building and flying.

Left: Bob Beckler's Bantam - powered Class "A" job flew extremely well. It had one of the narrowest cross sections of any model at the meet.

Right: Many contestants literally ate, slept, and drank model planes at "tent city" during their stay.

Left: Eric Anderson with his "axe"-type outdoor cabin craft. Folding propeller and retracting wheel increases its gliding distance.

Right: Entertainment at the victory banquet. Here, trophies, medals, end cash awards were presented at the end of the competition.

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