May 1956 Young Men • Hobbies • Aviation • Careers
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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.

May 1956

Vol. 46, No. 2

The final issue of Air Trails - Hobbies for Young Men was October 1955, and this May 1956 edition of Young Men - Hobbies, Aviation, Careers was one of 13 monthly editions that followed.

Many thanks to Bob Balsie for sending me scanned pages to process and post!

Model Aviation Comics	14
Ever Hear of a ... "Submarine Library?"	22
Northern Minx, by Jack S. Luck	32
Model Boating	58
Russian and French Scale Jet Planes	64

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