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KOTRC Newsletter for July 2008: "Page 2"

This month I've added a `test' addition called "page 2". This is intended to cover things other than the meeting that would be of interst to members. This week I put in the VP's "Wright Brothers Fly Again" and a little bit from the U.K in 1947. This latter type may be of little or no interest to most members so it is a trial.
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Knight's News Flash After a hiatus of about a 20 years, the Wright Brothers are flying again, and on fathers day! John (left) and Tom (right) both flew the profile Mustang while Dad (center) flew the Bee-Slob. The little blue trainer had engine failure and had to be grounded. Photo credit and lunch provided by K. Wright Happy Landings, john

Great Britain about three years after the end of World War II

After living through the slaughter of World War I and then 21 years later over five more years of war including incessant bombing of the British Isles it is amazing to me that they recovered in some ways in a short time. Back to model airplanes for one thing. Young men just out of the service and youths that grew to admire the airmen and were facsinated with flight turned to modeling. The Aeromodeller was the primary source of information and at the time the finest in Europe.

The British knew about control line and were anxious to try. After some exploritory articles and columns written by people in the US they began to get in to it.

My Aeromodeller collection, which goes back to 1939 is bound and so I can't scan the articles in. The only way left is a digital picuture with a lot of post processing so I have to apologise abut the quality of the pictures - but he is a home-grown control line stunt aircraft, the "Crackerjack".

the fisrt two pages are a left half page and a full page that makes up the article and photos. the third page are the plans. They are relatively large files but take a look. There are many pieces of history in my collection of magazines.

See the ARTICLE AND PLANS

Pete

I visited Dale Kirn at home and was invited to his workroom/storeroom. so here are two picutures -- no pair of pictures can come close to even hinting at the treasures in the boxes piled high but the first one is a part of the wall plastered with trophy type articles and the second is a photo of Dale himself standing knee-deep in memorabila.
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