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compiled by Lincoln Ross currently, issues 111 (Sep/Oct) thru 281 (Jan/Feb 2015), also 36 and 106 (Nov/Dec 1985) I've tried to get all the major articles, all the three views, and all the plans. However, this is a work in progress and I find that sometimes I miss things, or I may be inconsistent about what makes the cut and what doesn’t. If you found it somewhere else, you may find a more up to date version of this document in the Exotic and Special Interest/ Free Flight section in RCGroups.com. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1877075 Send corrections to lincolnr "at" rcn "dot" com. Also, if you contributed something, and I've got you listed as "anonymous", please let me know and I'll add your name. Loans or scans of the missing issues would be very much appreciated. Many thanks to Jim Zolbe for a number of scans and index entries. His contributions are shaded pale blue. In some cases, there are duplications that I've kept due to more information or what I think is a better entry iss issue date ue model name/article title/ author/ span no. first of two etc. designer in. type comment German flyers with shattered prop surrender to 36 cover British flyer with one kill to his credit already, no date Surrender in the Air Jim Hyka na illustration drawing Shows old find the balloons drawing and contest from Flying Aces Magazine with revised prizes and 36 threats if you can find the hidden balloons. Used contest, Pirelli for first prize, etc. third prize only useful for no date Hidden Balloons Contest GHQ na humor, lies snapping at flies S.16, S.20, short history of the types. As always, if 36 article, three only they had a better engine! Some color info, no date Early Sikorsky Scouts GHQ? na view three view with atrocious printing With Model Builders - 36 Randy Wilson's Apparently, this model aerodrome has a truce in no date Aerodrome GHQ na article effect, as aircraft from both sides of WW1 appear. small, has two fuse sections, printing not so great. 36 Marked "Kit No. Y4" as is the accompanying three no date S.E.5 anonymous na three view view of a Nieuport dark background with light lines means it's very 36 hard to read. Don't know which Nieuport type. Also no date Nieuport anonymous na three view marked Y4 as is the S.E.5 three view with it Text and pictures about Walt Mooney's model of 36 Micro Plan Veloz GHQ, Walt article, this 1916 Mexican fighter. Discussion of it's alleged no date Mexicano Mooney na humor superiority to US fighters at the time. GHQ, Walt 36 Mooney, Bob Fokker D-VI, Fokker Haight, Bill notes and Photos and short discussion of three peanut scale no date Dr. !, Nieuport 17 Hannan na photos models. Note from the 36 Workbench - Cockpit Lt. George no date Coamings Morland na article how to make light ones from balsa. includes tiny, blurry three view. 90 square inches 36 DAS (Dave and lots of places to make mistakes. Printing not no date Wight Quadraplane Stott, I think) 13 note, plan so great, and is in several pieces. 36 note, GHQ carps about AMA Nats scheduled for indoor no date AMA Does It Again GHQ na whining peanut. Unclear if outdoor peanut also allowed for. Very detailed drawing of Clerget rotary engine, but 36 printing is poor. A clearer print of this drawing may William A. be found on page 137in Scale Aircraft Drawings - no date Clerget Wylam na drawing Volume 1, Air Age Publishing Peanut and No-Cal current 36 no date Postal Meet News GHQ na standings also play by play commentary !1 82 Prangmore, Humptius Capt Frank cover experimental early airplane gliding over wall into Jan-82 and Blunder Scott na illustration RAF Prangmore Aerodrome 82 Capt Frank Jan-82 Prangmore Aerodrome Scott na story outrageous lies masquerading as humorous fiction Title given by index editor. The Bad Guy Squadron strikes again, stealing the paper. Griffon goes a 82 little to undercover to retrieve it. BG Squadron Paper Shortage at FA address: Basement-Lexington at 23rd, NYC. Who Jan-82 Magazine anonymous na cartoon knew? 82 Living in the Early Days Adrian Jan-82 of Aviation (continued) Comper na article 82 Distinguished Service GHQ, Jan-82 Medal perhaps? na article J. Whatmore, 82 redrawn Joe Peanut Jan-82 Southern Martlet Barna 12.5 Scale Plan 82 Jan-82 Flying Aces Club Rules GHQ na rules 106 Cover Nov-85 Miss Champion Dave Linstrum na Illustration Thompson Trophy winner of 1938, 1939 Announcem 106 Nov-85 Nats Mk. V GHQ na ent Announcem 106 Peanut & No-Cal Scale ent, Current Nov-85 Postal Meet GHQ na Standings Ends April 13, 1986. Glue Guru and Mr. Thumbsome bend the rules 106 Out of Sight in '85 - attempting an OOS flight with a grossly overweight Nov-85 Mumbo Jumbo #20 Glue Guru na Humor J-3 Cub. 106 Nov-85 FAC Rules - 1986 GHQ na Rules The 1986 Rulebook 106 Fictional Nov-85 Booth Ranger Dave Diehls 19" Flyer Plans 108 Phineas Heads for the Cover Phineas declines combat with Von Beestinger so Mar-86 Nats Bud Overn na Illustration he can go straight to the nats Midway Motor Lodge very short 108 Mar-86 Revisited Ross P. Mayo na story sounds like fiction to me, allegedly not 108 Wedell Williams "We Mar-86 Winc" Racer Dave Stott na article article to go with plan 108 Wedell Williams "We Mar-86 Winc" Racer Dave Stott 24? scale plan Cover 109 Jun-86 WWI Dogfight Bob Howard na Illustration 109 Jun-86 nats results ghq? na results Unmasking the 109 Perpetrator: Mumbo Jun-86 Jumbo #23 Glue Guru na article, farce Saving Thumbsome from himself, prop diameter North 109 American full page, so-so print quality, fuselage and wing Jun-86 AJ-1 Savage Aviation na three view cross sections 110 Cover some kind of Christmas in July joke? Santa is Jul-86 Santa Claus anonymous na Illustration holding a copy of FACN starts with a bit of silly fiction and goes on to praise the sketchier of the Comet dime scale designs. 110 With table of designs, prop size he used, extent of stab enlargement, and resulting flight qualities. At Brother Can Ya Spare a least one of these is a 20 incher, and therefore Jul-86 Dime? The Comet Kid na article ineligible by current (2015) dime scale rules. Answers to Questions I 110 Really got Asked - Glue Guru aka A long standing grudge against Grant. ..Also, Jul-86 Mumbo Jumbo # 24 Leon Bennett na article/BS praise of Stormoviks.. !2 110 Rubber Jul-86 Chiribiri No. 5 D. Niedzielski 17.3 Scale Plan 1912 Italian monoplane 110 William Jul-86 P-47D Marencik 16 no cal plan Rubber 110 Jul-86 Skyraider A-1H D. Niedzielski 19 Scale Plan not sure about 19 inch, airfoil is kind of thick 111 Breguet 14 vs. Fokker Cover Sep-86 D.VII Bob Howard na Illustration John Marett's Citabria posted a 269 second flight to win Outdoor No-Cal, while Ken Groves' Corben Ace flew 186 seconds to win Indoor No-Cal. In 111 Peanut Scale, Dave Smith and his IS-4 won Outdoor with a 168 second flight, and Jack Peanut & No-Cal Scale McGillivray took Indoor with his 91 second SE5 Sep-86 Postal Meet GHQ na Results flight. Rubber 111 Sep-86 De Havilland DH-5 Claude Powell 18" Scale Plan Lots of good advice on the care and feeding of Telco and Brown motors. A correction in the 111 An Introduction to CO2 following issue indicates that although Jon Power Systems - or - the submitted the article, most of the content first Avoidance of Gas Pains, appeared in the Hangar Rash, newsletter of the Sep-86 Part 1 of 2 Jon Zeisloft na Article Denver indoor club, author unknown. 111 Others' Magazine - Glue Guru takes a swipe at contemporary model Sep-86 Mumbo Jumbo #25 Glue Guru na Humor airplane magazines. Announcem 111 Sep-86 Comet Postal Contest GHQ na ent Ends October 25, 1987. Looks like Jack McGillivray was the big winner, 111 Erie Model Aircraft taking FAC Scale, FAC Peanut, and WWII No-Cal, Association Indoor Meet while placing in the top 5 of EZB, Bostonian, WWI Sep-86 of November 30, 1986 na Results Dogfight, and No-Cal. Major Y. Fumita, Pilot, and Sergeant Major F. 111 Takashi, Mechanic, set the distance record in Koken - Japanese Long Wei Three-View 1938, flying this long wing monoplane 7,240 miles Sep-86 Distance Flyer Karigane na and Article on a closed course in 62 hours, 23 minutes. 111 Sep-86 Logo Quiz Bob Rogers na Quiz Can you identify these 21 logos from the '30s? 112 Cover Tom Sandor's Ryan ST model stuck in a tree Nov-86 Navy to the Rescue Tom Sandor na Illustration during a contest at Johnsville Naval Air Station. 112 Peanut Nov-86 Curtiss Cactus Kitten Dick Howard 13" Scale Plan For financial reasons, Glue Guru and Mr. Thumbsome are charged with assisting a wealthy 112 mystic who is a complete newbie to model The Gathering of Eagles airplanes, and ensuring he wins the Golden Age Nov-86 - Mumbo Jumbo #26 Glue Guru na Humor event at the FAC Nats in a week. Announcem 112 ent and Current Nov-86 Comet Postal Contest GHQ na Standings Ends October 25, 1987.