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CIEVELAND, President and Publisher JANUARY 1956 Vol. LIV-No. 1 by William CONTENTS Winter CONSTRUCTION ► After reminiscing with Nieto and feathers, the uproar that fol­ about stick and wire crates until lowed did influence an equality of MitP 9 * the wee hours during a Dallas Na­ events. W aco C ab in ... .......... .14 tionals. had formed a partnership Response to these columns ranges The '55 Rambler .......... ........................... ....... v : 18 with Joe. Purpose: an ice-cold wa­ from enthusiastic cheers to pointed termelon. For a big knife, took a suggestions, but never has response Three Aces ......................... ............... 30 Navy Chief as a third partner. Then been as thoughtful as it was after behind the work hangar, where you the October issue wondered out loud ARTICLES always find sleepless hobbyists, sat about the belief widely held in the in the warm night writh a bunch of industry that modelers don’t want Try WeNCovering! .......................... ................. 12 Texas modelers and, of course, the to “make” models. One of the largest All Metal! (I) ............... 20 conversation soon touched on some manufacturers ’phoned in a fit of issue that had been raised in MAN gloom to say that, with the distribu­ FEATURES at Work. It struck us that night that tors and industry’s emphasis on a column is not something that be­ added hobbies and crafts, model MAN of Work .............................. 2 longs to the person who prepares departments may end up selling Radio Control Nows ..................... 16 it, or to the house that publishes it. tropical fish. Another small accessory Planes W orth M odeling .................. ..23 Rather, it is the property of the peo­ (airplane) manufacturer groaned Douglas World Cruiser ....... 24 ple who read it: one merely conducts that jobbers in his section would not it and, principal among his duties, even answer his letters. A club Foreign Notes ...................................................... , ... 32 is the touchy responsibility of airing spokesman in Grant’s Pass, Ore., said Contest C a le n d a r ......... 36 the issues which most concern us all. boys in his section are not afraid Pen P als ........................ 47 For example, when it seemed that to “build” models but they won’t Quickie Wings ....................... 50 gas modelers would never get a build models that might come out all wrong. Now there is something The Baby ROG ................. 51 break in International competition, we had, tongue in cheek, reasoned mull over! Old timer Charles that gas engines should be put in Holz, Mountain View’, Calif., who Wakefield models. Now there is built his first model, an Ideal Cecil nothing more touchv than vour Peoli pusher in 1929, commented, “I WILLIAM WINTER, Editor real Wakefield fan, unless it is a really was disappointed when my son WITTICH HOLLOWAY, Art Director wounded tiger. Although a few vir­ showed an interest in building mod­ Contributing Editors: Peter Chinn (England), tuosos of vocabulary favored tar els and we (Continued on page 6) Don Grout, Ed Lorenz, Ted Martin, 8ruce Wennerstrom, Harry Williamson Executive and Editorial Office: NEXT MONTH S COVER 551 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Radio Model Advertising Manager, N. E. Slone, 551 5th Ave., New York 17; West Coast Adv. Mgr., Justin Hannon, 4068 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 43, Calif. Editorial and Business officos: 551 Fifth Ave., New York PLANE ON THE COVER 17, N. Y. Published monthly by Air Age, Inc., 1140 East Although a good fighter once in general West Highway. Silver Spring, Maryland. Jay P.Cleveland, service, WWI German Pfalz D-12 was President and Treasurer; Y. P. Johnson, Vice Pres.; G. gradually pushed out of the picture by E. Johnson, Sec. Entered as second class matter Feb. 1951 at the post office at Silver Spring, Md., under the the Fokker D-7. A streamlined fuselage act of March 3,1879. Additional entry at New York, N.Y. seemed offset by complicated wing rig­ ging. Top speed was 125 mph with the Pric* 33o per copy in U. S. %i»b%crIption P r ic e s —U . S . and tx>s3c*diottg: I yr. $3.30; ‘2 >t >*. $ 5 .5 0 ; 3 y r * . $ 7 . 3 0 ; 180 hp Mercedes engine. Span was 29 Canada: 1 yr. 84.00; All oUier cnunlri**: 1 yr. $5.00. Payment front til countries except Carada must fc# In tf. 8. ft. 6 in. Armament was two synchron­ funds. Chengp o f Addres* — Send to MODEL AIRP1-ANK NEWS. 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