Volume 42 Number 2 Website: http://www.aerohistorians.org February 2008 Mitsubishi J8M Shusui B-29 raids forced production into makeshift factories, such as this one. The Mitsubishi J8M Shusui which was whether their industry assist its own production. In turn the by Rick Koehnen could afford to take on another Japanese would compensate the program that was technically German government 20m (million) In the autumn of 1943 beyond anything else they had Reichsmark for the rocket alone. Japanese military and naval done before. But the proponents of attaches were given a the program won and Germany Complete and duplicate sets of demonstration in Germany of the agreed to supply complete technical data on all areas of the Messerschmitt Me 163B. Japan blueprints and manufacturing data project were dispatched to Japan began to negotiate a manufacturing for the rocket motor and Me 163B by Cdr Kikkawa aboard the license agreement for both the Me airframe along with one complete submarine Satsuki and by Cdr 163B and the Walter HWK 509A aircraft, two sets of subassemblies Tway aboard the submarine Matsu. rocket motor. and three complete rocket motors The Satsuki was sunk by the Allies and fuel manufacturing processes, but the Matsu docked in Singapore Arguments raged in Japan by 1 March 1944. The Japanese on 14 July, 1944. Cdr Iwaya was between the Army and Navy and were allowed to send a joint service immediately flown to Tokyo with his various different interest groups as task force to examine the German's documents. to the viability of Japans need and manufacturing, assembly, and use of these weapons. The least of operating use of the aircraft to (Continued on page 4) Page 1 TCAH Officers GENERAL MEETING MINUTES œ From the Vice President January 2008 by Larry Donovan President , Bob Maderich Bob Maderich called the meet- Firstly, my apologies for miss- Vice-President , Larry Donovan ing to order at 1:30pm. We had ing the January meeting. At the last some new people show up, Dave minute I was "urgently" called to Secretary , Bernie Kugel Dewitt and Randy Worenger. Wel- work (the real job; not the fun one come. John Roll, Winston, and Axel at a hobby store). I'll spare you, the Treasurer , Steve Jantscher told us of new products. Steve reader, from the details; but be fore- Jantscher gave his Treasurer‘s re- warned, this does give grist for this Historian , Tom Norrbohm port. We voted on a theme for Nor- writer's mill in a later issue. dicon. —Back to the 50‘s“ was voted. I am going to keep this month's Newsletter Info Winston then made a pitch for column short, covering a few issues Article Submission Deadline: 22nd having an R5 in Rochester in 2009 I would like to get started ASAP of each month. and asked for support from the with the club's support: members of TCAH. Editor The Guest Speaker Forum Bob Arko Bernie Kugel made his current Please let me know if you are 6417 Rice Court report for Nordicon. He is looking interested in giving a presentation Lino Lakes, MN 55014 for volunteers to help. Please con- for our meetings. It does not have 651-481-8887h tact him for more information. to be over 20 minutes; we do not 763-496-6742w expect the smooth delivery of a [email protected] Larry Donovan is looking ideas Presidential candidate on the hus- from the members for upcoming tling; and we do promise that this Distribution Editor demos and seminars. Please con- will increase our knowledge of Rick Schmierer tact Larry if you have anything. something about modeling, history, 1852 E. 39 Street or both. Contact me at home, or at Minneapolis, MN 55407 We had —Show and Tell“, and the meeting, or email 612-721-8787 then meeting was adjourned. ([email protected]) [email protected]. Judges' School Send articles to: From the President Let's face it. We as a club Bob Arko by Bob Maderich have been extraordinarly lucky in 6417 Rice Court having great judges at our Nordi- Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Welcome to the February Cons. They work very hard under a [email protected] TCAH newsletter. very tight deadline and have done a great job each and every time. Send Change of address notice to: First off, thanks to everyone Steve Jantscher who voted last month for our annual And, let's face it, we are burn- 20430 Texas Avenue awards and for choosing the 2008 ing them out. One of the issues in Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 Nordicon special theme. I think running for this job (just one heart "Back to the 50's" will be a good beat away from our fearless theme to build for. Try something leader!) is that we need to expand TCAH This Month different, a jet, an airliner, heck our "corps d'judge(s)". If we want maybe even a car! this to happen we need a Judge's The monthly meeting will be held School to help this process Saturday February 9, at Fleming I'm hoping to have some more along. Our experienced judges can Field, South St. Paul, beginning at forums in the coming months, be teach our novices what to look for 1:30 pm. Vendor baiting will begin they historical or model related. and how to evaluate models in dif- about 12:30, so come early. I really enjoyed the ones we had in ferent categories. After going 2007. So, if you are interested in through this process, potential doing one, or would like to suggest judges can receive practical experi- one, contact Larry Donovan or my- ence by being more confident when self and we'll get on it. you are at another groups show Picture your model here! Send me and they ask you to judge. We can a photo of your model, and it‘ll be Looking forward to the run a "simulated contest" at a future used to fill these little white spaces Rochester show, always a (Continued on page 3) at the ends of the columns. blast, see ya there! Page 2 club meeting; or if the club allows, airliners. Value of the deal is $344 had their plans disrupted. use an "On the Table" from a regu- million. Republic Airlines is the larg- lar meeting. If we want to have a est operator in the world of Em- Jeju Air, a Korean low-cost car- judged show for 2009, now is the braer airliners with 101 currently in rier, ordered 5 Boeing 737-800s on time to start training. If you are a their fleet. The Embraer 175 has 76 the last day of 2007. Cost of deal is judge willing to "show us how" or if seats - 12 in first class and 64 in $370 million. you are interested in becoming a coach. By the end of 2007, Em- judge, let me know through the con- braer had delivered 712 and had Lufthansa will hire 4,300 new tacts above. orders for 756 more, for a total of employees this year - all in Ger- 1,468 Embraer 175s. The Embraer many. Upcoming Contests for our 175 is operated by 43 airlines in area: over 30 countries. Boeing received a record firm orders for 1,413 airliners in 2007. Feb 2nd Hope it Don't Snow in Maxjet, the two year old, all- Boeing had orders in 2006 for 1,044 Rochester, at a new facility, the business class airline serving trans- airliners. Third year in a row that Kaehler Hotel: contact Ed St. Denis Atlantic routes, ceased operations orders have been over 1,000. or see the website for the Zumbro on Christmas day, and filed for Valley Modelers bankruptcy protection in the face of Boeing delivered 330 Boeing high fuel costs, and fierce competi- 737s, 83 Boeing 777s, 16 Boeing March 1st "Mad City Modelers tion. They operated 4 Boeing 767- 747s, and 12 Boeing 767s, for a to- 13th Annual Contest" at the Radis- 200 aircraft. tal of 441 delivered in 2007. son in Madison WI. See the Mad City website or contact Jim Turek at Air Astana, the airline of the Boeing and Airbus both pre- 608-329-7222 central Asian nation of Kazakhstan, dicted a very sharp decline in airline ordered 6 Airbus A-320s and 3 orders for 2008. Boeing and Airbus March 29 "3rd Annual Model Boeing 787 Dreamliners for a com- had record orders and deliveries in Contest" by the IPMS South Min- bined price of $950 million. Air As- 2007. nesota; contact Dan Bauer at 507- tana presently has 18 jets. 427-2729. Delta Airlines and some other British Airways ordered 24 major airlines (like Northwest Air- April 12 "14th Annual Plastic Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The order lines) will merge this year - predic- Surgeons Contest" West Des is valued at $4.4 Billion. British Air- tion from me!! Moines IA. See the IPMS Plastic ways took an option for 18 more. Surgeons website or contact Robert Gulf Air ordered 16 Boeing 787 Folder 515-664-4900 GOL, the airline of Brazil, or- Dreamliners worth $3.4 Billion. Gulf dered 34 Boeing 737-800s com- Air also purchased 8 Airbus A-320s May 16th-17th Region 5 Re- pleting a purchase option for 121 for $520 million. gional Contest hosted by IPMS Fort airliners. This brings GOL fleet to Crook. The venue is the Mid- 161 Boeing 737-800s. Air Pacific, the airline of Fiji, or- America Center in Council Bluffs dered 3 more Boeing 787 Dreamlin- IA.