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24 Four-Play – Dick Sarpolus – Try this low-winged sportster with a .20 four-stroke for RC fun
29 Airtronics’ Micro RC Components – Bob Aberle – FM Product Review: A perfect match for SMC aircraft
32 Ground Effect – Leon Bennett The low-down on lift down low
36 Aeromarine Klemm – AI Backstrom – A rubber scale winner with a continental history
42 Top Flite’s KittiWake – Vic Macaluso – FM Product Review: A seaplane with performance that’s not all wet
46 Enya’s CX-11 – Bob Aberle – FM Product Review: A hot new “mill” for the Small Model Class
50 Midway Models’ New Ruler – Herk Stokely – FM Product Review: An old tyme classic with true soaring performance
54 G-AFFE – Dick Gibbs – The legend of the Pickelberry Monoplane, and a replica you can build
58 Flyin’ Things for Fledglings – Earl Van Gorder – More news from the gang
64 RC Giant Scale – Frank Costello – Frank resumes his series on getting started in Giant Scale
66 RC Pattern – Dean Pappas – So, you want to fly pattern
68 RC Sport – Dick Sarpolus – Float plane flying tips
69 RC Soaring – Herk Stokely – The Princeton low RN airfoil tests
70 Fan Facts – Frank Fanelli – Fans at the WRAMS
71 Old Timers – Steve Boucher – An East Coast contest calendar
72 FF Sport – Larry Kruse – Let them good old boys alone!
74 CL Combat – Rich Lopez – More pro-combat events
76 CL Stunt – Bob Hunt – Lots of new products, and a paint stripping / re-finishing how-to
RC Model Boating
80 MRP’s Python – Don Bilsky – FM Product Review: A .20 powered canard with a high performance bite
84 RC Sport Boats – Don Bilsky – More on writing articles, and a class in battery cycling
86 RC Scale Boats – Eric Goldschrafe – The scale boat scene at the WRAM show
On the Cover: Legends sometimes have a strange twist to their origin. Author Dick Gibbs attempts to unravel the convoluted threads of the obscure legend of the un-famous Pickelberry Monoplane and help keep the memory of the old ones alive. Photo: Dick Gibbs