453 viewsOff on another recon mission over Kent Lake, Bob Komro’s giant 60% scale L-4 Grasshopper flies by the shore. Greg Cardillo tells us about it and the rest of the action at the 23rd Midwest Regional Float Fly. GREG CARDILLO PHOTO
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308 viewsCOVER: This month's cover shows a beautiful Kondor Model Products DeHavilland Beaver on floats, being shown by the fetching Kelda Brooks, of Troy, MI. Assembling and flying the big DHC-2 Beaver was a team effort by the Skymasters R/C Club, also of Troy, MI. See this and other product reviews in this issue. Photo by Greg Cardillo.
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296 viewsLt. Col. Alexander Jefferson with the Hangar 9 PTS Mustang that members of the Skymasters R/C Club of Michigan presented to him. The model was re-covered in the Red Tail scheme of the famed Tuskegee Airmen. Jefferson spoke to the club about the experiences he and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen had flying fighters in World War II. This issue contains the complete story of Lt. Col. Jefferson's heroic service and how he is once taking to the skies piloting his own Mustang.
Photo by Greg Cardillo.
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269 viewsThe cover that never printed... As RCM ceased operations. Proof and caption provided by the editor.
THIS MONTH'S COVER -- Features one of RCM's own, as Joe Hass's Arrow takes a "bit of a bounce" (and no, he didn't save it!) at the recent Skymasters Midwest Regional Float Fly. (...) The Arrow is one of the latest designs from Laddie Mikulasko (...) built by Vince Pettke, a master builder (...) The cover was taken by Greg Cardillo using a Nikon D-70 Digital Camera. Coverage of the Skymasters Float Fly (...)
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