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The foldable two-wheeler can be purchased at K-Mart or like retail stores (above left). It is easy to store and is very useful to unfold and carry needed items to the pit area of any contest. It can also be used around the home and workshop. Here Allen’s foldable cart (above right) is strapped with his flying box and a “milk carton” type plastic box to hold his fuel, battery powered starter, cold


water, and other needed items for a day at the field. The author’s 1977/78 Musketeeris shown in the hands of his son, James (below). The plans are now drawn for a re-creation of the Musketeer. The McCoy Series 21 .40 engine will be replaced with an engine from Allen’s collection of ST .46s. The Musketeer has moved up the list of airplanes Allen plans to build.


Nostalgia 30 Musketeer One just started project is the recon- struction of my 1978 Musketeer. This Mc- Coy .40 powered Stunt model was built in 1977 for use in my up-the-ladder career in precision aerobatics. The model flew well but a fellow Stunt competitor in the west- ern Kentucky area wanted it, so I sold it to him. I missed the Musketeer and now the Nostalgia 30 class has compelled me to replicate the plane for future use over the circles and be a possible publication subject. The Musketeer used a Jetco Shark 45


wing with three center section inches re- moved. The model utilized the stock root and tip rib and retained the stock Shark 45 tip outlines. The smaller wing and flaps came to a dimension of a 55-inch span and a wing area of about 605 square inches. I have plenty of ST .46s waiting in the wings for their revival stage appearance on the competition circuit. The new line rules al- low me to use the larger but smooth run- ning .46s in the circa 1978 model. The Musketeer has been moved further up the line of my planes to build and fly.


Do-335 1/2A Twin Profile At the other end of my project list is the completion of my 46-year-old ¹⁄₂A twin model. The Do-335 flew for the first time at the St. Louis Lafayette Esquadrille Broken Arrow contest in St. Louis, MO during Sep- tember and at the Tucson event in October of 2010. I am so proud of the way this mod- el performed. I am pleasantly surprised as I designed and began this model in 1963. Lots of help from Keith Trostle, Bob Whit- ney, and Charlie Reeves helped this model to its successful fruition.


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