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ard to dispute the fact that there’s not a lot of good news floating around, so it’s with great pleasure that I can offer you some of the


better kind. Page 74 will bring a very inter- esting and exciting announcement. FM is joining the digital magazine age. Starting with the January issue subscrip- tions for a digital version ofFMwill be avail- able at www.carstensbookstore.com for those with Apple computer products like the iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch. In a short peri- od of time it will also be available on the PC side as well. For those of you who prefer the tradition-


al hard copy, there isn’t any concern. FM will continue to be printed and mailed every month. To sweeten the pot even more, com- bo deals will be available to get both ver- sions of the magazine. The digital edition is not an extension of


the FMwebsite. The services of the website will remain freely available to all, and we hope we’ll be adding more services soon. You can get a free preview of the digital edition by going to FM’s website, www.flying-mod els.com, and downloading the app for it. There are also some Frequently Asked Questions and their answers there that will explain the digital edition some more and how to access it. Well, to add to the good news I can tell you


we have a really good issue this month. And to start my usual ramblings let me first mention the 2011 NEAT Fair. Have to con- fess I really like this one because it has gor- geous scenery and the kind of weather I like, crisp cool mornings, comfortable daytime temps, and lots and lots of model airplanes that fly. It isn’t always that pluperfect as those who weathered the great flood in 2004 will testify but this year Friday, Saturday and Sunday were almost totally gorgeous except for some wind on Friday. Usually it’s my turn to write the article


but this time I took a bit of a break and handed that chore over to Jim Wiggin. It was his first time physically there, but as a long time reader ofFMhe was already pret- ty familiar with it. It was like turning a kid loose in a toy


store. Jim was all over the rather spacious area—you see a number of people in golf carts, on bikes, or with electric scooters mov- ing from one end to the other—taking pic- tures and getting info and when he could, flying a little bit. With all that activity you’ll find that he brings a really fresh enthusi- asm to what this great event has become. As always I encourage you to put NEAT


on your must-do calendar. You will see thou- sands of planes and lots of flying, not to mention enjoying the early Northeast Fall colors and weather. Now turning back to said Jim Wiggin,


there is another one of his passions he will confess: Spitfires. To be more precise it is the Mk. IX. So, when the new Parkzone Spitfire Mk. IX was released and sent to the office, I sensed Jim hovering near my doorway quite


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a bit. Finally he came in and asked “By the way, what are you going to do with that Spitfire?” Well, now he owes me for life because he


got the task—some task!—to look it over, put it together and fly it. When you read his report you’ll note some more of that enthu- siasm I spoke of earlier. And I can also vouch for it since I got the photo duties and can at- test to the great quality of the model. I mentioned having the pleasure of intro-


ducing our digital edition of the magazine. I now have the pleasure of welcoming Dan Reiss back to these pages. We last saw his work in the April 2008 issue when he pre- sented the unusual Curtis A-12 Shrike. That’s one of Dan’s distinctions, out-of-the- rut scale model aircraft. His return continues that track record,


but with an aircraft that is as graceful and elegant as the Shrike was ungainly and awkward. The model is his Macchi M.C. 202. If there is anything that can be most true of Italian aircraft design it is that the design- ers have some of Michaelangelo’s blood in them. The 202, with its inline engine, had to be one of the era’s most elegant aircraft. And since Dan likes gas engines, he sized


this 90-inch model for a 50cc engine. That makes for a good sized model that weary old eyes like mine will be able to see more easi- ly. He also has a good explanation of how he applied that unusual camouflage finish. We welcome Dan back but we also wel-


come Jonathan Nuñez for the first and we hope, many more times in the future. At the urging of his father, this 19-year old college freshman e-mailed me in mid-summer with a proposed article about modifying an A2Z Sting 18 chuck glider. Turns out he’s a third generation modeler along with his younger brothers Paul and William. He and his brothers are a secure and promising future of modeling thanks to the influence of other family modelers that in- clude his father, mother, and grandfather. Despite studies, he still has a busy calendar of modeling projects and activities. Hope to see him here some more. Getting squeezed for space so let me quickly tell you about the remaining arti- cles. Chuck Felton, the master of cardboard C/L scale models, is working his magic again with the Percival Mew Gull racer. When you see it, you’ll see that “paper” airplanes can look and fly really well. Take a closer look. Some very neat techniques here. Jim Vigani really likes the 1930s racers so


I assigned him the onerous duty of review- ing ElectriFly’s new Mister Mulligan. I think he set a record driving to the office to pick it up. Besides giving it very high marks for quality and assembly, he also found that it flies well enough, but turns into a docile pussycat when the flaps go down. I began by lamenting that good news does-


n’t abound. Yet in this special season there is plenty when you consider the friendships and love of flight we share. To all: peace, health and happiness. – FRANK FANELLI


JANUARY 2012


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