PHOTO: DON ROSS PHOTO: MARK FINEMAN
Mark also highly recommends the Baby R.O.G. (at left). He has built eight of them. The first seven went O.O.S. The XB-70 Valkyrie(above) had only a short active life but its unique shape captured Don’s imagination. This one was from a kit and powered by an .020 engine. It now awaits conversion to electric R/C. Any ideas welcomed.
PHOTO: DON ROSS VIA CLUB MEMBER
Mike Moskow likes some of the odd models as well as the big rubber endurance types. Here he is with a Barnaby Wainfan pusher canard Bostonian.
ILLUSTRATION: CHUCK WENLOCK
PHOTO: DON ROSS VIA CLUB MEMBER
Rune Johansson loves to recreate some of the classic pioneer airplanes as simple, F/F rubber models. Here’s his Santos Dumont (above left) soon to be a
FLYING MODELS
PHOTO: BRUCE PIKE
kit. Bruce Pike built this Aeronca “C” (above right) as a display model for a friend. Yet he’s such a detail guy he hand carved the prop.
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