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November 2012 Vol. 117 No. 11/863


Features 18 Texas Warbirds by Larry Kruse


It’s back and proving once again, everything is bigger in Texas 26 Dorand AR.1 by Tom Nallen II Modeling a little known WWI French reconnaissance plane for freeflight


32 Blohm & Voss P.179 by Dick Sarpolus A never produced Luftwaffe warbird for easy electric R/C


38 Hangar 9 P-40B by Chris Susicke An FM Product Review: Flying the early Warhawk


46 Brodak’s Oriental ARF Electrified by Jim Vigani Converting this classic C/L ARF to electric


54 Great Planes Dirty Birdy by Ron Lockhart An FM Product Review: Early Pattern in ARF form


26 32 Columns


24 How high do you really fly Fan Facts by Greg Moore


30 Old friends and old planes Oldtimer Topics by Mike Myers


36 The fun we had at the 2012 Nats C/L Stunt by Allen Brickhaus


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42 Electric power F/F at the FAC Nats Electric Flight by Stew Meyers


50 Building season is coming Small Talk by Pat Tritle


52 More ways to lighten up Yuri Project Pattern Redux by Dave Lockhart


60 Round engines and two wings F/F Sport by Larry Kruse


Departments 4 Editorial


6 Flying Report 16 Air Mail


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On the Cover: Lovely Miss Jennifer Allen stands at at- tention and holds the subject of this month’s feature review, the Hangar 9 P-40B Warhawk. Chris Susicke reviews this early vari- ant of the formidable pursuit plane of WWII starting on page 38 and finds the model ranks high in detail and performance.


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17 Barnstormers


64 Classifieds/Ad Index 65 Dealer Directory


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