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On his bucket list I just had to compliment the FMteam on a great job in the September issue. I usually read almost every page (even the ads) and for some reason this one just seemed to be a notch up from usual.
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A minor glitch
Regrading the October issue, page 36, I think the Cougar is a Panther and I know the Dragon is really a DeH 90 DragonFly. The -84 is a Dragon, squared off wing tips, blunt nose, slab sides. -86 is a 4-engined a/c, the Dragon Express. -89 is the Dragon Rapide. Try googling or
www.airliners.net. In there you’ll see a good photo of the real-AYR. BRIAN KNOCK via e-mail
Oops Ran across a little error in the October
2013 issue. This may have been pointed out already. The picture in the upper left corner of page 36 was identified as a Cougar. This is in reality a model of the Grumman Pan- ther. The Cougar was a swept wing version of the Panther.
LARRY LUND via e-mail
During the Watts Over Owatonna event, I tried to get as much information as I could while on the flight line and mistakenly wrote down Dragon rather than Dragon Fly. The Cougar mistake however I should have known better.
–JIMWIGGIN
I especially liked your reply to the “you don’t make controversial editorials” com- ment. Nice job, Frank! The Thermic 50 was a favorite of mine as a kid, too. I can see myself building one of these.
ANDY KUNZ via e-mail
Longtime fan
I’m an oldtimer; don’t have a computer, don’t need to speed time along! Been reading FLYING MODELS since I was a kid. Keep up the good work on the mag.
SAL CERRIE Erie, PA
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A quick note to let you know I am a long- time (70 years) model builder who enjoys the text and the ads separated. I still review the ads just as much. I do have one major com- plaint: the shrinking size of most of your construction plan presentations. One of my many enjoyments in a model magazine is to read a construction article and follow what is said by studying the plan, even though I have no intention of actually building the model. Problem: plan presenta- tions are too small. Please try to use no less than one page per plan sheet. Photos are nice but a few less would help give you this room.
Some CAD drawings in the past made the print so small I couldn’t read it even with a magnifier. Please help me here so I can con- tinue my FMsubscription.
PETE CREVIER S. Burlington, VT
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