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Dave Roblen Prontos by Dave Beazley & Charlie Bishop
Dave Beazley from Palmyra, Virginia writes in this month with a nice pair of scratchbuilt models that were popular at most fun-flys in the early 1970s. Dave writes, “Here is my picture of a pair of Dave Roblen’s Prontos I built from a set of Model Airplane News plans. I gave the first one to my flying buddy, Charlie Bishop. Charlie covered his in red Solar Film with MonoKote trim and has powered it with an
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PHOTO: DAVE BEAZLEY
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