To me, the fun is in floating through the time machine and being absorbed into this fascinating period of aviation, and world history.Īlthough the flying model plans are the highlights of these magazines, what I always look at first, I have grown more and more interested in the rest of the content. Some of my models fly some just sit around and look good. Sometimes I build the models sometimes I just look. and this web site's hopes and dreams for the future I like to read old flying model airplane magazines from, say, 1935-1945. Here's how I introduced this small effort back in aught one:Ī bit about me. Is the result of a very personal research project to discover who my uncle was, and how I could share that story with my son, this generation's Jimmy Horne. Navigating the flight was Warrant Officer James C Horne, RCAF. RAF Lancaster PG-S left Lincolnshire on a raid to Germany but failed to return. Little brothers to the famed dime scale models, their short lived 5¢ line was the cutest of the bunch.Ģ7 April 1944. Come on in and give it a try.Ĭomet is my favorite of the old kit manufacturers. The Spitfire is the perfect beginers model to learn Solid modelling. Along with the Magazine, the Solid Shop, the Spitfire Project, and the Comet 5¢ Flyers, there will be a new section featuring my book, By Name Alone.Ĭome see what was all the model airplane rage during the '30s & 40's.Ĭelebrating those other Old Time Model Airplanes. Though I have no immediate intention to create new content, the old stuff has returned in all it's former glory. In these 21 issues you can find stories, news and model airplane plans that will transport your imagination to a time so hard to imagine today. This little web site was created back in 2001 as a place where model aircraft enthusiasts could take a quick look at the magazines that fed information to the boys during the depression and war-time years. Hey Gang, it's 2018 and I've resurrected the ol' site!
Today, builders of homebuilt aircraft receive this information electronically.Kenny's Old Time Model Airplane Magazine Welcome to the Home Page of Kenny's Old Time Model Airplane Magazine Rutan set the canard to stall before the main wing.) Rutan insisted that all VariEze builders subscribe to the Canard Pusher so that they could stay up to date on the latest information about the VariEze.
Rutan added a canard to the VariEze to give the pilot better control during a stall, when the wings lose lift.
(A canard (French for “duck”) is an airplane with a small wing at the front of the fuselage. The newsletter was called the Canard Pusher. Rutan published a newsletter sharing updates to the VariEze construction plans, corrections, and tips from other builders. Some VariEzes could climb at 2,000 feet (608 meters) per minute to altitudes near 25,000 feet (7,600 meters). Image courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution.Ĭlosely following Rutan’s plans, builders could construct an airplane powered by a 100 horsepower (75 kilowatt) Continental engine that could carry two adults about 700 miles (about 1,100 kilometers) at 180 mph (290 km/h). Dailey (right), former Director of the National Air and Space Museum. With him is Wayne Clough (left), former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and John R. Burt Rutan (center) accepts the National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Lifetime Achievement on March 21, 2012.