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MODEL FLYING before 1950. Volume One CD-rom
Contents: * Model Flying Machines - their design and construction, by W.G.Aston (1910). The complete book in facsimile - one of the very earliest books on model aviation, by one of the most active modelmakers and flyers of the period.
* Articles and letters about model aircraft, from Flight magazine, 1909, with photographs. Model flyers at Olympia, competitions, and much more.
* More articles and letters from the early days, featured in the Aero, January-June 1910, with many photographs. Fascinating descriptions of gliders, petrol-engine powered models, and 'elastic' (!) powered aeroplanes, in the days of silk and spruce.
* How to build and fly a Vought Corsair. 16-page booklet with plans, New York c.1930. A charming plan from a period where dowel and bamboo were still being extensively used for contruction, along with the new wonder material, balsa. * Model Aircraft Builder, Vol. 1 No.1, April 1936. A facsimile of the complete magazine, with great period advertisements, construction articles and plans. An interesting if short-lived periodical.
* Halfax flying models and accessories for the connoiseur. An illustrated 17-page catalogue from c.1950.
Fine quality reproductions of all of the above are included on this CD-rom, which is the first of a series.
Price: Cheques (UK only) made payable to Stephen Herbert, and sent to: 12 High Street, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3EY. To pay by PayPal(from anywhere) go to PayPal.co.uk and make payment, using: s-herbert@easynet.co.uk as payee email address. CD-rom in illustrated jewel case. All files are in pdf format, for both PC and Mac. This CD is not available from any other source. model aircraft * model airplanes * model airplane* keil kraft * veron * joe ott * vintage airplanes * vintage aircraft * model aeroplane * model aeroplanes * model planes * flying models * model plane * aeromodeller * balsa * guillows * keilkraft * Bleriot * wright brothers * wright flyer * kite * kites * frog kit *
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