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February 1967 Model Airplane News
Aircraft modeling has undergone significant changes over the decades - both in technology and preferences. Magazines like American Aircraft Modeler, and American Modeler before that, were the best venues for capturing snapshots of the status quo of the day.
I have been scanning and posting excerpts from my collection of AAM and AM, concentrating on model building articles and old advertisements. Whether you are here to wax nostalgic, or are just interested in learning history, hopefully you will find what you are seeking. As time permits, I will be glad to scan articles for you. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.
I have been scanning and posting excerpts from my collection of AAM and AM, concentrating on model building articles and old advertisements. Whether you are here to wax nostalgic, or are just interested in learning history, hopefully you will find what you are seeking. As time permits, I will be glad to scan articles for you. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.
Vintage Model Aircraft Magazine Advertisements:
Ace Radio Control
America's Hobby Center
Berkeley Models
Bonner Digimite
Carl Goldberg (1667)
Carl Goldberg (1970)
Citizen Ship Radio Corp.
Cox Thimble Drome .049
deBolt Model Engineering
Du-Bro Products, Nov 1970 AAM
EK Products, Nov 1970 AAM
Enterprise Model Aircraft
Eureka Importing Co.
Guillow's, Dec 1969 AAM
Hawk Model Company
Heathkit, Sep, 1970
America's Hobby Center
Berkeley Models
Bonner Digimite
Carl Goldberg (1667)
Carl Goldberg (1970)
Citizen Ship Radio Corp.
Cox Thimble Drome .049
deBolt Model Engineering
Du-Bro Products, Nov 1970 AAM
EK Products, Nov 1970 AAM
Enterprise Model Aircraft
Eureka Importing Co.
Guillow's, Dec 1969 AAM
Hawk Model Company
Heathkit, Sep, 1970
This particular page is from page of the February 1967 issue of Model Airplane News magazine. The Carl Goldberg 1/2A Skylane was my first for-real radio-controlled airplane. Actually, at the time I did not have the money for an R/C system, so the Skylane was built for free-flight. It never even flew in free-flight mode because instead I would just run the Cox .049 Baby Bee at low RPM and chase it up and down the street, increasing the RPM just a little each time until the Skylane would just get light on its wheels. The first time it ever got airborne was while being towed behind my bicycle. That didn't work out very well, because once it got up off the ground, it would start swinging back and forth and eventually strike a wing before I could ease it down.
Carl Goldberg models are now manufactured by Great Panes. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.
Use the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator to see what items cost in today's dollars. For instance, that $13.95 "Skylark 56" would be $90.50 in 2010 money - about right for that kit.
