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September 1954 Air Trails Hobbies for Young Men
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These pages from vintage modeling magazines like Flying Aces, Air Trails, American Modeler, American Aircraft Modeler, Young Men, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, R/C Modeler, captured the era. All copyrights acknowledged.

September 1954

Vol. 42, No. 6

Borrowed "Bucks" for College Years	20
Macchi "Saetta" Fighter, by Walter A. Musciano	26
Aerial Horse-Shoe Game: A Study in Aerodynamics New Fun with Oldest "Whirlybird" - the Boomerang, by Lawrence H. Conover	28
San Francisco's Busy Boatmen, by Jacobs, Jr.	34
Jaunty Alouette, Roy L. Clough, Jr.	36
Straight Talk About Safe Shooting, Jack F. George	40
Adding Scale Detail to Your B-24 Bomber Flying Scale Model, by Frank Lashek and Cal Smith	48
Sketchbook, Drawings by H.A. Thomas	80

Posted November 29, 2014

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