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Kirt Blattenberger, Webmaster - Airplanes and Rockets

Kirt Blattenberger

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Even during the busiest times of my life I have endeavored to maintain some form of model building activity. This site has been created to help me chronicle my journey through a lifelong involvement in model aviation, which all began in Mayo, MD ...

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652 Miles Per Gallon
November 1975 Model Aviation Article

November 1975 Model Aviation

November 1975 Model Aviation - Airplanes and Rockets3 Table of Contents

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.

Way back in 1975, my friend, Jerry Flynn, and I (Kirt Blattenberger) assisted Dick Weber in his successful flight on June 14, 1975, that set a new FAI Closed Course Record of 225 miles in 5 hours and 38 minutes. See the credits on page 37. The Tortoise got its name by virtue of the craft having landed near a turtle on the runway. It was a long day, with everyone being sunburned by the end of it.

Note: This article on the Tortoise has now been OCR'ed (optical character recognition) so that all of the text is searchable.

 

FAI Closed Course Distance Record by Richard R. Weber - Airplanes and Rockets

 

FAI Closed Course Distance Record by Richard R. Weber - Airplanes and Rockets

 

FAI Closed Course Distance Record by Richard R. Weber - Airplanes and Rockets

 

FAI Closed Course Distance Record by Richard R. Weber - Airplanes and Rockets