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Air Trails - Hobbies for
Young Men magazine covered a wide variety of subjects of both model and
full-scale. All things fast and/or exotic were of great interest to America's youth
in the day, and everything was fair game for modeling. Lockheed's now long-famous
C-130 Hercules was just making its maiden flight as a prototype
YC-130 in 1954 when this edition was published. Grumman's
F9F-9 Tiger jet fighter became the F11F Tiger while the
F9F
designation became the significantly different-looking F9F Cougar - no confusion
there. The Cessna 620,
a 4-engine version of their successful 310 (get it? - 2 x 310 = 620), never made it
past the prototype phase. It supposedly was doomed by the impending transition by
airlines to bizjets.
Mechanics Technology Science Photo Revue
 (left) Grumman F9F-9 Tiger. Navy's carrier fighter
capable of supersonic speed in level flight. Extended panels under fuselage are dive
brakes.
 (right) Swamp cruiser can climb embankments,
wade through swamp grass and operate as boat. Will be used in Venezuela by oil company.
 (left) These aquatic water scooters powered by
outboard motors were entries in Florida's 130-mile Gold Coast Marathon motorboat race.
 (right) Designed for corporation use, the four
320-hp supercharged Continental engine powered Cessna 620 will be luxurious, cabin-pressurized;
250 mph.
 (left) Lockheed YC-130, latest U. S. Air Force
transport, is powered by four Allison T-56 turboprop engines of 3750 hp each. Span 132
ft.
 (right) One of the entrants in the Marathon,
airline captain Dick McGinley hits full speed on his powered surfboard. Extra gas tank
on bow.
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