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October 1950 Air Trails Hobbies for Young Men

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October 1950 Air Trails Cover - Airplanes and Rockets 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.

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Have you developed something new in construction, control, or flying that might interest other modelers? Send a rough sketch - we'll redraw it and pay $2 for each one accepted

Plexiglas is best skid material for speed jobs claims H. G Oliver, Corpus Christi, Texas

Don Nelson, Portland, Ore.

Booster battery cells wired from tool kit with receptacle and appliance cord & plug.

Fumes from thinner in tall bottle keeps brush soft & ready for use ... Idea of Ray Biernacki, Webster, Mass.

Booster footswitch for bench runs - Richard Larson, Little Falls, Minn.

Safety precaution for fuse-type dethermalizers by Ted Jones, Oxford, Pa.

Simplified dethermalizer by Charles Francis, Hamburg, N.Y.

Nifty flying wing design for speed & sport ... Willard Hafler, Coopersburg, Pa.

Recessed back of crankcase serves as tank for 10-20 sec. runs ... Submitted by Leon Shulman, Newark, N.J.

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Back when the Sketchbook, Gadgetry, Powerless Pointers, and Engine Info columns were run, there were very few pre-built models, and there simply was not as much available in the way of hardware and specialized modeling tools. We were still a nation of designers and builders. The workforce was full of people who worked on production lines, built houses and buildings with hand tools, and did not have distractions like Nintendos and X-Boxes. Remember that plastics were not common material until the early 50s and the transistor wasn't invented until late 47. Enjoy the tips. Some of you will no doubt wax nostalgic over the methods, since you can remember the days when you did the exact same thing!

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