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May1961 American Modeler
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May 1961 American Modeler Cover - Airplanes and Rockets

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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.

May 1961

Vol. 56, No. 2

B-70 Free Flight Sensation, by Bob Linn	16
Post-Pusher Parade, by Douglas Rolfe	26
Retracting-Gear Airliner, by Capt. Keith Laumer	28
Model Rocketry's New Look, by G. Harry Stine	36
PAA-Load Events for 1961	51
World's Smallest Mass-Produced Glow Plug Engine Unveiled by Cox	58
Sketchbook	66

Posted July 1, 2017




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