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December 1957 American Modeler
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December 1957 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.

December 1957

Cover: N.Y. Technical Rocket Society's HAPTV "bird"
Photo by Howard Levy, see pg. 11 for data

Sketchbook	6
USAF Cessna L-27A,	15
Ramblin' Wreck, by H. Donald Brown	18
Pendulum Pete for F/F or C/L, by Keith Laumer	20
Western Modeling - featuring the LARKS' R/C Circus	22
Model Motor Museums (II), by P.G.F. Chinn	24
Pee-Wee "Bomb," by Cal Smith	40

Table of Contents, December 1957 American Modeler - Airplanes and Rockets

Posted June 11, 2011




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