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May 1972 American Aircraft Modeler
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May 1972 American Aircraft 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 1972

Vol. 74, No. 5

Cover Photo

We don't often watch a high-powered com-petition free-flight model take off toward the camera. Here Bill Hunter's 600 square incher screams aloft with vengeance. Photo by the Ortmans.

Satellite 1000, by Bill Hunter	22
EDSEL'S 'FOLLY',Douglas J. Ingells	32
Lil' Rebel, by Bill Cohen	36
AAM Commander, Part II, Fred Marks	40
PEGASUS, Larry Hoffman	48
FOR THE TENDERFOOT: Super Sabre Tr ainer, by Dean Swift	51
ON THE SCENE: Paul Harvey - The Model Airplane Builder - Ac centuates the Positive, Dick Stouffer	12
HOBBY PEOPLE'S PHOENIX FLIES TOP FLITE'S STAND-OFF-SCALE MUSTANG,Jim McNerney and Pat Murphy	14
GETTING STARTED IN RC, Howard McEntee	20
MODELS AT TOLEDO, Joe Wright and Ed Sweeney	26
ON THE SCENE: ANNUAL MODEL EXHIBITION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,Les McDonald	34
WHERE THE ACTION IS	58
NATIONAL RECORD REVIEW	97
PRESIDENT'S MEMO	99
AMA NEWS BITS	100
RC AT THE BALLGAME	102
AMA NEWS EXTRA	103
CONTEST CALENDAR.	104
EDITORIAL-STRAIGHT AND LEVEL, William J. Winter	6
MODELER MAIL-LETTERS TO THE EDITOR	8
NEW PRODUCTS CHECK LIST	16
QUALITY SHOPS	105
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING	106

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May 1972 American Aircraft ModelerTable of Contents

May 1972 American Aircraft Modeler
Table of Contents