Vintage Issues of Air Trails

Aircraft modeling has undergone significant changes over the decades - both in technology and preferences. Magazines like American Aircraft Modeler, American Modeler, Air Trails, Flying Aces, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, Aero Modeller, R/C Modeler, and Young Men • Hobbies • Aviation • Careers were the best venues for capturing snapshots of the status quo of the day. Still, many things never change, so much of the old content is relevant to today's modeler. Whether you are here to wax nostalgic, or are interested in learning history, hopefully you will find what you are seeking. As time permits, I will be glad to scan articles for you. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

If you want to wax nostalgic over some of the old advertisements, check out these that I have selected.

Month	Cover	Year
November TOC		1946
November TOC		1948
February TOC		1949
September TOC		1949
October TOC		1950
November TOC		1950
April TOC		1951
July TOC		1951
January TOC		1952
November TOC		1953
July TOC		1954
August TOC		1954
September TOC		1954
November TOC		1954
December TOC		1954
March TOC		1955
Annual TOC		1955
Annual TOC		1958
Annual TOC		1960

Articles

• Lightness Is a Virtue
• Model Boats - And Aweigh They Go!
• CAR: Coupled Aileron Ruddered System for Radio Control
• Roland D-2 Wahlfisch
• Super Tanks from Simple Change?
• U-Control Corner - 1960 Annual
• Workshop Tips for Modelers
• Starting Control Line Flying Scale
• Fleetwon Control Line Combat Model
• Duo-Mono
• "Simplex" Airfoil Templates
• The Peppy Trainer
• 1954 National Modelplane Championships
• America's Top F.A.I. Free Flight "Saturn"
• Jetex Job
• Macchi-Castoldia Control Line Flying Scale Schneider Cup Racer
• Macchi MB-308
• World Model Air Olympics - November 1954
• Round-the-Pole Circle Whirly
• Air Progress - Japanese Air Force After World War I
• Buhl Bull Pup
• Mactuator: A More Efficient Magnetic Actuator for Radio Control
• Auto Progress - The Oldsmobile Story
• Should You Go Into Engineering?
• Look out Below! - Basement Railroad
• Douglas XF4D-1 Skyray 4-View
• Outward Bound
• Our Expanding Air Force
• Professor Phugoid and His Contribution to Modeling
• Development Highlights
• Model Aviation Comics - November 1953
• Competition Daze
• Wee Bee
• Airmen of Vision Design Competition - November 1950
• Sketchbook - January 1952
• Atomic-Power Transport
• Women's Work
• Mechanics Technology Science Photo Revue
• R/C at the Nationals
• Motor of the Month: K&B Torpedo .049 Engine
• Mills "Brothers" - ½ Diesel Engines from England
• "AT" Interceptor Article & Plans
• Modelplane Sketchbook
• Auto Progress: The Ford Story
• Air Progress: The Jet Engine
• We Drive the MG Magnette
• Air Progress: Lindbergh Era (1927-1929)
• Ship Progress
• Safe Shooting for Your High School Rifle Team
• The National Championships
• Air Progress: The Search for Speed
• Hot Canary
• Rocket Trails
• Mech-Tech-Sci News Revue, Portable Two-Way Radio Phone
• Research Work Attracts Bachelors to West Coast Naval Laboratories
• Atoms in the Air
• "Killer" Combat Kites
• Channel Winger
• So You Want to Start an Air Freight Line
• The Nationals Reborn
• A Tale of Miss Fortune III
• Beyond the "Barrier"
• 15th National Soaring Contest
• Mystery Air Force - II
• Embry-Riddle: An Air Trails Air Career Review
• Air Progress: The Bristol Story
• National Model Meet Under Way Curtiss Pusher
• The (X)F-11
• 'Twas the Night Before the Contest
• I Designed the Zeke
• Supersonic Killers
• Stunt Rocket
• Design Competition: Flying Wings
• Elementary Modeling: Half-A Control-Line
• Flying the Carrier Event
• Elmira's Greatest Soaring Nationals
• The Nationals
• Clough's Concluding Comments Concerning 'Copters
• Taper Wing Waco
• Model This B-24 Liberator
• Skiddin' II Racing Hydroplane
• Air Progress Famous Firsts, by Douglas Rolfe
• Chula Vistan, 5-Way Contest F/F Model
• Free Flight Color and Visibility Chart
• "ATH" Airmen of Vision Aircraft Design Competition
• Sketchbook - Model Building Tips - August 1954
• Auto Design Competition
• Borrowed "Bucks" for College Years
• Macchi "Saetta" Fighter
• Aerial Horse-Shoe Game: A Study in Aerodynamics
• New Fun with Oldest "Whirlybird" - the Boomerang
• San Francisco's Busy Boatmen
• Jaunty Alouette
• Straight Talk About Safe Shooting
• Adding Scale Detail to Your B-24 Bomber Flying Scale Model
• Sketchbook - September 1954
• "Squeaker" Speed Plane
• World's Most Famous Plane: Douglas C-47 Model
• 1955 Ford Thunderbird Scale Drawings
• University Scholarships Go to Top Car Modelers
• Soaring Nationals - Pictures of This Year's Meet
• Auto Progress: Down Memory Lane III
• Air Progress: Japanese Air Force World War II Fighters
• Model Plane Landing Gears
• Sketchbook - December 1954
• Hobby Hinter for a Very Merry Christmas
• Contest Capers
• Air Progress: Soviet Air Force Latter Day Types
• Venusian Control Line Plane
• Auto Progress: Stanley Steamer
• "Bug Hunting"
• Sketchbook - March 1955
• Modeling for Money at Chance-Vought Aircraft
• Two-Line Speed Plane: The 160.5 mph "Monitor"
• National Record Holder
• American "NATS" Biggest Ever!
• Engine Roundup
• International Meets: Rubber Power Wakefield F.A.I. Free Flight "Gas"
• National Model Race Car Competition
• Propeller Layouts Are Simplified with the "Pi-Bar"
• The Wonderful World of Model Power Boating
• Radio Control Equipment
• Hints 'n' Kinks

Advertisements

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• Ray Models
• Northrop Aeronautical Institute
• Duro-Matic McCoy Red Head
• Allbon Diesel Engines
• Arden .099 Engine
• Spartan School of Aeronautics
• Top Flite
• Jeticopter
• Berkeley Models
• Guillow's
• Kenhi
• A.J. Aircraft Company
• Top Filte
• L.M. Cox Manufacturing Thimble Drome
• Turb-O-Prop
• Pan American World Airways (PAA-Load)
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