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Newsreels from England

Item title reads - A plane tale! Location unknown.

A PLANE TALE

Queen's Prize
Langley, Buckinghamshire.

AIR MODELS' QUEEN'S PRIZE

AIR NEWS - MODEL AIRCRAFT RALLY video newsreel film

AIR NEWS - MODEL AIRCRAFT RALLY

TEST PILOTS JUDGE MODEL PLANE SHOW video newsreel film

 

TEST PILOTS JUDGE MODEL PLANE SHOW

ALL BRITAIN MODEL AIRCRAFT RALLY video newsreel film 

ALL BRITAIN MODEL AIRCRAFT RALLY

Control line bombers

MODEL AIRCRAFT

 

CHILDREN INSTRUCTED (silent)

CHILDREN INSTRUCTED

AIR-MINDEDNESS! (Germany)

AIR-MINDEDNESS!

 

Queen visits model aeroplane show

The Northern Heights Model Flying Club gala at The Hawker Aerodrome, Langley: S.C.U Model aircraft on display. S.C.U. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) examines model driven by jet propulsion. S.C.U. Model aircraft on ground. Pan. S.C.U. Queen accompanied by Princess Margaret, examining a model aircraft. MS. Queen walking amongst aero-modellers. M.S. Glider being thrown, which narrowly misses the Royal party. M.S. Gilder in flight (2 shots). S.C.U. Queen and Princess Margaret viewing the proceedings. M.S. Model, line-controlled aircraft, flying round its controller. Speeds reached 95 mph. S.C.U. Owner of line controlled aircraft being presented to the Queen. S.C.U. Queen presenting gold cup prize to the winner of the gala. Mr Philip Smith of Bournemouth Model Aircraft Society. S.C.U. Winner holding cup and winning model aircraft.

QUEENS VISIT TO MODEL AIRCRAFT GALA AT LANGLEY BUCKS aka QUEEN VISITS MODEL AIRCRAFT SHOW

click on image for video

Carrol Allen at Wawayanda

I went down to the field Thursday. The field is in great shape compared to other years. None of the bridges are washed out.

The wind was light to none and the sod was firm but the fields with no sod was very squishy.

The lift was unavoidable as the sun was evaporating the water and it was constant up everywhere.

I took another video with only about 70% turns and the model would have easily done 3 mins. Notice all the water in the fields south of the Wallkill, NY. The water in the Wallkill was right up to the edge of the fields with a very rapid current.

Here's what it looked like 3 months ago.

Lanzo Record Breaker

Relegated to virtual obscurity following the discovery of the Lanzo Bomber and the Lanzo Airborn, the Lanzo Record Breaker was once a common sight at Old Timer events.

Video from Carrol Allen's Wakefield

If you haven't seen them yet have a look at these video clips shot by Carrol Allen from his (rubber powered) Wakefield model over snow covered Barron Field near Waywayanda, NY. Watch full screen for best effect. In the rear-facing clip some geese cross the screen about 7 seconds after the prop folds. The time stamp is wrong but we have fixed that for future shots.

Rear facing camera:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5VqMLtJHj8

Front facing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXG-O4DAq6w

Regards

Bob Morris

Flanders, NJ

973 584-1457

Cleveland Fleetster

While a few pillars of the SAM movement look down upon this new-fangled electric flim-flammery with disdain and abhorrence, the rest of us are enjoying the heck out flying SAM-legal electric planes! In particular, the smaller 1/2A Texaco and Class A ships are well-suited for electric power without landing you in the poorhouse. Gone are the days of calling upon the dark gods of the underworld to aid you in the start-up and running of Cox 049 engines. Now you just plug the battery into the plane and give it a toss! No slimy cleanup chores either. Here are a couple pictures of the 1939 Cleveland Fleetster designed by none other than Joe Elgin of Playboy fame. This plane is powered by an E-Flite Park 400 and 3-cell, 600 mah li-po battery pack. The Fleetster weighs in at 16 oz full up and was built just for fun-flying. Mike Fields, Editor at Large SAM 1 Model Museum Flying Club

The Joe Elgin designed Cleveland Fleetster as built by Eut Tileston.

This electric Freeflight version of the Baby Fleetster 32 was built by Bucky Walter.

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