John begins the show with a tribute to Bill Hannan, who passed away on December 14, 2020.

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Also, status of his Albatross O/T model project, with details on John's plan for the spar construction.

Laser cutting by Jerry Galland:     http://www.cuttinglight.com/contact/

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This month focuses on model airplane designer and author Bill Dean.  Thanks to Roger Simmonds for allowing me to use the information from his website Jetex.org

Bill Dean Biography:

http://archivesite.jetex.org/history/hall_of_fame/dean.html

 

New Products:

J&H Aerospace:

https://jhaerospace.com/product/polly-b-glider/

Carl Rambo's Poly B Catapult or HLG - 17" in WS kit is $40. Design features a removable wing (for storage) and a screw type adjustment for wing incidence. Kit includes hand selected contest grade balsa.

 

https://jhaerospace.com/product/mercury-short-kit-only/

New short kit of Albert Hatful's (Keil Kraft) 36" WS Mercury rubber model is available for $30; plans are $10 

 

https://jhaerospace.com/product/maxout-ix-embryo-endurance-full-kit/

Maxout IX embryo full kit just released

 

https://jhaerospace.com/product/half-scale-jabberwock-gollywock-combo-short-kit-w-plans/

Combo short kit for 1/2 size Gollywock and Jabberwock w/plans is $20. Flat WS is 15.75"

 

https://jhaerospace.com/product/tornado-legal-for-2021-science-olympiad-helicopter-rules/

https://jhaerospace.com/product/twister-so-helicopter-kit/

Twister and Tornado helicopter kits for the Science Olympiad. Kits are $50 with parts for 3 helicopters and $60 with parts for 2 helicopters, respectively.

 

Retro RC and Campbell's Custom Kits:

http://retrorc.us.com/retroemoth-1-2-1-3-1-1-5-2-1-2.aspx

New laser cut kit for the .020 replica of the 1941 Aerbo. Pylon configuration with a diamond cross section fusleage. Complete kit is $63, but both a short kit and the plans are available separately

 

Volare Products:

https://volareproducts.com/blog/?product=yakovlev-yak-3-peanut-short-kit

Peanut Scale, laser cut YAK-3 short kit (includes vacuum formed canopy and spinner) for $16. You can also download the printed tissue template from his website, no charge.

 

Diel’s Engineering:

https://www.dielsengineeringinc.com/laser-cut-kits.html

Laser Cut version (kit #19-LC) of his 1/24 scale FOCKE-WULF TA-152H is now available. Model has 23-11/16” WS (Hal Cover's 1974 contribution to MB's series Flying Scale Models of WWII)

 

Dumas Products:

https://www.dumasproducts.com/product-category/plane-kits/new-release-planes/

#339  F4F Wildcat (30″ Wingspan)

#341  Fairchild PT-19 (30″ Wingspan)

#340  Ryan STA (30″ Wingspan)

 

Stan Buddenbohm:

Email: [email protected]

VEE 17 Redux CLG kit $55 each plus $9 shipping. Will combine shipping for up to 3 kits.

 

GTS Free Flight (Sevak Malkhasyan):

Email:   [email protected]

GTS FreeFlight YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLQLkEFwfeW95Kh8_hzYR9w

GTS E-20 Kit $85. Features a built-up wing from laser cut balsa and bass ribs and a tapered carbon fiber boom.

 

Ozark Model Aviation:

New Website:  https://www.ozarkmodelaviation.com/

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Plans of Interest:

Bill Dean's Supermarine 508 

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6224

 

Bill Hannan's FAI Peanut

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6095