Free Flight News 1972

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MODEL DRAWINGS

F1AG Arghir Campion 6912/2    F1BR WhiteNo 74/4
F1AJ Cooper 3/12    F1CM GreenArcturus 718/4
F1AE Drew 71-29/4    F1CP Ireland 5/12
F1AB Eimar Nimbus10/6    F1CM IribarneStromboli 726/11
F1AW GhioZippe3/3    F1CR Johnson 4/3
F1AH LangevinOsprey IV10/1    F1CT Kerr Hasty Miss FAI6/2
F1AG MadelinNo 39/12    F1CT Koster Andromeda3/1
F1AH Motsch 14/9    F1CA MecznerMedium IV2/5
F1AE Romero Zamba V7/11    F1CH Seelig Gambrinus 726/6
F1AP Stewart 9/8    F1DL BarrRafter Rattler 4/3
F1AG VerbreeGoofy II4/5    F1DC Cotugno 4/10
F1AM WeichselfelderMW 26 8/7    F1DJ Jiraski 6/10
F1AWilkeningMathi 2/7    F1DJ Kalina 10/10
F1BU Axelsson 4/7    F1GF Malnati 2/6
F1BL DupuisGrozebul III4/11    Tailless GliderS KubitSK 4S Magda10/5
F1BM Evatt 13/1    Open RubberR White 5/5
F1BD Greaves 2/1    1/2A PowerA ChiltonMini Chop Suey6/8
F1BD Hipperson 8/9    Mono typeP MargueYoke 59/9
F1BJ MabeyCastor I9/3    HLGR MathisFlash1/8

ARTICLES AND NOTES

Airfoil, Wakefield G 6509, J Gard11/2    McGarvey, Bill 1/3
Beaulieu Model Flying Committee 5/2    Movies
Boxall, Fred, Memorial Fund 1/1 9/5    - '180 is max' 9/5
Chobham, Farewell to 9/5    - 'Flyaway', 'Wings and Things' 1/10
Drawings   NFFS
- Andromeda, Towhook, Herschell's A/2 1/2    - admin. changes 3/2
- Klima's fly-off Wakefield, KL 71 9/5    - Model of the Year awards, '72 13/6
Engine   Open Rubber experimental competition 3/12
- tuning, Krell 2/2    Pen Friends 2/2 2/4 11/5
- re-boring12/10    Radio-controlled free flight 8/1
FAI    Rubber Motors
- Calendar '72 4/2    - Experiments with 16 strand, J Davis 7/2
- CIAM meeting 2/12    - Preparation and use, J Mabey 2/11
- Specifications, future of7/4 1/6 7/7 1/8 1/9 1/10 2/12    Seelig problem, J Deady 4/6
FFn    SMAE
- Questionaire, results and analysis 3/4    - Contest Calendar '72 1/11 3/2
- Readership 1/12    - Free Flight Technical Committee3/2
Flapped Models 1/7 8/1    Towhook, G Burrows9/4
Glider timers    Wake winding rig, I Kaynes7/12
- double 7/3 6/4    World Champs Teams
- mods to KSB 3/7    - '72 F1D 7/8
Indoor Models, additional details 1/11 1/12    - '73 F1ABC 12/10 10/11 9/12
In's and Out's, R Evans 1/5

ITEMS FOR SALE

Bulk Purchasing   Glass fibre rods (Ronytube) 1/2 3/4 11/11 13/12
- News 1/1 1/2 1/3 1/4 11/5    NFFS 5th Sympo report 12/10
- Catalogue 3/7    Pans, engine, Collins 2/4 14/6
- Rubber 1/11 11/11 13/12    Plastic storage bags 13/10
Dixielander, plan and parts 12/10    Props, carbon fibre, McCann 2/2 2/3
Drill, portable electric 1/2    Tissue, Japanese 2/4 14/6
FFn Yearbook '72 13/10 1/12    Zip wire bending jig 11/5
Glass fibre cloth 1/4

CONTEST RESULTS

Chronological order, start date only given to save space on some entries

St Albans FAI, 28 Nov '719/1    SMAE 4th Area, 9 Jul 17/9
Xmas Gala, 26 Dec '71 17/2    US Nats, 26 Jul 13/9
NZ Nats, 27 Dec '71 16/2 13/3    St Albans Summer, 30 Jul 16/9
Crookham Spring, 5 Mar14/4    SMAE 5th Area, 6 Aug 9/10
South American. 23 Mar 7/7    British F1A/B/C Team, 19 Aug15/9
Trans Tasman, Easter 3/5    Crit. P Trebod, 26 Aug 7/9
SMAE 1st Area, 19 Mar7/5    Czech Nats, 26 Aug 12/10
SMAE 2 day FAl, 1 Apr7/5    Indoor W/C, 27 Aug 2/9
Alpen, 15 Apr 5/6    Torbay, 27 Aug 11/10
SMAE 2nd Area, 23 Apr 8/6    Woodford, 2S Aug 16/9
Pannett, 7 May 8/6    Europa, 2 Sep 11/9
Devon, 7 May 9/6    Northern Area, 3 Sep 11/10
Coupe d'Amsterdam, 13 May7/7    SMAE 6th Area, 10 Sep 11/10
WLFFS A/2, 14 May 9/6    Space Model w/c, 22 Sep 2/10
Crit. du Nord, 21 May 9/6    British F1A/B/C Team, 30 Sep5/10
SMAE Nats, 27 May 12/6    Northern Gala, 7 Oct 7/11
Eifel Pokal, 10 Jun 8/8    Richmond, S Oct 12/12
SMAE 3rd Area, 11 Jun 10/7 11/8    Northern Area FAI, 15 Oct7/11
Southampton, 18 Jun 10/7    S Bristol Jubillee, 15 Oct10/11
British F1D Team 10/7    Southampton, 15 Oct 12/12
USA F1A/B/C Team, 1 Jul 10/3    York, 22 Oct 10/11
Midland Area, 2 Jul 10/9    St Albans Winter, 26 Nov 13/12

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