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    	Acadamy of Model Areonautics
    	1810 Samuel Morse Drive
    	Reston, VA
    	22090
    

    
    	A.M.A. phone #
    
    			703-435-0750
    

        I don't know who you found to make them, but We've had good luck
        dealing with the A T Patch Co., P O Box 682, Littleton NH 03561.
        Much of their work is hand made, so they are willing to do patches
        in very small quantities (like 10) for reasonable prices. 
        
        Insert standard disclaimer here.

        Bob

>    My eyes are very sensitive to bright sunlight. I also wear photo
>    gray prescription glasses. Now, I would realy like to get something
>    that would cut out all the excess light..Are these glasses gonna
>    help ??

Yes - I think so.

Someone else asked about the details.

Call or write (I called - took 8 days for UPS)

	Safety Plus
	P.O. Box 1173
	Dept 1M
	Clinton, MS 39056

	Orders Only number = 1-800-842-7233

One size fits all
	Clear for shop work	$13.25
	Amber for overcast days and late afternoons	$14.95
	Gray $14.95 (that is what I got and what most glider guiders use)
	Mirror for sunny days $19.95 (saw one fellow with these)
	
Warning they do say they fit comfortably over MOST glasses.  

I haven't spent a whole day with them on yet - maybe this Sunday in Orange.

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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C.F. Lee Mfg. Co.
10112 Woodward Ave.
Sunland, CA 91040

(818)352-3766

I called and they only repair engines that they have reworked.
Clarence designed engines for K&B for several years so they
have some special arrangement with K&B and do not help the
competition (OS).

They gave me the number of an engine person however.

Dave Shadel
P.O. Box 4003
Carlsbad, CA 92008

(619)729-1658

I am sending my OS H60F GR to him and he is going to see if he can
straighten the crank shaft.  I tried to emphasize low cost and I
will report results when I finish dealing with him.

Bye          --+--
Kay R. Fisher  |
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Scale Plans and Photo Service has some nice info on the J-3.
Phone 1-(919)292-5239.  They advertise in the mags.  Call them in
the late afternoon/evening as this is a "cottage industry" shop.
Their catalog even has a nice J-3 plan, as a sample for a 1/4
scale plan, but with enough info that it can be redrawn to a
working drawing.  Call them up and order a catalog, its a very
tasty listing.

At our club meeting last nite one of the members brought in a J-3
based on a Balsa USA kit -- it was copied from one at a local
airport, typical yellow, etc.  But sure nice.  I think they'll be
building models on that for the next thousand years, assuming
there's an atmosphere left!

    		BOB BANKA
           	c/o SCALE MODEL RESEARCH
    		2334 TICONDEROGA WAY,  
    		COSTA MESA,
    		CA          92626   
    	      
    		(714) 979-8058

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      | |      00	 Adios,      Al
    |_|_|      ( >o
      |    Z__(O_\_	(The Desert Rat)

    OK all of you history buffs and World War 1 enthusiasts, listen
    up......
    
    The "League of WWI Aviation Hostorians" is having a membership drive.
    The League publishes a beautiful quarterly bound, soft-cover book
    called "Over the Front" that has a number of articles about all
    sorts of aspects of the war in the air during WWI.  It has original
    pictures of pilots and planes and all sorts of stats.
    
    The reason I call it a book as opposed to a magazine is that it
    is printed on heavy paper.  It is usually about 190 pages long.
    It does have some ads, but they are mostly for other similar interest
    magazines and information.
    
    For anyone that remembers them, this is kind of the replacement
    for the now extinct American chapter of Cross & Cockade.
    
    It's only $25/year.  I have already gotten some scale info from
    the league.  They are invaluable if you are doing a WWI scale project.
    
    If you want to join, send your check to...
    
    	Bowman A Brown, jr.
    	Membership Secretary
    	135 E. Lauer Lane
    	Camp Hill, PA  17011
    
    Please give them my name as there is a contest.  Also, please send
    me mail letting me know that you joined so that I know how many
    points I have.  If you have any other questions about them, feel
    free to post them here.
    
    Oh yea, when you send your money, be sure to indicate if you want
    it to be applied to 1988 or 1989.  If you specify 1988, then you
    will get all 4 1988 issues (then you will get billed for your 1989
    dues :-) ).
    
    cheers,
    jeff
    

    Innovated Model Products Inc
    P.O. Box 595 
    Lebanon, TN  37087
    
    615-444-1371
    305-978-9033
    
    As you requested,
    
    Alton who is home on vacation today
    

    Terry,
    
    If'n yer' referrin' to CXO, it's even further than that...over 400
    miles as I recall from when we drove the motorhome up there for the '88
    Masters Qualifier.
    
    The A-2 jacket appeared in a full-page in the Jan. issue of Air
    Classics and I have since spotted it in several other history-type
    mag.'s such as the November issue of American Heritage.  The
    distributor of the Cooper A-2 flight jacket is: 
    
    MBI Flight Gear
    47 Richards Ave.
    Norwalk, Conn. 06857
    1-800-367-4534
    
    It's actually a little cheaper than some of the 'replica' jackets I've
    seen advertised...at least for me as there was no extra charge for
    large/long sizes; most of the replicas require you to add %20 for large
    or long sizes.  In addition, they'll bill yer' credit card in 6-monthly
    installments of $42.75 which totals to the asking price of $249.00 +
    $7.50 shipping, or $256.50, which is exactly what you pay if you opt to
    make a one-time payment by check.  All-in-all, it appeared to me to be
    the easiest, fairest way I'd seen to get one of these jackets...and a
    for-really one at that, not a replica.
    
    Hard to guess January weather hereabouts.  It's been a very
    unseasonably warm week up to today but it's now overcast outside and I
    haven't heard what the weather-guessers are predicting for Sunday. 
    Short of rain or high wind I've got to fly so I hope the weather's at
    least civil Sunday.  My ace-in-the-hole is next Friday which I've taken
    off and could use for test flying though I hate to fly that close to a
    meet as any scrapes etc. that might occur can't be dealt with in time
    for the contest so I'd prefer to get it done with Sunday. 

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      | |      00	 Adios,      Al
    |_|_|      ( >o
      |    Z__(O_\_	(The Desert Rat)

Hi Ben,
There's sort of a couple of Heli mags that come out of the UK. The one I'm most
familiar with is RC Helicopters/USA. A nice mag but I keep hearing rummors that
its in financial trouble. So far, evertime I'm convinced they've gone under a 
new copy shows up at the hobby shop.

The other mag I can't put a name on right name. It's not bad, I just don't like
the quality of the paper they print on compared to the first magazine. If I
remember, I'll try and post the address of both mags here over the weekend.

	Proctor's address:

	Proctor Enterprises
	25450 N.E. Eilers Rd.
	Aurora, OR  97002

	Catalog price - $3.00

	If you are going to build any scale old-time bipes... this is
	the place to get fittings, flying wires, turnbuckels, shock cord,
	miniature screws, antique control quadrants, etc.

	Here are a list of the plan they have available and their prices...

	#1000	Antic Floats		$10.00
	#1001	Mini-Antic Mono		$14.00
	#1002	Antic Mono		$24.00
	#1003	Antic Parasol		$29.00
	#1004	Nieuport XI		$35.00
	#1005	Antic Bipe		$35.00
	#1006	Nieuport 28C		$35.00
	#1007	Curtis Jenny JN4-D2	$35.00
	#1008	Curtis Jenny Handbook	$ 8.25 Reprint of original equip handbk
	#1009	Mini-Antic Bipe		$25.00
	#1010	Anti Bipe Seaplane	$35.00
	#1100	Albatros DVa		$65.00

	All plans come with construction manuals.

	ALSO...

	If you need a good set of scale plans (scale meaning standard 
	model aircraft building practices with formers and ribs being in
	their scale positions but exterior scale done exteremly well) I
	would check out Scale Plans and Photos in Greensboro NC. They have
	a 1/5 and 1/4 scale DVa plans set for a reasonable charge ~$30.00.
	You can find an ad of theirs in almost any model aircraft mag. Their
	catalog is $5.00 and has about a 100-120 pages. I've done some 
	business with them and they are good folks.


	Good luck 
	-TomR-

        I think I've posted this before, but you can send mail from our
        net direct to the AMA, and they can respond direct to you. Doug
        Pratt is the Modelnet Sysop and AMA contact. The address is:
        
		decpa::"[email protected]"
        
        Don't forget the imbeded quotes.
        
        Bob

        Al;
        
        While it won't get you to the RC notes conference, you might
        consider CompuServe as an alternate computer fix. I've heard that
        Modelnet is almost as big a wealth of information as this VAX
        Notes conference :-)
        
        On top of that, you can send mail between CompuServe and the Enet
        to keep in touch with all of your old notes buddies! The format
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        This is the same syntax I posted in the note on how to reach AMA
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        Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with CompuServe other than to
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Re: Note 7.3 by POBOX::KAPLOW "Set the WAYBACK machine for 1982" 
                            -< AMA via COMPUSERVE >-

>        I think I've posted this before, but you can send mail from our
>        net direct to the AMA, and they can respond direct to you. Doug
>        Pratt is the Modelnet Sysop and AMA contact. The address is:

>                decpa::"[email protected]"

>        Don't forget the imbeded quotes.

>        Bob


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