Aviation Adventures and Model Building #16
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis December 1946 issue is an anthology featuring instructional and comic content centered on aviation and model building. The main story follows Kip in his workshop learning about flying model aircraft control mechanisms, specifically how handle movements operate wires connected to elevators and control plates to guide flight. A detailed instructional article by Bruce Lester provides step-by-step construction plans for building a Stinson 150 flying scale rubber model airplane, complete with full-scale technical drawings, materials lists, and assembly diagrams. Additional features include educational content on flight-tested flying models and fundamentals of model building, plus related aviation stories and comics.
Kip Clark is racing against time to perfect his control-line model plane before the big contest—a design he believes gives him a competitive edge, if he can just master flying it. When another contestant's similar model crashes on the field, Kip realizes the judges need to see his plane perform flawlessly from takeoff to landing, not disappear into the distance like some other entries. With originality and precision on the line, Kip's unconventional design gets its moment to prove what it can do.
In 1946, Lieutenant Commander John Rodgers undertook an audacious attempt to set a naval aviation record—piloting the Navy's first long-range seaplane, the PN-9, on a grueling 2,100-mile journey across the Pacific from San Francisco to Hawaii. With official letters in hand and fuel calculated for the perilous crossing, Rodgers and his crew faced the vast ocean and the hope of favorable winds to push them toward their destination.
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