Golden Era – My favorite things

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Roy Yeabsley's Sunspot is another nice glider to be built

Maxwell Bassett's Miss Philadelphia IV has got a new powerplant

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25. Sammlertreffen der M.E.C.A. in der Schweiz

16.4.2019 // Stanley J. Stembera // Events No Responses

MODELLMOTOREN – SAMMLERTREFFEN mit MOTORENBÖRSE und AUSSTELLUNG findet am Samstag, 1. Juni 2019 10:00 bis 16:00 Uhr statt.
ESSO – Swiss glider by Arnold Degen (maiden flight)

24.3.2019 // Stanley J. Stembera // Aircraft, Workshop No Responses

It has been quite a while ago we brought a short building report. I built two ESSO models since that time and now it is high time to get one of this glider in the air.
Saturday by MG Bern

16.1.2019 // Stanley J. Stembera // Events 2 Responses

Another season has slowly gone into its “final third” and we met us again with our friends, modelers, antique enthusiasts, simply with all the good fellows from the MG-Bern “Modellfluggruppe Bern” on 22nd September at Mühlethurnen.
Jaroslav Lněnička (1934 – 2019)

7.1.2019 // Stanley J. Stembera // Hall of fame No Responses

Lněnička Jaroslav – 4/6/1934 – 2/1/2019 at age 84 passed away at Hradec Králové. He graduated at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Prague and his passion for flying accompanied him all his life.
Engines of the Golden Era – Ohlsson & Rice

21.7.2018 // Stanley J. Stembera // Engines No Responses

OHLSSON & RICE ENGINES are the product of the world’s largest manufacturers of miniature aircraft engines and are designed expressly for and intended to be used in model aircraft operation only.
Engines of the Golden Era – Dennymite Airstream

20.7.2018 // Stanley J. Stembera // Engines No Responses

Your Dennymite Airstream is a true gasoline engine of the two-cycle type and the laws governing the operation of large engines of this design apply it with equal force. While the Dennymite Airstream is simple in construction, it is precision made and has the ruggedness to give a lifetime of satisfactory service if handled with reasonable care.
Engines of the Golden Era – Ohlsson Miniature

19.7.2018 // Stanley J. Stembera // Engines No Responses

Now you own an OHLSSON Miniature Radial Mounted Airplane Motor. Your motor is a precision built model power plant, the result of years of experience in building miniature motors. It has been the aim of Irwin G. Ohlsson and Frank Bertelli, builders of OHLSSON Motors, to produce an engine simple in construction, powerful, and dependable in performance.
Engines of the Golden Era – Atwood Super Champion

18.7.2018 // Stanley J. Stembera // Engines No Responses

All Super Champion engines are bench run and tested at the factory to insure everything being in perfect working order, however, the new engine requires additional breaking in.