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Bob Gialdini’s Eclipse

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Bob Gialdini’s Eclipse
A ’60s thoroughbred revisted By Michael Schmitt and Allen Brickhaus As seen in the August 2011 Model Aviation. BOB GIALDINI’S ECLIPSE was the first Precision Aerobatics (Stunt) model to win the AMA

When Model Airplanes First Went to War

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When Model Airplanes First Went to War
These forerunners of modern RPVs helped train WW II gunnery crews to shoot down enemy aircraft By Hugh Maxwell As seen in the July 1992 Model Aviation. The Army called them OQs. The Navy called them

Airplanes of The Aviator

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Airplanes of The Aviator
The Hughes H-1 by Walt Nowotny All photos courtesy of Miramax Film Corp., Aero Telemetry, and Joseph Bok. As seen in the July 2005 issue of Model Aviation. AS FILMING BEGAN on Martin Scorsese’s