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Following are the back issues of Windy Sock from its beginning.
I decided it was time to do this project when I found myself forgetting
stuff that had already appeared in WS, especially in regard to building
tips and plans. So while this listing has already brought in more orders
for back issues than I expected, I hope it has also been useful to our
readers of long standing and short memory by enabling them to make maximum
use of these monthly blahs in their files.
The first issues did not have a name and consisted chiefly
of club news, plus one or two "how-to" items or a plan. The
price is $1.50 each in the US, $1.75 each in Canada and Mexico (US dollars),
and $2.00 each in other foreign countries. Stamps of one-ounce first class
value are acceptable for purchases of only one or two copies. Make checks
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1991:
Prior to naming:
August '91 - Waterman Gosling plan and article (Model Aviation,
May 1990)
September ;91 - Club is named
October '91 - "Parlor Fly" and "Dinky Dip"
plans
November '91 - "Soda Streak "
December '91 - Model weighing scale
1992:
January '92 - Paper gliders from 1940 (?) Air Trails
February '92 - Art Chester "Goon" No-cal
March '92 - "Double Zero" indoor Bostonian
April '92 - Tips on building light
Newsletter is named "Windy Sock":
May '92 - Fokker E-III construction article and plan
June '92 - Aeronca C-3 No-cal (Florent Baecke)
July '92 - Report on 1992 FAC Nats / Pistachio "Whitman Tailwind"
(Mooney) / No-cal "Tailwind" ("Padre" Anderson), winner
of 1990 and 1992 FAC Nats
August '92 - "Prop Carving" / clothespin clamp / "Spirit
of St. Louis" cut-away view and article from 1950 Air Trails and
Peanut plan from Model Builder
September '92 - SE-5A wing gun mounting / Jimmy Doolittle on downwind
lift / 1912 Blackburn monoplane Peanut / "Killer Bee", 12"
span (Florent Baecke)
October '92 - Winding stooge / safe turns for rubber / F4U Corsair
No-cal
November '92 - Rubber testing / "Xmas Stick" from 1939
Flying Aces / Lockheed "Little Dipper", 17" span (Mooney)
December '92 - "Sorta scale" Bleriot, 22" span (F.
Baecke) / Making spoked wheels (F. Baecke) / Tips on adding detail (Bob
Isaacks)
1993:
January '93 - "Scale Scraps" (balsa stripper,
sliced ribs,etc.) / Midkiff on downthrust / Polish fighter No-cal (F.
Baecke) / "Baby Toots", Peanut Wakefield.
February '93 - "Taube" cover story / Midkiff on spiral
stability / "Gosling" Peanut (F. Baecke) / "Scale Scraps"
(six tips)
March '93 - Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter cockpit detail / Flight report
on the Sopwith Camel / Midkiff trims his "Wildcat" / "Scale
Scraps"/ "Killer Bee" Embryo (F. Baecke) / Bob Isaack's
"Rib Sandwich" tip
April '93 - Gnome rotary engine details / Baecke's home-made drafting
board / "Dihedral Dandy" from 1937 Flying Acs / parachute release
system / "Scale Scraps" (index card props, etc.) / Red Baron's
letter of complaint
May '93 - Crusader AG-4 three-view / "Scale Scraps" (instrument
panel dials, etc.) / Fauvel AV-10, tailless No-cal (Al Backstrom)
June '93 - XC-99 cover story / Midkiff trims his Pfalz D-III, Part
I / Crusader AG-4 construction plan, Part I / "Scale Scraps"
(free-wheelers, etc.
July '93 - AG-4 construction plan, Part II / Midkiff trims his
Pfalz D-III, Part II / cockpit details, "how-to's"
August '93 - "Skidoo 23"twin-pusher plan and article
from 1948 Air Trails magazine / OX-5-A engine details, tips / Dethermalizer
parachute
September '93 - "First pig to fly" cover story / Midkiff
on props, Part I / Pitch calculator / "Ms Peach" Embryo / Lewis
machine gun details, nose block tip / Garami auto-stabilizer from 1936
Model Aircraft Builder magazine
October '93 - Tribute to Jimmy Doolittle / Midkiff on props (how-to),
Part II / "Scale Scraps" (warp-resistant wing construction,
etc.) / Martin MO-1 plan, 16" span / Fokker D-23 three-view
November '93 - "About Free-Flight" - Fritz Mueller /
"Kari Keen" plan (Dave Livesay) / Class "C" pusher
from 1937 Zaic Yearbook , half-size by Florent Baecke
December '93 - Twin-engine Peanuts, cover story / "Fike"
Peanut plan / Midkiff tip for attaching cabane struts / "The Wing"
construction hints from Fritz Mueller / "Scale Scraps" (hexagonal
camouflage, half-shell fuselages, etc. / factory drawing of SE-5A prop
blade
1994:
January '94 - Fokker Triplane cover story / "Old
Buzzard's Soaring Book" review / "Black Arrow" plan from
1938 Aeromodeller / "The Airfoil" by Fritz Mueller / "Scale
Scraps" / 1937 Air Trails crossword puzzle
February '94 - Tribute to Cole Palen / Meet John Valls / Fritz
Mueller on CO2 / DH-4 five-view / free-wheelers (F. Baecke)
March '94 - CO2 efficiency (Harold Cannon) / Nose block plug (Tom
Sanders) / free-wheeler (Nick Leonard) / DH-4 details / Spoked wheels
(Charles Hill)
April '94 - Stabilizing the Fokker D-VIII (Charles Hill) / washout
/ "Scale Scraps" (8 tips) / Fritz Mueller on CO2 / Detailed
Hurricane 3-view / Midkiff's Sopwith Triplane
May '94 - Fritz Mueller cover story / Tan II rubber analysis /
Why free-wheel? / Interview with Walt Mooney, Part I / Bf-109B cockpit
details / Hurricane details, Part II / Fritz Mueller on CO2
June '94 - Heath "Bullet" cover story and 3-view / Fritz
Mueller on CO2 / "Scale Scraps" (pictures of WWI German instruments,
etc.) / Interview with Walt Mooney, Part II
July '94 - 1930 edition of Flying Manual (cover story) - Meet Al
Backstrom / Trim tips / 4-view of RWD-8 PWS primary trainer, very detailed,
Part I / photos of Fritz Mueller's Bleriot VII
August '94 - FAC Nats, cover story / RWD-8 PWS, Part II / Fritz
Mueller on making tissue-shell pilot figures / Sperry Messenger, Part
I (Walt Mooney)
September '94 - Nose blocks (Tom Arnold) / Scale Scraps, including
pendulum rudder control / Sperry Messenger, Part II / Loening M-8 three-view
October '94 - Fritz Mueller's CO2 Pensuti triplane, cover story
/ CO2 power for the Prairie Bird, by Fritz Mueller / Al Backstrom's sheet
balsa "Flying Plank", construction plan / Max Holste MH152,
Part I / Fiction by John Valls: "The First Out-of-sight Flight
November '94 - Fritz Mueller on props and CO2 power / MH152 construction
plan, 25" span, Part II / prop hook tip
December '94 - Heath Baby Bullet Peanut plan / deHavilland "Moth"
details and article / Midkiff reports on the Dornier 335 / Tip on MH152
flight trimming / Fritz Mueller's vacuum molding jig
1995:
January 95 - George Aldrich cover story/ Fritz
Mueller flies electric/ "Thrmal Sniffer" from Aeromodeller/
"Wee Two" all-sheet biplane/ Launch techniques from Tom Arnold/
DH-60 Moth 5-view/ Flying the Albatross D-III ( WWI pilot report).
February '95 - Getting started in electrics by Mike Nassise/ Airfoil
Study/ Fournier RF-5 plan (foam construction)/ Downwind launch technique,
by Tom Arnold/ Fritz Mueller's glue dispenser.
March '95 - Airfoil discussion/ Design considerations for small
electrics/ construction plan and 4-view for Gloster Gladiator.
April '95 - Incidence angle chart/ "Gym Dandy" construction
plan (indoor model)/ "Little Yogi" construction plan and article.
May '95 - "Indoor Action in Austin"/ outlining control
surfaces - Bill Hannan/ wind tunnel - Nick Leonard/ British "Pou"
construction article - Part I/ Wright engine two-view/ Blackburn "Sidecar"
construction plan (14" span).
June '95 - Steve Whitman eulogy/ "Pou" construction plan
- Part II/ Blackburn "Sidecar" 3-view.
July '95 - cockpit coaming detail/ "Prop Fixes" - Fritz
Mueller/ Mustang model abduction - Joseph/ bumper-mounted winding stooge/
British "Pou" construction plan - Final/ nose block and prop
hub tips - Baecke
August '95 - Gyroscopic effect/ Prop fixes - Fritz Mueller/ Nick
Leonard, Jr. story/ "Ascender" helicopter construction plan/
3-view of FK-10 Quadraplane.
September '95 - Nick Leonard, trans-Atlantic solo sailor/ Flying
the Fizz (CO2) Machine/ Spitfire 4-view with cockpit details/ Fresh from
Fritz (props)/ turns counter - Tom Arnold.
October '95 - Fresh from Fritz (props)/ Nieuport 11 four-view,
Peanut construction plan, and color schemes/ Trimming a catapult glider/
Note on circular airflow.
November '95 - Fresh from Fritz (props)/ Ambrosini S.A.I.7 construction
plan (Peanut) and 3-view/ improved cracked-rib construction - Baecke/
Koutny prop and spinner construction method/ triplane stability.
December '95 - Don Srull's trim system/ Zaic on gliders and catapults/
"Scale Scraps" - 5 tips/ "Bedborne Modeling" - in
hospital/ Spitfire article/ Aero Crossword puzzle (Tom Nallen)/ Tom Arnold
trims his P-38.
1996:
January '96 - Douglas Corrigan - eulogy and cover
photo/ Fresh from Fritz - props/ covering wet with domestic tissue - Bearry/
Luton Buzzard article and 3-view/ free-wheeler for plastic props/ pilot
head from foam "peanut" packing - Srull/ washin, washout problem.
February '96 - Report on Whitman accident and eulogy/ Whitman's
"Hardly Abelson" - description/ "The 'Sport 74' - the First
Real Airplane?" - fiction by John Valls/ Beechcraft 17 article and
details.
March '96 - Free-flight on the Internet - cover/ notes on gliders/
Fresh from Fritz - soldering tips/ Beechcraft D-17S four-view/ crossword
puzzle solution/ sheet balsa P-38/ List of racers eligible for Greve and
Thompson FAC race events.
April '96 - Fresh from Fritz - props/ Beechcraft 17 construction
plan/ Easy-Built Mustang kit report - part I/ "Is undercamber Necessary?".
May '96 - "Rubber Bandit" story/ Schweitzer I-29 glider
- 36" span article and construction plan/ P-47 cockpit details/ torquemeter
plan.
June '96 - Easy-Built Mustang kit report - part II/ grams-to-ounces
conversion chart/ Fresh from Fritz - props/ Bristol Scout Peanut plan
- sheet balsa throughout/ laminations tip - Jim Hanegan/ modelers in war
zone.
July '96 - B-25 with free-swinging rudders/ Making desktop (computer)
tissue - Chrles Hill/ Easy-Built kit report - part III/ "Thoughts
after dorking"/ more lamination tips from Hanegan/ Fresh from Fritz
- CO2/ designing and building model pontoons.
August '96 - Alamo Escadrille history - Fresh from Fritz - CO2/
washout tip, etc. from Hanegan/ "Yes, Folks, There IS a Free-flight
Heaven....." - fiction from John Valls/ Orville Wright on "Weight
and Thrust"/ primitive helicopter plan of doubtful merit.
September '96 - Annual "Alamo Scramble" photos and story/
Fokker E-III three-view and excellent details/ prop-power and balsa tips
- Tom Arnold/ prop design tip from Aeromodeller - a good one/ Easy-Built
Mustang kit report - Final/ Hints from Jack McGillivray/ Color Tag for
insignias, etc.
October '96 - The Casados boys/ Dave Rees' B-36 at Geneseo/ Wight
Quadraplane Peanut construction plan - Baecke/ "The Fokker Monoplanes"
article/ Sopwith Camel control system.
November '96 - Pres Bruning's "Mistel" - photo (96 bonus
points!)/ notes on CO2 power - Joseph/ reducing pull force in winding
rubber motors - Aeromodeller/ Avro Model "G" construction plan
and article - Bill Hannan/ wheels - Fritz Mueller, part I.
December '96 - more notes on CO2 power by Joseph / Rieseler RIII/22
Peanut (parasol) construction plan by Baecke - and 3view / Jim Miller
talks "Fike."
1997:
January '97 - Pilot report - Fokker D-VIII / Profile
Pusher construction plan (by Rex Hall, may 1941 MAN) / Tom Arnold builds
his first biplane / Compass Retrieving
February '97 - General Kenney Reports (on Lindbergh in WWII) /
Sopwith Pup Peanut construction plan - Florent Baecke / The "Longster"
- article and 3-view
March '97 - Fresh from Fritz (wheels, part 2) / How to make lozenge
pattern tissue (low-tech, no computer) by Frank Stotler / wing fillets
/ Taube article and construction plan - part one / work plan from Tom
Arnold / warp-resistant stabs - Tom Arnold
April '97 - Fresh from Fritz (wheels, part 3) / staining sheet
balsa models - Jim Whelan / "The Canvas Falcons" - WWI book
review / Fritz Mueller's WWII escapades / Taube article and construction
plan, part 2
May '97 - Kids with gliders (cover story) / Tribute to Sal Taibi
/ Meet Jane Schlosberg / Korda at the 1940 Wakefield / "Nifty"
construction plan (indoor stick flyer with movable stab, rudder and ailerons)
/ WWI lozenge patterns
June '97 - Free-wheeling discussion and graph / "Once in a
Lifetime" - fiction by John Valls / Lippisch Delta 1 and 2 - tailless
sheet balsa models by Al Backstrom / making identical fuselage sides
July '97 - "Wow! What a contest!" / Trimming for Flight
- from Aeromodeller / Straight and Level - scale flying by Bill Winter
/ Big Cat - Embryo construction plan by Al Backstrom and Dick Baxter /
German WWI wrist altimeter / "Meet George Bredehoft, our Internet
editor."
August '97 - Washington model flying / Burnelli RB-1 construction
plan, by Florent Baecke / Mike Morrow's anti-warp process
September '97 - Dewoitine D-33 construction plan / A modest proposal
(Goulash event) / "Thirty seconds over Copperfield" - an essay
by Karen C. Regan
October '97 - Alamo Scramble ladies (photo) / Flying a WWI Spad
(pilot report) / Visit with Mike Midkiff / Dewoitine D-33 three-view /
Beam balance scale / Burnelli RB-1 three-view
November '97 - CO2 tips from Mike Myers / "Old Goat"
construction plan (R.O.G., 24" span), by Florent Baecke / FAC scale
judging, Dave Smith / flying fields discussion - Tom Arnold / Luton Minor
Peanut construction plan
December '97 - Gypsy Moth Peanut on CO2 (discussion) / cockpit
coaming tip - Al Baecke / "The Wish" - fiction by John Valls
/ Making insignias without a computer - Doug Wilkey / Curtiss Falcon Dime
Scale construction plan
1998:
January '98 - CO2 conversion tip from Fritz Mueller
/ working with blue foam / landing gear drag test / Doug Wilkey on Comet
kits / Al Lidberg on color spraying / Daniel Hartstein on trimming the
Fokker Dr.1 / list of Dime Scales / Curtiss Robin Dime Scale plan, very
light construction
February '98 - Mark Fineman on Stahl designs / Dick Baxter on plunge
molding / Al Lidberg on thermal-sniffing bubbles / Fairchild amphibian
article and construction plan, part one / Steve Sibal on sharpening blades
/ Tom Arnold on crushed tissue covering, part one / "Fokker Pilot"
- about Ernst Udet, part one
March '98 - "Fokker Pilot"- conclusion / Fairchild Amphibian,
part two / Orville Olm interview and Dreml tool tips / "Parlor Pusher"
indoor model plan / "Conquerors of the Air" book review
April '98 - Fairchild Amphibian - additional info / crushed tissue
- conclusion / dethermalizer / Gary Baker on glues / Kit reviews / Renard
R-31 article and plan, part one / additional tips on Dreml tool / permanent
markers for tinting clear dope
May '98 - Midkiff reviews Herr Engineering's Corsair kit / Wall
Street Journal's free-flight story / Stuka No-cal construction plan from
Volare Products / 3-view of the Fairchild Amphibian / Renard R-31 three-view
and remainder of construction plan
June '98 - Henry Struck's 1903 Wright Flyer construction plan /
John Koptonak's Ten-step trimming method / Torquemeter how-to / DH-4 cockpit
and radiator photos
July '98 - Bamboo how-to / Free-wheeling problem on twins / "How
We Invented the Airplane," by Orville Wright - part one / Bristol
F2B three-view and detail photos / magnetic building board by Jim Hanegan
August '98 - FAC Nats reports / "How We Invented the Airplane"-
conclusion / Beardmore "Inflexible" story / Mike Midkiff reports
on trimming the Corsair / Wittman D-12 Racer construction plan - 10"
wingspan
September '98 - Kanone tips from George Bredehoft / testing props
/ Hawker Hurricane Dime Scale plan (see October 1998 issue for printwood)
/
October '98 - Rason "Warrior" 3-view and construction
plan (Florent Baecke) / Sopwith Camel gun-mount photo / Tom Arnold interviews
champs / "Hurricane" printwood
November '98 - "My Friend Earl Stahl", by Al Cleave
/ Early flight school accident report / simple slip-proof knot for rubber
/ drill jig / "Dingbat" 3-view and construction plan, by Al
Backstrom / Dick Howard in WWII - story
December '98 - Reg Boor reports from England / F-82 Twin Mustang
construction plan - Florent Baecke / "Good Old Days" rules /
engine cylinder how-to / Fritz Mueller on WWII flak strategy / building
light - tips / "Remembering Bill Winter" - Doug Wilkey
1999:
January '99 - Short "Satellite" plan and
comments from Dave Livesay / More from Reg Boor / Home Made propellers-
Florent Baecke / Lettering details made easy / prop aerodynamics / Gene
Smith's "Personna" blade tool / Alamo Escadrille membership
list
February '99 - "The Alamo Flyer" construction plan -
Florent Baecke / Old Rheinbeck in Texas / Dave Livesay talks props / Windy
Sock index - August 1991 thru December 1994 / Burnelli RB-1 model experiment
by Orville Olm / Short "Satellite" 3-view
March '99 - "Recollections of an Era," by Al Cleave /
"Born Loser" Embryo plan - Al Backstrom / "A Real Modeler"
/ "Up and at 'Em" book review - Gene Smith / John Denver accident
report / Windy Sock index - January 1995 thru December 1996 / "Openscale
'99" info from the Czech Republic.
April 1999 - Old Kingsbury Aerodrome vintage planes; Windy
Sock index, Jan.97 thru March 99; "Thinking about thermals"; construction
plan for Dime Scale Fokker D-VII; Is it "lift" or is it "push?"; paper
clip aid for finding models.
May '99 - "Who killed Model Planes?"; Fresh from Fritz )lift theory);
"As a Bird Flies" (glider flight by Al Cleave); More on Thermals; Tips
from the Internet; Jet-X mountings (by Tom Arnold); construction plan
for "Gugnunc", by Florent Baecke; review of Stick and Tissue Modeler's
Album, Volume II; Getting that CO2 motor out of reverse; Orations fro
Orville (Olm); story of the Staaken R.XIV German bomber of WWI; plan for
tailless pusher (sheet balsa).
June '99 - David Dodge reports on above tailless pusher; tips and
thermal comments from Kevin Smith, Bill Henn, and Orville Olm; decimal
equivalents; lift theory by Al Cleave; more on the "Gugnunc", including
cockpit details; 3-view of the Gugnunc; construction plan for the "Streamline
Experimental"; report on Nexus scale event at Old Warden Airfield, England,
by Mike Stuart; "Shishkabob Jig" for laminated fuselage formers by Tom
Arnold (continued in July).
July '99 - CA glue applicator by Bob Clemens; conclusion of Shishkabob
Jig; Dime Scale advice - Bf109, by Doug Wilkey; construction plan for
Dime Scale Spad; "Making Identical Sliced Ribs", by Florent Baecke; "The
Enemy Was Me", by Al Cleave; "Foam Plastics", by Orville Olm; construction
plan for "Mini-Minx," from November 1984 Aeromodeller.
August '99 - Jerry Porter on 20-second rule for official flights;
Bob Clemens reports on 1999 FAC Non-Nats; Tom Arnold reports on 1994 FAC
Nats; "Bredehoft at Geneseo"; construction plan for ZLIN XII, by Dave
Livesay; construction plan for "Dick Korda's Latest Model", from September
1940 Open Road for Boys.
September '99 - Windy Sock visits the Gizmo Geezer; Selections
from Rottensox; Schlosberg memorial web site; Midkiff trims a float plane;
tips on mounting windshields and using rubber lube; Instruments for the
Scale Model; plan for sheet balsa Culver Cadet; plan for Dime Scale Fleet
Trainer.
October '99 - Sixth Annual Alamo Scramble; Remembering Wade Gunn;
construction plan for "Triangle Sportster"; Meet Carl Bakay; first "show
and tell" meting; Two Tips from the Gizmo Geezer; Jack Moses comments
on the IS-4; prop pitch table.
November '99 - Construction plan for sailplane, "The Wolf", by
Al Cleave; Jesse Casados, teen modeler; adjustable nose bearing, from
the Gizmo Geezer; lanolin - super lube?; Models without balsa.
December '99 - Balsa density graph; plan for Dime Scale Bf109;
Pres Brunig's variations on the Delta Dart; Tips from Tapio; Gizmo Geezer's
tip on knotting at the prop hook; Thoughts on Flying the Embryo.
2000:
January '00 - Non-Swastika Bf109;
tips; Balsa Story; Reg Boor reports from UK; Flying the (full-size) Bleriot;
plan for P-47 NoCal.
February '00 - Plan for Garami "Biplane Sportster"; Listing of
38 Earl Stahl plans; historical notes on Battle of Britain; Are we overpowering
our models?; Orville Olm introduces his "Precision Free Wheeler" (part
one); Notes on the Bf109.
March '00 - Swiss Bf109 color scheme and historical note; Rottensox Talks
Props"; Prop talk from Pete Money; "Finishing with Pastel Chalk", by Larry
Marshall; plan for "Floyd Bean Special", by Dave Livesay; congratulations
to Jane Schlosberg; air brush tips from Tom Arnold.
April '00 - Tips from Tailspin; Steve Gardner Talks Props; construction
plan for CGA-4 glider (part one), by Al Cleave; Orville Olm introduces
his Precision Free Wheeler (part two); plan for the "Minnow" (r.o.g. stick),
by Lloyd Shales.
May '00 - Glider Flying in WWII, by H. Travis Bailey; plan for
CGA-4 glider 9part two); "From Sublime to Ridiculous", by Al Cleave; Lee
Campbell as CD; Jane Schlosberg, Grand Winner; Richard Kopitzke on building
square fuselages; About Guy Wires; "To DT or not to DT", by Joe Joseph;
More from Rottensox (and friends).
June '00 - construction plan for "Tea Kettle" (CO2 power); Measuring
rubber energy and effect of lube; tissue over mylar covering; A Scotsman
Laments; "On Falling Down", by Al Cleave; "Painless Thrustline shimming",
by Tom Arnold; Smaller props and less rubber.
July '00 - "Really Dumb Wire Stuff", by Al Cleave; Don't use hardware
store lacquer thinner; Hot Pilot in the "Tin Goose"; Floats and ROW; construction
plan for Hickman Midget Seaplane, by Florent Baecke; FAC Nats, Mark XII.
August '00 - Construction plans for "Profile Three Wheeler" and
"High Performance Flyabout", both sheet balsa construction.
September '00 - Joe's Jolts (magnet and rubber tips); construction
plan for Dick Baxter's "XE-5", Embryo biplane; "WACO CGA-4 Gliders in
WWII", by Al Cleave; "The Burnelli Story", by Ollie Benton.
October '00 - Alamo Scramble, Mark VII; For a more realistic Spandau
(machine gun); "Long-lost Free Flight Comes Home" by Harold Cannon; "Things
that Fly", by Al Cleave; Lou Viggiano reports on the 10th National Aeronca
Convention; Jim Miller Speaks; construction plans for the "Penguin" Peanut
by Florent Baecke and "Skinny Wingy" by Al Cleave.
November '00 - "The Dark Side of Sacred Cows", by Al Cleave; Making
Your Own Canopies, by Florent Baecke; "Mr. Smoothie" Peanut construction
plan and 3-view; How Far Did It Go?; Douglas O-43 three view (part one);
Fuselage Sides Made Easy.
December '00 - "Torque Talk for the Timid", by Joe Joseph;
Internet tips; Flying Tips from George Bredehoft; For Kite Lovers; Goulash
Factors for 2001; Molded Tissue, by Gene Smith; construction plans for
Earl Stahl's "Weight Rule Contest Model" and Walt Mooney's Peanut Fokker
D-VI; O-43 3-view (part two).
2001:
January '01 - "Aloha! Rigging and
Warps", by Joe Joseph; construction plan for L-15A with 3-view; Alamo
Escadrille Membership list; Reg Boor reports from England; additional
info on Weight Rule Contest Model; final sheet of O-43 3-view plan.
February '01 - Blue Angels/VFM-211 Squadron report; More about
the L-15A; Postal event announcement; more on warps and rigging; "Let's
Hear It, Gals!"; more on molded tissue; Trying Out the Gizmo Precision
Free Wheeler; "Yellow Dawg", by Al Cleave; rubber power info; "The Great
Washout Wrangle", by Jack Moses; "My Washed-out Two Cents", by Joe Joseph;
construction plan for "Porteus", by Florent Baecke.
March '01 - More on warps; construction plan for Peanut "Parnall
Pixie", by Florent Baecke; "Shall We Free Wheel?"; Drawing Stars, by Florent
Baecke; Silly Putty DT; tips; more on the Washout Wrangle; "The Nieuport
28" (part one). story of wing failures in WWI, from WWI Aero magazine.
April '01 -
Viggiano's restored Aeronca; Back Porch Pusher construction plan; Proteus
3-view; Windy Sock Index (April 1999-March 2001); Rubber supply problem;
Tips.
May '01 - Hutch's Stinson SR-7 analyzed; Low-winger trimming; Tan
II rubber supply; Table of allowable turns and torque for Tan II; Stealth
Wing (stick model) and Farman Stratoplane (Dime Scale) construction plans;
GeeBee trimming tips; Electric motor tips; Cattle disease in Scotland
affects modelers; B.L.U.R. event.
June '01 - "Catapult Landing in a Midget Mustang" (Jim Caldwell);
Merbaby (floatplane) construction plan; "The C-3 Saga" (Al Cleave); "Using
the Gizmo Precision FreeWheeler" and "Is it legal for P-30?"; Scale Judging
in the Czech Republic.
July '01 - George Aldrich eulogy; "Hap" Arnold tale; wire size
equivalents; scale points; Tom Arnold on prop design;Arrow construction
plan (Dime Scale); News from the Geezer; Free-flight rubber incident;
Old-time thermal generator; "Prof. Fate and the fickle Spitfire"; "Are
there thermals after sundown?" (Al Cleave); Tip from Midkiff.
August '01 - "Flying Wing Stuff" (Al Cleave); Flying the Nieuport
11; Embryo Pacific Ace construction plan (Florent Baecke); Tips from Scale
Staffel; The Bald Fokker (Prof. Fate); 3-view of 1938 Arrow F (Dime Scale
plan in July 2001 issue); Tips from the Internet.
September '01 - Tenth anniversary Alamo Scramble; Dick Korda obit;
Rubber - another dim view; Tips from the GizmoGeezer; Grumman Skyrocket
construction plan (Dime Scale).
October '01 - Windy Sock visits the Cactus Squadron; Tony Peters,
on 9-11; Joe Fergusson (Scotland), on 9-11; Bob Forest (England), on 9-11;
Alexander de Tocqueville, on America.
November '01 - Rubber report; Al Cleave, on Syl-Glyde; YO-51 construction
plan (Dime Scale?); Grumman Skyrocket note; Art Collard flies Proteus;
Report from Scotland (Joe Fergusson); Tissue printing (Steve Gardner);
All about magnets; Construction plan for skis; Recipes for chocolate cake
and icing (Margaret and Marie); General says "JUMP" (photo).
December '01 - Me and My Grumman Skyrocket (part one); Hard luck
for MIAMA; Monthly rubber report; Congratulations to Nick Leonard, Jr.;
YO-51 three-view plan; Ambrosini S.A.I.7 racer construction plan (No-Cal)
and 3-view; "Lady Bird" Olson reports.
2002:
January '02 - Waterproofing tip; Rubber report;
Ryan YO-51 construction plan (Florent Baecke); Me and my Grumman Skyrocket
(Part Two); 2nd Hand R.O.G. construction plan.
February '02 - Rubber report; Philosophy and tips from Bill
Henn; Report from Lee Campbell; Tandem propellers; A mere Mini-6 matter;
Tales from Al Cleve; Alibi Legal Eagle construction plan; Finding that
model (Dick Adams); Scotch Monoped construction plan (part one).
March '02 - Rubber report - WWII RAF memories (Joe Fergusson);
Cellophane canopies and CMS; Farman Stratoplane color scheme; Henry Struck
and Doc Martin obits; So you think you know thermals?; Thoughts on trimming;
Weekend Wonder (Al Cleave); Seaplane passengers in the 1930's; Miscellaneous
model stories (Al Cleave); Scotch Monoped (Part Two).
April '02 - Henry Struck eulogy; Texas reclaims Mike Midkiff; "Insect"
construction plan; Air Musings by Tom Arnold; Rubber report; Flying the
Spad.
May '02 - Two Escadrillers make news!; Bleriot monoplane construction
plan; Rubber report; For a much better Spandau; De Monge twin-engined
"Light" plane (3-view).
June '02 - "My really Young and Stupid Crop-dusting Years" (Al
Cleave); Cloud Tramp construction plan; Stagger, scmagger, does it matter?;
Foamie not so feathery?; retractable landing gear plan.
July '02 - More on the De Monge; Lincoln Ross on thermals and washout;
More from Bill Henn; Cloud Tramp mass launch; Garami's Gull Wing construction
plan; Thermals at Seguin; Thoughts about the biplane thing; Technology
marches on (remote-controlled DT's); A couple of simple torque meters.
August '02 - FAC Mark XIII photos; Death of the De Monge pilot;
Meet Alejandro Garcia; Alejandro's rubber slicer; Souricette construction
plan; Jolly R.O.G.er construction plan; Plans List (Revised in March 2003
issue).
September '02 - Martyn West Wind construction plan (Joe Fergusson)
with 3-view (Part One); Lego blocks aid fuselage assembly (Alejandro Garcia);
Souricette 3-view; Report on the Muncie Nats; Lou and Arliss' Aeronca
flight to New York; Baecke 50th anniversary; Lee Campbell at FAC Nats;
"Born Loser" in Uruguay.
October '02 - Thermals: friends and/or foes (Al Cleave); A Western
FAC Nats?; Britons honor an "Early American"; Bill Henn report; On folded
wings (Al Cleave); "The Right Way....and My Way" (AL Cleave); George Bredehoft's
updated web site; Thrust versus time in seconds (graphs for CO2, electric
and rubber power).
November '02 - FAC rule clarification; "On Dealing With the Media"
(Al Cleave); A matchbox fleet for every modeler?; Tan II rubber demise;
Towline glider construction plan; We live and learn...maybe; Changing
some wrongs to make a Wright Flyer.
December '02 - Texas Rose and H.P. Revisited (Al Cleave); Long
"Longster" construction plan and 3-view; Goulash Factors for 2003; "Hung"
(poem by Danny Maslowicz); "Well, whatta ya know?" (speaking editorially
about use of carbon fiber, etc.).
2003:
January '03 - Flightline....Airy Musings by Tom
Arnold; Membership List; Reg Boor reports from Engalnd; "Who Knows?" (clarification
of towline glider plan); Tips; "Double Top" Embryo (twin-engined) construction
plan; Photo tips; 1936 F.A. Stick (converted to electric power) construction
plan; "Millard's Tips."
February '03 - "Millard's Tips"; "The Young and the Witless" (Al
Cleave); "Tadpole" (CO2 flying boat) construction plan; Flying Aces Beginner's
Racer construction plan; Gizmo FreeWheler tips; Gnosspelius "Gull" 3-view
and article.
March '03
- "The Wright School of Aviation" from WWI Aero / "Almost Wright 1903"
construction plan by Dick Baxter / "Swee' Pea" No-cal construction plan
by A. A. Lidberg / Windy Sock Index for April 2001 thru February 2003
/ List of all plans only presented in Windy Sock dating back to 1991.
April '03 - "Psychic Stuff" by Al Cleave / "Aerodynamics XYZ" /
"The Swish" jet construction plan by Bill Winter / "A Look At Small and
Silent Power Sources" by Fritz Mueller / "O-rings" tip / "Skyhop" towline
glider construction plan from 1954 Aeromodeller.
May '03 - "DeMonge Light Twin" construction plan by Joe Fergusson
/ "The Skies Over Rheinbeck - a Pilot's Story" book review / Magnet tip.
June '03 - 2003 USIC report / "The Best of S.L.I.M." book review
/ "A Rollicking Rotorplane" construction plan from December 1937 Flying
Aces.
July '03 - Viggiano accident report / Rotorplane results (negative)
/ Pete Azure report on Peanut Wright Flyer / Dave Stott's fix for rubber
bunching / "In defense of Guillow" / Jenny 3-view and details.
August '03 - "FAC Power Scale with Bob Schlosberg" / Dime Scale
SBC-4 construction plan by Bruce Finley / "The Day the Snow Fell" by Al
Cleave / "Funny from Fergusson."
September '03 - Muncy report by Midkiff / "Yet more defense of
Guillows" / "Picturing Prop Pitch" / Trans-Atlantic RC flight report /
"Windy Sock, Al Cleave, Leleand Snow, George White" / "Almost Wright"
flight results from Art Collard / SBC-4 3-view / "Snoony" construction
plan from May 1939 Flying Aces.
October '03 - "Physical Phitness Phrom Phree Phlight" / Super Sport
rubber test results / TEAM Air Bike construction plan from Joe Fergusson.
November '03 - Sam Clough obit / "Xmas Stick, ""Balsaurus", and
"Phantom Flash" construction plans / A Scottish air war jolt from Joe
Fergusson / Freewheeling prop discussion / Bill Henn comments / "Cat and
Duck Blind Flying System" by Al Cleave / "Fuel Cells for Free Flight"
/ Cockpit coaming tip from Gerald Sullivan.
No issue in December.
2004:
January '04 - "Gone with the Wind"
(lost model) / Tissue tip from Michael Heinrich / Geneseo non-flyers /
Thrustmeter by Jim Caldwell / "Agricultural Aviation" by Al Cleave. /
"Swoose" construction plan by Al Cleave / Items from WWI Aero.
February '04 - "FAC Power Scale - A Modest Proposal", by Tom Arnold
/ SE-5A info / "The Magic of Magnets" / Model found by e-mail / "In Defense
of the Wright Brothers" / "Ah, sweet mystery of propellers" / Dime Scales:
"Mechanic's Flyabout" and "Puss Moth" plans.
March '04 - Wheel retention tip from Alex Techuk / "WWII Swiss
'Neutrality'" / Bob Schlosberg tells all (airbrushing) - Part 1 / George
White on magnets / Thompson and DeRosier obits / Tom Arnold narrative
/ "Bf or Me?" / "Cadet Fighter" plan (sheet balsa) / "Chicken Hawk" glider
plan from Al Cleave / "Macho Motors" / Gene Walloch's flight trimming
technique.
April '04 - Schlosberg tells all (Conclusion) / About the Me108
/ Landing gear tips from Paul McIlrath / Huntington H-12 construction
plan / DeHavilland "Moth" colors / "The Gallaudet Story" from WWI Aero.
May '04 - List of Windy Sock plans / "The Wright Brothers as Engineers"
book review / Airbrush tips from George White / Airbrushing using artist's
atomizer / Super Sport II rubber report from Mike Midkiff / H-12 3-view
/ Krylon tip from Kevin Lehnert / Battery safety alert from AMA / Bristol
"Bulldog" construction plan.
June '04 - Krylon spray paint tip from Glenn Bearry / Figuring
flight points error / More airbrush tips from Bob Schlosberg / "The No
Fear Year" (Part I) by Al Cleave / "Embryo Streak" construction plan by
Florent Baecke / "Klingon Battle Cruiser" Embryo construction plan by
Ralph Kuenz / "Sky Surfer" Embryo construction plan by Glenn Bearry /
More on the "Bristol Bulldog" / More on the H-12 / "The Art of Bill Henn"
announces Bill's new book.
July '04 - "Embryo School of Hard Knocks" / A better "blue foam"
/ "Vacuum molding made simple" by Chris Boehm / "The No Fear Year" (Part
2) by Al Cleave / Moraine Saulnier 325 construction plan and 3-view /
Seguin flying site map by Al Cleave / Making tissue letters tip from Paul
McIlrath.
August '04 - "Texas at Geneseo Nats 2004" by Mike Midkiff / "Midkiff
Meditates" / Tribute to Bob Thompson by Dave Stott / Making foam wheels
tip / "More Embryo wisdom"/ "Jiro Sugimoto" / Most visible colors / Amethyst
"Falcon" construction plan by Derek Buckmaster (Part 1).
September '04 - "Geneseo 2004 - Slaughter at the Scale Points Corral"
/ A good stooge from Richard Adams / Vacuum molding success / "Washout!"
by Vance Gilbert / Making ambroid glue / Bill Henn - FAC success story
/ "The woes of the B-24....and war" / Amethyst "Falcon" construction plan
(Part 2) .
October '04 - Bill Teseny obit / Eleventh Annual Alamo Scramble
/ Bad news from Florida (hurricane damage) / CyA glue economy / Heinkel
P-1077 Peanut construction plan by Bruce Finley / "Jim Miller: Moans,
groans and tips".
November '04 - Mike Midkiff proposes "Texas FAC Nats West" / Windy
Sock agrees / Sopwith "Bee" 3-view and construction plan by Al Backstrom
/ "A Luftwaffe Test Pilot's Account of a captured B-17" / Report on SMALL
Fun-Fly / Hiking chart / More from Paul McIlrath / "Panel lines, hatches,
etc. " by Vance Gilbert / "Happy tune from Saskatoon" / "Al Cleave tells
us" (a funny) / "About the Folkerts SK-3".
No issue in December.
2005:
January '05 - Lamination tips by Glenn Bearry / 3-bladed prop assembly
by Mike Midkiff / Koolhoven FK55 construction plan (contra-rotating props
and retractable landing gear).
February '05 - Wire hinges tip by Glenn Bearry / prop pitch tip
by Art Collard / Dick Howard eulogy / "Grunau Baby I" construction
plan by Mario Battagion / electric power soldering no-no / Morane-Saulnier
325 note / Mike Isermann discusses glue stick use / March 2003 through
November 2004 back issue list.
March '05 - "HST tames the Marauder" / "Talk about
Yankee ingenuity" / formula for rubber power / Workbench construction
plan / Computer Aided Design (CAD) discussion / "Fighter Fly"
construction plan.
April '05 - Vic Didelot eulogy / "Air
Marshal - Who, me?" / Stab alignment tip / "Cata-Baby"
glider plan / "F.A. Speedwing" construction plan / Catapult
launch tips / "The First Confederate Air Force," by Al Cleave
/
Thermals article with simulation photos.
May '05 - Wind data / Westland N16-N17 construction
plan / "The Arrow" glider plan / Tip stall discussion / Magnets
tip from George White / "Modest Proposal" by Joe Joseph.
June '05 - "Jorge Newberry" and
DeHavilland T.K.1 construction plans, by Mario Battagion and Al Backstrom,
respectively / Frank Zaic and Carlo Godel obits.
July '05 - Modeling at Old Rheinbeck Aerodrome
by Dan Taylor / Trimming indoor flying scale models / "Comic Relief"
from George White / Planarian construction plan / Hemiptere 40 construction
plan by Florent Baecke.
August '05 - Al Baecke eulogy / "It
seemed so plausible at the time," by Al Cleave / Rocket power info
from Joshua Finn / Original Wildcat plan and article by Earl Stahl / Udet
U-2 construction plan by Jim Jesse with
3-view.
September '05 - "U-1 or U-2?" discussion
/ "Anthony Fokker was no copy-cat" / Aero 42 construction plan
by Pres Bruning / "Tangerine" endurance model plan / Bobby pin
clamps tip / Dihedral tip.
October '05 - "Deco Detail" from
Aermodeller / "The Kingsbury Kaper" by Al Cleave / Arsenal-Delanne
10 construction plan by Pres Bruning / Lear Fan No-Cal plan / XP-54 "Swoose"
3-view.
November '05 - "FAC Scale Judging Sheet"
/ Loire-Nieuport 161 construction plan by Herb Weiss / Random thoughts
of Al Cleave / Three Wings for the Red Baron book review / "Three
tips from Joe" / "Ten-step trimming and the Midkiff Mode"
/ "Duration ain't all there is." / rib alignment tip / Eleve
air speed indicator / Curtiss Hawk P-6E color scheme.
No issue in December.
2006:
January '06 - 1918 RAF cartoon and
comment / Dave Stott anti-knotting tip / "Earhart Airster" construction
plan by Al Backstrom and 3-view.
February '06 - Carnrick report on Southwest Regionals meet / Tom
Arnold article on Internet web sites / "Four-pound balsa: myth, magic
or fact?" by Joe J. / fuselage construction tip by D. Campbell /
"The Yellowstone Affair" by Al Cleave / "Hangar talk from
Scotland" by Joe Fergusson / Prop hook fix by Joe Fergusson / Avro
560 construction plan by Bill Hannan.
March '06 - Conclusion of Tom Arnold's article and Joe's comments
/ Canary construction plan and 3-view / "Bear" Snyder eulogy
by Dick Adams / prop stop tip / Cartoon from Robert Spink / Report from
Reg Boor on his contra-props Spitfire / more on Fergusson prop hook tip.
/ Making Z-bend prop hooks by Pres Bruning / Avro 560 3-view / A-6 Flying
Wing plan.
April '06 - "Will ARF flyers be future Burt Rutans?"
/ Turbulators article / "Origin of the word 'aviator'." / Capacitor
power for free flight / Farman F-231 construction plan and 3-view by Mario
Battagion / Nieuport crash photo / Feathering prop tip by Roy Hood.
May '06 - Instrument panels illustrated / "Prop-portunity
article by George Reich (1962) / FAC 2006 Rules discussion / complete
plans list / "Little Auk" construction plan from Aeromodeller
/ "George Done it!" / "When the Dead Sea was not so dead."
June '06 - "I Must've Done It Wrong", by Al Cleave /
Reg Boor's contra-rotating props / F-4D Skyray story / Curtiss XP-31 construction
plan by Doug and Sandy Wilkey / Back Issues List update / Smoke tunnel
experiment.
July '06 - Powell "P-H" Racer construction plan and 3-view
/ No-crawl prop hook / Charging plug hook-up / Bending music wire tip
/ Bending tubing tip / Cutting miters tip / Caricatures / WWI wood quality
problem / Capacitors as "batteries" / Parachute construction
article.
August '06 - Curtis CW-1 Junior construction plan, 3-view and photo
/ Brewster Buffalo construction plan / Small-capacity LiPoly batteries
/ Geneseo 2006 - Special Report
September '06 - Hanriot 180 construction plan, 3-view and model
photos / FAC Rules Blues / The Vickers Vimy / Pendulum Rudder / FAC Southwest
Regionals / Ode to JJ: What We May Live Without
October '06 - Assembling the Jenny / FAC
Southwest Regionals / Vickers Vimy.....continued from last month /
Bruce Finley reports on Muncie / FAC Moves Into the NFFS / Rich Adams'
SE-5A / 2006 Alamo Scramble / Texas Scale Champs
November '06 - Machine guns detailed / Electric motor mount and
cowl / Tiger Moth construction plan (Dime Scale) / Pancake" plane
/ Spad A.2 article / Bob Hope ad (1947) / Workbench Tips (1937 F.A.)
2007:
January '07 - Electric Winder Source / "Engineering Calculations"
Web Site Info / Udet Flamingo Plan / Peck-Polymers' New Owner / Santos=Dumont
story.
February '07 - Piper HE-1 construction plan and color scheme photos
/ "SagittariusRising"
episode / Backstrom "Plank" plan (sheet balsa) and photos /
"International Tailless at Terlet" 1957 event in Holland / Spandau
gun plan and photos / USAF insignias / Model "A" engine conversion
/ Pacific Ace 1940 ad / Pre-WWI contest report.
March '07 - Wheels from Toys / Cleave's Corner - Leland Snow /
PZL P-11c 3-view, very detailed / Prop shape tip from Tom Arnold / "Whirligig"
helicopter construction plan by Roy Clough .
April '07 - Fokker D-VII and Udet / Cleave's Corner "The Early
Days - Part 2" / Vultee Vanguard (P-66) construction plan and 3-view
/ "Two (tips) from Aeromodeler" / Super-detailed Spitfire model
story / "CriCri" French midget airplane.
May '07 - FACSWR report by Don DeLoach / Embryo-style F. A. Moth
construction plan / "The Early Days" story about Leland Snow
(third of three parts) / Rio Grande Squadron story / "Supercharge
a Model Airplane" from Popular Science magazine.
June '07 - SPAD SA2 / Porterfield Zephyr construction plan / The
Geneseo Experience by Rich Adams / 42nd Annual Rocky Mountain Free Flight
Championships / Bill Henn's notes on I-beam spars / FAC SWR contest results
and a Perris report by Marcy Green.
July '07 - 2007 Texas Scale Champs results / Duke Horn's GeeBee
/ Spar fix tip / FAC Southwest Regional photos / "CA" glue facts
/ Selection of a Competitive Twin by Bill Henn / Fokker F11 Construction
plan.
August '07 - Tissue tip / magnet building board / sliced ribs /
Bill Henn props / Henn's "Selection of a Competitive Twin",
Part 2 / wheels from toys / sonic boom photos / 1948 AMA ad / Viggiano
flies again / Beechcraft plan and 4 color schemes / Phoenix club photo.
September '07 - Prop rotation on twin-engined models / Power stalls
/ 1928 Cessna AW construction plan and details / Frisbee can / Curved
tips tip / Cowl bumps tip / Making and using a torquemeter / FAC Outdoor
Nats report and photos.
October '07 - Garami "Mid-Wing Sportster" construction
plan / Workshop Contest / Wilbur to Hap Letter / Olmstead Prop Design
/ Struts Tip / Emmanuel Fillon / 2007 Alamo Scramble report with photos.
November '07 - O-52 construction plan (No-Cal) by
Florent Baecke / Boeing Monomail (Dime Scale) construction plan by Rich
Weber / Finley anniversary / Focke-Wulfe "Ente" 3-view / wing
tip / Olmstead prop info / C.H. Grant trim procedure / balsa scarcity
/ Prop tips from Garami / Flying the Bristol Box kite (not a model).
2008:
January '08 - Workshop clean-up
/ FAC in Europe / Driggs Dart construction plan and story / Denver flying
site photo / Scot Joe Fergusson RAF tales / 2008 membership list / Mr.
Mulligan close-up.
February '08 - 1915 "Tests on Aeroplane Wheel" / "Scotch
on the RAF" / Me262 Catapult Glider plan / SE-5A Peanut plan / Croses
"Pouplume" story / "Flying the Bristol Box Kite".
March '08 - SPAD A2 mechanics / "Scotch on the RAF" /
"Flying the Bristol Box Kite" / Curtiss O-52 construction plan
/ "Kewpie" indoor flyer plan / Prop bushings tip by Arnold /
Soda straw engine cylinders and wheel tip by Baecke / "Steam power?
Wow!"
April '08 - Little-known aircraft of WWII / .047" wire tip
/ "Meet Harfang Squadron #71 FAC" / "Scotch on the RAF"
/ Backstrom Flying Wing plan ("Who needs a tail) / "Build Your
Own (balsa) Cutter" / "All Balsa Folding Props" / Taylorcraft
Floatplane plan.
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