The WINDY SOCK Index

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 payable to "Windy Sock." Please don't send a check if your bank balance is in doubt; our friendly banker charges the club four bucks for each check that bounces, whether we wrote it or not. Most orders will be filled within three days of receipt, but in some cases a new printing will be required. In such cases orders will be filled within six weeks or less. If you have questions, please enclose an SASE for the reply.

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 3–view / 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.