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A total of DC-2s were built. Improvements in passenger capacity, speed and range were mad to the basic airframe, resulting in the famous DC-3 that had production in the thousands. In , several airlines were still using DC-3s in regular passenger service. This marvelous airplane was designed by Arthur Raymond. Here are some representative patents that show the external configuration, the wing section and the innovative retracting landing gear.
The large scale models are exceptionally detailed. This should be an inspiration to balsa modelers everywhere and is definitely worth a trip just to see it. The Battle was powered by the same Rolls-Royce Merlin piston engine that gave contemporary British fighters high performance; however, the Battle was weighed down with a three-man crew and a bomb load.
Despite being a great improvement on the aircraft that preceded it, by the time it saw action it was slow, limited in range and highly vulnerable to attack. The original Fairey Battle was designed as a two-seat day bomber. The Battle was an all-metal, low-wing cantilever monoplane, equipped with a retractable tail wheel landing gear.
Its clean design, with a long and slim fuselage and cockpit for three pilot, navigator and gunner seated in tandem with a continuous glazed canopy, was similar to a large fighter, rather than a bomber. It had neither an armored cockpit nor a self-sealing fuel tank. The Battle's defence consisted of a single. The Battle's standard payload of four lb bombs was carried in cells inside the wings and an additional lb of bombs could be carried on underwing racks. The Battle was obsolete by the start of the Second World War, but remained a front line RAF bomber due to a lack of a suitable replacement.
Nonetheless, the Battle was hopelessly outclassed by Luftwaffe fighters, being almost mph slower than the contemporary Bf When the Battle of France began, Battles were called upon to perform unescorted, low-level tactical attacks against the advancing German army.
In the first of two sorties carried out by Battles, on 10 May , three out of eight aircraft were lost while, in the second sortie, a further 10 out of 24 were shot down, giving a total of 13 lost in that day's attacks, with the remainder suffering damage. Despite bombing from as low as ft, their attacks had little impact on the German columns.
In a desperate attempt to stop German forces crossing the Meuse, the Advanced Air Striking Force launched an "all-out" attack by all available bombers against the German bridgehead and pontoon bridges at Sedan. The light bombers were attacked by swarms of opposing fighters and were devastated.
Out of a strike force of 63 Battles and eight Bristol Blenheims, 40 including 35 Battles were lost. After these abortive raids, the Battle was switched to mainly night attacks, resulting in much lower losses.
Eventually, it was removed from combat altogether. The Battle's benign handling characteristics made it an ideal platform for testing engines, and it was used in this role to evaluate engines up to 2, hp. As the dual-control Fairey Battle T, it served as a trainer. As the winch-equipped Fairey Battle TT target tug it was used as a target-towing aircraft for training in air gunnery. Most were used for bombing and gunnery training with a small number equipped as target tugs.
Some aircraft had the rear cockpit replaced with a Bristol Type I turret for turret-gunnery training. Click here for a short video about the restoration of a Fairey "Battle".
Here is a video of a large scale radio-controlled model of the Fairey "Battle" :. Click Here for more information about the Fairey "Battle".
Cleveland made a kit for the Fairey Battle, but given its notoriously poor performance in the Battle of France, it was most likely apoor seller. This would be a rarity if you should come upon it. However, the Battle was an easy plane to fly and somewhat ironically is ideally suited for modeling. That long greenhouse canopy allows one to install a plethora of radio control ewuipment. The Boeing Model was the logical extension of the Model above bomber which, in turn grew out of the single engine Monomail, the common denominator being the cantilever monoplane wing.
Development focused on the fuselage to provide accomodation for accommodation for a pilot, copilot, stewardess and 10 passengers. Looking backward, the Boeing was the prototype for the modern airliner.
The Model had impressive technical features as well. It could climb and maintain altitude with a full load with one engine inoperative. It was also equipped with pneumatic de-icing boots to prevent ice accretion at high altitude. The airplane was used by United Airlines. Here is a link to a video that shows the Model in action. In this film, "United" masquerades as "General Airlines". Cleveland offered a kit for the , but two engine aircraft were generally beyond the capabilities of children.
It is reported that the Cleveland is a good subject for free-flight and radio control modeling. During the s through you could get credit toward pilot training by building Cleveland models. They were actually used in early military training because the construction techniques for the model were virtually the same as for the full-sized airplanes.
Above is an ad from about These are the 36" wingspan models except for the bomber Multiply the prices by about 25 to get the equivalent price. Most of the planes in the ad would have been in the War news, so again the Cleveland Company was offering "state of the art" subjects to modelers.
Cleveland continued to make kits even after the plane had moved from "cutting edge" to museum piece. The fact that Cleveland was involved with a subject from the beginning gave great authenticity to the plans.
Here is a kit for the same P that was advertised above in Note that the graphics on the box had changed by the s. This is a useful clue to determining the date of any particular Cleveland Kit.
This was a popular single-engine four to five seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan.
The engine is fitted with an 8'6" constant speed propeller and the conventional landing gear is equipped with hydraulically-operated brakes. The last model was introduced in The SR Reliant was available as a landplane, seaplane and skidplane.
The SR was used by the U. They were also used by the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force for light transport and communication duties. After the war they were sold on the civilian market as the Vultee V Here is a video of a restored Reliant :.
The model had plenty of room inside for all the bulky tube-type radio gadgetry of that time. For this model, the Cleveland folks gave you those hardwood wheels, but they wouldn't do much for a real landing.
Of interest, you also got pre-formed streamlined wheel covers for the fixed landing gear. They are known as spats in the trade. This type of kit would appeal mainly to those with a fairly large workspace. In general, these planes were made with detachable wings that would make it possible to transport the behemoth in a car.
Old time radio control was a thing to behold. As of , it is still being produced by Hawker Beechcraft and has been in continuous production longer than any other airplane in history. More than 17, Bonanzas of all variants have been built. Designed by a team led by Ralph Harmon, the model 35 Bonanza was the first truly modern high-performance personal aircraft.
It was a very fast, low-wing monoplane at a time when most light aircraft were still made of wood and fabric. The Model 35 featured retractable landing gear and its signature V-tail equipped with a combination elevator-rudder called a ruddervator , which made it both efficient and the most distinctive private aircraft in the sky. The prototype 35 Bonanza made its first flight on 22 December , with the first production aircraft debuting as models.
The first Bonanzas produced had fabric-covered flaps and ailerons, after which those surfaces were covered with magnesium alloy sheet. The Cleveland Company drew fantastic plans but economized on the balsa -- this photo shows some of the Formers printed on the sheet where the grain of the wood made them ultra-hard to cut out ANF prone to splitting. My trick is to coat the balsa with clear dope on both sides. I get the best fit if just the faintest trace of the line is showing on the cut-out part.
All symmetric or identical, like wing ribs should be stacked on top of each other for a final sanding to assure that they match perfectly. The Cessna and the Cessna are single engine, two-seat, light general aviation aircraft that were first produced in , immediately following the end of World War II. Production ended in , and was succeeded by the Cessna , a similar two-seat trainer which introduced a tricycle gear.
The Cessna was originally equipped with an 85 horsepower 63 or Continental horizontally-opposed, aircooled, four-cylinder piston engine. This model has a metal fuselage and fabric wings with metal control surfaces.
The Cessna was an economy version of the produced at the same time. It had the same engine as the , but did not have wing flaps. The cabin "D" side windows and electrical system radios, lights, battery and starter were optional. The simpler Model is an excellent subject for radio-control modeling and was a popular Cleveland kit.
The "Minnow" was a small experimental airplane designed specifically for the small engine cc class of the National Air Races, held in Cleveland, Ohio. The races included a variety of events, including cross-country races that ended in Cleveland, landing contests, glider demonstrations, airship flights, and parachute-jumping contests.
The races usually ran for up to 10 days, usually at the end of August. The most popular event was the Thompson Trophy Race, a closed-course race where aviators raced their planes around pylons, the event for which the Minnow was designed. During World War II the races were on hiatus. When competition resumed after World War II, they featured newer surplus military planes that greatly outclassed the planes from the pre war era. In Bill Odom lost control of his P "Beguine" and crashed into a home, killing himself and two people inside.
The races went on hiatus again. In , he was transferred to the engineering test piloting where he dive tested the P Shooting Star, the XF penetration fighter prototype, and the FC Starfire. He certification tested two of the models of the Constellation for the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
After winning the race, the "Minnow" was modified and entered the race as "Miss Cosmic Wind". It failed to win any more trophies and continued to be morphing through several forms.
Only fragments of the original plane survive today. Replica versions of the Minnow abound. Cleveland offers kits for both the "Minnow" and the "Cosmic Wind" versions, a testament to the interest in the Air Races by the model-making public. I built the "Cosmic Wind" model in the s and found it to be very challenging due to the streamlined shapes. This was the first US factory to produce sport light aircraft. The Aeronca Sedan is a four-seat light airplane which was produced in the United States between and The outer shape of the fuselage is created by a combination of wooden formers and longerons, covered with fabric.
The cross-section of the metal fuselage truss is triangular, a design feature which can be traced back to the earliest Aeronca C-2 design of the late s. The strut-braced wings of the Sedan are all-metal, in contrast to fabric-covered wings on prior Aeronca models. In general, metal wings and a fabric fuselage were not common. The contemporary Cessna mated an all-metal fuselage to fabric-covered wings.
The Sedan has fixed nonretractable landing gear and a steerable tailwheel. The Sedan is powered by a hp Continental engine. As it had with many of its other models,. The Aeronca Sedan is an ideal subject for radio-controlled or free-flight modeling as the high wing is not as prone to breaking in landing and takeoff "accidents". The B was an important part of the United States's nuclear deterrent for several years in the early s, but was rapidly succeeded by the Boeing B Stratojet.
The B began development in , when the War Department, alarmed by German jet bombers like the Arado Ar , called for a new family of jet bombers; the North American proposal NA won, and on September 8, , the company began production of three prototypes based on the NA In , rising tensions with the Soviet Union caused the Air Force to find a stopgap jet bomber that would serve immediate needs. The B was selected early in Here is some historical documentary footage on the B It had been planned to equip five light bomb groups and three light reconnaissance groups with Bs.
However, the evolving superiority of the the B's did not bode well for the B President Truman's budget restraints reduced Air Force expenditure and B production was phased out. Only about 90 airframes were produced. As far as model making is concerned, the general notion of a tissue-covered balsa frame does not serve modern jet-powered airplanes very well.
In general, the best subjects for balsa modeling are those where the actual construction mirrors the balsa construction. The particular kit shown below is from the Simplex series that Cleveland brought out in the mids. The Cleveland company thought that declining sales were due to the reluctance of Boys to cut the parts out of balsa. This series featured pre-cut parts that were assembled by the modeler. From my own perspective, balsa modeling did not seem appropriate for jet aircraft.
However, as America's first jet bomber, the B is certainly a worthy subject for modeling. The Boeing B Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered, strategic bomber operated by the United States Air Force since In November of , Air Materiel Command AMC issued desired performance characteristics for a new strategic bomber "capable of carrying out the strategic mission without dependence upon advanced and intermediate bases controlled by other countries".
The aircraft was to have a crew of five plus turret gunners, and a six-man relief crew. It had to cruise at mph at 34, feet with a combat radius of 5, statute miles. The armament was to consist of an unspecified number of 20 mm cannon and 10, pounds of bombs.
Martin Company submitting proposals. Boieing was eventually selected. Beginning with the successful contract bid on 5 June , the B went through several design steps; from a straight wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype YB, with eight turbojet engines.
The aircraft made its first flight on 15 April with "Tex" Johnston as pilot. Built to carry nuclear weapons for Cold War-era deterrence missions, the B Stratofortress replaced the Convair B Although a veteran of a number of wars, the Stratofortress has dropped only conventional munitions in actual combat. The B carries up to 70, pounds of weapons.
Here is a video about the early history of the B Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs have kept the B in service despite proposals to replace it with the Mach 3 XB Valkyrie, supersonic B-1B Lancer and stealthy B-2 Spirit.
In January , the B became the second aircraft, after the English Electric Canberra, to mark 50 years of continuous service with its original primary operator.
There are six aircraft altogether that have made this list as of ; the other four being the Tupolev Tu, the C Hercules, the KC Stratotanker, and the Lockheed U Below is another Simplex Cleveland model of the B I have never heard of a flying model of this airplane, although it is within the realm of possibilities.
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VIII in flight: This was a popular Cleveland kit and the construction of the model is almost the same as the manufacture of the full-sized plane. Photos of the Douglas O Click to Enlarge The important family of Douglas observation aircraft sprang from two XO-2 prototypes, the first of which was powered by the hp Liberty V V-engine and test-flown in the autumn of Here is the Cleveland model of the Douglas O Cleveland Model of the Douglas O Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now.
Cleveland Model of the Lincoln Sport Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now. Photos of the Caudron C. Here are two videos of a modern reproduction of the the Caudron C. Cleveland Model of the Caudron C. Caudron C. Cleveland Model of the Rearwin C Speedster Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now.
The name Electra came from a star in the Pleiades. Wind tunnel work on the Electra was undertaken at the University of Michigan. Much of the work was performed by a student assistant, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. He suggested two changes be made to the design: changing the single tail to double tails later a Lockheed trademark.
Both of these suggestions were incorporated into production aircraft. Upon receiving his master's degree, Johnson joined Lockheed as a regular employee, ultimately developing advanced aircraft such as the SR Blackbird. Cleveland Model of the Lockheed L "Electra" Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now. This should be an inspiration to balsa modelers everywhere and is definitely worth a trip just to see it Cleveland Model of the Douglas DC-2 Transport Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now.
Photos of the Fairey "Battle" Defense and Offense were almost nonexistent! Click to Enlarge The original Fairey Battle was designed as a two-seat day bomber. Here is a video of a large scale radio-controlled model of the Fairey "Battle" : Click Here for more information about the Fairey "Battle".
Cleveland Model of the Fairey "Battle" Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now. Looking backward, the Boeing was the prototype for the modern airliner The Model had impressive technical features as well. Cleveland Model of the Boeing Model Click to Enlarge You can buy the plans and patterns that will enable you to make this model right now. Boeing Boeing Model at the Cleveland Site Cleveland and Pilot Training During the s through you could get credit toward pilot training by building Cleveland models.
Cleveland Kits were quite relevant to military training Click to Enlarge Above is an ad from about Sinson Reliant This was a popular single-engine four to five seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation of Wayne, Michigan. Inside the Cleveland Kit Click to Enlarge This type of kit would appeal mainly to those with a fairly large workspace.
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