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| Publication | February 1947 | Price: 0.15 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every other month |
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| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Aviation |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Speaking of Models (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Editorial and contents page. |
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| Activity | Swing It! (3.67 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Instructions and specs for building and flying a swing control model, which has no engine or ignition system. |
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| Photo Story | Planes in the News (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | A dozen photos, with text, of the latest in experimental aircraft. |
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| Photo Story | Aero Club Roundup (2.5 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Teen |
| Notes | Photos, with text, of Model Plane clubs, exhibitions, and competitions. |
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| Photo Story | Club of the Month |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Teen |
| Notes | Profile and photo of the Long Island Sky Lancers, a Model Airplane Club. |
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| Comic Story | Club Troubles (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Kip Clark |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Children | Characters: Kip Clark |
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| Activity | The Workbench (3 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | The fundamentals of model building. |
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| Featuring | Reader's Ideas |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Reader Louis Maresca receives a dollar for his contribution. An early precursor to Henry Boltinoff's Cap's Hobby Hints for DC, perhaps? |
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| Activity | Bonanza (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Specs for a Beechcraft 35 "Bonanza" model airplane. |
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| Featuring | Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pepsi; Pete; whale |
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| Text Story | Bullet Proof (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Marine Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden, who survived more than one hundred Pacific combat dives, without getting wounded. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden; Major Lofton Henderson; Major Ben Norris; Captain Dick Fleming |
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| Comic Story | Chamberlain In the Shadow of the Eagle (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of Clarence Chamberlain, who flew non-stop from New York to Berlin, but only after Charles Lindbergh had already made his historic flight to Paris. |
| Featuring | A True Comic |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Historical | Characters: Clarence Chamberlain |
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| Text Article | Flightmaster (2.33 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Instructions for building a glider model. |
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| Comic Story | "Hot Rock" Miller (4 pages) |
| Featuring | A True Comic |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Historical | Characters: Norman M. "Bus" Miller |
| Notes | Describes the distinguished military career of Commander Norman Miller, bomber pilot during World War II, who was decorated eleven times. |
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| Activity | How to Build the Aeronca Champion (5 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Instructions and specifications for building a model plane. |
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| Comic Story | Flying is Easy [Chapter V] (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Instructions on how to recover from aerial stalls and spins. Continues next issue in Chapter VI. |
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| Activity | The Natsneez (2.67 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Blueprints and instructions for building a popular British model airplane. |
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| Text Article | Crop Hoppers (2 pages) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; Math & Science |
| Notes | The use of planes as crop dusters, from fighting Mormon crickets to planting crops from the air. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, and March 3, 1933. No circulation figures given. |
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| Photo Story | Photo Contest Winners |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Aviation |
| Notes | Photos, with text and addresses, of contest winners, both Juniors and Seniors. |
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| Publisher advertisement | For Millions of Breathless Thrill-Packed Moments (1 page) |
| Featuring | True Comics |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | House promo for True Comics (1941 Series) #52 (September 1946) with cover shown. |
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| Advertisement | Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Willie |
| Notes | Strip ad for the Daisy Cowboy Carbine, where Red Ryder and Little Beaver teach young Willie about gun safety. |
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