microaeronautics

Miscellaneous and Nostalgic topics

A small collection of stuff about things that aren't here any more or are disappearing.

For model Airplane Builders, Dreamers, and Fliers. Chosen from a small an unplanned collection of photos and publications made over the years, just a few pictures to amuse or please.

MAN

Model Airplane News: A very brief look at it's past as a publication that served all model aircraft activities. Commentary and some old Jo Kotula covers.

Reg Denny

Reginald Denny was an astonishing man who left the RAF in WWI to beccme a motion picture star for over 45 years, owned a hobby shop and sold model airplane products nation wide, flew R/C in the late '30s and, from that, founded a large aerospace corporation.

McCutchen

Monoblade helicopters at model airplane scale were concieved by Dr. McCutchen as a graduate student in Cambridge. Among other successes this design type, executed by the Romanian Steffan Purice set FAI records for model helicopter altitude and duration in 1963 that still stand toady.

Mile Square Scale Contest

An ideal place for rubber power scale on a Sunday afternoon in the 80's. Now lost, maybe forever. See how it was with Walt Mooney and others flying Stick and Tissue.

Indoor at Santa Anna

I ndoor team selection for the 1998 FAI world championships were held at MCAS Santa Anna in the giant dirigible hangar tha once housed the Los Angeles. Perhps the last team trials to be held at this facility.

Jet Propulsion

In 1948 I took photos of this Dyna Jet powered free flight model just before it's first flight. We'll never have these again!