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Roger Theobald - The One and Only Photos of Roger, the "T" in "TWA" and his famous 'behind the back' flying in F2A at US team trials in 1963. |
The First Successful Model Aircraft Tuned Pipe Photos of the prototype of the 1966 World Championship winners in F2A. | |
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Under construction. One picture for now, more coming. |
US Team Trials for F2A World Champs/2000 Team selection for the US F2A team for France in 2000 held at Whittier Narrows in El Monte, California. | |
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From Model Airplane News of March, 1967. Bill tells how he and Roger developed the pipe on the TWA and how to make your own. |
MIT under the direction of Doctor Gene Larrabee did the first, perhaps the only wind tunnel tests of a control line model. Still relevant today. | |
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Photos taken at Whittier Narrows at the speed contest run (again) by the tireless Howard Doering who also provided many corrections to my poto descriptions, even though the remaining errors are still mine. |
Bill Wisniewski's workshop in the raw. Taken in an impromptu fashion during 1966 - the year of the pipe -- when the TWA engine was still a develpoing marvel, these photographs show the clutter, chaos, and a few of the TWA engines in the process of creation. |