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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1949)
PAGE FOUR The World's Best Climate BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON W/7 ODEL AIRPLANES i,FfdjLOrfS F,fteen-year-old Ronnie Thorsen of Portland bed'riddr^ mcst of his life with recurrent attacks of re riatic fever. But that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for ™P*ne building which he does with such skill that last Vi^-inn p?Wn hy,ar{nend’.to°k first place in the junior of the Plymouth International Model Plane Contest at Detroit against a field of several hundred contestants. With plans for another entry this year, Ronnie tells in this series of In - ^maion10 *** started ln one fhe fastest growing hobbies Asdel is owner and founder of Oregon Coast Berry Co., propa gators of blueberries. He told the Pilot he had quite a number of customers here and in the Smith River area.’ BUT LETS LOOK AT BOTH < JUST AT th ;. Mrs. C. II. Barnes and daugh ter, Mrs. Miriam Norton, were hostessess for a dinner party in honor of Wesley E. Gurr, Sun- day. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ault and son, Gary, Mrs. Barnes and her daughter are now living at Smith River, in their home, recently completed. CHAPTER FIVE duct your test glide over grass, E. II. Grootendorst and sons Balancing and Adjusting keeping in mind a possible crash were Grants Pass visitors, Sat- For every model plane maker, landing. Most modelers hold the urday, to see the annual glad there is a feeling of satisfastion fuselage well back of the wing, that comes when his model is and push the craft with the nose show, staged at that place, They finally completed and ready to aimed at a point on the grass complained of the terrific heat on their return home. fly. Let’s say that you have spent about 25 to 30 feet ahead. hours of time in planning and If there is any stalling ten Miss Edith Ott, who has been constructing a neat design and dency, try moving the wing back. spending her annual vacation in everything is all finished up to A diving tendency is corrected this area, will leave Saturday the point of actual trying it out. by moving the wing forward. loi Portland. She was a former What will be your next step? Sometimes it is made advisable resident of this vicinity. You won’t want to wind up your to raise the leading edge a a R. G. Sabin, county sheriff, prop or start your engine and wing to correct diving or to while let ’er go into the wild blue yon raise the trailing edge to correct a visitor in Brookings last week, told the Pilot he had be- der without knowing just what a stalling position. come a land owner in this area, is going to happen. You’d be the Some models having fixed wings when he completed the purchase luckiest builder in the country and tail have to be altered to of the Farmer place up the Chet- if your plane had perfect flight correct stalling by adding weight co River. Mr. Sabin intimated he qualities without any adjustments such as solder or BB shot in a living necessary. would start a dude ranch in the small box cemented within the future. Consider that you have se- plane’s nose. In most cases, ad- lected a sound design to begin dition or more weights cuts the Rev. E. C. Hicks, pastor of the with and that you built your ’ Dnrínrmonn/i _ __ • > Smith River Methodist church, performance and is ± to ~ i be avoid- model carefully, following all in- ed if possible. was business caller here Wednes structions. There the big differ day morning. He recently re Adjustments in most cases are ence between getting top qual dependent on what is to be ex- turned from a three-weeks trip ity flight performance or maybe pected of the plane. If your to Salem and Portland to visit a disappointing crack-up will de pend on how you adjust your model is to be a good flyer, there friends and relatives. will be a problem of making it model for flight. Patience plays Mrs. .Hilda Hallowell of Grants operated within a certain area. a big part in proper adjusting. Pass spent the w’eek-end visiting e don t w’ant to have to hunt Remember that before trying lor a plane that disappears from her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. a power flight, test glide your sight, so let’s adjust our model and Mrs. Elmer Kennedy model. By studying gliding char so on a power flight it will circle acteristics and making proper and remain in our immediate adjustments you’ll soon be get- area. A slight turn is desirable FOR BIDS ting real tun out of owning a in most models. This may be successful little plane. Keep in Notice is hereby given that the accomplished by twisting the rud mind that it you don’t know what der. For every 30 feet forward undersigned will receive sealed your craft will do on every flight, the ship should turn about ten bids to and including September it isn't adj listed. Before the model leet to the right and when com 6th, 1949, at the office of the leaves your hand for the first pleted, the craft should glide in County Clerk of Curry County lor the conversion of our wood glide, see that you have selected circles about 70 feet in diameter, a breezeless day in order to test furnace to oil furnace and in Generally speaking, adjusting stalling fuel tank. accurately. There are a few simple The right to reject any and checks of balance and alignment and aligning is an extremely im- portant part of good model per- all bids is hereby reserved. which w ill go far toward prevent formance. Experience will add ing future headaches. County Court, Curry County. much to your skill in preparing Oregon, By Oleta A. Walker, Look at you I !’ modt'l first from planes for flight. In competitive Clerk. A4.11 above. Check to see wings meets it is easy to see whv And tail are in alignment with modelers must h ive all the bugs each and with the out of their planes and keep them as a ment here will cause pooi' flying, in top shape. The best perform-' country will be at ! Take another look directly head ers in Detroit summer and you ! on and correct anything out of can just bet that they got there lino. only because their planes did, Now check the ship's balance y what was expected oi by supporting it beneath the win« 1 hem at the preliminary state I with your tin gers. Balance points accord ini <\\ith this article, I conclude j mid moie accurate adjustment my series, and I hope that I have! using weights fore helped you in your modeling. It ' Your plans will usually indicate where the plan« is modeling that keeps me going! should balance, I nless it docs trom day to day. and I think it ba lanci', at leasi roughly, at this should be even greater joy to a boy who is able to be outdoors Mid, it "’quid be unwise to it All the tune.) tempt flying, Take a look at the w*ay your propeller “tracks. When viewed from the sides, does it seem to Fade's Beauty Shop unit be wobble? Maybe the center hole closed from August 1 to 30. in the prop hasn’t been drilled O Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Dimond. Port true. Maybe the hole for the *baft is too large or perhaps th land were brief callers here Sun bearing for the prop shaft is day, on route to Portland after faulty. These are things to con- a trip over central Oregon. Mi fiider, should JOU have trouble Dimond is one of the owners of Paper Mills Agency of Oregon, here. Room 1, Central w holesale paper merchants. Having checked alignment and LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1949 façMILUOH bo N^ otû ^ >r -.- ■ s®»*? »'»^r PILOT CLASSIFIED ADVER TISING PAYS—TRY IT NOW! YOUR NEIGHBOR FEEDS He Buys Them From the Smith River Feed & Seed Co BUSINESS REASON COMPELS SALE Lovely, modern Three-Bedroom home (24x60 feet); has insulation, built-in refrigeration and automatic lire protection. Large 2-story connect ing garage 24x48 feet, with upstairs living quar ters. Six acres of level ground, all clear and till- posession. Courtesy to brokers. H. T. JAMES, Harbor, Oregon T 0 WE HAVE R BROOKINGS LAND & TOWNSITE CO balance, let's have a look at the Mr. and Mrs. George Asdel and actual test glide and see what children, of Port Orford, were we can learn by doing this. Con- callers in this area Friday. Mr.1 Building Brookings, Oregon
