Oxford High School - Clarion Yearbook (Oxford, ME)

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The Clarion THE OLD FAITHFULSU-and Coach Day

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22 The Clarion Tl-IE MODEL AIRPLANE REVOLUTION Wlth the advent of plefabrlcatlon ln model an plane constructlon the field of ChOlCC for the modeler has wldtned tre mendously The klts now on the mar ket come ln any S126 shape tyle or manner vou could thlnk of from small one half A to large stunt ShlpS and beautlful scale models The tlme element has been reduced tremendously Mo t of the smaller planes can be made ln a couole of hours whlle the largel SHIPS can be bullt ID thl ee days or so Thls tlme IS consld erably less than It used to be For ln stance the stlck 'md bulkhead model of a few years ago used to take up a week or two of the modeler s flme As you can see more bulldlng tlme means less spare tlme and also less flvlng tlme Now you can crack up one plane and be Hylng another wlthln a few days T me 1GVO'l.ltlOl'l of the model lndustrv has not changed ln the way of puttlng scale mod ls on the malket as much as ually haldet to bulld than anv other and so XVlth the stlcss on plefabrlca tlon thcle have been less scale models on the mwlket Beauty has b en lntro duced to a large de ree bv the manu fE1CtLll9 of seml scale models whlch look almost llke the orlglnal but keeps the easv to bulld chalacterlstlcs of the tralnels and stunt planes Thls allows any modeler to fly a plane that looks llkc a plane and not llke a P1906 of YY ood wlth a motor ln lt As constructlon and beauty have ad vanced so have flylng chalaftellstlcs Just as the aeronautlcal englneers have advanced wlth the tlmes wlth Jets rock ets gulded mlsslles so have the model deslgners kept up Wlth the tlm s They have found new ways of gettlng strength wlthout addlng XV9lghT Planes have mole wlng area for englne slze Englne performance and power to Welght ratlo have lmproved tremend ously Thls makes fol b ttel flylng U control has been lnvented Thls brought ln the stunt pattern The only maneuver not posslble mth a model 19 a roll Combat flylng has become the most popular event at meets not only to the flyers but the spectators as well Wlth all that has happened and the speed at whlch new ldeas are bemg developed the modelel has fl bl lght fu ture tow ard whlch to look Althul Bellu ood '56 THE DREAMERS Wmter IS over Sprlng IS hele Summel IS comln Flshlng IS near The trout Vlflll be leaplng Fl hermen Will bt C lStlIlg For the flsh of then dltalllx Beln'1ld John COM ING SUMWIER Nova that summer IS draxxln neal d I XVe look forxx r tx Next mom well wake and fear t ofhel Vxl b full ol at But when wt go slowlx down th stall And mothel IS standlng tht re She looks as though she hardlx L'1ILb -Xs she slowly does up hex halr Lorralne Ball tt .J . . X . v - 1 V ' L . . . Q 0 r ' , , ' - . ' 3 ' ' . , , S , an - rv ' ' . 1 ' ac - n - ' ' I . . . . 3 , v A v ' - 1 . . . ' , ' ' M D . . .I . - , . I . - Q , - , ' - ll ' UI r C 1 - . V . 'K l ' l-- . Y - 1 , . - Cl 77 Y 1 . ' - - ' , , . 1 . ' ' ' ' .O ' gr , . ln construction. A scale model is us- In the lakes and the Sil'9L1lllS2 s s ' .S Y x C . v ' ' .. ' L' . ' 1 . ' - ' t' son. '5' ' . . . 9 ' - of - 4, 7 Y 1 ' ' Y , ' g ' '. C t - 'fl rl stzjing out late: 1 v ' . . - X ' ' 7 ' lm l ' ll e ' h In . ' . . , , i 5, , . . L, V . ' .5 ' . ' ' n x . - A x ' Y x ' ' . . ' , ' .5 '- .. ,. - - L. ' 'fq'