MODEL AIRCRAFT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 4

MODEL AIRCRAFT.

DISPLAY AT EXHIBITION.

CRAFTSMANSHIP AWARDS

Perfectly-finished models of aircraft will circle in four, five and six-minute flights 2nS*l . A T b 'y Hall at the Cen- » ■Jw i? tlon durl »>« the afternoons of December 27 and 28. These will be the r occasK>ns of the flying testa arranged> by the New Zealand Model Aeroplane Association, and will be a New Zealand championship for modelmakers in all parte of the Dominion. The model aeroplane di<play openea on Monday, December 18, in the motors and transportation court, and here the models may be viewed until Janu--1940. 1 The results of the model judging for craftsmanship are as follow:—

Scale models, built up; R. Park, Wellington Model Aeroplane Club (Piper Cub) 1L. Smionson, Wanganui Model Aeroplane Club (Stintson Reliant), 2; L. Sim on son, Wanganui Model Aeroplane Club (Beechcraft), 3. Scale models, built up: F. Steer, Wellington (Bristol-Bombay Troop Carrier), 1; M. Roberts, Wellington (Mayo Composite Aircraft), 2; C. Andrew, Gisborne Model Aeroplane Club (D.H. Rapide), 3. Scale models, solid replica type: D. G Strac-han, Wanganui Model Aeroplane Chib (Model 5.E.6A.), 1; D. G. Strachan, Wanganui , Model Aeroplane Club (Vickers Gun Bus), 2; F. T. MacClair, Auckland Model Aeroplane Club (B.E.SA.), 3. Outdoor fuselage models: L. H. Wright ; Wellington Model Aeroplane Club, 1; Mrs. E. J. Thornley, Wellington Model Aeroplane Club (cabin type fuselage), 2; H. B. Rushton, Auckland Model Aeroplane Club (Wakefield model), 3. Petrol-powered mode] (any type): H. E. Righton, Wellington Model Aeroplane Club, 1; J. WhiteTy, Wellington Model Aeroplane Club, 2; J. Whitely, Wellington Model Aeroplane Club, 3.