Control Line: Navy Carrier
CARRIER rules proposals: We are blessed with the prospect of CL Navy Carrier rules remaining stable at least until 1996. The rules proposals published in summary form in the January issue included only one proposal affecting the Navy Carrier events. In case you didn't see it, don't be concerned about your eyesight failing-it wasn't identified as a carrier rules change in the heading. The proposal is CL-94-4, which was listed as affecting events 301-310, Speed.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
I'VE TALKED with Chip Smith, AMA's Nationals General Manager, and with Bev Wisniewski, Nationals Control Line Category Manager, about Navy Carrier competition at the Lawrenceville, Illinois, National Aeromodeling Championships. There is plenty of time before Nationals week, and plans can change, but plans for Carrier look good in early February as I write this column. You who have been to a Lawrenceville Nationals are familiar with the Carrier location from prior Championships. Once again, the event will be located near the Headquarters tent, on the route to the RC pylon, pattern, and scale flight areas. There should be plenty of spectators to observe our Carrier activities.
Control Line Navy Carrier
TOPICS for this month include the offerings of Brodak's Control Line Aviation Supplies and Service, a preview of the Carrier revival at Whittier Narrows, a means of adapting the Fox Combat Special to use other carburetors, and an update on the Magnum .36 engine. Ooops! Mike Keville of Mesa, Arizona, wrote from Kuwait City, where he is working on a government contract. He was the first to point out the grievous error in my April column. The model that I (in a fit of late-night deadline chasing) thoughtlessly misidentified as a Dauntless is obviously not the SBD but the earlier Douglas TBD Devastator. I promise to do better next time.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
Another new address: Observant readers will have already noticed the new address in the heading of this column. The Air Force has transferred me once again-this time to Albuquerque, New Mexico. I'm looking forward to knowing the control line modelers in New Mexico and to renewing an old acquaintance with Bill Melton in Las Cruces. The elevation (the highest metropolitan area in the United States-it even beats the mile-high city of Denver by a few feet) is not conducive to engine development or performance testing, but the visibility is a major improvement over my recent home in southern California.
Control Line: Navy Carrier
MOVING NEWS: As I write this, the move I mentioned in my last column has occurred. Susan and I are installed in our Albuquerque home. I can't say we've really moved in, because I've been traveling for the Air Force for three of the four weeks since the actual move-in date. Susan has done wonders in my absence, transforming jumbled rooms into a home and turning packed boxes into of piles cardboard in the garage. Maybe in a week or two, I'll even have some of my modeling paraphernalia unpacked and sorted.
