Around the Patch
Thayer Syme introduces his new column "Around the Patch," sharing his passion for traditional modeling and inspiration from aviation's Golden Age.
Around the Patch 2015/05
No, I am not talking about the excellent home machinist show in York, Pennsylvania. I’m talking about the more generic meaning of the term, that mid- to late-winter funk that comes from spending too much time cooped up in the house.
Around the Patch 2015/03
A successful first flight with a new model is one of the great pleasures in aeromodeling. From the moment a photo or drawing captures the imagination, the mind inevitably springs to some version of a warm spring day with a light breeze down the runway and its wheels tickling the grass as that airplane floats off into the blue for the first time.
AROUND THE PATCH - 2015/01
Before I begin, I miscaptioned a photo in my November 2014 column. On page 100, Vance Gilbert’s model is actually his D.H.95 Flamingo entered in FAC Rubber Scale. Vance averaged 48 seconds per flight for a seventh-place finish.
Around the Patch - 2014/11
Summer is in full swing as I write, and this year saw something new on my schedule. I made my first pilgrimage to the Flying Aces Club (FAC) Nationals in Geneseo, New York. Geneseo Airport is home to the National Warplane Museum and it is on those very grounds that modelers from across the country and around the world converge.
