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Here's ENRICO FELICIANO from the Philippines

. . . greetings from the Philippines.
There are some R/C flyers here, although there are very few clubs.
Do you know how I can get in touch with Mr Brian Cooper, designer of the Large Dart? I'm still trying to learn how to fly on Mr Cooper's "Large Dart" published in RCM - or is it RCMW? A pity the magazines are no longer imported here.
Actually, by "flying" I mean that the plane takes off. Landings are another matter. I once made two laps before impact. Quite safe because there are lots of open areas in the provinces (hectares and hectares of rice fields) and I time it so there is no one around. I'd like to join the local clubs but haven't got the time. Working on a powered hang glider now so I can get more "air time". Will send pictures.

rfeliciano@kppi.com.ph

Nice to hear from you, Enrico, and I hope you will keep in touch. Quite a challenge, I reckon, to try and learn on your own - joining a club would really be a good idea, I assure you from my own experience!
If you can help answer Enrico's question, you can contact him through his e-mail address but please let me know if you do, as I'd love to know the outcome! RCMW (R/C Model World) has kindly confirmed that the Large Dart was NOT one of their plans.

. . . and FEDOSOV VLADIMIR from Ukraine

I (am) Fedosov Vladimir, quadruple champion of a world in the class Scale model (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990) in a category F4B. Now director of the corporation AERO FZD.
Our corporation makes models on technique full GRP/FRP (glass fiber reinforced plastic). I shall be pleased if you will be interested with our production, and you want to purchase our models.
With the best regards.

aerofzd@carrier.kev.ua

Fedosov Vladimir also explained that his company can finish their range of four superb models to customer's own colour designs, including logos, names, etc. AERO FZD have an interesting website from which I downloaded this picture of the Sukhoi SU-26M - click the thumbnail for full detail. If you want to see more, visit http://aero-fzd.hypermart.net/

AERO FZD are looking for a UK distributor for their range of models, so I wonder if there's an enterprising company out there prepared to introduce something new to the market - if so, please contact Fedosov Vladimir and let me know just for interest's sake.

welcome to CRAIG TRICKETT from Newfoundland, Canada

Reg
I must say you are doing an excellent job on this site. I am probably the closest person to you in North America. I am in St. John's, Newfoundland. I look forward to the updates and really enjoy seeing what's going on on the other side of the "pond". I am President of the St. John's RC flyers. We have about 30 active members right now. You can have a look at our site if you like. We are having a fun fly tomorrow (July 16) at Harbor Grace Airfield. I'll send some pics next week of the event. Just a point of interest - the field at Harbor Grace was used by many famous aviators such as Earhart and Lindbergh.
Keep up the good work.

craigt@roadrunner.nf.net

Thanks for your kind comments and I reckon you're right, Craig; you're about 3,100 miles away, that's all - and just a fraction of a second on the internet! Thanks for getting in touch and for the promise of some piccies.

I visited Craig's club website and you can read about it on the club scene page.

BOB NICOL:

Getting loads of flying in and will send pics of new planes when I have a few to send. I have the new VMAR CAP - the 60 - 90 size. It is a very nice model but tends to snap roll and you have to be very careful with the elevator. A couple of the lads have the new Hanger 9 CAP - they are putting OS160's on.

I am sending a pic of my VMAR and one of Paul Carr after a hectic flight.

sideshow.bob@virgin.net

See Bob's pictures on the photo gallery page. Bob also sent me a few more cartoons which will pop up on ModelFlight from time to time.

STEVE REID kindly commented on ModelFlight #13 and the new 'site-seeing' page

Really enjoyed this latest one. I like the idea of highlighting a business occasionally, so I can see what's going on in other parts of the country/world.

bzpond@cyberback.com

Thanks Steve. 'club scene' is up this time; 'site-seeing' will be on again soon.

from BENNIE BROUGHTON

I have to apologise for me suddenly going quiet. The last couple of weeks . . . were so hectic, I just didn't have the time to start with the aerodynamics articles. I haven't forgotten about that and I'll try and make some time when I get back after my visit to England . . .

bbrought@uiuc.edu

Fine, Bennie; send your material when you're ready. I hope you enjoyed your visit to England.

link request from CHARLES FRAZIER of National Surveillance Associates

We have a website that sells instructions and components to build video transmitters for a variety of applications, including R/C models. This will allow the operator to have a "view from the cockpit". We would like to have a link to our site included in your web site. Our URL is http://home.att.net/~nasecass/remote.html and our e-mail address is nasecass@worldnet.att.net. We would also like to include a link to your site on our page.

It's a deal, Charles! There is now a permanent link on the links page. I was amused by NSA's little motto that says "if you solder a wire and operate a hairdryer you can build an audio/video transmitter" - I wonder if it's really as simple as that! On the right is one of NSA's little colour video cameras that sells for $175. The building instructions sell for $19.95 plus $1.35 shipping.