First Foamy articles in RCM magazine

Erasmus80

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Here are the first 20th century references to foam in my Radio Control Modeler (RCM) collection.
  1. A two-part article on Foam Wings published in June and July 1967.
  2. RCM Published a Book "Foam Wings" in late 1971 (attached in four zipped parts).
  3. An article (packaged with the editorial) from the August 1974 issue introducing the use of foam board.
  4. The first two-part article on foam aircraft construction, published in April and May of 1975.
 

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  • RCM v11n08 Cover, TOC & Editorial.pdf
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  • RCM v12n04 Foam Construction Part 1.pdf
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  • RCM v12n05 Foam Construction Part 2.pdf
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  • FoamWingsP1 RCM 1967 06 JUN.pdf
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  • FoamWingsP2 RCM 1967 07 JUL.pdf
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  • RCM 1971 Foam Wings_Part1.zip
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  • RCM 1971 Foam Wings_Part2.zip
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  • RCM 1971 Foam Wings_Part3.zip
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  • RCM 1971 Foam Wings_Part4.zip
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Erasmus80

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The best of times. I built my first plane in 1974. It was the RCM Basic Trainer (1972) by Dick Tichenor, published in the "RCM Flight Training Course" book. It even flew. My #3 son has it now.