Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 11, 1939

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 11, 1939
Caption:
LAUNCHING MODEL PLANES IN HIGH WIND: With a 19-mile-per-hour wind preventing the usual take-offs from ground, competitors launched their planes directly into the air in the model airplane meet at the airport here yesterday. Richard Pool, 605 Eberwhite Blvd., is shown above watching anxiously as his small ship leaves his hands and zooms into the air on a short but successful flight.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 30, 1938
Caption:
ANN ARBOR BOY ENTERS NATIONAL MODEL PLANE MEET: George Jaeger, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Jaeger of 411 Virginia Ave., will enter this gas model plane in a national contest next week at the Wayne county airport, sponsored by the Detroit Exchange. The plane has a seven and one-half foot wing span, is five feet long and weighs five and.....pounds. It was constructed of cloth and wood from a kit of prepared materials and is powered with a one-cylinder gas engine. With a full tank, the plane will fly out of sight, but the.........limit the engine's use and put a premium on the plane's gliding qualities. The ship takes off from the ground, and its owner must be licensed by the National Aeronautical association to fly it. Tested this morning on the municipal golf course, the model performed to the satisfaction of its owner.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 17, 1940
Caption:
CRAFTSMANSHIP ON DISPLAY: Fiegel's clothing store windows are crowded again this year with model airplanes, boats, autos and trains which young builders have submitted in the annual model contest. The photograph shows how well local lads have done their work.