Langley (oz8563)
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Langley. Rubber competition model. Mulvihill Trophy winner.
Quote: "National record of 22 minutes and 49.5 seconds.
It seems appropriate to name this rubber-powered contest model 'The Langley' after one of the early pioneers of aviation. This model won one of the pioneer modeling trophies, the Mulvihill, which has been awarded annually since 1923.
This design is basically the same as has been used by the author since he decided to give Wakefield competition a serious try in 1955. At the 1955 King Orange Meet in Miami, Florida, it won 1st place in both the Wakefield and Unlimited Rubber events with 9 maxs out of 10 flights (two fly-off rounds in Unlimited.)
Danny Sobala, hearing of my good luck, wrote and asked for my plans; he wanted to try Wakefield and had never built one before. At the 1956 Wakefield Semi-Finals he was in a three-man fly; off which Cliff Montplaisir won, with Danny coming in second. I was one second out of the fly-off. At the 1957 Nationals, Danny again came in second in a three-man fly-off in the Wakefield event.
At the 1958 King Orange Meet, the Langley won 1st in Wakefield. At the 1961 semi-finals, the Langley made a very impressive showing. At 6:30 am, it turned in a 3:42 flight in Round #1; at 7:15 am it did 3:50 for Round #2; another max for Round #3 and then the bubble broke. In the 4th round, I made a bad hurried launch to the left and the model looped and lost its power burst recording a poor 1:35 flight. The rest were maxes, but the damage was done. It was generally conceded that the Langley was getting upstairs with the best.
At the last Nationals in Willow Grove, I had high hopes for Wakefield, but wanting to fly Unlimited also, I used my spare Wakefield in this latter event. The only change was more power..."
Attached is Frank Parmenter's Langley from American Modeler magazine issue 07-62.
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Langley
by Frank Parmenter
from American Modeler
July 1962
48in span
Rubber F/F
clean :)
all formers complete :)
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