89 SWOOSE

Gene Mitchell built two of these 62-inch-span models at the same time and says that it’s a great build and a fun flier that “dazzles the crowd.” This old-timer free-flight design was converted and enlarged for RC float operation by Nick Ziroli, and Gene notes that while it looks like a Golden Age racer, in truth it’s a flat-bottom-wing trainer that operates well off water or land. After adding a YS 1.10 engine to the...