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GREAT PLANES SHOESTRING

PHOTOS BY JOHN REID PHOTO COURTESY OF THE AIR AGE MEDIA ARCHIVES This fast-paced favorite will bring out your inner racer The full-scale Shoestring was Rodney Kreimendahl's design and is an icon that won many races during its Golden Age career. The plane's name seems to have been suggested by Mr. Kreimendahl's wife and was based on the fact that this airplane was planned and built on a “shoestring” budget. Constructed from balsa, lite-ply, prepainted...

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