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It had to begin somewhere
A friend shared with me one of his older magazines, “Model Airplane News,” October 1937. I found a couple of articles about the first national RC event, yes, 1937, on pages 18 (trophy), 21 and 38 under “Radio Control” by Leo A. Weiss. I used much of Mr. Weiss’ article verbatim and admit this. The place is Wayne County Airport, where? Situated in the far corner of the field there were six rather large gasoline-propelled...
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