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80 Years of Model Airplane News THE FIRST ISSUE of Model Airplane News, July 1929, cost just 15 cents and included thrilling short stories about young boys overcoming adversity as well as full-size plans to build a 3-foot-span, rubber-powered Tri-Motor Ford Monoplane. There are ads for 35-cent kits and even a ready-to-fly Deluxe Fokker Monoplane that cost just $4! We've come a long since then, but one thing hasn't changed: our mission to engage, inspire...

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