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THE IMPULSE
TEXT & PHOTOS BY BOB ABERLE NEW LIFE FOR A CLASSIC '50s DESIGN Below: this 1954 action photo was taken by Bob Aberle at the Plainview, Long Island, NY, flying site. Designer Bill Johnke hand-launches his original Impulse while holding on to the rudder-control button with his left hand. Bill's '53 Ford served as his workbench. When the FCC approved 27.255MHz for flying RC models back in the early '50s, kit manufacturers rushed to get...
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