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Modeleer Show—(Continued from Page 1)— dash to their appearance by sporting the white aero-meehanies jumper coveralls worn at airports.Apparent even to the casual observer was the high spirit of sportsmanship that was manifest in every.department of the contest. Entrants who discovered tired batteries or other .troubles with their planes at the last minute were aided immediately by their colleagues Who unhesitatingly supplied spare parts, tools or bat-tereis from their own kits, along with a generous. measure of encouragement and advice.Show Resourcefulness Contestants from Eureka, who were involved in an automobile jj accident on their way to thp meet, entered the park with wrecked models. A touch of glue here arid IJ there and their frantic 11th hour efforts enabled them to put the | c little planes back into flying con-»-£dition and take home their allot-bItClment of the trophies.Flyers who encountered tough luck in crashing their models £■ fought down their disappointment and took their defeat in a very 0 fine way. Francis Trimeloni got a p big hand for his pluck and skill1 s in handling his model when the upper wing of his biplane buckled h and came apart in flight. In spite ^ of the fact that the fans expected a spectacular crack-up, Trimeloni managed to keep his little craft airborne until the gas supply was exhausted, bringing it in to a perfect landing.Three women. participants were entered in the meet. Mrs. A. Peden of Vallejo, whose 7-year-old son Billy was the youngest contestant in the meet, took second place trophy in the women’s event. Completing the flying family is Mr. Peden, also a gas model veteran.Highest speed recorded Sunday in the speed circle was 127.66 miles per hour. The world’s record for models is held by an Alameda j builder whose craft attained 153.09 j ~ miles per hour.Tommy Van Dyke, a former Ukiah boy who now lives at Sacramento, was one of the high point men in precision flying and took home two fine trophies.Spectators and contestants proleeidifcst01y«stR*Sllte.eiibyUmiU1nouneed the meet an outstanding, lai
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Ukiah Dispatch Democrat
Ukiah, California, US
Fri, May 28, 1948
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