MODEL AEROPLANES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 37, 27 February 1937, Page 9

MODEL AEROPLANES

Members Should Take Part In Competitions HASTINGS EXHIBITION (By * ' iSsembly. ' ») . Among enthusiastic modellists in New Zealand there has never been a doubt abput the ultimate popularity of model? building and flying in this country. Just as New Zealanders have been abie to forge ahead into the front groups of world fiiers in that branch of aviation which quickly eliminates the incapable or careless onee, eo this* country has already produced modellists who have competed for and succeeded in winning trophies against ehtrants from the rest of the world. "Assembly^ had the pleasure of viewing a photo of the AuCklandeer, 1 Mr- Vernon Gray, standing bqside the Moffet trophy which he woti in an American conteat. The titlq oi the photo was, "And seven eountriee competed t " He lqoked very happy, and | am SO*® f®lt justly proud. Now we need not leave hina to 'be pur onIy"enr trant in the next eompetition. Auckland is npt the only model aeroplane stronghold in New Zealand. Hawke's Bay could be'madq proniinent to the rest of .the world so sbpn as our modellists get seriously down tq work and send in entiies, Competitors muat be members oi some. elub which is affiliated with $the New: Zealand Model Aeroplane Associatioh. *5 Thess wbrld-wida competitions are being carriqd on.in aome country almost every quartef of the year, which makes it popsible for modellists to send entrieg away at almost any time one is ready. Club members can obtain all information of interest to them in this connection from club secretaries, or a stamped self-addressed envelope sent to "Assembly" will bring baek particulars xequired. Glving the News. "• Until recently we have had to rely on American publications for all world model aeroplane hews anfi reports of meets and contests even in England. Some English magazines devoted a page or twoVto nxofiol news and events, but the Aiuericans were the only ones to takp up the jeasoning that mofiel-mak-ing was & large enough industry to warrant separate publications for its enthusiastp. The American publishers must have founfi much profit thereby, because the number of publications devoted exelusively to m°fiel aeronautics is greater than the average working m&n Could afford to subscriba to. But the writer ls happy to be. able to report that at last the British publishers nave recognised the need and have met it with a first-class journal now on Sale here aofii like the American leadeers in this field, devoted exelusively to model aeronautics. * The writer felt, in loohing through a rpcent issue of the journal, that the e.ditors have already reached the standard of foreign publications, and we can -.with confidence expect thia grade to *be improved on in the future. Perhaps readers have not all found out that North Islanfi Model Aeroplane Association members haye their official news published in the New Zealand magazine " Fernleaf." All that is now necessary is increasefi actiyity by the indiyidual b.uilde?s.

Hastings ClUib's Bxhibition. Less than a year ago Hawke's Bay added a further club to the few New Zealand model. aeroplane cliibs by the formation of the Hastings club. This club has since done some great wprh, and now has. takeh/the further step of staging au exhibition and open to thg public for one week. The opening on Monday night nest will be performed by the Mftyor, an.d "Assembly" has bp^n assurpd that for this functiqn in-, vitations haye been iasued tq locai parliqmentary repf esentatiyes, members of public bo.dies and 'variqiis community clubs ' executivea. As the spaee is not available for too large a gathering these invitations w.ere restricted to reprpsentativt personq, but the exhibi? tion will be open to the public for a whole week, . "Assembly" extends his congratulatipns to this very pr'ojgrpssivp club on~ their increasefi activities, which are stfll leafiing Hawke's Bay model* aefpnautir cal progress. Country modellists will be well advised to. yiew .this exhibition,