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Some of the models were authentic replicas like the beautiful deHaviland Tigermoth seen below right as it was configured as a World War II trainer for the Commonwealth training programme. Below right is one of the highlights of the day a pure jet model powered by a Regina built engine with eighteen pounds of thrust mounted in an airframe that fully loaded weighs only thirteen pounds. The airframe can handle speeds of up to two hundred miles an hour but the engine can push a model up to three hundred miles an hours. The warm humid weather prevented us seeing this plane in flight but the test firing of the engine was a pretty stirring event for the onlookers, most of whom are builders and fliers themselves.


Some of the models were authentic replicas like the beautiful deHaviland Tigermoth seen below right as it was configured as a World War II trainer for the Commonwealth training programme. Below right is one of the highlights of the day a pure jet model powered by a Regina built engine with eighteen pounds of thrust mounted in an airframe that fully loaded weighs only thirteen pounds. The airframe can handle speeds of up to two hundred miles an hour but the engine can push a model up to three hundred miles an hours. The warm humid weather prevented us seeing this plane in flight but the test firing of the engine was a pretty stirring event for the onlookers, most of whom are builders and fliers themselves.