History of the Ultimate Aircraft Corporation
Martin X. Moleski, SJ
moleski at canisius.edu
Thu Dec 12 06:01:13 AKST 2002
--On Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:46 PM -0700 Bjorn Lehnardt
<blehnardt at att.net> wrote:
> The plane Prettner tried unsuccessfully to enter in the TOC was a
> biplane, a Skybolt I think. That was mid '80's? The Dalotel he won
> with was at the 5th TOC in 1978. I have a Feb. 1979 M.A.N. with him
> on the cover along with the plane. Huge for it's day, and still not tiny
> compared to today's TOC planes.
Do you have any kind of history of the TOC? I've
searched the internet and only get a hint here and
there of who won what when.
> Here's mine which is about the
> same size, but with 60cc more than Hanno had.
> http://home.att.net/~rmimac2001/cphotos/DSCN0400.jpg
Nice plane.
> The other planes that year used mostly .90 size glow motors and would
> look rather small next to a modern 2m pattern plane.
Thanks for the info!
Marty #2874
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