(February 1947)
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- every other month
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- True Aviation Picture-Stories Inc.
- Editing
- Ed Yulke (editor)
Issue Notes
Speaking of Models
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Editorial and contents page.
Swing It!
activity / 3.67 pages
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Instructions and specs for building and flying a swing control model, which has no engine or ignition system.
Planes in the News
photo story / 3 pages
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
A dozen photos, with text, of the latest in experimental aircraft.
Aero Club Roundup
photo story / 2.5 pages
- Script
- Doris Yulke
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- aviation; teen
Indexer Notes
Photos, with text, of Model Plane clubs, exhibitions, and competitions.
Club of the Month
photo story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- aviation; teen
Indexer Notes
Profile and photo of the Long Island Sky Lancers, a Model Airplane Club.
Club Troubles
Kip Clark / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- aviation; children
- Characters
- Kip Clark
- Keywords
- models
[no title indexed]
Reader's Ideas / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This month's Reader Idea makes it possible...
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Reader Louis Maresca receives a dollar for his contribution. An early precursor to Henry Boltinoff's Cap's Hobby Hints for DC, perhaps?
Bonanza
activity / 1 page
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Specs for a Beechcraft 35 "Bonanza" model airplane.
Bullet Proof
text story / 3 pages
- Script
- Hal Goodwin
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle (signed) (illustrations)
- Inks
- Ed Smalle (signed) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden; Major Lofton Henderson; Major Ben Norris; Captain Dick Fleming
- Synopsis
- The story of Marine Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Glidden, who survived more than one hundred Pacific combat dives, without getting wounded.
- Keywords
- Guadalcanal; Midway Island; World War II
Chamberlain In the Shadow of the Eagle
A True Comic / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- aviation; historical
- Characters
- Clarence Chamberlain
- Synopsis
- The story of Clarence Chamberlain, who flew non-stop from New York to Berlin, but only after Charles Lindbergh had already made his historic flight to Paris.
Flightmaster
text article / 2.33 pages
- Script
- L. Bucalo (signed)
- Pencils
- L. Bucalo (illustration) (signed)
- Inks
- L. Bucalo (illustration) (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Instructions for building a glider model.
"Hot Rock" Miller
A True Comic / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- aviation; historical
- Characters
- Norman M. "Bus" Miller
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer Notes
Describes the distinguished military career of Commander Norman Miller, bomber pilot during World War II, who was decorated eleven times.
How to Build the Aeronca Champion
activity / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Instructions and specifications for building a model plane.
Flying is Easy [Chapter V]
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Instructions on how to recover from aerial stalls and spins. Continues next issue in Chapter VI.
The Natsneez
activity / 2.67 pages
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Blueprints and instructions for building a popular British model airplane.
Crop Hoppers
text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
- Inks
- Ed Smalle (illustrations) (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- aviation; math & science
Indexer Notes
The use of planes as crop dusters, from fighting Mormon crickets to planting crops from the air.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Elliott Caplin
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc.
Indexer Notes
Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, and March 3, 1933. No circulation figures given.
Photo Contest Winners
photo story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- aviation
Indexer Notes
Photos, with text and addresses, of contest winners, both Juniors and Seniors.
For Millions of Breathless Thrill-Packed Moments
True Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Keywords
- pirates
Indexer Notes
House promo for True Comics (1941 Series) #52 (September 1946) with cover shown.
Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners
Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Harman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Red Ryder; Little Beaver; Willie
Indexer Notes
Strip ad for the Daisy Cowboy Carbine, where Red Ryder and Little Beaver teach young Willie about gun safety.
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["Easy to Build Models"]
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1.
Speaking of Models
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2.
Swing It!
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3.
Planes in the News
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Aero Club Roundup
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Club of the Month
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Club Troubles
Kip Clark -
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The Workbench
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["This month's Reader Idea makes it possible..."]
Reader's Ideas -
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Bonanza
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["S.O.S. Police-boat long overdue..."]
Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop -
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Bullet Proof
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Chamberlain In the Shadow of the Eagle
A True Comic -
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Flightmaster
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"Hot Rock" Miller
A True Comic -
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How to Build the Aeronca Champion
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Flying is Easy [Chapter V]
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The Natsneez
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18.
Crop Hoppers
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["Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc."]
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Photo Contest Winners
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21.
For Millions of Breathless Thrill-Packed Moments
True Comics -
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Red Ryder's Safety Message to Daisy Air Rifle Owners
Red Ryder
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
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