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...open sticks." The Baby R. 0. G. class was limited to models of 30 sq. in. maximum wing area, 8 in. length. One after another 20 "babies" took off from the floor, made wide spirals toward the arched ceiling, propellers flailing the air. One after another fluttered floorward, rubber motors slack, to land on paper-thin balsa-wood wheels, until at the end of 7½ min. only one was still in the air for a new world record in its class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Little Ships | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

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