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M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/7/2008 5:16:05 PM   
Sky Dart1



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Status: offline 		I recently acquired a M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell kit, but I am not sure how old this kit really is. The kit came with an ad for RCM subscription which listed RCM as starting their 13th year - but I am not sure when RCM started. I'm guessing the kit dates from the late 70's. Does anyone know how old this kit really is and how it flies? I have an already built Bombshell which flies great, but this one uses slightly different construction from the one I have.
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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/7/2008 5:28:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		RCM started October 1963. I have all the issues through 1971 and their last issue. They quit leaving me with about 10 issues due!

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/7/2008 11:02:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dan, thanks - in 1963 I was around, but not quite old enough to be building and flyin' rc!! I thought I remembered reading RCM in high school (1969-72), but I just wasn't sure.

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/8/2008 7:26:41 AM   
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Status: online 		....I had a friend with a Buzzard Bombshell in about '74, '75.

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/9/2008 7:51:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just sold a Buzzard Bombshell kit with a 1979 newspaper used to wrap some parts. The wood was ingood shape. The kit used plywood for the sides.
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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/9/2008 3:03:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Late 1970s is correct. We used to sell this model kit at the Hobby Market in Ft. Worth, TX in the late 1970s.


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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/9/2008 4:47:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		As far as I can tell this is the first ad for the MEN Buzzard Bombshell to appear in RCM. It is from the August 1976 issue.

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/15/2008 11:28:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you really need to know then you can contact Al's Hobbies in Norwalk, CT and ask for Jerry Jarvis, He was the owner of M.E.N.

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/25/2008 12:56:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have an up to date version of the Buzzard Bombshell from "Spirit of Yesteryear" in Canada. You can get a very nice laser cut kit for $60.00us from them as well as a number of other
old timer models. Their's is an electric version. The web site is: www.soy.on.ca I have a couple kits purchased from them. They say that the Buzzard Bombshell was popular in the 40's.

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/25/2008 1:11:01 AM   
dennis



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Status: offline 		The problem with the MEN kit was that it was too heavy for any purpose but sport flying. The construction was tank like.
Dennis

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RE: M.E.N. Buzzard Bombshell - how old is this kit? - 5/25/2008 2:42:33 AM   
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