Dan, That Barnstormer photo looks like a shot straight out of a "Leave it to Beaver TV show! I built a Barnstormer back in the early 60s. Got a picture of it somewhere around here. Seems I remember the plans called for running the leadouts on the opposite wing so it flew a clockwise circle instead of counter clockwise. It's been so long ago I might have dreamed that though. W8ye, As far as the Flite Streaks, most of us were using .29 or .35 sized Fox or Veco and a few "red head" Mc Coy engines and they flew real good with those. Then one day (1964) in Newfoundland, a sailor gave me his beautifully built and painted Flite Streak with a Torpedo .19 on the nose. He had orders back to the states and couldn't bring it with him for some reason. I remember how lightly he had built/sanded it but was real skeptical about how it might fly with the measley .19 for power. To my shock, I had the most fun flying that plane. It was almost like flying today's 3-D models with it's super low wing loading. I also remember a school bus full of kids pulling over to watch me fly it standing in on place, not moving my feet doing consecutive inside loops then a series of outside loops to untwist the lines. Then lather , rinse and repeat the procedure[8D]! The loops were so tight they were almost unbelievable and it floated in for landings like a butterfly. AHH, Those were the good old days!!!