Happy Holidays, Jim . . .

I'm currently working on a Balsa USA Fokker Triplane, incorporating many of the modifications you mentioned on yours (undercamber, landing gear, tail incidence, etc.) - been gathering documentation since the Dawn Patrol, but have recently actually started making balsa dust! Been flying my GP Fokker DR1, and the good news is that I haven't had to fix anything on it lately!

Del Johnson is currently working on a Glenn Torrence Fokker DVIII - he has pictures of it both at Glenn's website as well as on the RCM Giant Scale Forum - it's looking pretty good (love the cockpit kit he got for it from Glenn). Del's also been buying up used machines, and now owns a Flair Fokker Triplane (is that thing ever a handful on the ground! Nice in the air, though) and a Fokker DVII (not sure who's - it seems bigger than the Proctor Kit at 80" - maybe Ultravich) "Von" Johnson's Staffel is coming together nicely.

Stephen Hill-Harriss is currently working on a 1/6th scale Sopwith Pup, scratch-built from some English plans he dug up. It's kinda small, but awefully cute. He also has a set of awesome plans for the SE5a - English, again, I believe (Taylor, maybe - I'm horrible with names). Now he just needs to start! Before that, though, I think he's going to build the Proctor Nieuport 17 he won at Dayton, probably done up as Billy Bishop's mount.

Doug Cox is currently building a MONSTER sized Curtiss Jenny. 150" wingspan, scratch-built from plans - it's looking really good so far.

Gonna be gone for the next week - visiting family and friends in Cincinnati and Milwaukee, but am taking my documentation, plans, and wing ribs, and am still gonna make more balsa dust during the turkey break.

Finally, here's a picture taken by Del of my triplane during a decidely happier moment than my avatar shows (which was my second best landing of four that weekend!):

'til later - happier holidays all,

Lee McDuffee
the WinterHawke