Guys, Don Atwood here. Recently there have been several requests from people trying to find or buy the book How to Build a Pattern Plane. As some of you probably know this book was authored by Bruce Thompson and myself several years ago as a collection of 'how-to' and examples about building a pattern plane. It went thru 4 editions but we stopped making it available when demand had tapered off or basically stopped. Bruce had the book printed and bound them himself so it was quite a chore to make it available.

We did not publish and/or update the book for monetary reasons and in the long run probably lost money on it. It was done to try and help people with the basic techniques and methods to build a light, straight pattern plane. Bruce did most of the writing, I contributed the initial ideas and helped edit the versions.

After much discussion (nagging on my part), Bruce agreed we could make it available electronically. I had no interest in managing that effort and approached some of the NSRCA officers with the idea to make it available in PDF format thru the NSRCA website for a download fee. The revenues for this will all go to the NSRCA. Hopefully, this will help people trying to learn to build as well as creating traffic for the website and attract new members. The file is now online and can be downloaded for a $10 fee from the NSRCA website at the following link:

http://nsrca.us/index.php?page=shop....art&Itemid=496

You do not need to be a member of the NSRCA to purchase the download however you do need to register on the site to access the purchase/download functions.

Please pass this information to others that may not be on this forum. I also posted this message in the PC Pattern Flying forum.

thanks,
Don

Interesting,
first off let me say thanks for putting this back available again. I have wondered if such a resource existed.
I fly pattern ships for sport, not competion,, so If I get this right, I will need to join the NSRCA in order to be able to purchase this dowloadable book?
thats unfortunate,,
are there other options available to purchase this?

You don't need to be a member of the NSRCA to purchase the book thru the NSRCA website but you do have to register on the website to access the purchase/download functions. I should have included that instruction in my original message, will edit the original message to include that information.

Don

Thanks Don, I went to the link listed, and it took me to the log in page,,

Got mine today. Thank you for your efforts!

-Robert

I just purchased/downloaded a copy, and spent an hour reading. Superb! Thank you very much for bringingyour publication back to life!

Scott