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Swap Meet
Our first Swap Meet of 2010 will be held on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7, 2010. Don’t worry it will be over in time for the Super Bowl, so plan on attending. There will be plenty to trade for or buy, so don’t miss this event. We have a nice warm club house so the weather can not be an excuse. We will be selling Hot Dogs to benefit the club and there will also be a 50/50 raffle. Come on out and support your club!
Aircraft History
This month we will pay tribute to a local Hero. An American WWI Ace Captain William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio. He was officially credited with 21 1/2 kills and flew this months featured aircraft the EBERHART SE-5E
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When the United States entered World War I, plans called for American manufacturers to mass produce aircraft already in use by the Allies. One of the fighters chosen was the British S.E.5A, designed by the Royal Aircraft Factory. The prototype S.E.5 first flew in December 1916, and deliveries of an improved version, the S.E.5A, started in March 1917. Noted for its strength, stability and speed, the S.E.5A rivaled the Sopwith Camel as the most successful British fighter of WWI.
TSMFClub You Tube Channel
This year Tri-State Model Flyers videos will be posted in our own You Tube Channel... http://www.youtube.com/TSMFClub
You Tube offers more than we currently have on our site, it offers HD videos streaming, a higher bandwidth and this will also give us another location to promote our club and hobby.
Since the featured aircraft this month is the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang, I have added a couple of videos of the P-51 as site favorites. If you have a favorite aircraft video from You Tube that you want added to our favorites drop us an email at support@tristatemodelflyers.com
EBERHART SE-5E which is on display at the National Museum of the Untied States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. Click on the photo above to view full size.
For its pilots already in Europe, the American Expeditionary Force bought 38 S.E.5A aircraft from Great Britain, and in the United States, the government placed orders with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motors Corp. The Armistice halted production after Curtiss had completed only one S.E.5A, but 56 more were constructed from components shipped from Great Britain. In 1922 the Eberhart Steel Products Co. received a contract to rebuild 50 of the Army Air Service's S.E.5A aircraft using 180-hp Wright-Hispano "E" engines. The Army Air Service used these aircraft, redesignated the SE-5E, for advanced training.
Learn more about Captain Lambert and the EBERHART SE-5E by following the links below.
Wikipedia.org~ The source for everything and anything
Wright State University ~ William C. Lambert papers which includes a short Biographical Sketch
The Aerodrome ~ Source for WWI planes and pilots
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force ~ Early years gallery
Airliners.net ~ The one source for aircraft pictures
Bonus pictures of the EBERHART SE-5E on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force:
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