Volume Year Month Page In/Out Subject Class Author or Designer Model Name/ Article Title Article Description
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 2 Out Editors Notes 50%Full Scale Chris Matsuno  C.Weinreich FW-190, A-8, ME-109, etc. Rubber editor Chris Matsuno writes that a firm in Munich Germany is going to produce a 51% assembled replica kits of WWII German Fighter planes.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 4 Obituaray Bill Hannon Bill Winter Gone West William J. "Bill" Winter, Editor of such big name magazines as Air Trails, Model Airplane News, American Modeler, National Aeronautics, Grid Leaks and Junior American Modeler. Passed away December 11, 1998 at the age of 86. 
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 5 Out Plans set P-30 John O'Dwyer Sparrowhawk One page picture of plans of MOTY for 1998, Sparrowhawk. Plans available through NFFS Plans Service and Kitted By Model Aircraft Labs in Irving, Texas
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 6,7 Out Setting a new "D" Gas record AMA "D" gas Bob Johannes Warrior 820  Bob Johannes setting a New “D” Gas record with his “Warrior 820” FAI style (.36 to .41 size engine) gas power model. Full page 3-veiw drawing on pg.7
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 9 Out Stooge for Rubber Poweres Models Outdoor Rubber Ron Watts Another stooge "Another Stooge", a short article and drawing on making another style of rubber winding stooge.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 10,11 In Scale models from Styrofoam Indoor Scale Rubber Steve Gardner Styrofoam for Indoor Scale Models From the #95 issue of Indoor News & views. This article deals with helpful hints, techniques, and general information on building of indoor scale models out of common Styrofoam.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 12,13 In or Out Plans set 100 % Peanut BEDE BD-4 Plan Set, Full size, BEDE BD-4, a “ Peanut” class FFS model plans no. P-8, Aircraft Data Bx 763576, Dallas TX. 75376-3576
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 14   Presidents Column Bob Stalick Presidents Column           Nostalgia legal            1955 FAI Items discussed: Late Digest delivery, Freeflight contest board appointments, New NFFS digest publication director (Bob McLinden), Freeflight news critiqued the "Honey B" kit from BMJR Model Products, and Recently approved nostalgia gas Model “1955 FAI”, by Jerry McGlashan, Plans available through NFFS Plans Service.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 February 16 Out  Simple tail boom form  Bob Meuser Simple Tailboom Form  An updated article from Apr. 1971 American Modeler on making a tapered mold for forming tapered balsa tubes for tail booms of fuselages for Outdoor rubber models, Nordic gliders, etc.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 17 In or Out Developing Young Modelers  Beginning Flyers Fred Wilson (Beginners editor) Review of Midwest's Educational Packet  Review of Midwest’s educational packet, for the quality of academic matreal and quality of the kits in general for use in school edicational programs where modeling or aeronautics is the main subject.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 18 Out Part IV of assembling a carbon fiber/ balsa wing Any using Carbon fiber Rex Hinson Assembling The Wing  An introduction to carbon fiber part IV “Assembling the Wing" from May-June 1998 issue of the Florida Modelers Assc news letter, Jim Juhl editor. In a series of “How to” build a carbon fiber wing, this part deals with assembling a wing panel that has a “D” tube type of L/E and assembles the rest of the wing to it, such as ribs, T/E, and cap strips, etc.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 19 Camera Shooting Tips Camera Tips When Shooting for the Digest  Helpful Tips when taking pictures for the Digest.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 20, 21 Out Postal Contest Results Coupe, Big HLG,Jimmy Allen John Alling, Kevin Mosely Postal Contest Results 1) VFFS World Postal Coupe Contest 2) 1998 Jimmy Allen Postal Contest  3) 1998 Heave-ho (Big HLG) Postal contest
  1999 Febuaray 21 In and Out Balsa Wood weight/usage chart All Moe Whittemore A graph/chart showing balsawood weight and its best usage on what type of model aircraft
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 21 Out Combining Polyspan and Tissue Any using Tissue Jud Saba Combining Polyspan & Tissue  This short article gives an idea how to use a combination of strips of polyspan and tissue to make a very warp free and strong tissue covered model. Condensed from Sept issue of El Torbellino the newsletter of the San Diego Orbiters MAC, Howard Haupt, editor.
XXXIII No. 2 1999 Febuaray 23 Out Nose block/prop retention Rubber Gene Stubbs Tip-- Noes block retainer   From the Boeing Hawks newsletter ,a simple method from Gil Goughlin on how to keep nose block/prop from falling off the airplane (while in flight).