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Model Airplane News, Dec 2003 by Garwood, Dave

Bowman's Hobbies. High-performance EPP foam slope sailplanes; (888) 296-1881; bowmanshobbies.com.

California Sailplanes. EPP foam slope jets; californiasailplanes.com.

Carl Goldberg Products. Gentle Lady 2-meter trainer kit; (678) 450-0085; carlgoldbergproducts.com.

Composite Systems Development. Slope Scale fiberglass PSS warbird slope gliders; rcglider.com.

Dave's Aircraft Works. EPP foam slope combat warbirds and EPP scale sailplanes; (949) 248-2773; davesaircraftworks.com.

Dymond Model Sports USA. A large number of imported sailplanes; (888) 4FUN FLY; rc-dymond.com.

Dynaflite; distributed by Great Planes. Bird of Time, other glider kits; (217) 398-6300; (800) 682-8948; dynaflite.com.

Endless Mountain Models. Imported fiber-glass scale thermal planes, Pegasus tow plane, Elmira Aerotow announcements; scalesoaring.net.

Falcon Air RC. EPP foam scale glider kits; (970) 726-7126; falconairrc.com.

Frank Cavazos Model Aircraft, Boomerang flying wing; (909) 485-0674; boomerangwings.com.

Great Planes Model Distributors. Spirit, Spirit Elite, Spirit 100 sailplane kits; (217) 398-6300; (800) 682-8948; greatplanes.com.

Hobby Lobby Intl. Many imported sailplanes; (615) 373-1444; hobby-lobby.com.

Leading Edge Gliders. Hellcat, Mustang, Patriot, Me-109 EPP foam slope gliders; leadingedgegliders.com.

Magnum Models. Cobra Racer, EPP foam warbirds and slope jets; magnum-models.com.

MidwestSlope.com. Mike's Models kits, racing information.

Mountain Toys RC Gliders. EPP foam warbirds, bombers, scale planes; (208) 887-6399; mtntoys.com.

Northeast Sailplane Products. Sailplanes, Pinnacle High Starts, articles; (802) 655-7700; nesail.com.

Patton Aircraft. Fast EPP slope warbirds; home.earthlink.net/~pattonacft.

Polecat Aero Works. Discus launch HLGs, Hammerhead fiberglass ODR racer; polecataero.com.

Sailplanes Unlimited. Imported fiberglass scale thermal sailplanes, Elmira Aerotow history; (212) 879-1634; sailplanes.com.

ShredAir. Imported fiberglass high performance sailplanes; (212) 879-1634; shredair.com.

Sig Mfg. Riser 2-meter and Riser 100 sailplane kits; (800) 247-5008; sigmfg.com.

Sky Bench Aerotech. Historical balsa thermal glider kits; skybench.com.

Slope Scale. Fiberglass PSS warbird and slope jet kits; (909) 485-0674; ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/slope_scale.

Soaring Specialties. Slope sailplane kits and accessories; (405) 692-1222; soaringspecialties.com.

Soaring Stuff. Sailplane accessories; (505) 898-8281; soaringstuff.com.

Tower Hobbies. Large supplier, extensive RC website links, including soaring. (800) 637-4989; towerhobbies.com/rcwsail.html.

Trick R/C. Zagi, one of the best-known combat flying wings; (310) 301-1614; zagi.com.

Vortech Models, Fiberglass PSS warbird and slope jet kits; (626) 458-5578; geocities.com/vortechmodels.

Windrider Aviation EPP Bee, a combat flying wing kit that can be built in three hours; windrider.com.hk.