The Trailing Edge
Wrapping up the impromptu ‘Memories’ issue and turning once again to the future.
No sooner than it got under way, the August issue is now over. We hope you enjoyed our informal trip down memory lane and, once again, we encourage you to record your own memories along these same lines and have them featured in a future issue of RCSD. Thank you, so much, to all those who contributed such great stories. We simply could not do this without you. Finally thank you, the reader, for eagerly gobbling up each issue that we somehow manage to cobble together each month.
As you likely know by now, The Trailing Edge is where we feature just one photo each month that captures that wonderful, end-of-day feeling when all is well with the world. Even if we do say so, we think we have outdone ourselves this month, which features Peter Simon’s gorgeous Rhönbussard at sunset overlooking Oltingen, Switzerland. The beautiful photo was taken by Andreas Skaletzka.
When asked about the aircraft, Peter provided a most intriguing answer: the builder was ‘unknown’. The same was the case for the year of construction: also ‘unknown’. Then all became clear when Peter said ‘it was found in a barn in Bern, Switzerland in 2014’. Peter — who started flying models at 12 and continuously for the 44 years since then — brought the Rhönbussard back to life through what was an undoubtedly a very challenging project. But now it once again flies beautifully. This is such as fascinating project, Peter, and we really hope that you’ll take the time to tell the whole story in the pages of RCSD at some point.
Thanks to both Andreas and Peter for enabling us to use this beautiful photo.
In The Store
This is the April edition of the becoming-more-famous-by-the-day and very collectible RCSD Cover Photo T-Shirt. It features Pierre Rondel (who again provided the cover this month) launching his Shinto at the Col des Faïsses in the French Alps. Or you can get the January, February and/or March editions if you prefer. All proceeds go to keeping RCSD forever free. We ship worldwide.
Of course, readers will notice that we have at least four additional issues for which there is not yet a Cover Photo T-Shirt. That’s nothing more than having too much on the go and not enough time to get through it all. But if you’re super keen to be the first to add the May, June, July or August Cover Photo T-Shirts to your collection, please don’t hesitate to let us know and we’ll make sure there is one in the store on a very tight turnaround.
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