• Gliding racing plane model with two separate sets of wings and rubber bands to power the plane.
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    Cecil Peoli designed his rubber band–powered A-frame pusher flying model as a teenager in 1911. The design was popular among modelers and the Ideal Model Aeroplane and Supply Company of New York sold the popular racer design as a construction kit from 1912 until the early 1930s.

  • Gliding racing plane model with two separate sets of wings and rubber bands to power the plane.

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Eric Long

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A19781604000_PS94-2291

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