T&A Hobby Lobby's Month-Long Farewell!

This is the Farman monoplane covered by Addie in silk. The aircraft was designed as a U-Control flyer and operates in a circular airstrip with either flight controls or flight and power controls for purposes of racing. Some U-control racers have been clocked by Timers at or above 60 miles per hour, an incredible speed since the operator controls from the center!

A stack of Classic kits awaiting buyers at T&A. Buyers are invited to open the kits for inspection prior to purchase.

Other 3D kits include the Keith Rider Racers, this particular box containing the blue R-1 in the center.

A customer went to purchase these two kits yesterday, then amazingly, changed their minds. Classic Hasagawa kits at a price discounted over the $14.00 seen on the box.

The "Stash!" A Pegasus Miles Master MK1 bag kit awaiting a buyer, and that price no longer counts since a discount is waiting with Tony at the front counter. The sale will begin again on Tuesday as it has been extended through Saturday, due to the difficulty in handling the massive numbers of kits currently at the shop and inbound from the warehouse.

Airliners include the 707, Electra, DC-4, a Flying Tiger 707 known as the "Pole Cat," and an old colors United 727-200 which left today, April 23rd. Above, an Xtreme Detail Luftwaffe FW190D. The Xtreme Detail kits, some of which sold in the $69-$99 dollar range have been marked down to $45.00, and may be subject to further discount at the counter.

Another rubber-band flyer, no doubt needing a new rubber band due to the model's age, and a good dusting. Or, a reskinning and an electric motor perhaps...

The available kits include this glider awaiting a new owner, as it's already RC equipped and ready to fly, a wing prepared on the ARF Falcon above it.

Some of the plaques accumulated by Tony and Addie over the years, along with a couple of flyers awaiting their debut in a local, state or national Air Museum.

The largest balsa airplane doesn't reside at T&A, as that aircraft is the Gossamer design created to prove the initial feasibility of man-powered flight. That aircraft flew and proved itself at Minter Field, Schafter, California, north of Bakersfield. The pilots would ride their bikes in training from Edwards AFB to T&A Hobby Lobby, to drop in and say "Hi!"

No shortage of dopes at T&A Hobby Lobby.

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All joking aside, you'd be a dope to miss the opportunities at T&A this week and into mid-may, when the Hobby Shop is scheduled to close.

And this was just the first event...more coming!