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Zaic Model Publications

Frank Zaic
August 1912 to May 2005

 We feel grateful for having known Frank and his wife Carmen for many years
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We stock ALL of the remaining Frank Zaic books. Regardless of your special interest, you should have some of these choice volumes, which are truly timeless..

 

Please note - the following books are out-of-print:

1937 Year Book 
1953 Year Book
1957/58 Year Book

Model Aeronautics Made Painless
Circular Airflow
Model Glider Design
Model Airplanes and the American Boy

Frankly Speaking 

 

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1934 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-34YB
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A fine compendium including the 1934 Yearbook, 1933 Model Airplane Guide and Logbook, JASCO catalog reprints and many plans including indoor and outdoor models. Last, but far from least, is a mini- autobiography of Frank Zaic and the story of his Yearbooks. Highly recommended!

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 192 pages.

1935-36 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-3536Z
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A marvelous collection of model aircraft information. 35 plans including indoor and outdoor rubber-powered designs, gliders, vintage "gas" and a compressed-air powered model, plus articles about low-speed aerodynamics, airfoils, balsa wood, propellers,  rubber, construction and much more.

"Name" contributors include Carl Goldberg, Henry Struck, Dick Korda, Frank Ehling, Maxwell Basset, Joe Kovel, Wally Simmers, C.S. Rushbrook, John and Frank Zaic and many others.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 74 pages.

1938 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-38YB
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A classic filled with "name" designers' work: Paul Plecan (cover drawing), Carl Goldberg, Elbert J. Weathers, Tom Laurie, Henry Stiglemeier, Frank Ehling, Pete Bowers, Emmanuel Fillon (France), Bill Krecek, Bob Copeland (England), Dick Korda, Jim Cahill, Chet Lanzo, Roy Marquardt, Jim Noonan, Wally Simmers, Alexander Lippisch (Germany), Walt Erbach, Frank Zaic himself, and many more. The cream of the crop and an incredible book.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 192 pages.

1951-52 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-5152YB
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145 designs. Gliders, indoor and outdoor rubber-powered models, gas models, flying wings and rotary wing types, plus articles on circular airflow, R/C, ornithopters, model autogyros, airfoils and more.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 208 pages.

1955-56 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-5556YB
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135 model plans in one book! Rubber-power (including Wakefield), power models (including FAI types) and articles dealing with gliders, airfoils, rubber testing, flying wings and much more.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 192 pages.

1957-58 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-5758YB
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Hand-launched, A-1 and A-2 gliders, indoor Wakefield and unlimited rubber-powered models, ½A, PAA-load, and FAI power-types, experimentals and R/C designs. 161 plans in all, plus many fascinating articles.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 224 pages.

1959-61 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-5961YB
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Although originally published in 1961, much of its information is truly timeless. Article subjects include indoor and outdoor free-flight, radio control, and a smattering of control-line information.

Plans are presented for hand-launched and tow-line gliders, rubber and gas-powered free-flights, unorthodox designs, helicopters, an autogiro, an ornithopter, and various RC types. Among the numerous international contributors, are such legendary "names" as George Benedek, Bill Bigge, Woody Blanchard, F.G. Boreham, Georges Chaulet, Larry Conover, Harold DeBolt, Mamoru Esaki, Vito Garofalo, Ray Harlan, Bill Hartell, Stanley Hill, Lee Hines, Richard Miller, Reg Parham, George Perryman, Sandy Pimenoff, C.O. Wright, Frank Zaic and many others!

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 250 plans, 288 pages.

1964-65 Model Aeronautic Year Book

Z-6465YB
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219 model drawings of all types: gliders, indoor, Wakefield, Coupe d'Hiver, unlimited, ABC-power, FAI-power, helicopters, flying wings, autogyros, rotor-wings and more. Articles on propellers, airfoils, helicopters and Rogallo-wing models.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 224 pages.

The 1939 National Model Airplane Meet

Z-39NATS
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A candid pictorial of this important pre-war contest which attracted such "name" modelers as Carl Goldberg, Walt Erbach, Ed Lidgard, Henry Struck, Dick Korda, the Good brothers, Jim Cahill, Earl Stahl, Chet Lanzo, Louis Garami, Wally Simmers, Irv Ohlsson and many more! Also presents 1938 contest results, 1939 Wakefield competition, plus 11 model 3-views.

Softcover, 5½"x 8½", 40 pages.