American Spacemodeling Cover....The Rest of the Story

A while back I showed you guys the cover of American Spacemodeling that featured John Dyer's plastic model conversion Saturn V moments before the loops began.... This week I was going through some old pictures and I found this...

Yep, that's John prepping the model for that same flight! Notice the clear fins that fit over the small stock fins. As it turned out it would take those PLUS nose weight to make this beast fly right. But she eventually did!

Also notice that it was pretty chilly and windy that day. The wind didn't help the PMC's much. Why is it always windy on PMC day? Is God trying to tell us something? Perhaps....

Until next time, fly 'em fast and high!