A Pretty Cool Find...

A while back I posted about several hundred model airplane magazines that I bought in two lots at an auction. At the time I said that I would go through them all and if I found any rocket stuff, I would post it here. Well, as it turns out, my wife Laurie actually found a couple of cool ones!

Subject for your approval this week is the September 1956 edition of "Flying Models." This is the cover:

Its a great shot of the Disneyland Flight Circle! When the magazine came out, Disneyland had only been open for 13 months. The picture was, therefore, taken before the park was a year old. At that point, there was relatively little in Tomorrowland. The Flight Circle filled in real estate that needed something interesting, and gave the park some additional income (it was leased to Cox for them to promote their products). Of course, I think the most interesting item in the shot is that handsome 80 foot tall item in the background. Yep, the TWA Moonliner....WITH the Rocket to the Moon show building behind it! Wow!!!!

I was really hoping that there would be a great article inside the magazine, but alas, no such luck. All the magazine had to say about the cover was:

Oh well. Its still a great find! Oh, and just in case anyone is wondering about the back of the magazine; here ya go:

So that's about it for this week. I have more stuff to put on from those magazines, but that can wait for future posts (one thing you learn real quick in blogging is to not use all of your material up at once!)

So until next time, fly 'em fast and high!