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Show PLANE BUILDERS INVITED TO ENTER CONTEST Model airplane builders of this city are invited by the Days of '47 to participate in a contest to be held at Community Ball Park near Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, July 24. The novel show is sponsored spon-sored by the Salt Lake Aviation society and cash prizes totaling $500 will be awarded to the winners win-ners in the various events. Entries may be made in the following fol-lowing classes: First, a speed event with ten prizes based on size of motors; second, stunt event, an open class to be pointed on team performance, individual aearobatic maneuvers and accomplishment; and third, a competitive event based on beauty of design, workmanship, work-manship, finish and general appearance. ap-pearance. There will also be a prize to the contestant whose model plane suffers the worst crash. The speed contest is for model planes . with two-string control, running about 20 laps on a 70-foot 70-foot radius circle. Application blanks and rules of the contest may be secured by writing to or calling on the Salt Lake Aviation Society, 915 First Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah. It is hoped to make this contest a dress rehearsal for the great national na-tional model airplane contest to be staged in Salt Lake City in 1947 as a feature of the Centennial celebration. |