This year the Wakefield Rules were again changed by the SMAE, first: the total minimum weight would now be 8 ounces, including the rubber motor; the total wing area would be from 190 to 210 square inches; power will be by rubber power only; flight time will be the average of three flights, flight...
The venue for the 1936 Wakefield Cup Contest was Detroit, Michigan, to be held following the "USA Nationals", which was scheduled from June 30, to July 2. Among the 400 Contestants competing at the "Nationals" were six members of Team Great Britain who promised in a letter to Frank Zaic "...to take...
In 1935 the SMAE again received boxed Wakefields from America. Team USA consisted of Frank Zaic, of NY, NY, who was a 1934 Team member, Donald Mertens, Vernon Boehie, Ralph Kummer, and Gordon S Light, the "Unofficial 1932 Wakefield Champion", who placed third in 1933, and whose Wakefield was...
Prior to the end of the 1933 flying season the SMAE did some serious fiddling with the Wakefield Cup Rules. First they deleted the "Any Type of Power Rule", restricting power to "Rubber Power Only", then they restricted the wing area to be between "190 & 200 sq. inches", then they placed a...
The SMAE had acted, the Wakefield Cup was back in Great Britain, but a cloud of controversy surrounded the Crown of the Reigning Champion, Gordon S Light. The September 10, 1932 Wakefield Cup Event, held at Atlantic City NJ, USA, was declared null and void, "No Contest", by SMAE, and the Wakefield...
The entire world was now in the midst of a "Great Depression", financing aeromodelling events was not on any of the financial agendas of any corporation in the world including BP. In fact the Airplane Model League of America (AMLA) which up until 1932 had conducted the US Free Flight Nationals lost...