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JAMES DALE
KIRN
Control Line 1/2A Speed, Stunt, and Sport fliers everywhere owe a lot to Dale Kirn. Born in 1930, he was competing at the age of 14 and has won many events at National Championships during the Forties and Fifties. Although
Dale's primary interest has always been in Control Line he is very well known in the field of .049 engines.
He also built Rubber Power, Free Flight, and CL models. He has won in excess of 300 trophies in CL Scale, Precision Aerobatics, Team Racing, Free Flight, Combat, and CL Speed. Kirn created the 1/2A Proto event, and set three of his many records in Proto; others were in Speed and Jet Speed. Some of his original model designs were the Stuntacular ('59),
A-Burner ('62), Torky ('72), Spook, Stinger, and Shock Wave. He wrote many magazine articles, officiated at numerous meets, and was a member of AMA's Speed Advisory Committee.
In the model airplane industry, Kirn has worked through his own company and others to promote 1/2A Speed and racing events. He has traveled throughout the U.S. demonstrating Monoline CL systems. For Cox, he designed the Cox magnesium speed pan, and worked on developing left-handed propellers for 1/2A engines, which were subsequently used on Cox ready-to-fly airplanes. Through his own company, Kirn-Kraft, he markets precision needle valves, pressure back plates, and other accessories for small engines and racing. |
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