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Well... That was some response! 

I'll include some comments and responses here. Pardon me if I ramble a bit. :)

Ron Williams' book IS and excellent one. However, it's now out of print
and rather difficult to come by. If you see one...BUY IT. If you don't
want it I know quite a few people who would like to get their hands on
it.

The three sources listed are good ones for peanut supplies (Peck, IMS, and
Micro-X). The service from IMS is excellent. The time to get your order 
back is the fastest of all of the mail order I've done, and I do quite
a bit. Peck has a great selection of stuff.

If you are new to flying models, I'd like to suggest the books by...
uh-oh. I forgot his name but the series includes building and flying
the 'Sky Bunny'. It's a great set of books guaranteed to teach you
the fundamentals of building, flying, and trimming planes. There's 3
books in the series. I can scare up the titles and authors if anyone
is interested.

Hannan's Runway (address available upon request) carries a series of
8 1/2" x 11" booklets called 'Peanuts & Pistachios' as well as a book
called 'Peanut Power'. All are written by Bill Hannan (see the 
connection? :) ) I believe they are also available through Peck Polymers.
However, Hannan's Runway is also a good catalog to have and Bill can
probably put you in touch with active peanut/pistachio flyers in your
area.

Peanuts are scale flying aircraft with a wingspan of not more than 13" 
OR a length of not more than 9". Pistachios have a wingspan limit of
not more than 9". Flying times for the Peanuts go around 90 secondss;
pistachios go around 35-50 seconds.

If anyone out there is in the Portland/Vancouver area I'd love to hear
from you.

Feel free to email with any questions/comments.

David Bingham
dbingham@hp-vcd.vcd.hp.com