Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings (Volume I), 1991, 1991

Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).

Purpose: Informational.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Document Number: Paul Matt Scale Airplane Drawings Volume I (dated 1991).

NB: Aviation Heritage replaced Sunshine House, Inc. as the publishers for all of Paul R. Matt's work, which Sunshine House, Inc. had acquired from Matt's estate after his death in August 1987. Alan Abel and Drina Welch Abel are listed as the only two officers for both organizations.

Scope: This book was published in 1991 by Aviation Heritage (aviation-heritage.com) for readers interested in the history of American aviation, especially model builders.

The front cover includes seven smaller replicas of various scale drawings included in this book, while the back cover contains a biographical "Tribute to Paul Matt". The contents consist of three- and four-view scale aircraft drawings originally drawn by Paul Matt and complied in this book by Drina Welch Abel. This book is dedicated to Paul Matt and his wife, Joan.

Note: the book notes that all of the drawings can be ordered from Aviation Heritage on "large sheets or CDs".

Contents: Includes Matt's scale aircraft drawings for 61 airplanes with names from A to G, starting with the Aeromarine 39B and going through the Grumman J2F-5 "Duck". For a few airplanes, additional photographs are also included.