old timers look here must be 50+ years only
11-19-2019, 11:28 PM
#7451
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
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Originally Posted by Papasal
Sorry guys it's been a while since I've been here. FlyerInOKC, Dad was a short guy.....SO he mainly was a bombardier,and waist gunner. I think I can start sharing pictures too. This picture is yours truly circa 1972ish with my RCM 40 and Kraft 7ch. Notice the color scheme, White / Yellow......yeah don't do that color combo if you want to fly your plane; it just looks like a black dot in the blue sky. I lost orientation on my maiden and handed my instructor the controls......he said "THANKS ALOT"!!! but he did save it as it tumbled out of the sky. After a few near crashes I finaly got the hang of flying. I was very thankful my instructor stuck with it. That was my first RC plane from kit to air. What fun!!
I didn't start r/c modelling until 1988 so these are the earliest I have. I think they date from the late 1990s. They were taken by my late mother in her back garden. She died in February 2000 so they were obviously taken before then.
PS. My 1974 Rover passed its "Controle Technique" yesterday, a road worthiness check which is normally compulsory every two years. As its classified as "une voiture du collection," or a classic car, the CT lasts for five years. Now I only have to wrestle with lots of French bureaucracy in order to get it registered in France!
Taken near the flooded River Severn at Atcham, Shropshire, England Winter 2014.
It's dawned cold but fine here and it promises to be a good flying day. The BE2e is all charged up and I plan to give it a few flights.
11-20-2019, 06:21 AM
#7452
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Location: Oklahoma City,
OK
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Here is a couple of pictures of my Dad. One was taken while serving in the Pacific with the 98th (Heavy) Bomber group before the switched to B-29s. Back row third from the left with the farmer's tan. The second was sometime after the war I'm not sure when.
11-20-2019, 10:52 PM
#7453
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
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Flew the BE2e yesterday. It was a perfect day for it. Once in the air and up to altitude it was a delight to fly, however, I stalled it on landing and broke a couple of spars in the starboard lower wing. Easy repair.
There are still a few bugs to sort out.
The club president brought his camera along.
There are still a few bugs to sort out.
- The fuel tank leaks.
- The throttle works but at any position below half way on the transmitter the engine cuts. It's powered by an OS 70 FL.
The club president brought his camera along.
11-21-2019, 11:00 AM
#7454
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 16
Telemaster thanks! Yeah the car was a Datsun 510 4 door sedan.....Great car! Before Datsun became Nissan. Flyerin OKC, GREAT picture of your Pop and squadron! Love this fourm!
11-21-2019, 11:08 AM
#7455
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 16
Telemaster, AWESOME bi- plane! I love two wings in the Air. My first bipe was a line control Flying Fool. Black and Red Silkspan with a McCoy 35 glow engine. If you see my Avatar you'll notice my current project it's a 50cc Goldwing Pitts Python in black and red. I'll have some pictures next time of the build. Hopefully it will get finished in my lifetime .....lol OBTW did I mention I love black and red ?....lol
11-21-2019, 11:09 AM
#7456
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Location: Oklahoma City,
OK
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Originally Posted by Papasal
Telemaster thanks! Yeah the car was a Datsun 510 4 door sedan.....Great car! Before Datsun became Nissan. Flyerin OKC, GREAT picture of your Pop and squadron! Love this fourm!
Mike
11-21-2019, 11:13 AM
#7457
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Papasal, here is a picture of the display I made of his WWII awards after they were reissued. Only the Good Conduct Medial is an original the rest and the ribbons are reissued. Dad's enlistment was in August of 1940 which is why he received the American Defense Medal. I think when I go the biggest fight between my 4 boys will be who gets to keep it. Only the oldest is old enough to remember being with him. Dad died when my second son was a baby.
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11-21-2019, 11:32 AM
#7458
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Clovis,
NM
Posts: 2,023
Originally Posted by FlyerInOKC
You act like its a bad thing! 
11-21-2019, 11:54 AM
#7459
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OK
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Lol! So true!
I would point out by building your own airplanes it is easier to sneak the parts into the house.
I would point out by building your own airplanes it is easier to sneak the parts into the house.
11-22-2019, 10:31 AM
#7460
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Manor, TX But my heart is in Brooklyn N.Y.
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Those cartoons are funny. Many years ago before I got married, I made it very clear, "If you come between me and my models you will lose!" But I was also smart enough to be sure my wife had her own hobby room full of sewing machines and fabric.
and my room is upstairs accessed from outside the house
Works for me!
and my room is upstairs accessed from outside the house
Works for me!
11-22-2019, 01:17 PM
#7461
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Capron,
IL
Posts: 8,291
Ha I married a woman who would rather I play with planes. That way she knows where I am and what I am doing.
11-22-2019, 10:39 PM
#7462
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
Posts: 1,401
Originally Posted by acdii
Ha I married a woman who would rather I play with planes. That way she knows where I am and what I am doing.
Coupe des Barons 7th September 2019
11-23-2019, 03:27 AM
#7463
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
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Of course there are a few women who like to build and fly model aircraft. Free flight scale in this case.
11-23-2019, 06:54 AM
#7464
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OK
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Miss Blue Eyes has a full time job keeping you out of trouble.
Monique really knows what she is doing! Impressive model!
Monique really knows what she is doing! Impressive model!
11-23-2019, 08:07 AM
#7465
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Capron,
IL
Posts: 8,291
Yep she helps out at the SIG Flyin too.
11-23-2019, 08:14 AM
#7466
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
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Originally Posted by FlyerInOKC
Miss Blue Eyes has a full time job keeping you out of trouble.
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11-23-2019, 08:17 AM
#7467
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Capron,
IL
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Ha the French are still afraid of the Brits. 
11-23-2019, 08:39 AM
#7468
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Originally Posted by acdii
Ha the French are still afraid of the Brits.
11-23-2019, 08:43 AM
#7469
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Capron,
IL
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LOL I would be more concerned over the Austrians! There is a new invasion coming.
11-23-2019, 12:58 PM
#7470
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: Reno, Nevada
Posts: 16
Here's my current project guys..... maybe I'll get her finished in my life time.....LOL
11-23-2019, 03:51 PM
#7471
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Getting close!
11-23-2019, 09:04 PM
#7472
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Measnes, La Creuse, France.
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That Pitts looks gorgeous Papasal.
11-23-2019, 11:26 PM
#7473
Join Date: Apr 2008
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I thought that you guys might be interested in what three young English lads did near Buxton in Derbyshire. Not traditional modelling perhaps but I admired the ingenuity.
11-24-2019, 06:04 AM
#7474
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Amazing!
11-24-2019, 10:03 AM
#7475
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Manor, TX But my heart is in Brooklyn N.Y.
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The dambuster project is within the true spirit of modeling with it's own rewards, my hat is off to them.
Papasal
the Pitts is looking good and I agree red and black is good
Papasal
the Pitts is looking good and I agree red and black is good
