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11-29-2008 | 03:05 PM
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Anybody ever have one of these.
Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one.
Custom Woodcraft phone #530-336-6990. You can even have it customized. I have one on order with large top prop drawer from side to side plus xtra drawers on one side.
Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one.
Custom Woodcraft phone #530-336-6990. You can even have it customized. I have one on order with large top prop drawer from side to side plus xtra drawers on one side.
11-29-2008 | 08:34 PM
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Those are some neat ads Rogue! Like most us of, I'm kicking myself for not picking up some of these kits when we could. Who knew that they would be more popular today then they ever were. Thanks for sharing, got any more?
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12-02-2008 | 01:48 PM
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The version of the Altair pictured there is the ALTAIR S, first in the Altair line by a young Vic Husak. I think the picture was in Flying Models and was from 1962. I think he told me it was taken at th Toledo show. Ed Kazmirski named the plane "Altair" in the same fashion his planes were named after stars or constellations, (Orion/Taurus). The later version called the King Altair was designed around 1965 at the same time both he and Ed were experimenting with large pattern planes-Ed's version was the Simla
12-02-2008 | 02:21 PM
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Here is another one of my favorites-the TB-1 from Tom Brett, (1962 world champ and designer of the Perigee). For those of you who don't know, Tom and I were both members of the RCCD, (Radio Control Club of Detroit), out in the suburbs. I knew Tom, but he didn't know me since I was this young teenage kid too shy to walk up to him and strike up a conversation. He always had a crowd of people around him. Tom was a meticulous builder, and his planes had a characteristic dark blue/light blue paint sheme with transparent yellow silk.
I distinctly remember this plane at the field one day, and saw it fly....it was "tre cool" to watch,
with those swept wings and all. I believe he had his fuel tank positioned over the C/G because I remember he had a pressurized system of some sort. He used an air bulb to provide the pressure. I also remember him working on the plane, (I think a problem with the pressure system). It was on the ground with everyone standing above looking down on it.
I may be wrong, but I believe Tom took this plane to the 1965 Nats and competed with it. It was the last plane I remembered him flying before he left R/C in favor of full-scale aircraft. I don't think the design was all that competitive, but it sure did look neet. I may be wrong, but I think Tom's wife Helen still has the plane.
Tom was a spokesman for Hobby Poxy products...their line of epoxie paints and "STUFF", a creamy light-brown liquid used to fill loints and cracks.
Duane
I distinctly remember this plane at the field one day, and saw it fly....it was "tre cool" to watch,
with those swept wings and all. I believe he had his fuel tank positioned over the C/G because I remember he had a pressurized system of some sort. He used an air bulb to provide the pressure. I also remember him working on the plane, (I think a problem with the pressure system). It was on the ground with everyone standing above looking down on it.I may be wrong, but I believe Tom took this plane to the 1965 Nats and competed with it. It was the last plane I remembered him flying before he left R/C in favor of full-scale aircraft. I don't think the design was all that competitive, but it sure did look neet. I may be wrong, but I think Tom's wife Helen still has the plane.
Tom was a spokesman for Hobby Poxy products...their line of epoxie paints and "STUFF", a creamy light-brown liquid used to fill loints and cracks.
Duane
12-02-2008 | 02:55 PM
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Here is another one of my favorites-the TB-1 from Tom Brett, (1962 world champ and designer of the Perigee). For those of you who don't know, Tom and I were both members of the RCCD, (Radio Control Club of Detroit), out in the suburbs. I knew Tom, but he didn't know me since I was this young teenage kid too shy to walk up to him and strike up a conversation. He always had a crowd of people around him. Tom was a meticulous builder, and his planes had a characteristic dark blue/light blue paint sheme with transparent yellow silk.
I distinctly remember this plane at the field one day, and saw it fly....it was "tre cool" to watch, with those swept wings and all. I believe he had his fuel tank positioned over the C/G because I remember he had a pressurized system of some sort. He used an air bulb to provide the pressure. I also remember him working on the plane, (I think a problem with the pressure system). It was on the ground with everyone standing above looking down on it.
I may be wrong, but I believe Tom took this plane to the 1965 Nats and competed with it. It was the last plane I remembered him flying before he left R/C in favor of full-scale aircraft. I don't think the design was all that competitive, but it sure did look neet. I may be wrong, but I think Tom's wife Helen still has the plane.
Tom was a spokesman for Hobby Poxy products...their line of epoxie paints and "STUFF", a creamy light-brown liquid used to fill loints and cracks.
Duane
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I distinctly remember this plane at the field one day, and saw it fly....it was "tre cool" to watch, with those swept wings and all. I believe he had his fuel tank positioned over the C/G because I remember he had a pressurized system of some sort. He used an air bulb to provide the pressure. I also remember him working on the plane, (I think a problem with the pressure system). It was on the ground with everyone standing above looking down on it.
I may be wrong, but I believe Tom took this plane to the 1965 Nats and competed with it. It was the last plane I remembered him flying before he left R/C in favor of full-scale aircraft. I don't think the design was all that competitive, but it sure did look neet. I may be wrong, but I think Tom's wife Helen still has the plane.
Tom was a spokesman for Hobby Poxy products...their line of epoxie paints and "STUFF", a creamy light-brown liquid used to fill loints and cracks.
Duane
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Thanks for the interesting info, your timing is perfect. I'm currently resorting a Perigee that I recently aquired and I was debating over the colors as I want to be as close to the original as possible. Now I have an "eyewitness" as to what the colors are, I can forge ahead! I had a feeling that the light color was light blue as the model in the AMA museum appears to be light blue.
That TB-1 is just awesome, it's too bad that plans don't exist as building one today with our modern equipment would make it an interesting project.
BTW - I've got a Jeff P. King Altair kit in the stockpile to build. It's just a graceful looking aircraft.
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12-02-2008 | 08:52 PM
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The version of the Altair pictured there is the ALTAIR S, first in the Altair line by a young Vic Husak. I think the picture was in Flying Models and was from 1962. I think he told me it was taken at th Toledo show. Ed Kazmirski named the plane "Altair" in the same fashion his planes were named after stars or constellations, (Orion/Taurus). The later version called the King Altair was designed around 1965 at the same time both he and Ed were experimenting with large pattern planes-Ed's version was the Simla
The version of the Altair pictured there is the ALTAIR S, first in the Altair line by a young Vic Husak. I think the picture was in Flying Models and was from 1962. I think he told me it was taken at th Toledo show. Ed Kazmirski named the plane "Altair" in the same fashion his planes were named after stars or constellations, (Orion/Taurus). The later version called the King Altair was designed around 1965 at the same time both he and Ed were experimenting with large pattern planes-Ed's version was the Simla
12-03-2008 | 11:02 AM
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.........Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one..........
.........Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one..........
Tom
12-03-2008 | 03:21 PM
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Interesting. Planes come and go, but flight boxes haven't really changed in the last 30 years.
Tom
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.........Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one..........
.........Custom Woodcraft - The Flight Box. You can still get a brand new one..........
Tom
12-05-2008 | 12:57 PM
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Thanks for the interesting info, your timing is perfect. I'm currently resorting a Perigee that I recently aquired and I was debating over the colors as I want to be as close to the original as possible. Now I have an "eyewitness" as to what the colors are, I can forge ahead! I had a feeling that the light color was light blue as the model in the AMA museum appears to be light blue.
FB
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Free Bird..
I'm sure you've seen this picture of Tom's original Perigee. The folks at the museum wouldn't let me touch it, but they gave me a ladder to climb up to get pictures from different angles. I later went in and eliminated all the distracting "stuff" in the background.
I took the pictures partly because I knew that eventually would want to reproduce the original as closely as possible. I now have a kit, now all I need is the time to build it. This winter is devoted to restoring Ed Kazmirski's Taurus II, and the "Unfinished fuselage" I got from his estate. I had a partner for the T-II, and we have been working together, (from a distance) to re-outfit the plane with the right wheels/engine etc.
I'd be happy to supply you with all the other Perigee pictures I took from the floor and from the ladder to help you get that faithful reproduction you want. The colors on the plane look pretty accurate, and you'll notice they are exactly like the TBX-1.
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12-05-2008 | 01:17 PM
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Stupid me . I unloaded all of my aero modeling magazines from the 60s & 70s.
Who can dig up the ad for Pro- Line Radio ?- The one featuring a very attractive woman , who I believe was the late Cliff Weirick's wife. If my memory serves me right , it says
something like " A Sweetheart of A Radio ". You'll have to excuse me , I was a teenager then...
Who can dig up the ad for Pro- Line Radio ?- The one featuring a very attractive woman , who I believe was the late Cliff Weirick's wife. If my memory serves me right , it says
something like " A Sweetheart of A Radio ". You'll have to excuse me , I was a teenager then...
