lionheart

I wish I could see some of these old planes from the 30's, and 40's! My first airplane kit was a Testor's B-17 in 1966. Never got painted, blown to bits in a pretend raid with firecrackers. Lost fighter cover, I imagine..... Had a control line plane later, Spitfire I think.... Spiked it in the school parking lot, about a bazillion pieces, total loss[&o]. I have recently gotten into RC. Still deciding which way to go on a trainer. Got my AMA, though. Looking forward to talking with local club members at the Mt. Comfort Airshow this weekend!

Rocketeer10

My first model plane was a stick built and rubberband powered Spad XIII. I think it was a Sterling Models kit, similar to Gullows kits of the time! Eddie Rickenbacker on the box art! This was in the early 1968 as it was a present for my 11th birthday. I also built a Ringmaster Ukie that year but my first RC model (1970 or '71) was an Andrews H-Ray, with an MRC Digital Proportional F-710 radio with linear output servos and an Enya .29 engine. I still have the engine (is here on my desk) and the radio system complete with the servos and receiver.... alas, it does not work!!! But looks brand new.

GY

LSP972

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Aside from countless plastic kits beginning from age 5, my first flying planes, at age 10, were those wonderful Cox .049s; PT-19, Grasshopper, Stuka, and my favorite, the T-28. Every bit of yard and chore money went to pint cans of Cox fuel, the occasional 1.5 volt battery, and Cox glow heads. I had three glorious summers with these plastic ukies; two neighborhood pals and I spent every available day in the nearby school yard. The last summer, we did a few wood control-liners; Goldberg Lil Satan, Ringmaster, etc. (That one get you all dewy-eyed, BB???)

First R/C was a tired old Goldberg Eagle. This was in 1986, and I was looking to get into something less stressful than competitive shooting. I built a Aero-Star 40 and Sky Tiger shortly after, and have been non-stop since.

CCRC1

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1st control line- Veco "Big Iron" with a McCoy .35 Red Head.
1st R/C airplane- Carl Goldberg "Falcon 56" with an Enya .19 and a E.K. Logitrol radio.

Hircflyer

First RC airplane....................RCM .60 trainer with Webra .61 Blackhead.................Kraft Radio, I forget which one but it had KPS-11 rack type servos. 1972

milkman

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Just like scottrc my first r/c plane was an ace alpha but i used the .049 for a while then went to a .09 cox. by the time i realy finished it off i think i had more glue in it than wood and foam. I had that great little plane for 3 summers. Now a buddy has one and he wont give it to me hahaha.

MajorTomski

Hmm, like an early post said which first one?

My first plastic model was a Hawk GB R-1, around 1961 or 2 still have two new testors versions sitting on the shelf.

My first finished wood model was a jemco HLG painted in Luftwaffe markings in the mid '60s.

My first finished stick and tissue was a Guillows Fokker Dr-I, I risked one semi powered flight that smashed into the driveway. That model, with the gear fixed still hangs in Dad's basement.

Our first RC model, Dad built and modified a Midwest Lil T into a two channel glider, with a power pod.

My first RC model was a Sterling Gazariator, their answer to the Sr Falcon, in 1987.

Been really activly flying lots of stuff since 1995.