1 / 12
2 / 12
3 / 12
4 / 12
5 / 12
6 / 12
7 / 12
8 / 12
9 / 12
10 / 12
11 / 12
12 / 12
Model Airplanes
As kids, teens, and young men my brother Ken and I were reasonably obsessed with aviation and particularly aviation modeling. We built all kinds of static models - plastic, Guillows and other balsa, etc. We also loved flying models. Dad got us going with rubber-powered, little U-control and even pulse RC models. As we got older we got into higher performance U-control, full RC gliders, and RC powered models. Eventually we had full pattern RC planes that we could toss around the sky doing all kinds of stunts. We even had a float plane we flew from Oyster Bay Harbor and a powerful twin-engine RC model.
Unfortunately, University, jobs, lack of flying fields and other distractions got in the way of our flying much any more. To recall those fun times I put together the little project below wherein I collected as many photos of ours as I could find, even frame grabs from Super-8 movies. I selected ideally two for each model, one static and one flying. Some were a challenge, and I had to include photos taken at our parents house right before the models were discarded, years after being used last. For others I even had to resort to using some generic online photos to support the presentation. I then organized the photos alphabetically by model name, then again by the first flying date.
Alphabetical by Model Name
Date Order of First Time Flown
