Pietenpol-List: getting kids interested in ARF's in the 1960's
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 2:36 pm
Original Posted By: "Barry Davis"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: getting kids interested in ARF's in the 1960'sARF's were around in the 60's and many of you flew them like my brother and myself.Take this go-together with rubber bands Cox PT-19 Trainer. It was a very forgiving controlline model and when you crashed the rubber bands took the impact and you could put itall back together easily if you had enough rubber bands around.I purchase TWO of the remanufactured Cox retro PT-19's around 2002 when they ran a newproduction run and still have them in the box for some fine summer day.We would take them off from our picnic table in the back yard pretending to be taking off froman aircraft carrier. When fuel was running low we would fly a high circle in hopes that we could thenglide and make a landing back on the picnic table carrier. Many scale model pilots got killed crashingviolently into the edge of that big green picnic table at 4101 Hilltop Drive.________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Pietenpol-List: getting kids interested in ARF's in the 1960'sARF's were around in the 60's and many of you flew them like my brother and myself.Take this go-together with rubber bands Cox PT-19 Trainer. It was a very forgiving controlline model and when you crashed the rubber bands took the impact and you could put itall back together easily if you had enough rubber bands around.I purchase TWO of the remanufactured Cox retro PT-19's around 2002 when they ran a newproduction run and still have them in the box for some fine summer day.We would take them off from our picnic table in the back yard pretending to be taking off froman aircraft carrier. When fuel was running low we would fly a high circle in hopes that we could thenglide and make a landing back on the picnic table carrier. Many scale model pilots got killed crashingviolently into the edge of that big green picnic table at 4101 Hilltop Drive.________________________________________________________________________________