How old is 'old timer'?

[Tony Oliver]

Seeing the pic in the Old Warden thread reminded me of a Nationals in, I think, the early 1970s.

I dug through some old slides and this model is old (even then, it's a replica).

CA Rippon was, I believe an early editor of Aeromodeller magazine and this is one of his. The model was on display with about 10 others from Alwyn Greenhaulgh's(sp?) collection. A replica of a 1920 aeroplane made in the 1940s?


Who's going to radio one of these first?

[little flyer]

my guess is 1920 thas what the card in front of it says....

[Tony Oliver]

Not as easy as that!

I have now been told that the replica was built in 1920 and is of a model built much earlier.

[vintage1]

There are some model planes dating back to the victorian era that some US guy used to land from a houseboat. Given power better than a steam engine, and a hand launch., most of them are capable of flight. Langley? I think it was Langley or something...

aha.. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Prehistory/Last_Decade/PH5.htm



Interesting model subject if anyone can find drawings.

[Tony Oliver]

Definitely Langley. The models were the precursor of his fullsize 'Aerodrome'. Got a pic somewhere. I'll dig it out later. i don't think I'll model it - looks like you need to be able to knit, there's so much rigging.

[altur]

Re post No 1, and whether someone will r/c it. From the posts and pics about indoor/micro r/c, that's pretty much like what is being flown quite regularly indoors now. Ah, progress is wonderful Matter of fact, I think some of the ideas are better than some of today's ( well, mine at least) models. All I need to do is get out the CF, a suitable electric motor and some lightweight covering and I can make one as good!