Videos worth watching:

[Al_M]

The video below was taken at the 1939 Cleveland Junior Air Races. It consisted of mostly rubber and gas powered free flight models, but there is one rc model shown as well. Note the guy with the headphones below, signalling to the pilot that he was hearing a signal from the transmitter during a range check.

Twenty years later, in 1959, I flew my scratch-built PBY Catalina in the same event, which had become a control-line only event. After crashing at the 1959 event, I rebuilt and repainted it for the 1960 event.

[Al_M]

The Ford Willow Run Plant, built just prior to Pearl Harbor, produced one 4-engined B-24 every 55 minutes. I had the privilege of working there as an automotive engineer when the plant was the flagship plant for Hydramatic Division of General Motors. It was a mile long; standing at the front of the manufacturing area and looking down one of the main aisles, one could not see the far end of the building; the aisle just converged to a point. The plant was sloped downward 4 feet from end to end to facilitate the conveyors that had to move the massive load of bombers as they progressed through the plant. Near the far end of the plant were the two large stainless steel turntables that rotated the bombers 90 degrees to the right to the final assembly and checkout area, before leaving the plant through two massive bifold doors. Both the turntables and the doors were still there when I worked at the plant. So here is the Willow Run Story. I am very proud to have played a tiny part in the plant's storied history. Sadly, the plant was demolished five years ago, in spite of it having been on the National Register of Historic Places.

- Al

[Steve P]

[QUOTE=Al_M;n25463]Thanks to Pete G and yourself, 3.5 ounces of lead in the nose corrected the condition. For the life of me, I will never understand why Horizon never published a correction to the cg location in the manual.[/QUOTE]


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[Steve P]

ATC and tower audio from the Southwest engine blowout and landing. One cool heroic cookie.

[Al_M]

Been there, done that with my Ka8 foamie! 😂 Thanks to Pete G and yourself, 3.5 ounces of lead in the nose corrected the condition. For the life of me, I will never understand why Horizon never published a correction to the cg location in the manual. The video proves I wasn’t the only one who experienced the upper case U wing syndrome.

[lenb]

Let's try some aerotowing

[Steve P]

“What could possibly go wrong?” Love it!

[Csessa]

Just a short video featuring and early Discus scale model. That LB on the tail must mean something.

Unfortunately the model suffered a catastrophic tail failure on one of the landings so it is now back in the shop for more repairs. The material in these oldies was not meant for long life in the sun.

https://youtu.be/hZEgsvAnDvw

[chishp]

Hi Guys Have a look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WNa3vczxzU for a taste of our Omarama event on April every year

[ARUP]

P-38 as a glider, too? A P-38 pegged its VSI with engines off during some Sierra Wave research back in the day! I think the pilot had a gain of over 10 thousand feet altitude. His engines were off to conserve fuel and to keep the Vne in check and he was continuously (?) diving because of the rapid thermal ascent! Amazing stuff!!!

[Swiss1]

Great videos, will watch them all over the coming days.

Jeremy
SCCAAA TT TN

[Joespeeder]

Looking for a subject for a new scale tug? How about a P-38 ?

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...C-47-aircrafts

and 37 pages of glider related videos here.

http://www.criticalpast.com/stock-footage-video/Glider

my favorite.... http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65...actice_gliders

[blake]

This guy is great to watch, and so is the production team that create the videos with him....and not to mention the perfect soundtrack!

Blake
A lowly P1 pilot.....

[Swiss1]

So tell me again, why do we stop towing after sunset?

Jeremy
SCCAAA TT TN

[ARUP]

+1 Now what do you do for the next 'rush'?