Carl 9 Carison Fifty years ago few modelers beginning experiment something revolutionarygas power exploits Max Bassett succeeded creating revolution model aviation almost overnight othersbefore after himwho worked along parallel lines Heres story such pioneerE Dave Ritchie Above front view Big Crate shows off realistic lines waii Jr engine built castings weighed over4 lb turned 22-12 prop at2260 rpm Right rough landing appearsto have short ened fuselage Carison Brock inspect damage Model balsa spruce paper covered re-shaped aluminum saucepan formed cowl 32 Model Aviation LarI Larlsons Big Crate biplane first gas model flown Nats Dayton 1931 sits runway Ashburn Airport Chicago priorto test flight May year Walter L Brock wearing cap leader Illinois Model Aeroplane Club co-designer model machine set first Nats Open Gas Free Flight record Akron OH 1934 Big Crate Ills strut bracing made consistent flights possible improvement over earlier wire bracing Close-up right shows ancient Gil engine no prop nut gear detail 1931 known Carl Carison Chicago entered gas model plane record flight though no event scheduled years Nationals plane span 11 ft weighed 9 lb Unfortunately crashed shortly after takeoff no record established THATS HOW THE FIRST appearance Gas model US Nationalshalf century ago last yearit recorded officially page 22 History Academy Model Aero nautics Willis C Brown Dick Black would something understatement say theres much detail Almost everything left readers imagination interested modelings history such brief blurbs whet appetite informaton Carl Carlson What did model look like What kind gas engine did use power What became him after wards Questions like usually go unan swered less has amazing good fortune run across few productive clues first cluetantalizing because raised questions answeredcame little booklet entitled Build Model ir planes Victor R Fritz Its handbook old Philadelphia Model Aeroplane sic Association run across copy researching another project books third edition printed November 1934 contains listing official NAA model flight Duration records name Carl V Carlson Chicago IL appears along Maxwell B Bassett Philadelphia two record holders Class B gasoline engine category Bassetts time 21 minutes 57 seconds clearly corresponded second Texaco Tro phy win 1934 Akron OH Nationals listed record Seniorthen under 21 division Carlsons time considerably less 6 minutes 485 seconds Open contes tants 21 over record Question two marks set same meet Newspaper accounts Akron Nationals confirm Carl V Carlson 21 Chicago did indeed make several official flights longest 6485 won Open class competition Incidentally 1934 Nationals first allow contestants 21 older participate Carlsons mark stands first National Open Gas Free Flight record ever newspapers recorded no Carlson Most Gas event coverage focused Bassett favorite year before swept three Nationals outdoor events Stout Mulvihill Moffett Trophies revolutionary Brown Jr-powered Gas jobs no pictures Carlson Stick Gas model also built Carison mounts PMB&A engineno flight details available Carlson says engine didnt run very well August1982 33 Carlson switched Gil engine shown Big Crate II built 193233 Looks almost like powered glider Big Crate II covered ready engine tests Planes performance hampered external wing wires hard keep adjusted Carl Carlson Big LraTe III 051 5-S4 ne ship re-design Big Crate II still powered Gil engine Carison planned kit latest model shop burgiarizeu models engines stolen Power plant shown Power Model Boat& Airplane Co enginedeveloped byCarlson Gil Nelson Loss equipment caused Carison quit hobby plane clippings able find Sometime later sheer chance happened stumble name Carl V Carlson once againthis time relatively modern setting Whats complete address close enough Chicago give hope might same person dashed off letter waited Weeks months went response After year gave up hope afternoon fat brown envelope arrived note inside explained request become lost recently re discovered writer apologized incon venience delay might have caused No incon venience details Id seeking long Carl V Carlson member Illinois Model Aero Club Sometime around 1930-31 began design large biplane model called Big Crate assisted efforts Walter L Brock early aviation pioneer racing pilot according Carlson driving force behind IMAC late 1920s early 1930s Big Crate said Carlson designed biplane order have enough wing area manageable span support rather heavy engine employed explains really wasnt practical small gasoline engine market time successful small engine aware motor designed Elmer Wall Chicago offered kits draw ings rough castings sale modeler have necessary skill machine tools build engine rtunate enough able borrow Wall engines man area Chicago foruse Big Crate After experiments completed damaged engine returned him continues Carlson made three flights Big Crate resulting some damage no time able carry development plane far enough along could flown great length time flights Nationals Dayton 1931 knowledge first attempt fly Free Flight Gas model National Model Airplane Contest gas model present Dayton far know year later fall 1932 Carlson attending college teamed up another Chi cagoan name Gilbert Nelson trying develop small lightweight aluminum engine model planes engine Gil hardly small lightweight modern standards Carlson obtained example Gil engine says worked fairly well pro ceeded design entirely new model around Big Crate II called sleek wirebraced low-wing job approximately 9-ft span wire wing bracing planes downfall however difficult keep adjustment models success therefore marginal best fall 1933 Carlson redesigned rebuilt model employing strut-bracing system proved far reliable Big Crate III flew quite well model took Akron Nationals following summer between attending college working Gil Nelson model engines Carl Carlson owned operated small model airplane kit manufacturing business sold mostly small solid rubber-powered flying models Gil Nelson also trying develop smaller lighter engine Gil few examples sold Power Model Boat & Airplane Co Chicago around 1934 1935 Accordingly says Carlson designed high-wing cabin model smaller engine decided offer kit Unfortunately engine success model being dependent new engine never chance flown other reason Carl Carlsons beautiful high-wing cabin ship never flown reason made its designer give up hobby good Late 1934 Carlsons model kit business burglarized models gas enginesby time acquired Brown Jrwere stolen never recovered point says Carlson returned school full time graduated aeronautical engineer Ive aviation related businesses ever since remark quite understatement first jobs after gaining AE degree University Michigan 1937 Carlson served Chief Engineer Howard Aircraft Corporation St Charles IL During late 40s SOs operating own steel products company began specialize design construction aircraft hangars maintenance docks fueling docks other support systems commercial military airfields US abroad As head own engineering firm 60s provided complete management installa tion sophisticated environmental control sys tems 10 Minuteman missile bases midwest Since has responsible design over 400 different projects US Air Force major airlines aircraft manufacturers include design construction complete work dock systems major overhauls Air Force C-141 well Douglas DC-lO Lockheed L-101 1 Boeing 747 jumbo jets holds patents special cantilever hangar design now used American Airlines Ozark Airlines Douglas Aircraft Company maintenance painting DC-9s Over past year Carl has decided ease up bit enter what calls semi-retirement still maintaining consulting relationship former business associates first activities criss-cross country motor home visiting son Hampton VA three daughters Los Angeles has also found time build model two Last winter reports built first Indoor model since 1928 Pennyplane hope build both Indoor Outdoor Free Flight models futurewhen have time So far hes found time complete other model planning stages Incredibly Carl V Carlson still member Illinois Model Aero Club first joined 1923 1 believe IMAC oldest continuously active model airplane club United States world declares proudly 34 Model Aviation model duplicate onewith won Junior Outdoor event 1928 American Boy Nationals says Carison Copies Gas models planned Win Gough photo wnax Carl uarison aoing soaay iie known aesigner aircrars service structures picture above shows Jumbo Jet maintenance platform system Carison designed right Carison stands first work station workstand
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/08
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34
Carl 9 Carison Fifty years ago few modelers beginning experiment something revolutionarygas power exploits Max Bassett succeeded creating revolution model aviation almost overnight othersbefore after himwho worked along parallel lines Heres story such pioneerE Dave Ritchie Above front view Big Crate shows off realistic lines waii Jr engine built castings weighed over4 lb turned 22-12 prop at2260 rpm Right rough landing appearsto have short ened fuselage Carison Brock inspect damage Model balsa spruce paper covered re-shaped aluminum saucepan formed cowl 32 Model Aviation LarI Larlsons Big Crate biplane first gas model flown Nats Dayton 1931 sits runway Ashburn Airport Chicago priorto test flight May year Walter L Brock wearing cap leader Illinois Model Aeroplane Club co-designer model machine set first Nats Open Gas Free Flight record Akron OH 1934 Big Crate Ills strut bracing made consistent flights possible improvement over earlier wire bracing Close-up right shows ancient Gil engine no prop nut gear detail 1931 known Carl Carison Chicago entered gas model plane record flight though no event scheduled years Nationals plane span 11 ft weighed 9 lb Unfortunately crashed shortly after takeoff no record established THATS HOW THE FIRST appearance Gas model US Nationalshalf century ago last yearit recorded officially page 22 History Academy Model Aero nautics Willis C Brown Dick Black would something understatement say theres much detail Almost everything left readers imagination interested modelings history such brief blurbs whet appetite informaton Carl Carlson What did model look like What kind gas engine did use power What became him after wards Questions like usually go unan swered less has amazing good fortune run across few productive clues first cluetantalizing because raised questions answeredcame little booklet entitled Build Model ir planes Victor R Fritz Its handbook old Philadelphia Model Aeroplane sic Association run across copy researching another project books third edition printed November 1934 contains listing official NAA model flight Duration records name Carl V Carlson Chicago IL appears along Maxwell B Bassett Philadelphia two record holders Class B gasoline engine category Bassetts time 21 minutes 57 seconds clearly corresponded second Texaco Tro phy win 1934 Akron OH Nationals listed record Seniorthen under 21 division Carlsons time considerably less 6 minutes 485 seconds Open contes tants 21 over record Question two marks set same meet Newspaper accounts Akron Nationals confirm Carl V Carlson 21 Chicago did indeed make several official flights longest 6485 won Open class competition Incidentally 1934 Nationals first allow contestants 21 older participate Carlsons mark stands first National Open Gas Free Flight record ever newspapers recorded no Carlson Most Gas event coverage focused Bassett favorite year before swept three Nationals outdoor events Stout Mulvihill Moffett Trophies revolutionary Brown Jr-powered Gas jobs no pictures Carlson Stick Gas model also built Carison mounts PMB&A engineno flight details available Carlson says engine didnt run very well August1982 33 Carlson switched Gil engine shown Big Crate II built 193233 Looks almost like powered glider Big Crate II covered ready engine tests Planes performance hampered external wing wires hard keep adjusted Carl Carlson Big LraTe III 051 5-S4 ne ship re-design Big Crate II still powered Gil engine Carison planned kit latest model shop burgiarizeu models engines stolen Power plant shown Power Model Boat& Airplane Co enginedeveloped byCarlson Gil Nelson Loss equipment caused Carison quit hobby plane clippings able find Sometime later sheer chance happened stumble name Carl V Carlson once againthis time relatively modern setting Whats complete address close enough Chicago give hope might same person dashed off letter waited Weeks months went response After year gave up hope afternoon fat brown envelope arrived note inside explained request become lost recently re discovered writer apologized incon venience delay might have caused No incon venience details Id seeking long Carl V Carlson member Illinois Model Aero Club Sometime around 1930-31 began design large biplane model called Big Crate assisted efforts Walter L Brock early aviation pioneer racing pilot according Carlson driving force behind IMAC late 1920s early 1930s Big Crate said Carlson designed biplane order have enough wing area manageable span support rather heavy engine employed explains really wasnt practical small gasoline engine market time successful small engine aware motor designed Elmer Wall Chicago offered kits draw ings rough castings sale modeler have necessary skill machine tools build engine rtunate enough able borrow Wall engines man area Chicago foruse Big Crate After experiments completed damaged engine returned him continues Carlson made three flights Big Crate resulting some damage no time able carry development plane far enough along could flown great length time flights Nationals Dayton 1931 knowledge first attempt fly Free Flight Gas model National Model Airplane Contest gas model present Dayton far know year later fall 1932 Carlson attending college teamed up another Chi cagoan name Gilbert Nelson trying develop small lightweight aluminum engine model planes engine Gil hardly small lightweight modern standards Carlson obtained example Gil engine says worked fairly well pro ceeded design entirely new model around Big Crate II called sleek wirebraced low-wing job approximately 9-ft span wire wing bracing planes downfall however difficult keep adjustment models success therefore marginal best fall 1933 Carlson redesigned rebuilt model employing strut-bracing system proved far reliable Big Crate III flew quite well model took Akron Nationals following summer between attending college working Gil Nelson model engines Carl Carlson owned operated small model airplane kit manufacturing business sold mostly small solid rubber-powered flying models Gil Nelson also trying develop smaller lighter engine Gil few examples sold Power Model Boat & Airplane Co Chicago around 1934 1935 Accordingly says Carlson designed high-wing cabin model smaller engine decided offer kit Unfortunately engine success model being dependent new engine never chance flown other reason Carl Carlsons beautiful high-wing cabin ship never flown reason made its designer give up hobby good Late 1934 Carlsons model kit business burglarized models gas enginesby time acquired Brown Jrwere stolen never recovered point says Carlson returned school full time graduated aeronautical engineer Ive aviation related businesses ever since remark quite understatement first jobs after gaining AE degree University Michigan 1937 Carlson served Chief Engineer Howard Aircraft Corporation St Charles IL During late 40s SOs operating own steel products company began specialize design construction aircraft hangars maintenance docks fueling docks other support systems commercial military airfields US abroad As head own engineering firm 60s provided complete management installa tion sophisticated environmental control sys tems 10 Minuteman missile bases midwest Since has responsible design over 400 different projects US Air Force major airlines aircraft manufacturers include design construction complete work dock systems major overhauls Air Force C-141 well Douglas DC-lO Lockheed L-101 1 Boeing 747 jumbo jets holds patents special cantilever hangar design now used American Airlines Ozark Airlines Douglas Aircraft Company maintenance painting DC-9s Over past year Carl has decided ease up bit enter what calls semi-retirement still maintaining consulting relationship former business associates first activities criss-cross country motor home visiting son Hampton VA three daughters Los Angeles has also found time build model two Last winter reports built first Indoor model since 1928 Pennyplane hope build both Indoor Outdoor Free Flight models futurewhen have time So far hes found time complete other model planning stages Incredibly Carl V Carlson still member Illinois Model Aero Club first joined 1923 1 believe IMAC oldest continuously active model airplane club United States world declares proudly 34 Model Aviation model duplicate onewith won Junior Outdoor event 1928 American Boy Nationals says Carison Copies Gas models planned Win Gough photo wnax Carl uarison aoing soaay iie known aesigner aircrars service structures picture above shows Jumbo Jet maintenance platform system Carison designed right Carison stands first work station workstand
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/08
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34
Carl 9 Carison Fifty years ago few modelers beginning experiment something revolutionarygas power exploits Max Bassett succeeded creating revolution model aviation almost overnight othersbefore after himwho worked along parallel lines Heres story such pioneerE Dave Ritchie Above front view Big Crate shows off realistic lines waii Jr engine built castings weighed over4 lb turned 22-12 prop at2260 rpm Right rough landing appearsto have short ened fuselage Carison Brock inspect damage Model balsa spruce paper covered re-shaped aluminum saucepan formed cowl 32 Model Aviation LarI Larlsons Big Crate biplane first gas model flown Nats Dayton 1931 sits runway Ashburn Airport Chicago priorto test flight May year Walter L Brock wearing cap leader Illinois Model Aeroplane Club co-designer model machine set first Nats Open Gas Free Flight record Akron OH 1934 Big Crate Ills strut bracing made consistent flights possible improvement over earlier wire bracing Close-up right shows ancient Gil engine no prop nut gear detail 1931 known Carl Carison Chicago entered gas model plane record flight though no event scheduled years Nationals plane span 11 ft weighed 9 lb Unfortunately crashed shortly after takeoff no record established THATS HOW THE FIRST appearance Gas model US Nationalshalf century ago last yearit recorded officially page 22 History Academy Model Aero nautics Willis C Brown Dick Black would something understatement say theres much detail Almost everything left readers imagination interested modelings history such brief blurbs whet appetite informaton Carl Carlson What did model look like What kind gas engine did use power What became him after wards Questions like usually go unan swered less has amazing good fortune run across few productive clues first cluetantalizing because raised questions answeredcame little booklet entitled Build Model ir planes Victor R Fritz Its handbook old Philadelphia Model Aeroplane sic Association run across copy researching another project books third edition printed November 1934 contains listing official NAA model flight Duration records name Carl V Carlson Chicago IL appears along Maxwell B Bassett Philadelphia two record holders Class B gasoline engine category Bassetts time 21 minutes 57 seconds clearly corresponded second Texaco Tro phy win 1934 Akron OH Nationals listed record Seniorthen under 21 division Carlsons time considerably less 6 minutes 485 seconds Open contes tants 21 over record Question two marks set same meet Newspaper accounts Akron Nationals confirm Carl V Carlson 21 Chicago did indeed make several official flights longest 6485 won Open class competition Incidentally 1934 Nationals first allow contestants 21 older participate Carlsons mark stands first National Open Gas Free Flight record ever newspapers recorded no Carlson Most Gas event coverage focused Bassett favorite year before swept three Nationals outdoor events Stout Mulvihill Moffett Trophies revolutionary Brown Jr-powered Gas jobs no pictures Carlson Stick Gas model also built Carison mounts PMB&A engineno flight details available Carlson says engine didnt run very well August1982 33 Carlson switched Gil engine shown Big Crate II built 193233 Looks almost like powered glider Big Crate II covered ready engine tests Planes performance hampered external wing wires hard keep adjusted Carl Carlson Big LraTe III 051 5-S4 ne ship re-design Big Crate II still powered Gil engine Carison planned kit latest model shop burgiarizeu models engines stolen Power plant shown Power Model Boat& Airplane Co enginedeveloped byCarlson Gil Nelson Loss equipment caused Carison quit hobby plane clippings able find Sometime later sheer chance happened stumble name Carl V Carlson once againthis time relatively modern setting Whats complete address close enough Chicago give hope might same person dashed off letter waited Weeks months went response After year gave up hope afternoon fat brown envelope arrived note inside explained request become lost recently re discovered writer apologized incon venience delay might have caused No incon venience details Id seeking long Carl V Carlson member Illinois Model Aero Club Sometime around 1930-31 began design large biplane model called Big Crate assisted efforts Walter L Brock early aviation pioneer racing pilot according Carlson driving force behind IMAC late 1920s early 1930s Big Crate said Carlson designed biplane order have enough wing area manageable span support rather heavy engine employed explains really wasnt practical small gasoline engine market time successful small engine aware motor designed Elmer Wall Chicago offered kits draw ings rough castings sale modeler have necessary skill machine tools build engine rtunate enough able borrow Wall engines man area Chicago foruse Big Crate After experiments completed damaged engine returned him continues Carlson made three flights Big Crate resulting some damage no time able carry development plane far enough along could flown great length time flights Nationals Dayton 1931 knowledge first attempt fly Free Flight Gas model National Model Airplane Contest gas model present Dayton far know year later fall 1932 Carlson attending college teamed up another Chi cagoan name Gilbert Nelson trying develop small lightweight aluminum engine model planes engine Gil hardly small lightweight modern standards Carlson obtained example Gil engine says worked fairly well pro ceeded design entirely new model around Big Crate II called sleek wirebraced low-wing job approximately 9-ft span wire wing bracing planes downfall however difficult keep adjustment models success therefore marginal best fall 1933 Carlson redesigned rebuilt model employing strut-bracing system proved far reliable Big Crate III flew quite well model took Akron Nationals following summer between attending college working Gil Nelson model engines Carl Carlson owned operated small model airplane kit manufacturing business sold mostly small solid rubber-powered flying models Gil Nelson also trying develop smaller lighter engine Gil few examples sold Power Model Boat & Airplane Co Chicago around 1934 1935 Accordingly says Carlson designed high-wing cabin model smaller engine decided offer kit Unfortunately engine success model being dependent new engine never chance flown other reason Carl Carlsons beautiful high-wing cabin ship never flown reason made its designer give up hobby good Late 1934 Carlsons model kit business burglarized models gas enginesby time acquired Brown Jrwere stolen never recovered point says Carlson returned school full time graduated aeronautical engineer Ive aviation related businesses ever since remark quite understatement first jobs after gaining AE degree University Michigan 1937 Carlson served Chief Engineer Howard Aircraft Corporation St Charles IL During late 40s SOs operating own steel products company began specialize design construction aircraft hangars maintenance docks fueling docks other support systems commercial military airfields US abroad As head own engineering firm 60s provided complete management installa tion sophisticated environmental control sys tems 10 Minuteman missile bases midwest Since has responsible design over 400 different projects US Air Force major airlines aircraft manufacturers include design construction complete work dock systems major overhauls Air Force C-141 well Douglas DC-lO Lockheed L-101 1 Boeing 747 jumbo jets holds patents special cantilever hangar design now used American Airlines Ozark Airlines Douglas Aircraft Company maintenance painting DC-9s Over past year Carl has decided ease up bit enter what calls semi-retirement still maintaining consulting relationship former business associates first activities criss-cross country motor home visiting son Hampton VA three daughters Los Angeles has also found time build model two Last winter reports built first Indoor model since 1928 Pennyplane hope build both Indoor Outdoor Free Flight models futurewhen have time So far hes found time complete other model planning stages Incredibly Carl V Carlson still member Illinois Model Aero Club first joined 1923 1 believe IMAC oldest continuously active model airplane club United States world declares proudly 34 Model Aviation model duplicate onewith won Junior Outdoor event 1928 American Boy Nationals says Carison Copies Gas models planned Win Gough photo wnax Carl uarison aoing soaay iie known aesigner aircrars service structures picture above shows Jumbo Jet maintenance platform system Carison designed right Carison stands first work station workstand