RADIO CONTROL GIANTS FEBRUARY 12 1944 bitterly cold day Douglas Georgia Wed light dusting snow overnight didnt stick wings silver-painted Stearman PT-17s out flight line really didnt look forward days flight open cockpit primary trainer about nine hours PT knew Id soon have make first solo flightJn anticipation biting cold bundled up Air Corps winter flying gear included fleece-lined pants held up broad suspenders Over wrestled thick fleece-lined jacket pulled fleece-lined flying boots put leather flying helmet its Gosport tube ear muffs resembled brown leather snowman instructor Evan Fernald met Stearman too bundled against severe morning chill After ground crewman flipped prop propwash added discomfort taxied PT out onto field aligned us windsock shoved throttle forward 220hp Continental radial answered immediately airborne headed auxiliary field practice landings made three relatively respectable bumps jumps Mr Fernald told make full-stopper pulled off side field got out solo time Two bumps full-stop landing picked up instructor flight back home base What didnt realize was surrounded fleecelined leather movements restricted could move Stearmans controls smooth manner took strength bend leather get stick fully back threepointer first last time ever wore complete Air Corps winter flying suit Cold-weather flying gear substantially improved before flew Alaska 1958 Multiple layers clothing kept us warm lightweight mukluks substituted unwieldy fleece-lined boots Lightweight parkas kept warm mobile hoods surrounded coyote fur war stories make point Airplane drivers other aircrewmen have always dressed counter environment flew So add pilots Giant Scale models should consider researching would dressedFor example would inappropriate clothe miniature pilot leather helmet A-2 jacket piloting P-40 North African desert over steaming jungles Southeast Asia desert Hurricane driver would probably fly khaki shirt shorts wear light tan cloth flying helmet same pilot flying Battle Britain would wear turtleneck sweater fleece-lined leather jacket pair wonderful British fleece-lined almost-knee-high flying boots Regardless clime type aircraft being flown pilots 1939 wore thin leather gloves protection against cockpit fires Theyre de rigueur today Japanese pilots wore Kamikaze rising sun headbands flew Zeros colder climes Japanese pilot would have worn heavy cloth flying suit complete real fur collar fur-rimmed helmet match Messerschmitt drivers often left smooth black flying jackets back barracks youre modeling medium bomber B-25 B-26 chances pilot copilot wore 25-mission crush uniform hats plastered down earphones throat mikes A-2 light leather jackets low-level missions B-17 and B-24 pilots flew much higher colder altitudes adorned fleece-lined gear flak vests leather helmets oxygen masks could attached gunners substituted fleece-linedcap fuzzy earfiaps Although warbirds WW II enclosed cockpits cockpit heaters latter seldom worked satisfactorily bone-chilling cold high altitudes still demanded heavy thick flying gear course todays military jet jockeys universally wear hard-shell crash helmets cloth jackets varying thicknesses over tan summer dark wool winter flying suits comfort pressurized warmed cockpits Things get lot stranger have add pilot civilian Giant Scale model Chances early bird pilot will wear padded leather hard-shell crash helmet goggles long coat similar adopted drivers horseless carriages Civilian pilots 20s 30s identified flying helmets complete goggles thick white rubber rims Williams Bros plastic pilot busts feature goggles beautiful scalelike fashion also might sport leather jackets over shirts ties Todays civilian pilots wear whatever comes hand including military surplus flying suits jackets Like military counterparts yesteryear may also have knee pad attached hold cross-country maps let-down plates moral story comes clothing pilot RC Scale model consider might have dressed mission location facilities defined aerial mount Elsewhere column youll find photographs absolutely stunning example Giant Scale builders art Long-Wing Alexander Eaglerock designed built Bill Witte Bath New Hampshire Built 1/6 scale biplane spans 76 inches longer lower wing gives aircraft its name powered 62 Model Aviation Wittes magnificent Long Wing Alexander Eaglerock model 116 scale Sig Koverall dope Details text Closeup OX-5 cowling Bill Wittes Eaglerock Note functional scale exhaust pipes detailed radiator ON AIL WELL RON FOR MORE SCALE REALISM YOU COULD GET SOME ROART ROO-STRuTS ANL JUST AWESOMEI DONi nAVE IT FEELS LIKE THOSE UGLY HAVE WHOLECHICKEN LEGS NEW MORE IGS . AND i.ONTROLI Saito 50 particular interest scale exhaust pipes Bill constructed Theyre functional carry Saitos fumes out cowling flying wires also functional brace long floppy wing structure Wing loading light 14 ounces per square foot Bill says flies beautifully has remove cowl front engine cooling model airborne original OX-S power plant liquid-cooled V-8 Bill has duplicated scale radiator although its functional am interested Eaglerock model couple reasons Firstly Mr Wittes basic research source book Alexander Eaglerock History Alexander Airplane Co used scale drawings book supplemented photographs George Epps restored flyable OX-S powered Eaglebrick thats now Southern Museum Aviation Birmingham Alabama new edition book has just printed has 22 pages original volume devoted tabulation Alexander aircraft Its available $2495 plus $250 shipping handling Wolfgang Publishers 4610 Moffat Lane Colorado Springs CO 80915 Bob Banka has recently published 1995 Scale Aircraft Documentation & Resource Guide addition serving Bobs Foto-Paak three-view catalog handsome 167-page tome includes articles several best-known scale writers Given Bob lists 5500 different Foto-Paaks lementary inventory line drawings Guide necessary foundation Scale modelers documentation library book costs $8 US $9 Canada $14 overseas includes Air Post Drop Bob line Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Visa MasterCard accepted orders over $20 l 1995 63 RoIart Manufacturing IncROox 1247 StCharles Illinois 60174 Bob Bankas latest documentation catalog valuable resource Scale modelerGiant otherwise
Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/04
Page Numbers: 62, 63
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS FEBRUARY 12 1944 bitterly cold day Douglas Georgia Wed light dusting snow overnight didnt stick wings silver-painted Stearman PT-17s out flight line really didnt look forward days flight open cockpit primary trainer about nine hours PT knew Id soon have make first solo flightJn anticipation biting cold bundled up Air Corps winter flying gear included fleece-lined pants held up broad suspenders Over wrestled thick fleece-lined jacket pulled fleece-lined flying boots put leather flying helmet its Gosport tube ear muffs resembled brown leather snowman instructor Evan Fernald met Stearman too bundled against severe morning chill After ground crewman flipped prop propwash added discomfort taxied PT out onto field aligned us windsock shoved throttle forward 220hp Continental radial answered immediately airborne headed auxiliary field practice landings made three relatively respectable bumps jumps Mr Fernald told make full-stopper pulled off side field got out solo time Two bumps full-stop landing picked up instructor flight back home base What didnt realize was surrounded fleecelined leather movements restricted could move Stearmans controls smooth manner took strength bend leather get stick fully back threepointer first last time ever wore complete Air Corps winter flying suit Cold-weather flying gear substantially improved before flew Alaska 1958 Multiple layers clothing kept us warm lightweight mukluks substituted unwieldy fleece-lined boots Lightweight parkas kept warm mobile hoods surrounded coyote fur war stories make point Airplane drivers other aircrewmen have always dressed counter environment flew So add pilots Giant Scale models should consider researching would dressedFor example would inappropriate clothe miniature pilot leather helmet A-2 jacket piloting P-40 North African desert over steaming jungles Southeast Asia desert Hurricane driver would probably fly khaki shirt shorts wear light tan cloth flying helmet same pilot flying Battle Britain would wear turtleneck sweater fleece-lined leather jacket pair wonderful British fleece-lined almost-knee-high flying boots Regardless clime type aircraft being flown pilots 1939 wore thin leather gloves protection against cockpit fires Theyre de rigueur today Japanese pilots wore Kamikaze rising sun headbands flew Zeros colder climes Japanese pilot would have worn heavy cloth flying suit complete real fur collar fur-rimmed helmet match Messerschmitt drivers often left smooth black flying jackets back barracks youre modeling medium bomber B-25 B-26 chances pilot copilot wore 25-mission crush uniform hats plastered down earphones throat mikes A-2 light leather jackets low-level missions B-17 and B-24 pilots flew much higher colder altitudes adorned fleece-lined gear flak vests leather helmets oxygen masks could attached gunners substituted fleece-linedcap fuzzy earfiaps Although warbirds WW II enclosed cockpits cockpit heaters latter seldom worked satisfactorily bone-chilling cold high altitudes still demanded heavy thick flying gear course todays military jet jockeys universally wear hard-shell crash helmets cloth jackets varying thicknesses over tan summer dark wool winter flying suits comfort pressurized warmed cockpits Things get lot stranger have add pilot civilian Giant Scale model Chances early bird pilot will wear padded leather hard-shell crash helmet goggles long coat similar adopted drivers horseless carriages Civilian pilots 20s 30s identified flying helmets complete goggles thick white rubber rims Williams Bros plastic pilot busts feature goggles beautiful scalelike fashion also might sport leather jackets over shirts ties Todays civilian pilots wear whatever comes hand including military surplus flying suits jackets Like military counterparts yesteryear may also have knee pad attached hold cross-country maps let-down plates moral story comes clothing pilot RC Scale model consider might have dressed mission location facilities defined aerial mount Elsewhere column youll find photographs absolutely stunning example Giant Scale builders art Long-Wing Alexander Eaglerock designed built Bill Witte Bath New Hampshire Built 1/6 scale biplane spans 76 inches longer lower wing gives aircraft its name powered 62 Model Aviation Wittes magnificent Long Wing Alexander Eaglerock model 116 scale Sig Koverall dope Details text Closeup OX-5 cowling Bill Wittes Eaglerock Note functional scale exhaust pipes detailed radiator ON AIL WELL RON FOR MORE SCALE REALISM YOU COULD GET SOME ROART ROO-STRuTS ANL JUST AWESOMEI DONi nAVE IT FEELS LIKE THOSE UGLY HAVE WHOLECHICKEN LEGS NEW MORE IGS . AND i.ONTROLI Saito 50 particular interest scale exhaust pipes Bill constructed Theyre functional carry Saitos fumes out cowling flying wires also functional brace long floppy wing structure Wing loading light 14 ounces per square foot Bill says flies beautifully has remove cowl front engine cooling model airborne original OX-S power plant liquid-cooled V-8 Bill has duplicated scale radiator although its functional am interested Eaglerock model couple reasons Firstly Mr Wittes basic research source book Alexander Eaglerock History Alexander Airplane Co used scale drawings book supplemented photographs George Epps restored flyable OX-S powered Eaglebrick thats now Southern Museum Aviation Birmingham Alabama new edition book has just printed has 22 pages original volume devoted tabulation Alexander aircraft Its available $2495 plus $250 shipping handling Wolfgang Publishers 4610 Moffat Lane Colorado Springs CO 80915 Bob Banka has recently published 1995 Scale Aircraft Documentation & Resource Guide addition serving Bobs Foto-Paak three-view catalog handsome 167-page tome includes articles several best-known scale writers Given Bob lists 5500 different Foto-Paaks lementary inventory line drawings Guide necessary foundation Scale modelers documentation library book costs $8 US $9 Canada $14 overseas includes Air Post Drop Bob line Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 Tel 714 979-8058 Visa MasterCard accepted orders over $20 l 1995 63 RoIart Manufacturing IncROox 1247 StCharles Illinois 60174 Bob Bankas latest documentation catalog valuable resource Scale modelerGiant otherwise