Model Airplanes from the 1930s-1960s

Compilation of newsreel footage of gas powered model airplanes from the 30's - 60's

[@peteblac1]

Thank you for making this available to us.

[@billsomrak]

So good to see these old videos. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@shimon174b]

Superb. One of the very most enjoyable videos I have seen on KZbin so far. !!!

[@slickbluejet]

showed this to my grandpa. he said it reminded him of the aeroplanes he used to build as a boy.

[@bankslord]

@SuperPianowizard You're totally right mate, I used to hide the fact I was into model planes, but I don't now, I get loads of stick of people at work for my 'geeky' hobby, but I don't care anymore, I enjoy it and thats all that matters.

[@chatch15117]

look how nicely they all dressed back then

[@breakdanc3]

wow so they weren't even radio controlled, awesome

[@panther105]

WOW! You don't see R/C Hydro plane models very often. Thanks for posting this. - Vancouver Gas Model Club Member 1969 - 1975

[@yak5408]

Amazing how far forward we have come in our hobby in the last 50 years or so !

[@MatthewShermanHappy420]

and it keeps getting better everyday

[@Del350K4]

Great clips-thanks for posting

[@steveperry1344]

i grew up in the 50's and 60's and we would build and fly control line and free flight planes. there were men who flew r/c plane and it was fun to watch and help. i grew out of it when i was old enough to have a job, get a car and have a girlfriend.

[@phallystorm]

Those announcers back then had a great dialect, and inflection in their verb age.

[@schlutorflyer]

Absolutely love it....

[@mrfourtysevenman]

i love the smell of nitro in the morning.

[@mrfourtysevenman]

"yes even one is radio controlled" "yes the iphone even makes calls"

[@adrianlarkins7259]

"Some planes are parred by elarstic". Oh, how times have changed!

[@larrybland007]

Youthful ingenuity makes the way for an enlightened society.

[@Propblaster]

A great look back, love the early proportional transmitters, way expensive back then

[@victorhuincho]

this is so cool great for an new timer to see. i just bought a plane kit dating back to the early 60s

[@cardinaldriver]

I can't believe how well they flew with escapements! And they did with pushing buttons and switches on the TX!!!! LOL! Just amazing thank you!

[@conspyd]

A great collection of rc-model history, well done!!!

[@knightflyte]

LOL I thought MY R/C radio was big in 1976. That was huge. LOL Great vid. Thanks for posting it.

[@m93sek]

like the last bit with the hydro planes most...

[@aeomaster32]

These older models are kept flying by a small group "Society of Antique Modelers" (S.A.M) I have included a small clip in the video response section. They are now 'assisted' by radio due to restricted flying areas.

[@Graiskye]

Great stuff,thanks so much for posting this. -Graiskye.

[@mikewarns]

As an example of how knowledge not used is knowledge lost, I kept saying, "Back in the 80s, when I was into Old Timers, I could name most of the models in that video. Or what model the builder ripped off the design from. :D

[@kapimine5452]

I'm not so old, but I LOVE IT !!! They were the real guys and women. Much better than the stupid video's we're getting today... nerds on a bike, stars in Ferrari's, all a great mess, disaster, death and above all... disrespect for the common people.

[@realtvnow]

Cool Video! It's an R/C archive.

[@horizonflyer9]

im sure they would've never imagined a radio that was immune to interference. besides, back then, there was almost no such thing as radio control planes at all! most of them were control line.

[@superrcpilot1]

at the beginning they had no control of it and now we are making the hover

[@goatwarrior3570]

Wowzers, radio directed miniature flying machines. What wont they think of next? When I was a nipper the best we had was a bit of string tied to a lump of coal.

[@barkebaat]

String ! You had string ? AND a lump of coal ! Bloody luxury. We had to make do with a stone. No string. Just cold stone.

[@Pyrrus4]

And we had to SHARE the coal

[@rccardude04]

Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time with a 33% Carden Yak and see the reactions? -Eric

[@choppergirl]

what are those 1 or 2 channel radios. i got a book from way back building those things, ug, their most sophisticated model at the end of the book is radio controled with a one channel radio

[@krbosak]

In Japan, of course. This is very popular cho-ki-ping-kaboom 2.

[@oscar7771]

50 or 40 years ago was fine for the kids, today the kids has no brain to do some creative outdoor activity, they need wwi or texting to get some exercise

[@mrfourtysevenman]

cox engines. you can see them. damn, rc was expensive and high tech back then.

[@rog4420]

I fly rc planes now. But it looks like more people was in to it then. nice video

[@cacan123]

the starter was very "portable"

[@Justwantahover]

3:14 Looks much like an early Cub!

[@poolfarm2]

fantastic !

[@fr4gh4rd]

Yep... things sure have changed haven't they :-0

[@williameaston136]

Very cool

[@gpang788]

Those were huge turnouts

[@jjs4you2]

Very interesting

[@junebug29]

Awesome.

[@cup_and_cone]

ya, too much work. your kind was just a spectator on the sidelines for half of a century while us plane guys pioneered electronics and nitro engines. then when things finally became slightly easier, someone decided to try a heli rc.

[@sslusshy]

What happened to all the girls in the hobbie? lol this is cool!

[@GM050008U]

5:54 answered my thought

[@MrVinamp]

Steady as a rock...

[@tomservo5007]

when did flying by wire stop ? I've seen it once, around '82

[@tomatoesandham]

why dont people talk like this anymore? i wish people still did

[@lay3Rv2]

haha, i think it is still pretty expensive.

[@ratheads]

GONAD

[@ratheads]

It means nuts, balls etc......utube removed the post I was commenting on.

[@7byseven]

worms eye view lol

[@pigjamelectric]

0:26 lol

[@iRyanInSpaceN1701D]

The plane sound like motorized bicycle engine lol.

[@nitramhtims]

was they on the 3ghz then??? check out my r/c vids

[@totalitaer.]

@sinojtjej Germany first!

[@sinojtjej]

I think Al-Qaida might hijack one of these airplanes and that US should attack a random country.

[@tatungo1]

Ahhh, those were the days when men were men, models were models,summers were summers and the " lets ban it " health and safety heirachy were unheard of.

[@SuperAviatar]

A little worrying to find the era of my youth listed as history... My first flying model was built in 1959! Keil Kraft Flying Scale Series Hurricane, a lot of work for very little performance on the rubber band supplied!! I remember the Sixties because I was hooked on control line aerobatics and combat... Then via the Mercury Matador and home built single valve single channel.... rubber powered rudder control! Today I can amuse myself with a fly from the box helicopter. Progress, yes, but far less involvement....

[@panzerken]

time does not stand still! oh well...

[@macnutz4206]

We are in the same age group. I was obsessed with WWI scale models and my cousin built a flyer with one of those thimble sized gasoline engines. I used to watch the big kids flying those holding lines for control. I built my first scale model in 1956, a Sopwith Camel. The modern radio controlled flyers are way too much fun. :) Although, the accidents can be expensive.

[@mikemills69]

Time is another construct of Man, such as god.

[@MrROTD]

i found a 40s balsa kit of a tigermoth, i fully rc it, theres a vid on my channel of it flying. Im glad i live in the age of micro electric rc wonders, it was easy to make it rc with modern tech

[@rolandofarrington1859]

Wow! For christmas of 66, I got a Cox 0.49 powered P.40 held together by rubber bands. I would set out with an armload of rubber bands and around a thousand little kids to occasionally give a good kick to when an occasional wreck happened, ( in the 60's it was dangerous to be a little kid , you needed a cast iron butt ) I rarely ran it out of gas, I always seemed to crash it first!! As the years went by the only change was the speed that the planes struck the ground at! To run one out of gas was rare! I remember my brother getting a Stuka with. These neat little propellers on the wings, but they were useless! The plane went straight up and. straight down - smash! I m 65 now and taking the hobby up again! An old O and R 60 and a Forestor. .99 outta do a good job of bringing out the imbecile in me !"'ll keep y'all informed!

[@KumquatWraps]

Haha that is a bit of a generalisation but I will agree partially. I am 16 and I loooove being creative and I would take any outdoor and/or creative activity over any social network or computer game. I fly RC at a club and have made my own plane from kit which took a month or so. I reckon planes are epic!

[@AlfredoArbe]

@tatungo1 hahaha damn right man!! I`m not that old ( 43) but still prefer old hand made FF model stuff

[@Jim-fe2xz]

About 1960 I got a Babcock Breezy Jr. model kit plus a Babcock radio control - also a kit. The transmitter used 65 volt dry cells and the receiver an assortment of batteries. The plane was powered by an .049 engine & had right & left rudder & up elevator (no down) controlled by a rubber band powered escapement. A single button on the transmitter would trigger a relay on the receiver which activated the escapement. Push & hold the transmitter button once for right rudder, twice & hold for left rudder & three times & hold for up. The plane flew great & had a ball with it flying it off a dirt parking area at the Rose Bowl. Those were the days! Great video - brings back great memories with my dad who was a trophy winning modeler in his youth and later became general manager on the SR71 during it's production.

[@garyvale8347]

Jim....I remember my father having a Babcock transmitter and the rubber band escapements ....he built many ruder only plane kits using silk and dope ......many old rc parts , including engines and props were always laying around the house....I remember the big green finned Torpedo engines .....he would be amazed how far the hobby has come today , with programmable radios...

[@jorgenelsonfelix52]

Excellent spectacular Saludos desde Buenos Aires 👍😎

[@F3Aflyer]

Who needs Radio Control ! Aeromodelling at it's best ~ the good old days

[@bankslord]

@SuperPianowizard I was thinking about it recently and its funny. All the people who take the mick all play xbox or playstation, which to me is just the same as RC (just not as involved or as skilled!) - a simulation of the real thing. They still don't get it though, although with all their questions 'how much does it cost?' 'how easy is it?' 'where do you fly them?' ....I have a feeling they want to have a go themselves but think its not 'cool' enough....unlike modern warfare 3.....

[@homebuiltindoorplane]

And in the future, kids, your telephone will fly drones that can film everything, deliver packages, hover, and has a range of 30 miles...

[@flyalaz]

Hey Bomberguy, You have some of the nicest stuff I've seen. Your library of clips must be quite something!

[@junglist1soldier]

I LOVE this HOBBY! Here we are, in 2009, still Flying these sweet little machines. Because it won't stop, it don't stop. Thank goodness. Happy New Year to ALL RC Flyer's! Peace.

[@oneilluminatus]

Oh hell yeah Like you said, there is and will be more to this in the future 👍

[@toysbyus1]

Wow....what memories. I used to fly back in the 1960s and was big into U-Control and a little free flight. R/C back then was outrageously expensive and touchy. I had a Controlaire single channel setup and it was a iffy proposition to be sure. Never sure if the plane would crash or not. At the very end of the video, I saw a Sterling R/C aircraft that I remember being available as a kit...............we have advanced so much in the decades since. I'm now learning to fly a T-28 Parkzone foamie.....

[@yeriaf]

Balsa and tissue non of that plastic crap ready to fly RC rubbish etc.

[@marceloribeirobarros]

BEST OF THE BEST ON KZbin

[@VintageTechFan]

Yep .. I have a book out of this time which calls silencers "useless crap".

[@calmatosport]

9:22 he's even flying lower upside down than i see people do with almoast unlimited better airplanes

[@wrestlemaniac202]

This is how model aviation should be

[@thatairplaneguy]

How far it’s come

[@panzerken]

5:51 early ducted fan jet!!

[@SuperStuffo]

P.E.Norman was a pioneer in the field.

[@geekfish]

Solenoid RC wow!!!!!!

[@Hi-lb8cq]

I LOVE IT!!!!

[@neuroza]

2:46: "Yes, would You believe it?!?! ...one is even radio controlled!!!" :-) LOL

[@ModitRC]

You missed the point as I knew you would. The "biblical babble" was quoted to show you that your comments on today's society could have been said equally so for the society that existed during the filming of this video. The language used in this video is just as much chopped up as the language is today. Hence ignorance. Oh, and BTW, nothing ever changes, it is always the same. The issues we face today, are exactly the same in principal as the ones you faced. Cherish the old, but accept the new.

[@ModitRC]

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. Ignorance at it's best. If we all thought like you, we would still be flying the planes in this awesome video.

[@ardvarkkkkk1]

@lay3Rv2 Really cheap compared to what it used to be. I bought a World Engines 3 channel radio control set back in about 1971. It only came with on servo. Cost me $138.00. That is equivalent to over $700.00 today. That and I had to buy two more servos to get it working. Bought the servos for $40.00 each. They came as a kit. Had to assemble the circuit board and solder it together. Total cost, in todays dollars, was over $1100.00. Then I needed a plane and engine.

[@daandebest96]

WOW ONE IS EVEN RADIO CONTROL :D

[@dave41184]

Looks like a late spec Lanc rather than a Lincoln , one of the ones used for aerial mapping etc for private companies

[@ardvarkkkkk1]

You can get the same radio system, (although much better quality) for less that $30.00 today. That would be like me paying $6.00 back then.

[@tommo2785]

yes, would you believe it, one is even radio controlled. lol I don't think i would be able to do control line. Just seems way too boring for me.

[@Broaster07]

Yes limited amounts of fuel (10ccs I think) and fuse or mechanical timers to release the stabilizer to bring them down.

[@Jokerr6900]

wow.. wonder how fun it was flyin a plane without a transmitter... start it and throw and it does what it wants.. lol

[@zyoungson215]

back in the days of "real" model aeroplanes. not ready-to-fly super happy foam chinese battery power planes.

[@LostCloudx4]

ahahahaha bloody awsum... WOULD U BELIEVE IT...1 is RADIO CONTROLLED~!!!! lololol

[@Gig540]

Wow great video thanks for posting. Funny to see AMA numbers in the 4 digits.

[@tubism]

watch the prop at about 50 - 51 seconds into this...it appears that the plane must be gliding...?

[@dLimboStick]

What's with the upturned wings on the early models? Was that for stability?

[@astrospacerich]

This is so cool, I really enjoyed it.

[@JungleListSoldier]

Where can I buy a transmitter like on 08:05?