Improves with Age

Improves with Age

Radio Controlled Aircraft

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John M Poltrack
Mar 07, 2019
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I wanted a gas powered airplane when I was growing up in the 1950s. At that time the planes were tethered by a control line and could be only be flown in a circle with maybe a few loops. I didn't get the plane but i did get a flying platform, a gas powered model of the Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee direct -lift rotor aircraft.

Placard describing the reproduction of the Hiller 1031 on display at the Evergreen Aircraft Museum - Author Chesnimnus (Wikipedia Commons)
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