"Cox Flying School" in M.A.N. May, 1967

Nice article and photos from a happy time Kim…..Never owned a PT-19 but admire them…
The QZ version is quite a classic…. Lucky kids back then

rdw777 wrote:Nice article and photos from a happy time Kim…..Never owned a PT-19 but admire them…
The QZ version is quite a classic…. Lucky kids back then

It was the Cox PT19 Flight Trainer.. brought to me.. by my dad.. later in life; 1992.. that would "set the hook".. Dad built and flew U-Control in the early 1960's. I was born in 1960. Cox RTF models were in the department and hardware stores back then. I wouldn't pay any attention to them for another 30 years. By that time; Cox wasn't what it used to be.. but I could still order replacement parts... and I did..

I flew the "lips" off that PT19............... to the point where I ordered a replacement fuse.. just 2 years later..  



It was the product-engines and their related parts.... that piqued my interest. A horseshoe backplate assembly would transform a Babe Bee engine into a stunter; by simply plumbing a little wedge-tank. Perfect made them.. in the sizes I needed.

I've been wanting to try a balloon tank.

Hi Kim, it's really a bit difficult to explain everything that these stories you share generate, they are full of nostalgia and I think that everything is centered on a feeling that many of us are seeing as activity is losing followers, when here in this story that you present, it was in full growth.
Your photo is from April 69, well I was born in April 71, look how much time has passed...how beautiful all these memories are and I also feel, as I said before, nostalgia for times when activity was very strong, very practiced, businesses and factories were in full development...I feel sad at the same time to see that in some way it is being lost.
Having said all of the above, what you share is very important, because in some way, it prolongs the life of the activity itself. Every day I feel that desire for those times to return, but of course, it is only a wish... everything changes... the only thing that keeps us going is precisely continuing to do the activity and sharing these stories... thanks Kim, I always say, it would be magical one day to meet you and share flights in the same field, it would be truly magical.

I did not read all of the article but i guess planes that came with mufflers for (quite zone ) fling where considered to bee QZ trainers ? We never used mufflers till I got to larger models with pressure taps long time after the trainer PT-19 then off to balsa Stuntman 23, then scratch builds , my Dad had some of Walt's hollow logs , don't remember what style . My Dad and the Piedmont Airlines Pilot up the road use to fly then they started to do dog fights w/o streamers LOL My Dad got the best of it most the time and he was loving it cause the other guy was a pilot , I was the pit man and cleaned my Dad's engines Good old days ! WE still got our remembers

What nice memories of Dads and relatives helping out ….. The model planes are really nice but it’s the people that make the story special…..Can’t believe you still have that paperwork Roddie, Well, Maybe I can …. Part of the neat history of that experience…