[Tripower455]

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by Tripower455

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

Very cool pictures. That XP-72 looks like a cross between the Thunderbolt and a Mustang. The F-105 looks like it was painted in the Thunderbird paint scheme. I had never heard of the XR-12 but man what a cool looking plane. I can understand why it holds the speed record.

BJ

[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by OVERULD

Very cool pictures. That XP-72 looks like a cross between the Thunderbolt and a Mustang. The F-105 looks like it was painted in the Thunderbird paint scheme. I had never heard of the XR-12 but man what a cool looking plane. I can understand why it holds the speed record.

BJ

The XP-72 is basically a P-47 with a PW 4360 in it. It outperformed the P-47, but it never saw production, because the war effort needed airplanes as fast as they could be produced, and couldn't take the time to shut down the P-47 line and retool for the p-72. I think they only built 2 XP-72s. IOne of them had a contra rotating prop on it. None survive AFAIK.

The Rainbow was definitely a neat airplane that was about 5 years too late. After the war, they were gonna try to market it as an airliner, but all the surplus transports were so cheap, that they'd never compete.

BTW, when I worked at FRG, we had a Super Seabee on the certificate. I got a few hours in it with the VP of flight ops. Neat airplane!

[68gtoMN]

Originally Posted by Tripower455

A couple of neat ones from Republic Aviation. I worked at this airport as a mechanic, in the hangars in these pics.

XP-72 sitting in front of Hangar 2, which is the oldest hangar still on the airport and was one of the original structures used by Seversky Aircraft, which later became Republic. I used to service Cessnas right where this thing is parked.

The second pic with the XF-91A on the stands is also in Hangar 2. I spent 5 years working in and around that hangar, but it was filled with Piper Navajos, a Lear 25 and other GA type airplanes.

The 3rd pic shows an XR-12 Rainbow flanked by a P-47 and an RC-3 Seabee, in front of Hangar 3. I also work in this hangar once in a while. It is now the American Airpower Museum, and is once again filled with WWII era airplanes! The Rainbow still holds the speed record for 4 engine piston aircraft.

4th pic has an F-105, again parked in front of hangar 2

5th pic is hangar 2 in 1937, when it was part of the Seversky factory.

My Grandfather was an inspector for the P-47 for Republic. He lived on Long Island, NY.

[Tripower455]

Originally Posted by 68gtoMN

My Grandfather was an inspector for the P-47 for Republic. He lived on Long Island, NY.

Very cool! It's a shame that all that history is just about gone now. Republic and Grumman were responsible for more than a few of our guys getting home alive!

[importsmasher]

Here are pics of my 66 GTO convertible back when it was new. One of the pictures is dated April 6, 1966, which is the day my parents took delivery from Bud Meadows Pontiac in Seattle.
Importsmasher

[Steve Barcak]

How many remember these things? Gosh, I had so much fun and great memories flying these control line planes from Cox. Had at least a few PT-19 trainers, a Corsair, Stuka and a Mustang, maybe more. Having a paper route, mowing lawns and dealing inbike parts allowed me to have some play money to buy stuff over the years as a kid. Also have the Vega funny car too. Always wanted the slingshot dragster but, never did. At least I have a real one now .
My understanding is this is a page from the Sears Christmas catalog 1969.

[Steve Barcak]

Here is Eddie Hill with his Pontiac twin. Now with a longer wheelbase and a full body. Push car is a 421 '63 GP!

[Steve Barcak]

Here is a rare gem of a picture. This is the Mickey Thompson Dragmaster car that won the US Nationalsin 1962. Powered by a M/T HEMI Pontiac, it appears it has an iron block at this time and , based on the '63 push car, is probably from late'62 or early '63.

[MikeNoun]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

How many remember these things? Gosh, I had so much fun and great memories flying these control line planes from Cox. Had at least a few PT-19 trainers, a Corsair, Stuka and a Mustang, maybe more. Having a paper route, mowing lawns and dealing inbike parts allowed me to have some play money to buy stuff over the years as a kid. Also have the Vega funny car too. Always wanted the slingshot dragster but, never did. At least I have a real one now .
My understanding is this is a page from the Sears Christmas catalog 1969.

I sure remember those. I had the Stuka, a Fokker D7, and a P-51. The P-51 had an "landing" setting, which was a sleeve around the air intake on the .049. When you were flying, you could snap you're wrist down, and the engine would go about 1/4 throttle, and you could do a touch-and-go landing, then snap it back and it went full throttle.

The Stuka had a bright red plastic bomb underneath, and the fuselage had a slot. If you did it just right, you could dive the plane, and the bomb would drop. That worked once as I recall, before my dad ended up accidentally crashing it. I never got to fly that thing. I remember the Stuka was a shiny black, and it was an absolute bear to start.

I loved the Fokker D7 too. I remember I was disappointed I wasn't going to be the first to fly it. My dad allowed my older brother, who had never flown one of these fly-by-wire planes before in his whole life, to do the honors. He fly it about 1/2 a circle, and crashed it so hard the whole thing flew apart. I was ticked...

The P-51 was my favorite. I took the original sticker off the nose (it came with a generic name on the plane, just a sticker), and using rub-on lettering, I carefully lettered my P-51, and gave it a new name. It was called "Stairway To Heaven".

Soon after, I progressed into R/C electric 1/12 scale cars (road race style), just as the R/C electric cars were coming out of the .049 gas era, around 1978.

[Greg Reid]

I had those planes too. I remember drooling over that exact Corsair at the Western Auto. Never got it. I did have the black Stuka (had the red bomb and even the pilot and gunner were red), a camo Spitfire (my Dad, full of Christmas cheer, crashed it before I could fly it on Christmas morning) and I had several Testor's U-controls too..much later.

[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

How many remember these things? Gosh, I had so much fun and great memories flying these control line planes from Cox. Had at least a few PT-19 trainers, a Corsair, Stuka and a Mustang, maybe more. Having a paper route, mowing lawns and dealing inbike parts allowed me to have some play money to buy stuff over the years as a kid. Also have the Vega funny car too. Always wanted the slingshot dragster but, never did. At least I have a real one now .
My understanding is this is a page from the Sears Christmas catalog 1969.

I could not hold off any longer. I bought 3 cox planes on ebay- 2 trainers and another P40. This will add to my other P40 and Corsair. Also found an old box in my stash with parts to a P51 and other trainers. Want to go flying again. Should be fun!

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

I could not hold off any longer. I bought 3 cox planes on ebay- 2 trainers and another P40. This will add to my other P40 and Corsair. Also found an old box in my stash with parts to a P51 and other trainers. Want to go flying again. Should be fun!

I had a Cox gas powered 65 Mustang with injection molded body (Orange Body / Black & Chrome detailed interior) in something like 1:16 scale. Body was hinged to chassis, and it came with pair of slicks that mounted on the stock rear wheels. IIRC: It came in a box like this one (Riviera kit below)



Wish I still had it, or the Light Blue GTO version like this one below:
For large version of image check link below
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hgQd6uzf6e...x+1968+GTO.JPG

Images here are from the “Gas Car Man Blogspot”, other autos, and planes there also http://gascarman.blogspot.com