Remembering how we used to treat G.I. Joe to firecracker explosions simulating land mines, I can imagine we’d have probably pulled out our bb gun rifles to use as anti-aircraft artillery cannons if we had one of these (the plane, not the model).
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Bottle rockets make pretty great model aircraft armament.
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There’s not even an excuse.
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They even occasionally had children on the cover, those sick bastards…,
I had a subscription to I believe Flying Models magazine somewhere in the early 90s. I got pretty into the free flight rubber band stuff. I still have the plans for a Peck Polymers Stringless Wonder.
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I distinctly remember a giant woman and a glider from Captain America: Civil War. You know, in that awesome airport battle scene.
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A few years earlier:
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The RC community debated this very thing here some time ago…
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Am I missing something here? This post feels less like a criticism of sexist tropes of the past and more like sexist click-bait, full stop.
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“Is this a tiny person in a glider being held by a woman in a bikini, or a giant woman in a bikini holding a man in a glider?”
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That appears to be Donald Trump in the cockpit. The tiny hands are a dead giveaway.
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It looks like that was fifteen years ago.
Just had to laugh that they kept alternating between wondering why they couldn’t seem to attract more women into the hobby and defending the covers…SMH
Can’t say I blame the one woman for giving up and leaving the thread.
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Slow news day?
I am pretty sure I saw this on Cinemax in my younger years.
Is that Boris Johnson in the cockpit?
Assuming she was 18 at the time of the photo, that young woman would be around 60 today.
Damn, I suddenly feel old.
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In th 70s, 2 channels was pretty good but I yearned for three or four. Now eight seems to be the standard. My dad still boasts about getting one channel to work in the 50s.
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Pedant Mode: I think the mag is RCM&E, Radio Control Models and Electronics (I used to buy it a lot in 1980’s)
The 50s? Did it have tubes?
Yes, must have. He is a great improviser. We always wired our own houses but it was a good idea to test appliances with a slap from the back of your hand.
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