100 Years Of Balsa

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

[Utah Bob #35998]

First Balsa model I built was a British WW1  SE5! 

My first experience with dope! 😝

[Rye Miles #13621]

I used to have those balsa wood planes that you threw around, they still make https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/channel-craft-jetfire-balsa-wood-glider-planes?ds_e=MICROSOFT&ds_c=Cabelas|Shopping|PMax|HomeGifts|General|NAud|MSFT|NMT&msclkid=b65b86c0cd271deb01b8ef8d94d125c1&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=22155085407

Edited December 25, 2025 by Rye Miles #13621

[Stump Water]

21 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I used to have those balsa wood planes that you threw around

 

I had the powered versions.  Played with those things for hours on end.

 

https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/channel-craft-flying-machine-balsa-airplane

[Sedalia Dave]

Did anyone else notice the SASS sticker on the wall?

 

[Stump Water]

2 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

Did anyone else notice the SASS sticker on the wall?

 

No, but I went back and found it.  5:37 in.

 

Good eye Dave.

[Eyesa Horg]

8 minutes ago, Stump Water said:

 

No, but I went back and found it.  5:37 in.

 

Good eye Dave.

Me too!

[Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme]

Mine was a Curtiss P40 Warhawk. Around 1967 or thereabouts.

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

On 12/25/2025 at 7:35 AM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

I used to have those balsa wood planes that you threw around, they still make https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/channel-craft-jetfire-balsa-wood-glider-planes?ds_e=MICROSOFT&ds_c=Cabelas|Shopping|PMax|HomeGifts|General|NAud|MSFT|NMT&msclkid=b65b86c0cd271deb01b8ef8d94d125c1&gclsrc=3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=22155085407

 

Such a BARGAIN!  Two for ten bucks~!  

 

When I was a kid I'd buy 'em for a dime at the local mom 'n' pop store.  Fifteen cents got ya one with a rubber-band powered propeller, and for a quarter a model with landing gear!