My Dad built and flew these incredible machines 15 hours of meticulous work to get one ready for competition he also had friends world wide who participated in this unique sport
@@stressballerIntense dieting and then climbing into a dehydrator after the turbo-shrinker. In reality it’s not really a practical vehicle for traveling because it can only take you from one side of a hangar to another.
I'm nearly 50 and I didn't know this existed. I remember being around 6 years old and my Father talking about us getting a balsawood plane. We never got one, and I'm glad really, I probably would have sat on it. This video has been a joy to watch.
I built Guillow's models when I was 12 or so, they were amazing. You can fix them, they're just wood and glue. The worst is getting them stuck in a tree.
I would love to know a little more about the "ingredients" of these models, the processes for producing the sizes and thicknesses of stock involved are mind blowing.
The Cardington hangars are more well known as filming locations. Given that this clip is from 1976, it must have been close to the time that one of the hangars was playing the part of the rebel base in the first Star Wars film.
We made extreme lightweight paper airplanes in middle school. Frame was 2mm thin wood stick we had to soak and bend, then let dry. The glue was minimal and had to be left right balanced or it'll tilt to one side. The paper was really thin white craft paper you had to wet and carefully stretch just a tiny bit and attach to the frame. When the paper dried it shrunk a little and became taut. We flew it from the school's 4th story roof. I remember everyone being so serious and careful when we made the planes. 😂
You know what's crazy? Is the filmic quality of these old archives. Why? Because in the era of film... literal film... they were rolling. And those film rolls were short no matter how long they tried to make them... so EVERYthing had to be perfectly planned on screen.
I love it, I’m building RC planes. It’s a fun and very educational hobby. It’s hard to talk with people who think it’s just playing around with planes 😂
Yes, both hangars do. (Note correct spelling) you can see them clearly from the railway line on the approach to Bedford. They’re listed buildings now. (And HUGE!)
OMG this looks exactly like that flying lunar olympics bycicle from Rendezvous with Rama. Like that is EXACTLY how it was described in the book. Idk if it was written before this but this could 100% be the inspiration.
@@alanparkinson549 I can here your grating nasal tones as you speak out loud while gleefully typing your correction. "Actually I think you'll find ..." You're a sad old git, just enjoy the video.
Does anyone know how the craft manage to keep in an orderly flight path? Nothing about the planes seem to direct it’s movements; could it be that the hanger has some slight circular wind current?
This is great! Ive been building a glow plane for about 10 years, its still not ready😢 Drones have killed the entry level hobby. You cant even fly without a permit.
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To these machines the air is as thick as water. To see them chugging away gives you a real sense of living submerged in an atmospheric ocean…
Good point
"we live at the bottom of an ocean of air"
-Evangelista Torricelli
inventor of barometer
II remember this when broadcast. I was 13 and making model aeroplanes was my hobby
Obviously a fair bit younger than you mate, but yeah I loved doing those Airfix models when I was a kid.
I remember this too, on tv in New Zealand. Jeez i fell old, heh
Thank god the construction bit was short - don't think I could've held my breath much longer.
My Dad built and flew these incredible machines 15 hours of meticulous work to get one ready for competition he also had friends world wide who participated in this unique sport
How do you even travel with such a device?
@@stressballer Very carefully packed into a box and the the box strapped into the back of a van
@@stressballerMost of the delicacy was from the liquid fillings of the frames, which would be prepared on-site when required.
@@stressballerIntense dieting and then climbing into a dehydrator after the turbo-shrinker. In reality it’s not really a practical vehicle for traveling because it can only take you from one side of a hangar to another.
Serious skill and patience.
Someone as meticulous, delicate, patient and fascinated by aerodynamics and airframes as Mr Blunt must make for the most trustworthy pilot !
I hope this sport still exists today!
I can't find anything at all about this searching the internet. What a wonderful piece from the archive.
Search for "Indoor rubber power model aircraft" Lots of content on UA-cam.
This was a popular hobby.
Not done by everybody of course, but I even build one at school.
That was is 1980 in The Netherlands.
A ton of information if you start your search with 'microfilm flying models'.
When a hobby brings rest and peace...
What a lovely comment 😀
Building the bloody thing is where u get stressful
@@TheSafeSword 🤣
Absolutely brilliant. Admire all the engineers building these amazing models. Great upload.
Engineers...what a superb way to label these people...indeed 👍
I'm nearly 50 and I didn't know this existed. I remember being around 6 years old and my Father talking about us getting a balsawood plane. We never got one, and I'm glad really, I probably would have sat on it.
This video has been a joy to watch.
There it is Simon, I feel better already Lol. Glad I stuck with those polystyrene flatpack planes you could get from the paper shop.
I built Guillow's models when I was 12 or so, they were amazing. You can fix them, they're just wood and glue. The worst is getting them stuck in a tree.
@CliveSinclairSaysBoSelecta oh wow, I don't feel as bad about the rubber bands now.
I remember attending some model show when I was a little tacker, and there was one of these just circling around the ceiling.
They were still storing WW2 barrage balloons in the 1970s. Beautiful documentary BTW.
weren't we all :)
I would love to know a little more about the "ingredients" of these models, the processes for producing the sizes and thicknesses of stock involved are mind blowing.
It's Balsa wood.
What a quintessentially English pastime. Especially the use of the living room carpet. Can't imagine the wife being too pleased about that !
@@algrant5293 He was wearing a wedding ring.
He bought that carpet. He can do what he wants with it.
Brilliant.
The Cardington hangars are more well known as filming locations. Given that this clip is from 1976, it must have been close to the time that one of the hangars was playing the part of the rebel base in the first Star Wars film.
Thank you, I thought I remembered reading that once and was wondering..::: 💚😂
We made extreme lightweight paper airplanes in middle school. Frame was 2mm thin wood stick we had to soak and bend, then let dry. The glue was minimal and had to be left right balanced or it'll tilt to one side. The paper was really thin white craft paper you had to wet and carefully stretch just a tiny bit and attach to the frame. When the paper dried it shrunk a little and became taut. We flew it from the school's 4th story roof.
I remember everyone being so serious and careful when we made the planes. 😂
Great film. Such amazing model making skill. 👏👏👏
Imagine, ready to launch at the world championships and one of those unexpected, unstoppable sneezes erupts!!
🤣
You know what's crazy? Is the filmic quality of these old archives. Why? Because in the era of film... literal film... they were rolling.
And those film rolls were short no matter how long they tried to make them... so EVERYthing had to be perfectly planned on screen.
Settle down, okay?
@@BodywiseMustard they were short no matter how long they tried to make them... it's the modus operandi of the whole thing. Film... fin.
I've never even heard of this! thank you!
Beautiful,The patients of Job.
I was going to say it looks as though someone had blown a bubble solution over a frame and called it a plane.
2:24 what if it were the same size as a 747?
I want to build one 😫
I love it, I’m building RC planes. It’s a fun and very educational hobby. It’s hard to talk with people who think it’s just playing around with planes 😂
Does Cardington hanger still exist?
Yes, both hangars do. (Note correct spelling) you can see them clearly from the railway line on the approach to Bedford. They’re listed buildings now. (And HUGE!)
OMG this looks exactly like that flying lunar olympics bycicle from Rendezvous with Rama. Like that is EXACTLY how it was described in the book. Idk if it was written before this but this could 100% be the inspiration.
safer than Boeing planes these days apparently.
Ironic
Oof.
6:06 OMG ))))))
That hangar could be drone city today!
And drone footage of these gliders would be epic.
You couldn't fly a drone anywhere near them ,a stiff breeze will destroy them , even flying a Whoop near one would wreck it !
And they are NOT gliders, Gliders fly without power, these are rubber powered.
@@alanparkinson549 I can here your grating nasal tones as you speak out loud while gleefully typing your correction. "Actually I think you'll find ..." You're a sad old git, just enjoy the video.
Crazy to think that the first plane was invented in 1903 and less than a lifetime later you have this
Beautiful engineering by slightly potty men in sheds. The most British thing you’ll see today 🇬🇧
I am surprised, i never knew this existed. I wonder if people still makes and competes with these today
They do
Back when the BBC was worth something. Don't pay your TV licenses.
So there are light aircraft....& then there are light aircraft.
Brilliant
Reminds me of the floating keys in Harry potter
Yes!
utube this name
Pouring a sheet of microfilm.
Does anyone know how the craft manage to keep in an orderly flight path? Nothing about the planes seem to direct it’s movements; could it be that the hanger has some slight circular wind current?
The vertical fin is turned slightly to the left.
awesome!
Where can I buy one?
You can't. You build them yourself.
This is great! Ive been building a glow plane for about 10 years, its still not ready😢
Drones have killed the entry level hobby. You cant even fly without a permit.
No beans in their diets, obviously.
What size of feather.....one from a very large ostrich ...or one from a baby sparrow 😉
No caffeinated beverages for these blokes.
"Police later found seven bodies buried under the patio!"
1970s were the golden ages of the world - 2 genders, no social media, everything is affordable, etc.
The rise of cancers, serial killers, mass pollution and garbage everywhere, etc...
Looks like Cardington Hangers
Yep, the old airship hangars.
"Literally lighter than a feather" ?
BULLSCHIT! So what animal's feather are they comparing the planes to?
Any feather over1 gram.
Some say a waste of time, some say a tremendous waste of time 😂😂😂😂
this niche hoppy still going?
Meticulous
This is stupid.
having moments of my childhood presented to me by the bbc is both wonderful and terrifying, since i spend every part of my free energy combatting the imperial authoritarianism its in-sect overlords have for us all. fr33 w3st p49ua.