The Styrofoam Glider Squadron: August 2013

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Flying Pterosaur Glider - #8 Rhamphorhynchus

Flying Pterosaur Glider - #7 Pterodactylus

Flying Pterosaur Glider - #6 Dimorphodon

Flying Pterosaur Glider - Introduction

This is a slight departure from the airplane photos. I remember being in the Calgary Zoo gift shop as a kid and seeing these dinosaur gliders. I recall seeing these and wanting them REALLY badly. I had enough money to buy 3 of the 4 gliders and I am pretty sure my parents refused to lend me the extra $1.00 at the time.

These gliders were made in Taiwan. There appear to be 4 of them in the set, but they are listed as follows:

#5 - Pterandon
#6 - Dimorphodon
#7 - Pterodactylus
#8 - Rhamphorhynchus

I have #6, 7 & 8. I looked online to see if I could locate a #5, but it would appear that the design of these has changed. The current versions appear to look more like cartoons.

I noticed that the logos on the top right side of the packages is the same logo that shows up on the vintage gliders that I posted about recently.

Flying Pterosaur Glider

Friday, August 16, 2013

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #11 Spitfire Mk1

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #10 Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #9 North American Mustang Mk2

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #8 Focke Wulf TA 152H

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #7 Lockheed P-38 Lightning

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #6 Hawker Hurricane MK.11C

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #5 Thunderbolt F-47D

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #4 Airacobra P-39

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #3 Type 4 Fighter Hayate

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #2 Mitsubishi Zero

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - #1 Focke Wulf 190 A-4

(Vintage) Flying Gliders - Introduction

This is my collection of "Flying Gliders", which appear to pre-date the "Power Prop Flying Gliders" that I posted a while ago. I think that these "Flying Gliders" are older because the art work on the packaging is much more detailed than on any of the the "Power Prop Flying Gliders". Take a moment to look back and compare them if you wish.

I have 11 of the 12 gliders. The only glider that I do not have is the #12 Piper Tri-Pacer glider. I am keeping watch for it on E-bay so I can complete the set.

Plastic / Tru-Flite Glider

There are pictures of 2 identical gliders that I purchased at 2 separate times from E-bay. The shape of the plane suggests to me that it is either a Grumman F6F Hellcat or a Grumman F4F Wildcat.

The first glider came in a plastic bag. There was a paper label stapled on the top of the bag which, as you can see, describes it as a "Plastic Glider". The label suggests that there are 4 in this set. The picture at the bottom of this post labels the glider as a Tru-Flite Glider. Both labels say "Toys That Really Fly" which suggests the same company made & packaged these gliders.

I assembled the glider that came in the plastic bag. It was difficult to assemble and I cracked the tail pretty badly. I plan on leaving the other glider in its packaging.

Plastic / Tru-Flite Glider

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Flying Glider - #18 Renard R.31

Flying Glider - #17 PZL P.24

Flying Glider - #16 Ikarus IK-2

Flying Glider - #15 Commonwealth CA-3 Wirraway