By Arthur Elton Nealy<\/p>\n
Lady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Little Boy, what is that which you have in your hand? Credit:\u00a0 Nealy, Arthur E. \u201cA Conversation Between a Model Boy and a Passing Old Lady.\u201d\u00a0 Aerial Age Weekly<\/em>, April 12, 1915, pg. 91.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a snippet of what modeling was like for the model airplane pioneers 100 years ago, in poem form.\u00a0 Hopefully, this puts you in the mood for #FantasyFreeFlight, starting next week! \u201cA Conversation Between A Model Boy and a Passing Old Lady\u201d By Arthur Elton Nealy Lady-\u00a0\u00a0 Little Boy, what […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,54,47,107],"tags":[255,56,246,109],"class_list":["post-2357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-model-aviation","category-free-flight","category-museum","category-old-magazines","tag-fantasyfreeflight","tag-artifact","tag-free-flight","tag-old-magazines-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2357"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2400,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2357\/revisions\/2400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 A model flying machine.
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 A wee, baby aeroplane; goodness me! It\u2019s something I never have seen.
\nHow high
\nIn the sky
\nLittle boy, will it fly?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 O, way out of sight when the wind is just right and the rubbers are wound good and strong.<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2015\/07\/NMAM-twin-pusher-19868702.jpg\")
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\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Well, who\u2019d have thought such a contraption could be! Now, how do you push it along?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 In the air.
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 But where?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Those propellers right there.
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 What? They make it go!
\nThen how do you know
\nThat you won\u2019t fall down and be killed?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Well, Miss,
\nIt\u2019s like this;
\nAs it won\u2019t lift me up, you see, I will never be spilled.
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 What!\u00a0 Won\u2019t lift you up!\u00a0 You said it would fly,
\nO, every so high
\nLittle boy, are you joking or telling a lie?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Well it can!
\nBut a span
\nOf a foot and half is not meant for a man.
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0 Then who does the steering, and where does he sit?\u00a0 My goodness! A flyer must have lots of grit.
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 But Miss!
\nNow This
\nIs a model.\u00a0 Gee Whiz!
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 I see, it\u2019s a toy
\nMade for some little boy.
\nBoy-\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 No, no.\u00a0 Not a toy!
\nBut a model! (Oh, Joy!)
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 My dear,
\nYou appear
\nRather peevish, I fear.
\nBut nowadays the urchins are all of \u2018em spoiled.
\nAh, things were so different when I was a child!
\nLittle brat!
\nWhat is that?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A winder.\u00a0 (Old cat!)<\/p>\n<\/a>Lady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Well, now, will you wind it and fly it for me?
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Yes, Yes, if you\u2019ll hold it a minute, I\u2019ll see.
\n(Hands propellers to lady and starts winding)
\nThese bands are the motors, you see how the wrap
\nAround tighter and tight – and sometimes go SNAP!
\nLady-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Oh! Ow!
\nBoy-<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0That\u2019s how
\nThe motor back-fires.\u00a0 Here, take it again.
\nLady\u2013<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 My goodness, no, sonny \u2013 t\u2019was bad enough then.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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