American Junior Firecub

Oooooh! So you are a collector? Interesting.
This does look like a nice find. I always enjoy seeing graphics from so early on.

I am a self-appointed historian of the work of Jim Walker,so yes,I could be considered a collector of his aircraft. I dabble in the sales and trade of antique new old stock Cox branded high performance racing engines to support my flying model hobby.

*scratches head* Admittedly I'm not familiar with the names you mention but I can appreciate the artistic appeal. I'm no antique expert but my family does own a lot due to the generations of people not throwing things away. I unknowingly gravitate towards things that remind me of my family hobby- moving boxes full of stuff from previous generations.

What? You never heard of a Cox airplane or engine? It can be a very dizzy event as the plane flies in a circular pattern with you in the center as the pivot.
Cox produced over 1,000,000 of their most popular.049 inch engines a year for over fifty years.They are still being produced today. I only trade in the performance ones,but do have a first year(1957) production run .049 that has never been started.

"Jim" Neville Walker is considered the father of U-controlled powered model flight.


I actually have three of these now

You know... after you said that, I actually googled it just to make sure because I wasn't really big on brand memorization. Funny, there was a time in the 90s that I really wanted a RC airplane because I was obsessed with flying as a kid and my dad bought one. We put it together and he flew it twice and crashed it both times until it didn't work anymore. It actually pulled up close to the top of a Google search:
https://p2.liveauctioneers.com/456/20650/7070193_1_l.jpg
Dad got that one and I wondered why he got the least cool looking plane in the catalog. Ah, old memories. Thanks for that nice little memory Nitro. ^_^

Oh this is sweet Nitro. - and a little bit sad. So, I guess bittersweet.