63 Year old Cox PT-19 UKIE Baby Bee.049 flight. We old timer fliers started out this way. Did you? 

Thank you for taking the time to post this. This was my favorite plane as a kid. Best flyer. There were so many on the market back then, mostly too heavy to fly properly. The PT-19 was the best and easy to fix with rubber bands. I am now 65 and talk about models and balsa wood and putting "dope" on the paper to make it strong enough to fly. No more hobby shops, no more tester paint. No more plastic model cars or the metal ones for that matter. Kids are stuck on video games and have no idea of tactile hobbies. Really sad.

I am 65 and remember these , I had a few but never got to fly one, they were a gift,

I got mine in 1972 as a 12th birthday present. Best present ever!! Flew the Hell out of it!! Notice that little hook on the back of the bell crank? I took mine to the asphalt school playground. I'd drive a nail into the pavement. I'd attach a piece of line with a loop on the end of it. Loop would go to the bell crank hook. I could start the plane, run to the control, give it a hard up or down control to release! I could do this with just me, myself and I! Thanks for taking me down memory lane!! 😊😊😊😊😊

I haven’t heard that sound since the seventies. Wish I was there to get the smell of the engine running. What memories this brings back.

As a kid ,I saved my money, bought me a line controlled P51 Mustang it was not underpowered. Put it together, found out the hard way, don't start it without something besides your fingers. Got it started, it took off, one climb one dive, and that was the end of my summer savings.

I asked my father for a Cox for Christmas back in grade school. My father and a friend of his took it to my grade school to fly it. Not really knowing what they were doing they finally got it running. I watched as it went up and then down, never to fly again. I remember that day like it was yesterday, the excitement, the sounds, and yes the smell of the nitro. Always loved going to the airport and watching the planes at the Des Moines airport. Did get my pilots license in the summer of 1969 between my junior and senior year of high school. I'm now 72 and you brought back good memory's fun times. Thank you so much.

Brilliant, iam 72 and had this very plane when I was 13, and had many many flights with it,

My brother and I saved our pocket money for ages to be able to buy one of these in the mid 70's. We never actually flew it for fear of crashing it. I was fun starting it and fuelling it though from those little metal fuel cans with the inbuilt spout and the funny smelling fuel. Bought back great memories. Thanks for sharing.

Ahh the memories! My younger sister would hold and release my plane for me. I still have a old tackle box with engines, props and other small parts that I used as a carrying case.

The infamous PT-19! I crashed and wrecked about 10 of these when I was a young-in. I also nearly cut my finger off starting the things. Those little engines had some kick and were loud as hell. Good times.

i had a BT-19 when I was a kid in the 1960s. This takes me back to those days. Eventually I got a pilot's license to fly "real" planes because that little buzzer inspired me to make it happen one day. Thanks for sharing this!!!

I can see from that smile, you were really enjoying the flight.

The pt-19 was my favarite always alot of spare parts and flew the best of all,it was always last man standing so to speak! Great fun!

Recieved one of these as a birthday gift when i turned 9 in 1978. I was elated but proved to he very difficult to fly and sustained many crashes. The engine lived on in a balsa wood kit plane I made. Went on to other Cox and Testors planes as well which seemed easier to fly. I am truly sad for kids today who will never experience the joy and learning thar comes with hands-on hobbies. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

I had the Cox JU 87 in green paint scheme (not the later black version). Great fun. 70 years old and still vividly recall the simple joy of the whole thing.

Those were a lot of fun. I flew control line and R/C up until a few years ago. I am 82 years old and my bad back will not let me fly control line any more. But I have a basement full of control line planes. Many are equipped with old ignition engines from the 40's. I still fly a little RC, mostly old free flights with a radio and old ignition engines. I have been a model builder and flyer since I was 8 years old. It is a wonderful hobby. It kept a lot of kids out of trouble doing something constructive. Thanks for the memory. I taught all my kids to fly on a Cox PT 19.

I remember most of the Cox planes as being very underpowered , difficult to control and always met a sad demise in fatal crashes but were a lot of fun , loved the smell of the fuel.

I still have one of those planes, it must be 50 to 60 years old now. Still runs and I get it out every once in awhile. I am now 67 years old and running across this video brung back great memories.

My dad got me one of these back in the late 80s. So much fun and great memories

I used to fly that model when I was 11 years old. After 52 years, that plane is still my favorite. Good old and fun memories. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the fun video from a 78 yr old kid of the 50's. Sure brought back great memories.

Sure brought back some great memories of flying one with my brothers! Kids today have no idea the toys they missed!🤘🤘

I can smell that thing from Australia! I had one similar in the 70’s . Great memories.

Wow! Does that bring back memories. I had flying shoes and pants as you could never get the smell of the fuel out of them. I heard many people say how the Cox .049 engines would be very cankerous to run. I never had any problems with them. I still have many engines in the garage and a few 1/2a control line airplanes hanging up. Haven't flown them in years, but will never get rid of them. Still have a couple cans of the old Cox fuel. Every few years I'll go out and open a can and have a good wiff. Brings back good memories.

i'm 73 years old and had the p-40 warhawk. i used to fly it until it finally broke and then used the motor for other planes i built. i can still smell the burning fuel, lots of fun in the early 1960's. happy landings!!!

Cox Hustler in -78 Always fun to see those old planes in actionThanks for sharing :)

That was my first model that I flew. The flying bug never left I went on to building 2 of my own experimental aircraft. Got my student pilot license at age 17 never look back!! Took my last flight at age 60 I am 68 now. I truly enjoyed flying for all those years. It all started on that little cox PT-19. That was awesome to see that fly again. Thankyou so much for sharing!!

That was awesome! I remember mine as a boy in the 70’s. Brings me back to those warm summer evenings. Thank you.

We had the PT-19, I had the F4U Corsair and my older brother had the Ju-87 Stuka. I broke the wing on the Corsair but got a new one and flew it a lot. My best friend Dave flew the PT-19 like a pro first time out. We had to hand launch it and he had excellent control of it right away. I was shocked because it wasn't that easy for me! Dave and I built many balsa planes and flew them in the parking lot of the War Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. We crashed more than a few times(!) but rebuilt the planes and carried on. It was a fun time of life back then in the early 1970's.

Got all my old motors still, an 0.20 and a mackoy 35 and several others, made my own planes from balsa and fuel with castor oil & alcohol. Miss those days.

48 years ago i got the exact combo, 049 cox and a plastic pt 19. I am still hooked on model airplanes 😊

52 Years after crashing my PT 19 at the age of 12 you've shown me 2 things I never knew about, setting the angle of the motor and moving you arm up and down to alter the height, if only the internet had been around in 1968 ! BTW a friend had the red car shown in the leaflet at the beginning, he lost that when the line broke and it went scooting across a railway line and under a diesel loco......I really enjoy your posts .ATB from England

I had one of the Cox PT-19's in the early 1960's. Still has a soft spot in my memory. I still built F/F rubber models and fly R/C . Great job thanks

I had a PT-19 and had the greatest fun with my friends, then at Christmas 1975 I think we went big time with The Corsair oh man what a blast. A huge smile on my face while writing and remembering great times. Thanks for the video.

Me and my best friend (next door neighbor) Had one, each, and we tied crepe paper on the tails to try and cut off the paper!!!! It was a sort of a "dog fight" that we enjoyed through the early 60s!!!! What fun we had!!!!

I flew these as a pre-teen in the late 60's and early 70's... What a blast, and all i need to do now is look at the prop strikes on my fingers to remember... lol

Seeing that plane brand new in the box brings back memories of when I got my first Cox PT-19. I was about 11 years old. It was a very warm summer night when my parents took me to the store. I had the money I had saved up ready. I remember the clerk going into the back and coming out with the big box. I gave him the money, he rang it up and then put the box on the counter and handed it over to me. It was mine... I had just purchased my own airplane and I remember carrying the box through the store and out to the car. I remember getting it home and just looking in the box, so thrilled that I finally had it. I didn't want to go to sleep that night and I remember waking up a couple of time that night and looking just to assure myself it was actually there. Prior to the PT-19 I did have a couple of Wen-Mac's that were handed down to me by a relative. But the PT-19 was the first brand new plane I owned.

Wow that took me back awhile I used to help my brother fly his pt19 back in the early 60's. I flew a testers zero in the 70's and ran my cox corvette stingray on the street 🎉 thanks for reminder.

Shoot, I'm 54 now, and I had those as well'. I've played with those in the late 70's and 80's. Loved the hueys and the Ufo. Thank you for sharing. Man we had beautiful memories

Nice that was my first plane also thank you and seeing you grinning from ear to ear made me feel good thanks for that God Bless !

I wish they would bring these back again, I would buy a couple in a heartbeat. I loved this as a boy I can almost smell the fuel and feel the good times we had

Great filming! Great flying! It didn't even tip over on landing!

That was me in '74! first flight was a disaster.... After epoxing up the cracks and a little more help from my dad I finally got to poor beat up PT19 in the air. Still love the look of PT19s.

Oh that sound I still remember. !!!! Was my first U-Control. They were lots of fun. ...then we started making them and doing combat. Then moved to R/C pylon racing. Ohhh those were the days - young and lots of time to play. Thanks for the blast from the past.

This brought a smile on my face!!! Great memories with this plane from when I was a boy in the 70s... Still playing with these toys, I now build my own composite RC slope soarers.

got mine in 82. it lasted 4 flights, none had good landings as i couldn't keep it up that long. was usually fixable until the 4th crash. killed the motor, broke the mount, and busted up the wing. i went way up and then back down. my flying outpaced my actual skill. still loved it, it got me into rc cars and planes. i spend a decade racing 1/10 scale to 1/8 scale electric and nitro. i miss those days, i miss the people i raced with. thanks for the video.

Brings back memories: Trying to get the motor started. Doing the pilot’s circle-dance. Trying for a smooth glide landing as the fuel runs out. I had a Cox .049 hovercraft… noisy as hell, and it did the same circular pattern a half-inch or so off the ground. Then I discovered model rockets. Then I discovered girls. Now, in retirement, it’s all drones. 😎

This is cool I'm 31 but my grandfather bought me one of these at a garage sale when I was 12 and really like planes it flew great

Very cool and nostalgic video. It's amazing how Cox .049 spanned the better part of three generations of family! I was born in the 80's, but Cox .049 was my very first venture into model planes! I started with some .049 hand-me-downs from my Dad when he was a kid. The Cox advertisement at 1:27 is an incredible memory jog for me! I had three aircraft from that page: The black "Thunderbolt" acrobatic theme .049 line control, the yellow electric Bearcat (which used a 9.6v NiCad), and the free flight .049 Bell "attack cobra". I believe all three were available at Toys R Us during the early 90's...back when Toys R Us even carried nitro fuel! I also had a Cox Zooper, which, to put nicely, was so poorly designed and incapable of outdoor flight. By the time I became interested in remote flight, notably the Cox Lazybee .049 (two channel), I had moved on from Cox and model aircraft in general. This was all right around the time the very first 'beginner' remote control stuff started coming out, like the Cox Recon, Cox Flyboy, and Cox Turbo Centurion. It's a shame these kind of STEM toys no longer exist. I went into a couple toy stores a few years ago and it was depressing...all video games and small children's junk dolls.

That high tach engine sound takes me back. I seem to remember the illustrations to have pictured an angry, growling engine explaining needle adjustments.

Hey my dad bought me one of these on my 7th birthday (nearly 73 now) and it's still in it's original box, with the same 0.49 Baby Bee engine. Later, got a Tricycle Cox AeroCobra (beige) which also used the same little engine. Never flew that one. Still a flight 'virgin' in it's box..! :))

I got one of those but was red for Christmas in around 1949. Xmas day I was trying too start it now I’m 6 yrs old at the time. Started and was trying too get behind it and it got away from me. It took off and hit the door in the kitchen. As I am a farm boy I was up bout daylight. Course that woke up mom and dad. Fond memories as I’m now 78 yrs old. Thank you for the video😊😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I had a cox when i was like 8-10 years old in 1978-1980 . this brought back great memories , Thank you so much . This is when Fun was still allowed and boys were taught to grow up to be men. not marsh mellows !

I remember getting mine and instantly falling in love with the free flight "helicopter" pictured in the included catalog. I never got one, but 15 years later got my first second hand Hirobo Shuttle. Been closet addicted ever since.

My brother had this growing up in the 1980s. We played with the motor all the time but we never flew it. I was thinking about it today as I was flying my Edge540 R/C plane. Thanks for sharing. It was cool to see it again.

I remember,great days back in the late 60s!God bless.

Dave, thanks so much for posting this. I am also 73, 74 this month, May 22nd. I love this stuff. I had some Cox Thimble Drome models. I had this same "COX PT-19" and a Cox boat, "Water Wizard" as well as other brands. The PT-19 was made to be crash resistance with its rubber band assembly. I was biting my nails when you were flying for fear of crashing it. With that gravel and concrete, something would have broke. If you had crashed it, I would have cried. We use to fly our planes in a field of high grass and take off from a table to protect the planes in case of crash. Sadly, I could not fly the planes. My equalibrium is poor. After two or three turns, I did not know up from down. I would land the plane in the high grass under power. There are some local clubs in nearby Erie, Pa. I love watching them fly control line and RC.

Awesome buddy! It was also my first intro into control line...best present ever! I loved that thing and I went on to use the plucky Cox engine into several other planes afterwards...oh happy days! Thanks for this!

Can't get that smile off the pilot's face. That screaming, buzzing noise really takes me back. If I could only smell the castor oil!

I have great memories of the Cox & McCoy control line planes. Those glo plug engines where alot of fun.

Now that was fantastic. I never saw someone fly one successfully! The ones we built were much more stable in flight. What a treat to see a PT-19 fly.

That was awesome. Reminds me of when my brother and I found our dad's Cox P-40 when we were kids and got it running and flying. The look on my dad's face when he came home from work and found us flying in the yard was priceless. He had never actually flown it and was so thrilled to see his two boys get it working. That started my love of model aircraft and I still fly 30+ years later all thanks to an old Cox like this.

What a beautiful couple😍😍😍, wife holding a plane while Mr. NightFlyyer on controller !!! I had same one 47 years ago brings me memories 😁😁😁

Absolutely wonderful. Brings back memories. I was just trying to remember all the ones I had from 1976 to the early 80s. I would work my tail off cutting grass and raking yards and any odd jobs I could find as a kidd to save up and buy one. I think the Las two I had were the free flight helicopter and a van or a dune buggie. I wish I still had all that stuff today lol. I still fly RC but those cox engines were fun lol. Great video. 👍

Omg I remember flying this back when I was a kid. It was so much fun.

Thanks for posting this video! I brought back some great childhood memories. The PT-19 was my favorite of the Cox line-up.

got more cuts on my hands from those 049 but was fun anyway.im 74 now still look at those scars from 60years ago would not change a thing ,,oh l enjoy your channel

I bought mine in 1972! It was a lot of fun.

Great flight and narration, my dad and I fought this thing all summer in '72 trying to get the needle valve adjusted to keep running, finally succeeded by autumn and flew it a bunch after that! Thanks for bringing my childhood memories back to life!

This is the fly by wire trainer I learned on when I was 13 years old in the early 70's. Graduated to the P40 Flying Tiger model. I remember practicing turning in circles to get acclimated to flying in circles. I think this was even in the instructions. This model was easy to loop and fly upside down and glided smoothly to a landing when the gas sputtered out. The P40 was faster, heavier and scary to loop. Thanks for the memories : )

Excellent. I had one as a child. Lots of fun. Blessings. Doc Phil

Thanks for the memories, I am 64 years old, and I got one of these planes for Christmas in 1968ish. I got the motor started but never got mine off the ground. Still, it was so much fun! Thanks again!

Dave thanks for sharing this nostalgia, to be honest I've never ever seen one of these. But your right when we were kids we had fun and where inventive, I built my 1st r/c car when I was 10 back then it was crystal sets, ohh how the yrs fly by lol. Now I love to fly and build my own balsa planes I have to admit iam not long building them to be honest. The one thing that eludes me is the helis did a month on the sim every day and still could not get a stable hover, that's where I take my hat off to you as your one amazing pilot. God bless and safe flying and happy landings.

If you know that sound. You know that sound, that means you go to the park some one is flying today.

I'll be damned! What a great vid. I'm a 70 year old geezer myself and got the P-19 Cox powered 049 tether plane for Christmas when I was 10 or so. Would take me 2 hours to get the little bastard lit up and about 90 seconds of actual flight time till it either crashed or I passed out from dizziness or it ran out of fuel. Those sure were the days. Probably why I became a pilot back in 1974.

Had one many years ago. Loved flying that thing!

I can't remember what my plane was, it had a bomb on each wing that you could release while in flight. I never did release a bomb, had my hands full flying it. You brought back some good memories Dave! Thanks

Excellent! Thanks for sharing Dave! I bought a Cox PT-19 off ebay last year, I just need to get a handle so I can fly it. Cheers and happy flying!

I remember that plane very well. It was in all the stores . I always had trouble going in circles ,I tried making the lines as long as possible to slow the rotation and slow the engine speed down too. The lines would never stay taught when i did this. Ii built alot of the built p wing profile fuselage 049 kits.and some of the rubber band powered kits too. So many forgotten memories. Thank you for sharing your videos with me

I had the same fun in the 1970's. Had a Golden bee and a Black widow, which still work. Thank you for the video.

Wow Dave! That was me with the same airplane back in the late ‘60’s! Thanks so much again for taking me on a trip to my childhood. Really appreciate these posts from you sir!

Had one, great times with friends in the 60's, revisiting all the cl airplanes out in the garage thinking of nostalgic flights again before they put me in the box.

Thanks for sharing. Brings back so many great memories. I was given one for Christmas , late 50's or early 60's and being in Indiana, remember trying to start and fly it the weather being very cold.

I remember having one of these as a kid. Had lots of fun with it.

I still have mine!

I've killed3 of those.lot of fun great memory's.

Great video. Brings back memories for me. Remember my first airplane, American Boy, cost About 2 dollars, then cox 049, traded my sisters old bicycle for it. made my own control handle.. out of wood, year was 1956. Now 79 and have 28 planes down stairs, sorry 27, crashed one a couple weeks ago.

I got one for Christmas back in '63 and it was the best-flying of all the Cox .049 planes I owned. Easier to fly than my JU-87D Stuka, for sure. A real honest UKIE. 👍

In the early 70’s my brother set a national AMA 1/2A speed record of over 100 mph with a Cox 049 Tee Dee. Cox was a big part of are early years. Your video brought back many fond memories, Thank You.

We always started Cox models but never really did anything with them and I remember finding out that U control was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. My first RC plane was an electric trainer back when electric was pretty new.

I had many Cox and Testors U-Control planes back in the 70s 80s. This PT 19 was my favorite and the best flying plane of all. I owned a few!

Had a few in the late 70s when i was a kid. Used to fly it in front of my house and had to dodge a couple mail boxes. Good stuff.

I got one in 1979 (at 13 y.o.), with the Baby Bee !!! You make me remember my younger years !!! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

Wow... memories. I'm 58 and my brother and I each had one of those exact aircraft back in the 70's. We were really too young for them and had nobody to teach us about them so we never got them flying... that's the first time I've seen one fly! Here in Australia they're called "control line models". It did inspire me to get into RC planes later on... which I spent far too much money on and enjoyed greatly. Thanks for sharing that video. :)

I received the PT-19 held by elastics. If I crashed it just came apart. A beginner aircraft. I also received a hand held control of the sub. Outstanding!!!

I had the P40 Warhawk in 70's. The instructions were in the form of a 45 rpm record which you had to play and listen to. Great fun!

My uncle started flying Cox PT -19s in Viet Nam and brought the love for them back to the states. We always had them. I can remember as a young child saying the prayer before dinner and asking God for parts to get the 19 flying again. My career has always been in aviation and I'm fortunate to say I've flown a PT-19 as pilot in command. I have one hanging on my business wall.

Memories, memories, memories from late 50s and 60s.

Ah, loved my p 19 and the 109. Many hours of fun. So cool you didn't get dizzy cause your focused on the plane.

I flew one of these is the early 70's so much fun for sure thank you for sharing