THANKS IN PART TO ITS PATRONS,
COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE
PEOPLE, PLACE PLACES AND QUALITY
OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY DEFINES
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS AND BY VIEWERS LIKE
YOU, THANK YOU.
♪♪♪♪
>> IT'S GOT A RETRACTABLE GEAR.
AND IT'S GOT FLAPS, RIGHT THERE,
FOR THE LANDING.
>> MY NEXT MOVIE EVERY MOVIE IS
TO DO A PICTURE OF HARRIET
TUBMAN WITH A PISTOL.
>> Terri: FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI
ALLARD AND THIS IS
"CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT."
♪♪♪♪
>> Terri: OUR GUEST TODAY IS AN
ARTIST AND A CHARLOTTESVILLE
NATIVE, INSPIRED BY A PASSION
FOR HISTORY IN PEOPLE, HE
CREATES A VARIETY OF WORK THAT
CAN BE FOUND IN GALLERIES AND
BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
JOIN US AS WE TALK WITH FRANK
WALKER.
COME ON!
FRANK, TALK ABOUT THE FOCUS OF
YOUR ART OVER THE YEARS AND HE
MEDIUMED YOU REFER TO WORK.
>> ALWAYS HAS BEEN MY IS PENL.
PLAIN OLD PENCIL.
ARTIST TALK IS GRAPHITE.
A NUMBER TWO PENCIL IS GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ME, IT'S WHAT I WAS
COMFORTABLE WITH GROWING UP.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,HE ONES
YOU SEE HERE ON WOOD WERE ALWAYS
DRAWN IN PENCIL AND I ADAMANTLY
BELIEVE IN DRAWING BECAUSE
DRAWING IS THE GATEWAY TO ALL
OTHER THINGS, I THINK ART WISE,
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW, IT
HAS THE ABILITY, THE DESIGN, AND
THE IDEAS THAT YOU COME UP AND
WHATEVER MEDIUM YOU WANT TO USE
AFTER THAT, YOU CAN.
>> Terri: EVEN IN THE DIGITAL
AGE, YOU BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE
REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRAW.
>> YES, I'VE GOTTEN CALLS FROM
PEOPLE BEFORE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW
TO DO ANYTHING BUT HOW TO USE A
COMPUTER, SO THEY WOULD SAY,
LISTEN, CAN YOU DRAW THIS
BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIND IT IN CLIP
ART.
>> Terri: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
BEGINNING, YOU STARTED DRAWING
AS A YOUNG CHILD.
WHAT WAS IT THAT WAS INSPIRING
TO TO DRAW?
COMICS?
>> HONESTLY, SOME PEOPLE DON'T
BELIEVE IT, BUT KINDERGARTEN WE
GOT THESE WORKBOOKS AND SOME
PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THIS, TOM
AND BETTY WORKBOOKS AND EVEN MY
BROTHER AND I WOULD MIMIC THESE
WORKBOOKS, WE WOULD COPY TOM AND
BETTY, THE DOG, YOU KNOW --
>> Terri: YEAH.
>> -- ON THE WORKBOOK AND I
REMEMBER MY TEACHER SAYING WHEN
WE GOT THE WORKBOOK, DO NOT DRAW
ON THE WORKBOOK AND THAT'S THE
FIRST THING I DID.
[LAUGHTER]
DREW ON THE WORKBOOK AND SO IT
KIND OF WENT FROM THERE AND AS
WE GOT OLDER, COMIC BOOKS WERE A
TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON US AND
EVEN IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE
WOULD GO OVER TO BURLEY HIGH
SCHOOL WHERE MY MOTHER WORKED
AND THERE WAS A MAN NAMED
MR. WALDO JOHNSON WHO WAS THE
ART TEACHER WHO WOULD ALWAYS
INFLUENCE US TO BE CREATIVE.
>> Terri: YEAH, THERE WAS A
WOMAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SHE
HAD AN ART EXHIBIT IN THE
BACKYARD.
AND YOU SOLD YOUR ART.
>> WE DID, MS. FRANCIS BRAND,
CALLED THE PURPLE LADY.
SHE WORE PURPLE EVERYTHING AND
SHE GATHERED US TOGETHER,
MYSELF, JERRY MITCHELL, MY
BROTHER BO, EARL GORDON.
AND WE HAD A BACKYARD ART SHO
WITH CLOTHES PINS AND CLOTHES
PINNED TO THE CLOTHESLINE AND I
THINK MADE $25 OUT OF THAT WHOLE
FIASCO, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN
CONSIDERED A LOT OF MONEY, AND
ALL FOUR OF US WENT INTO THE ART
BUSINESS, TEACHING OR BECOMING
ARTISTS IN SOME FASHION.
>> Terri: AND YOUR FAMILY HAS A
LOT OF HISTORY IN THE COMMUNITY
OF TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
>> ABSOLUTELY, MY FAMILY, MY
MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY IS
FROM HERE.
MY MOTHER WAS A SCHOOL TEAER
FOR MANY YEARS, MY DAD WAS AN
ARCHITECT.
THEY MET AT THE HAMPTON
INSTITUTE.
MY DAD LEFT AND MY MOM RAISED US
AND GRANDFATHER AND THREE
UNCLES.
>> Terri: I'M THINKING ABOUT
WHEN YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND
YOU -- YOU PAINTED A WATERCOLOR
THAT YOU DIDN'T -- YOU DIDN'T
LIKE AND THREW IT AWAY.
>> YES, THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE
NINTH GRADE AND THAT WAS THE
ASSIGNMENT WAS TO PAINT A
STILLLIFE, WHICH IS A BUNCH OF
FLOWERS IN THIS POT.
LIKE A OLD TIN CAN, KETCHUP CAN
AND SO I PAINTED THE THING --
AND THOUGHT, THIS IS UGLY.
[LAUGHTER]
THREW IT IN THE TRASH CAN.
AND MY ART TEACHER, MS. HAHN,
DUG IT OUT OF THE TRASH CAN AND
HAD THIS MATTED AND MOUNTED AND
FRAMED AND SENT IT TO THE
VIRGINIA STATE ART SHOW AND IT
WON FIRST PLACE.
>> Terri: THAT'S FUNNY.
WHAT A GREAT LESSON TO LEARN.
>> OH, IT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> Terri: AND THEN YOU HEADED
OFF TO VCU.
>> I STUDIED PAINTING AND PRINT
MAKING AND MY INTENTION WAS TO
REALLY BECOME A BUM AND
VAGABOND.
I WANTED TO PAINT AND DRAW FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> Terri: YEAH.
>> FROM THERE, WENT IN THE ARMY
AND COULDN'T GET AN ART JOB,
EVEN THOUGH I HAD A BACKGROUND
IN IT.
AND I HAD BRAWN U DRAWN ALL OF
THESE PICTURES OF GUNS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT, SHOOTING GUNS
AND PUT -- TAPE THEM ON THE WALL
WHERE I WAS WORKING AND SO A
CORRESPOND NEXT CAME THROUGH AND
ASKED -- A CORNELL CAME THROUGH
AND -- A COLONEL CAME THROUGH
AND ASKED IN I WANTED A JOB AND
THE NEXT THING WE WERE ON
HELICOPTERS TO HEADQUARTERS
LEARNING HOW TO DO GRAPHICS AND
THAT LED TO WORK DOING MILITARY
MANUALS AND CHARTS AND GRAPHS
FOR ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS AND
DESIGNED A SYMBOL.
>> Terri: YOU WERE BACK DOING
DETAILED DRAWINGS OF THE HUMAN
BODY.
EXPLAIN THAT.
>> IN SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS,
IT'S CALLED MACRO ILLUSTRATIONS,
I'M NOT A CERTIFIED MEDICAL
ILLUSTRATOR BUT I WAS TALENTED
ENOUGH TO KNOW -- THE HUMAN BODY
IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE
NEXT --
>> Terri: AND ALSO, YOU ARE
REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT HISTORY
AND DONE THAT FORM DECADES.
>> SINCE CHILDHOOD, I'VE ALWAYS
BEEN FASCINATED BY THAT, AND I
HAD MY.
>> IN WORLD WAR II AND BECAME
HISTORY IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD
WAR II, PROBABLY ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PARTS.
>> Terri: AND HISTORY INFLUENCES
TO THIS DAY WHAT YOU DO WITH
YOUR ART.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> IT DOES.
I'VE DONE SHOWS OF PEOPLE FROM
JEFFERSON SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN
THE MILITARY AND I HAD PICTURES
OF THEM WHEN THEY WERE VERY
YOUNG AND PEOPLE COME AND STARE
AT THEM ALL THE TIME, WHO IS
THAT.
AND PEOPLE LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT
AT 18 THAN THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE
OLDER BUT THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT WE
DON'T REALIZE, USED TO DRIVE THE
RED BALL EXPRESS AND PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
A TRUCKING OUTFIT, A
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK TRUCKING
SUPPLY UNIT.
THEY WENT IN ON V DAY AND WENT
TO THE FLYERS IN THE BATTLE OF
THE BULGE AND REALIZES THAT A
ARMY MOVES ON ITS STOMACH, HAS
TO HAVE FOOD AND AMMUNITION.
AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GET
THE GASOLINE TO WHERE IT HAD TO
BE.
>> Terri: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT EXHIBITS YOU'VE HAD
OVER THE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A
LOT OF WORK WITH PORTRAITS.
>> I ATORE DOING PEOPLE AND THE
STRANGE -- I ADORE DOING PEOPLE.
THE STRANGE PART, THE MORE I
KNOW THE PERSON, IT TURNS OUT
BETTER.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE CHARACTER.
I HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR
PORTRAITS HANGING IN THE
UNIVERSITY AND TWO FOR THE CITY
AND PROBABLY WOULD RANGE IN THE
THOUSANDS OF PORTRAITS I'VE DONE
AND SOME I'VE GIVEN AWAY.
>> Terri: AND YOU HAD A EXHIBIT
AT THE JEFFERSON SCHOOL.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> YES, I CALL IT THINGS LIKE
BUFFOONISM, USED TO TAKE AFRICAN
AMERICANS AND MAKE
ADVERTISEMENTS OR COMMERCIALS
AND CHEATING AT CAR, THE TWO
CHARACTERS AT THE END AND SEE A
MAN PASSING A CARD, THERE'S
ANOTHER MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND
BUILT A TABLE OUT OF STAIRWELL
BANNISTERS AND A PIECE OF WOOD
AND SMALL CARDS AND PLAY MONEY
AND PUT THAT IN THE PIECE.
THE PLAYING CARDS.
>> Terri: SUCH A VARIETY OF ART,
I MEAN YOU -- YOU HAVE ART THAT
YOU PAINT ON PAPER BAGS?
>> YES.
>> Terri: YOU HAVE ART THAT YOU
JUST -- THAT YOU SKETCH, TALK
ABOUT THE PIECE BEHIND YOU.
>> I DREW THIS FACON THAT
PIECE OF GRAY BOARD AND THERE'S
SOMETHING MISSING IN IT.
IN TERMS OF READING ABOUT
AFRICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE BEING
THROW AWAY PEOPLE, JUST BALL
THEM UP IN A PIECE OF PAPER AND
THROW THEM AWAY.
SO MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO
PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY TO FEMALES
HAVE JUST BEEN MISREPRESENTED
AND MISTREATED SO I TOOK THIS
HANDKERCHIEF AND PLACED IT ON A
BOARD AND WET IT AND CRUMP
TRUMPELED IT UP SO -- AND
CRUMPLED IT UP SOD IT WRINKLES
IN IT.
>> Terri: YOU'RE INSPIRED BY
HISTORY AND WHAT YOU READ AND
THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, WHAT IS
YOUR PROCESS, I MEAN, DO YOU --
DO YOU PAINT OR DRAW EVERY DAY?
>> EVERY DAY.
>> Terri: EVERY DAY.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DAY
THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T DO
SOMETHING.
YOU KNOW, PRACTICE, PRACTICE,
PRACTICE, DON'T DO ANYTHING WELL
UNLESS YOU PRACTICE.
YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE IT.
WHATEVER YOUR PASSION IS, YOU
PRACTICE IT.
>> Terri: WHAT ARE YOU
PRACTICING ON NOW?
WHERE ARE YOU HEADING NOW.
I SAW A RECENT SELF-PORTRAIT.
>> I DID -- BECAUSE I SOLD MY
OTHER ONE --
[LAUGHTER]
-- I HAD TO DO ANOTHER ONE.
LIKE GOING FULL CIRCLE.
NOW, I'M INTO THE MODE WHERE
THIS IS WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO DO AS A CHILD, BECAUSE HERE I
AM, THAT'S ALL I DO, IS ARTWORK.
>> Terri: YEAH.
>> SO NOW, THIS IS MY TIME.
SO I THINK FOREVER AND THE DAY
YOU' ALWAYS BE AN APPRENTICE,
SOMETHING THAT YOU LEARN EVERY
DAY.
EVERYONE YOU MEET, IN LIFE IS A
TEACHER.
YOU LEARN SOMETHING FROM
SOMEONE, GOOD, BAD OR
INDIFFERENT.
AND THAT'S THE REASON I DRAW ALL
THE TIME.
I CONSIDER IT WORK, BUT VERY
ENJOYABLE.
I DON'T KNOW OF MANY PEOPLE WHO
SIT DOWN AT WHAT THEY DO AND
TOTALLY ENJOY IT.
YOU CREATE THINGS.
I DO -- ARTISTS AND INCLUDING
MYSELF AND ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE
LOOK AT THINGS IN A ACTIVE
DIMENSION.
WE'RE NOT CRAZY, EVERYBODY ELSE
IS CRAZY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEE
WHAT WE SEE.
>> Terri: SO SEEING WHAT YOU
SEE, WHERE HAVE PEOPLE SEEN YOUR
ART.
WHERE DO AT THE THEY FIND IT AND
HOW AWAY IS YOUR ART.
>> SOME OF IT IS ON FACEBOOK.
SOUTH DAKOTA, CALIFORNIA,
GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA.
>> Terri: AND YOU'VE BEEN AT
McGUFFEY AND -- JEFFERSON
CITY.
THE HAROLD GALLERY.
>> MAKING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
LOOK VERY STRONG, MY MOTHER WAS
A VERY STRONG WOMAN, SHE RAISED
TWO SON, SHE HAD TO BE.
AS WE WENT ON IF LIFE, GOING OUR
DIFFERENT WAYS IT WAS A MATTER
OF I THINK DISCIPLINE, THAT WAS
GIVEN TO US BY HER.
>> Terri: AND NOW IT'S YOUR JOB
TO CREATE ART.
>> TO CREATE ART.
AND ON WEDNESDAY, STILL TAKE THE
TRASH OUT.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Terri: FRANK, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US, I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO NEXT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
♪♪♪♪
>> ALWAYS KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE
AIRPLANE.
>> Terri: OK.
>> YOU NEVER WANT TO LET IT GET
BEHIND US,.
>> Terri: OK.
>> JOE WILL TAKE OVER IF WE GET
IT THAT WAY.
BUT THAT'S A BIG NO-NO.
SPINNING PROPELLERS CAN DO A LOT
OF DAMAGE.
>> Terri: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
EXPLORE A HOBBY THAT'S NOT ONLY
FUN BUT ALSO TEACHES US ABOUT
AERODYNAMICS AND WIND AND
WEATHER AND ELECTRONICS AND
ROBOTS AND MORE.
JOIN US AS WE VISIT THE RIVANNA
RADIO CONTROL CLUB.
COME ON!
>> WE WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED.
>> Terri: WHO CAN JOIN THE CLUB.
>> I DIDN'TANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO
FOLLOW THE RULES AND BE SAFE
LIKE YOU DID TODAY.
>> Terri: TALK ABOUT THE RESUMES
IN FLYING.
>> WE DON'T WANT TO HURT ANYONE.
>> Terri: NO.
>> AND WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT,
AND YOU'RE AWARE OF ALL KINDS OF
THINGS GOING ON AROUND THE
WORLD, PEOPLE FLYING MODELS IN
PLACES THEY SHOULDN'T.
THAT'S NOT US.
>> Terri: NO.
>> WE HAVE A STERN AND COMPLETE
SET OF RULES NATIONALLY WITH THE
ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS AND
CLUB MEMBERS AS WELL.
GOVERNS SAFETY AND SOUND
EEMOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOT ALLOWED TO FLY OVER PEOPLE
OR MORE THAN A CERTAIN DISTANCE
OR OUT OF SIGHT.
WE'RE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT, WE
HAVE PARTNER PATTERNS WE FLY SO
YOU KNOW WHERE TO LOOK IN THE
SKY AND CHECK PEOPLE OUT.
>> Terri: YOU FLY AT MILTON
FIELD.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> IT'S A TREASURE, PART OF
JEFFERSON'S PLANTATION, AT
MONTICELLO, DID WONDERFUL
EXPERIMENTS IN WATER-POWERED
SAWMILLS ON THE PROPERTY.
IT WAS USED AS A FARM, ALL THE
WAY UNTIL 1939.
THE UNIVERSITY O VIRGINIA
BOUGHT IT AND STARTED A FLYING
SCHOOL.
WHICH WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE NAVY
AND ARMY AND DID A LOT OF
TRAINING FOR PILOTS FOR WORLD
WAR II THERE.
AND I FLEW FULL SIZE THERE UNTIL
'69.
>> Terri: WOW.
>> AND THE MODEL CLUB HAS
MAINTAINED AND THE UNIVERSITY
STILL OWNS IT AND THEY'RE VERY
COOPERATIVE AND WE HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
WE ACTUALLY HELP SOMETIMES WHEN
THEY HAVE PEOPLE THERE, THEY USE
IT FOR AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING
AND SAULK II TREATY.
OUT THERE.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS GO ON, MORE
AND MORE, THE UNIVERSITY-RELATED
THINGS, IT'S A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE
UNIVERSITY AT THIS POINT.
>> WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH THE
PLANE CLUB AT UVA TO OBSERVE THE
PLANES, GETTING TIPS ON
CONSTRUCTING OUR OWN PLANE AND
GET OUR MEMBERS EXPOSED TO HOW
TO FLY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE
DON'T HAVE A PILOT.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT TURNS OUT
BETTER THAN LAST YEAR, WE ENDED
IF A CRASH.
>> YEAH, LAST YEAR WE DID
PRESSURE PLANE RIGHT BEFORE
COMPETITION SO WE DIDN'T GET TO
GO, SO IT'S A REDEMPTION YEAR
FOR US.
>> CONTROL AND FOCUS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART OF FLYING.
I LOST MY FIRST APPRENTICE, LOST
CONTROL AND IT FLEW OFF OUT OF
SIGHT AND NEVER TO BE SEEN
AGAIN.
>> ACTUALLY, I'VE NEVER FLOWN A
PLANE, IT WAS A DIFFICULT SKILL
FOR ME TO LEARN, SO I ENDED UP
GOING THE DRONE ROUTE BECAUSE
IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO FLY AND MY
SON IS THE AIRPLANE PILOT, I LET
HIM DO THAT.
>> Terri: TELL ME ABOUT THE
BENEFITS.
>> IT'S WHAT I DO TO HAVE A
BALANCE IN LIFE.
SO I CAN BE TOGETHER WITH
FRIENDS, WITH THE COMMON IDEA OF
THINGS WE ENJOY AND BE OUT U
OUTSIDE, HAVE THE USE OF MILTON
FIELD.
WE TEACH EASTERN E EACH OTHER
AND LEARN THINGS.
>> Terri: THE YOUNGEST CLUB
MEMBER IS ABOUT HOW OLD.
12 OR 14?
>> PROBABLY 12.
>> Terri: THE OLDEST IS PROBABLY
HOW OLD?
>> WE HAVE SEVERAL IN THEIR
90s, THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
ACTIVE BUT THEY STILL ON THE
ROAD.
IT'S A GREAT RETIREMENT HOBBY
AND GIVES YOU A WAY TO GET
OUTSIDE WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS.
>> Terri: YEAH.
>> ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE
AIRPLANES FLY IS HOW THE WORLD
WORKS.
>> Terri: WHAT'S GREAT, YOU
DON'T HAVE TO KNOW ANY OF THIS
TO BECOME A MEMBER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO
FLY.
YOU ALL TEACH MEMBERS HOW TO
FLY.
>> WE'LL PROVIDE A INSTRUCTOR, A
TRAINING AIRCRAFT, THERE'S NO
COST TO THAT, AND YOU MUST JOIN
THE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR
UMBRELLA INSURANCE COMES FROM
AND EVENTUALLY MUST JOIN THE
CLUB, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO
THAT IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND FLY,
AS YOU FOUND OUT OUT THIS
MORNING, THESE PLANES YOU SEE
HERE ARE UNUSUAL, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO -- YOU CAN GET INTO IT AS
DEEPLY AS YOU WANT AND BUY A
PLANE OFF THE SHELF LIKE THIS
ONE.
>> Terri: RIGHT.
>> AND FLY IT, YOU KNOW, AS SOON
AS YOU CHARGE THE BATTERY OR
SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME LIKE I
DO OVER HERE, WHICH IS TO ACTUAL
DESIGN PLANES AND MAKE THE
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND BUILD
DIRECTLY ON IT.
>> Terri: AND WHAT ABOUT THE
WEATHER?
SEEMS LIKE PERFECT WEATHER TO
ME.
>> VERY LITTLE WIND, THE WIND
SOCK IS HANGING, THE FLIGHT
DIRECTION THAT WE LIKE, CLEAR
SKY.
>> Terri: AND INSTEAD OF JUST
THE CONTROLLER, YOU ACTUALLY
HAVE A PHYSICAL OBJECT THAT YOU
NOT ONLY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO
CAREFULLY USE BUT TAKE CARE OF.
AND REALLY JUST MAKE SURE THAT
YOU KNOW HOW TO OPERATE IT
CAREFULLY.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING ON A HIKE,
STANDING AT THE EDGE OF A CLIFF
AND LOOKING INTO THE VALLEY, YOU
CAN BE TAKE A DROP AND FLY IT
OUT IN FRONT OFOU AND YOU GET
AN VIEW OF YOU STANDING ON THE
EDGE THE CLIFF THAT YOU COULD
NEVER GET OTHERWISE, IT'S PRETTY
COOL.
>> IT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE HERE
THAT.
FLYING A PLANE, SORT OF MY FIRST
TIME.
WAS JUST FUN BEING IN THE AIR,
IT WAS AMAZING TODAY.
>> Terri: ASIDE FROM A PLANE,
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO FLY.
>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE.
[SPEAKING SIMULTANEOUSLY]
ING ABOUT.
A RADIO SYSTEM, THEY CAN BE
FANCY OR SIMPLE, BUT I HAVE
RADIO SYSTEMS HERE THAT PROBABLY
COST 30-SOME BUCKS.
>> Terri: AND RUN ON BATTERIES.
>> THEY DO.
>> Terri: OK.
>> THIS IS A VERY RECENT
INNOVATION AND THIS ONE IS
CAPABLE OF FLYING 250 PLANES.
>> Terri: AND IT WILL PLAY
MUSIC.
YOU CAN PROGRAM --
>> IT WILL.
[LAUGHTER]
WHEN YOU WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT.
>> Terri: IT WILL PLAY THE
EAGLES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> OR ANYTHING YOU WANT IT TO.
I CAN DEMONSTRATE IF YOU --
>> Terri: OH, THAT WOULD BE
GREAT.
>> THIS IS A FAIREY FULMAR.
1940, THE FUSELAGE IS COMPLETELY
SCALED AND BANK RIGHT AND BANK
LEFT.
I GUESS NOSE UP AND THOSE DOWN
AND THE RUDDER WHICH IS TO
CONTRACT ADVERSE YAWL AND THESE
ARE EXACTLY HOW FULL SIZED PLANE
FLIES.
IT'S A REAL PLAIN JUST DOESN'T A
PERSON IN IT.
>> Terri: OH, MY GOODNESS.
>> I'M GOING TO TURN THAT OFF.
>> Terri: SO YOU'VE BEEN
FASCINATED WITH PLANES --
[LAUGHTER]
-- SINCE YOU WERE YOUNG AND SO
YOU -- JUST TELL US QUICKLY
ABOUT A HANDFUL OF THE PLANES
THAT YOU'VE DESIGNED FROM
SCRATCH.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WHAT IS
THIS?
>> THIS IS A CARIBOU, A PLANE
ORDERED BY THE U.S. ARMY, AND
DESIGNED BY THE HALVE LAND IN --
THE HAVILAND IN CANADA.
>> Terri: RIGHT, AND YOU HAVE
ANOTHER ONE, ALMOST LIKE A
MUSEUM PIECE.
DESCRIBE THAT.
>> THAT'S A SE-5S.
THE FIGHTER FOR THE R AF AT THE
END OF THE WWI.
ONE OF MY BEST EFFORTS.
>> Terri: YOU HAVE ANOTHER PLANE
THAT'S A DUPLICATE THAT YOU USED
TO OWN AND FLY.
>> I HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE,
THIRD SCALE IN THE OTHER ROOM,
'S A J3 CUB.
ONE-THIRD SCALE IN MILTON FIELD
BACK IN E DAY.
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE AIRPLANE.
IF YOU SEE THE NOSE DROPPING AND
GOING DOWN, PULL THE NOSE BACK
UP.
>> Terri: PULL IT BACK.
>> PULL AND PUSH.
IF YOU WANT TO TURN TO THE LEFT,
MOVE THE STICK TO THE LEFT A
LITTLE BIT.
>> Terri: OK.
>> IF YOU HOLD IT TO THE LEFT
LONG ENOUGH IT WILL KEEP ROLLING
AND ROLLING, SO WHEN IT'S ROLLED
ENOUGH, MAKING A GENTLE TURN,
LET IT COME BACK.
>> I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR PEOPLE
YOUNG AND OLD TO COME OUT AND
LEARN AND SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT.
>> BEING ABLE TO FLY AND ALL OF
THE SPACE IN THE AIR IS KIND OF
FREEING.
>> OUR PLANE IS LIKE A 14-FOOT
WINGSPAN, TRYING TO CARRY ABOUT
50-POUNDS OF PAY LOAD, IT'S
INTERESTING THAT YOU CAN GERM
PLANES AND GET 50-POUNDS OF
WEIGHT TO KIND OF SOAR THROUGH
THE SKY ANDOVE IN THE
AERODYNAMICS.
>> WEE BUILDING A PLANE FOR THE
FRIEND AND THIS WAS THE MOTORS
THAT CAME OFF IT.
NEVER BEEN FLOWN, BUT THIS IS AN
INTERNAL COMBUSTION MOTOR, ONE
OF THOSE LOUD THING THAT PEOPLE
COMPLAIN ABOUT.
BUT IT'S A HOBBY.
>> Terri: RIGHT.
>> BUT 90-INCH WINGSPAN, IT'S A
CUB, I'M REMOVING THISND
REPLACING IT WITH THIS.
THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT POWER,
BUT IT'S CAN -- OTHER THAN A
LITTLE SOUND OF THE PROPELLER
GOING THROUGH THE AIR, ALMOST
ENTIRELY SILENT.
RIGHT, ELECTRIC AND THIS WHERE A
LOT OF RADIO-CONTROLLED CLUB
MEMBERS ARE GOING THESE DAYS,
RIGHT?
>> 95% OR MORE OF OUR FLIGHTS
HAVE BEEN WITH THE ELECTRIC.
BUT BASICALLY I BROUGHT TO THIS
CLUB 14 YEARS AGO.
>> Terri: WOW!
>> I WORKED WITH ELECTRIC
FLIGHTS IN RETIREMENT WITH A
COMPANY.
TO DEVELOP THIS KIND OF THING.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THIS
STUFF CAME FROM.
>> Terri: AND EVERY YEAR IN IT
THE FALL, YOU ALL HAVE AN ANNUAL
EVENT.
>> THE DON REED.
>> Terri: YEAH, AND MEMBERS
COME, MEMBERS FROM OTHER CLUBS
COME.
>> NEIGHBORS COME.
>> Terri: THE COMMUNITY COMES.
DESCRIBE THAT SCENE AND DESCRIBE -- THERE'S A VARIETY OF
PLANES YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN
HAVE THESE LITTLE TINY BASIC
PLANES.
>> ABSOLUTELY, YOU'LL SEE THE
MULTILEVERS AND HELICOPTERS
FLYING AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF
FIXED WING.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S
A NICE EVENT.
NICE OUTING FOR PEOPLE AND, OF
COURSE, ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY
IS WELCOME TO COME.
>> Terri: THAT'S GREAT.
HEYWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> IT'S A LOT OF FUN.
>> Terri: YOU MAY NOT --
>> YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE FUN OR
THE EXPERIENCE BUT YOU CAN GET
THESE LITTLE MODELS AND TAKE TO
THE SKIES AND I THINK IT'S
REALLY ENTERTAINING.
>> IT JUST FEELS AMAZING
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
LOOKING UP AND YOU'RE STANDING
IN WEATHER AND IT'S REALLY NICE
OUT TODAY.
IT'S FUN FLYING A PLANE.
>> OH, OH!
COME BACK DOWN.
>> WHERE'S IT GOING?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING.
>> I'M GOING IN CIRCLES.
>> Terri: THIS IS VERY LIKE ME.
HEY, HEY, I'M DOING FLIPS.
I'M GOING TO NEED RAY LITTLE
MORE TIME WITH THIS.
>> THAT WAS PERFECT.
>> Terri: REALLY, YOU LIKE THOSE
FLIPS?
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>> Terri: THAT'S IT FOR THIS
WEEK, FOR WHTJ, I'M TERRI
ALLARD.
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