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Reginald Denny and Walter H. Righter

Uncle Sam buys a Model Plane

Dale Dry Lake near Twentynine Palms, Monday February 21, 1938

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'Uncle Sam buys a Model Plane', p.1

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'Uncle Sam buys a Model Plane', p.2

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Radioplane RP-4 / OQ-1 Controller detail

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From the Righter Family Archives, a photo essay of the same day

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Arrival

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Arrival 2

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : The Launch Rail

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Dismounting the Drone

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Loading the Drone onto the rail head

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Loading the Drone onto the rail head 2

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Parachute assembly

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Parachute assembly detail

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Fitting the parachute assembly

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Drone at the rail head

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In the following images the military officer is Lt. Col C.M. Thiele of the Coast Artillery and the man with the tartan tie is Ken Case

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Drone at the rail foot

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Testing the remote control unit

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Testing the remote control unit 2

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Testing the remote control unit 3

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Drone at the rail foot : ready to fly

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Drone at the rail foot : ready to fly

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : 'Adjusting ?'

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Fine tuning the engines

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Launch

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Recovery

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RP-4 / OQ-1 : Recovery

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