Name that plane: Can you identify this aircraft?

Model Airplane News, Jan 1998

Congratulations to Norman Reames of Middleburg, OH, for correctly identifying the October 1997 mystery plane. The Culver PQ-14B was developed in 1940 as an R/C target aircraft for training antiaircraft artillery gunners. When used as a target, the plane was flown unmanned, controlled by radio signals from the ground or from another aircraft, but it could also carry a pilot for ferry flights and test flights. Its fuselage, wings and some tail components were made of wood with stressed plywood skin, and it had retractable landing gear. The PQ-14B had a 30-foot wingspan and was 19 feet, 6 inches long. It had a maximum speed of 185mph and cost only $7,000 to produce.

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