Berryman

What ever happened to Mr.Berryman, he was a formidable combat flyer.

His "Big Iron" was a very good combat plane also. Every once in a

while Mr. Wooten's name is seen in the model magazines, but Mr.

Berryman is never mentioned?

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>What ever happened to Mr.Berryman, he was a formidable combat
>flyer.
>
>His "Big Iron" was a very good combat plane also.
>Every once in a
>
>while Mr. Wooten's name is seen in the model magazines, but
>Mr.
>
>Berryman is never mentioned?

I was told by one of his close friends that Mr Berryman is very content with just fishing. He doesn't even like to talk about model planes anymore. I believe he said he still lives in Altus Ok.

regards,
Rick "catdaddy" Blankenship

I had several of his his Super Twister design planes.

Tuff to build straight but fun to fly.

True--- Mr Berryman is alive and well, living in Altus OK. He mostly fishes in lake Altus as his favorite pastime now. I visit him every couple of years on my way to or from VSC.
He definitely does not wish to talk "model airplane" anymore. He will politely (or not so politely) request you to depart if you do mention such activities.
I did receive a copy of the original Bigiron drawings and a letter from one of the magazines to Carl some time back along with a picture of him with his FIRST model airplane. Carl and Barbara (sp) his wife had dropped by and left them in my front door as I was in GA when they came by.
I treasure my friendship with Carl and his wife very much. He (and her) are true Gentle persons.
I currently have two kits each of his Bigiron AND his Super Twister. Other planes he designed were the Oklahoma Twister, Phantasy, and Percolator I have a Finished copy of the Percolator, but have lost the plans to it. Sure wish I still had them.
I think the order in which they were designed is as follows: Bigiron, Oklahome Twister, Percolator, Super Twister, and Phantasy.

Bigiron

> True--- Mr Berryman is alive and well, living in Altus OK.
> He mostly fishes in lake Altus as his favorite pastime now.
>I visit him every couple of years on my way to or from VSC.
> He definitely does not wish to talk "model
>airplane" anymore. He will politely (or not so politely)
> request you to depart if you do mention such activities.
> I did receive a copy of the original Bigiron drawings and a
>letter from one of the magazines to Carl some time back
>along with a picture of him with his FIRST model airplane.
>Carl and Barbara (sp) his wife had dropped by and left them
>in my front door as I was in GA when they came by.
> I treasure my friendship with Carl and his wife very much.
>He (and her) are true Gentle persons.
> I currently have two kits each of his Bigiron AND his Super
>Twister. Other planes he designed were the Oklahoma Twister,
>Phantasy, and Percolator I have a Finished copy of the
>Percolator, but have lost the plans to it. Sure wish I still
>had them.
> I think the order in which they were designed is as follows:
> Bigiron, Oklahome Twister, Percolator, Super Twister, and
>Phantasy.
>
> Bigiron

Marvin,
Barry Baxter lists all of those except the Percolator on his webb site. Might be worth an e-mail to him to ask about the Percolator.


Randy C

I think the Big Iron came after the Twister. It had a bigger wing for the then-new JBB. I saw the Big Iron in Wichita in 1961 and the Percolator either then or at the 1962 Nats. It had a cartoon coffee pot on the wing with "Johnson" in vertical letters on the side of the pot, as on the engine bypass.

Say hello to Carl when you see him, although I'm sure he doesn't remember me. He was one of the most impressive guys I met as a kid flying toy airplanes.

Howard Rush
Bellevue, WA

The Super Twister or Oklahoma Twister was kitted for a while in the 1970's by Richard Cloud of OKC.
As I recall(I built one)it had a higher aspect wing than the Super Twister on Bare's site, pretty thin airfoil, very fast but not so hot it turning ability.
Yep, it was not easy to build.
Jim

What about the EQUALIZER ? Was that one of Carl's?

The "Equalizer" is a Netzband design. Mike McAdams used to fly them before going to the Navy.
DOC Holliday

The Super Twister was kitted by two different companies (people) Richard Cloud as "Chip-away Models" and by Neilson-Lawrence.
The "Oklahoma Twister was a VASTLY different animal from the Super Twister. The Oklahoma Twister was quite similar to the Bigiron and Percolator with a rectangular shaped wing (Constant chord) while the Super Twister was an eliptical shaped wing as was the Phantasy.
I still stand on my original order of design .
Bigiron Published in a Magazine AND Kitted (Veco)
Oklahome Twister Published in a Magazine
Percolator Possibly published (I'm not sure on this but I did obtain a set of plans from Carl and built two) ( I still have one flyable)
Super Twister Kitted by two different cos. and Published in a mag.
Phantasy Published in a mag.

Bigiron

At the risk of irritating a good friend, I just called Carl Berryman. I started off avoiding talk about modeling so as not to cause any hard feelings. BUT !!! Surprise to me, we finally did get around to discussing SOME modeling. I am correct in the order of his designs and that the Percolator was NOT published nor kitted. (he said that it didn't fly good enough to try to get it published)
He and Barbra are in good health and doing well.
He did mention the DOUBLE SIZED Bigiron that he and a friend built and flew. WOW!!! Hornet 60 then a McCoy 60 for power!!! He said that it DID fly very well.
That is about all that we discussed about modeling. don't want to ruin a good friendship that is for sure

Bigiron aka Marvin Denny

I flew Carl's Bigiron design for awhile on the combat circuit in the 60s. Flew against the man himself once, in Dallas maybe? He beat me severely but in a very gentlemanly way! Super nice guy.

So what made him "anti-model"? Must be a story there.

The trick to building a Super Twister or phantasy, pre-soak the four 1/4" square spars ( two used to form the leading edge, plus the two spars) in water for at less twelve hours. If the balsa is very hard, at less twenty four hours. Then spars and leading edge may be bent without breaking. Pin center portion that have been damped dried to building board. Working from one end, to the center tying ends loosely, with string or tape not rubber band, to hold ends together slipping ribs carefully in as you go into leading edge spar and top and bottom spar. Extreme front spar goes on later. Phantasy needs four 42" spars while super twister four 36" spars. Hope ALL this helps.