I'm so old I Remember when:

[Bsmac]

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Those were a lot of fun! Flew many of them as a boy!

 

[Sally PB]

Twirling the prop to twist the rubber band to the "over-twist" stage made me understand spinning wool on a wheel better decades later.

 

[theoldchick]

Those were a lot of fun! Flew many of them as a boy!

I did too as a girl!

 

[Bsmac]

I did too as a girl! Yes! Fun for girls too! You soon learned to get your fingers out of the way of the prop!