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by orangeshirt
Fri Apr 21, 2023 1:21 am
Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
Topic: Gerald Wiles
Replies: 17
Views: 4510

Re: Gerald Wiles

All the SS that was welded while I was there was done by Tig. I don't know when the RedHead went OOP, but there were some old Tig machines we scrapped, and the Tigs they were using were 15+ years old, and we didn't scrap any gas welding stuff. So I suspect the RH was tigged also. How quickly did th...
by orangeshirt
Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
Topic: Gerald Wiles
Replies: 17
Views: 4510

Re: Gerald Wiles

Considering the amount of no-longer-in-use stuff that was there, I was surprised we did not find any stamping tooling for it. Believe me, we were on the lookout! We did find this, but it seems to maybe be a welding jig. I don't see how the black items are related, but they were found together, so.....
by orangeshirt
Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
Topic: Gerald Wiles
Replies: 17
Views: 4510

Re: Gerald Wiles

What a great post! I love hearing that kind of history. I do believe this stuff needs to be preserved. Although it's a niche segment of modeling history, Jerry's contributions were an important part of the landscape of the period. I assume the stamping dies for the dynajet tubes are long gone? I hav...
by orangeshirt
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
Topic: Gerald Wiles
Replies: 17
Views: 4510

Re: Gerald Wiles

I actually never knew Jerry, but my pulse jet research led me to see all of his pulse jet stuff being sold at auction. (You can see how cheaply stuff sold by looking at past sales on liveauctioneers.com). Seemed like a great guy, with some tremendous abilities. I live in Indianapolis and dynajets we...
by orangeshirt
Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:59 am
Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
Topic: Gerald Wiles
Replies: 17
Views: 4510

Re: Gerald Wiles

Jerry unfortunately passed away March 2023

https://www.stockerfraley.com/obituary/ ... erry-Wiles