Written by Kimberly Pucci
The Reginald Denny Story
As seen in the July 2021 issue of Model Aviation.
01. Reginald "Reg" Denny is shown with his self-made U.S. Army Air Corps scale model (circa 1937).
Reginald "Reg" Denny was born into a family of Shakespearean actors at the same time when Nikola Tesla invented electricity and Edison created cinema. At age 6, "Master Reginald Denny" performed his first role as a prince before Queen Victoria. He was a sensation throughout London, but when his mother died, he was sent to an orphanage. There, he’d watch …