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	Alan Site Supporter	Joined: December/10/2003 United States Posts: 14463 IP Logged
Posted: June/21/2016 at 8:24am

Hazel Sig?

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Posted: June/21/2016 at 8:32am

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Hazel Sig?

Correct Alan... Well done!

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	Alan Site Supporter	Joined: December/10/2003 United States Posts: 14463 IP Logged
Posted: June/21/2016 at 9:12am

The clipped wing Cub made that an easy answer.

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Posted: June/21/2016 at 10:04am

In 1982 I was living in Garden Grove and went for a walk ending up at Mile Square Park. I was building static WWI models at the time but had no idea about RC scale. By absolute chance on that day the Scale Nats were taking place and there were all of these absolutely amazing models. The one I seem to remember most was an F4 which popped its drag chute on landing...and then the canopy slowly raised up as it taxied in.

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Posted: June/21/2016 at 9:22pm

Since this the the 90th Nationals here is a look back at some memories over the last 90 years...

The 1959 Scale Nats

Here a few pictures from the 1959 Nats, aka the 28th National Model Airplane Championships, held at Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, California. For those not familiar with the early Nats, the U.S. Navy used to sponsor and host the entire show primarily because it was considered a good recruitment tool for young men of a necessarily competitive nature. Their hopes were that those guys would see really cool stuff at the base and anxiously anticipate the day when they could join. Some time in the late 1960s, the attendance by youngsters was so low that the Navy decided to pull its support. Bill Winter managed to talk them into staying for a few more years.

Cover of the July 1959 Model Aviation Newsletter

This superbly detailed Focke-Wulf FW-190
carried off both the Open Control line
Flying Scale Trophy and the Testor
Corp. best finish award for
its builder, Bill Ogden of E. St. Louis, Ill.

Robert Greetham, an Air Force man from
Norton AFB, built this detailed model of
a Fokker E.3. Plagued with elevator
troubles, ship did not place in FFFS.

Ed Childress of Castro Valley, Calif. braces himself as
he prepares to take over control of his monster B-29.
Craft placed second in CLFS event.

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	Sparky Lifetime Site Supporter Head Curmudgeon	Joined: February/10/2004 United States Posts: 7113 IP Logged
Posted: June/23/2016 at 6:16pm

Just saw the post, I competed in the 70-73 Nats I won JR profile carrier in 71. Mostly thanks to Harry Higley taking me under his wing. He helped me sort out my small issues and my first carrier landing occurred in NAS Glenview.
Recruiting tool?
You bet!
I retired from the U.S. Navy in 1994. I have logged 949 carrier arrested landings. I flew the first EA-6B Prowler into Irag during Desert Storm in January 1991.
I'm pretty sure that it was money well spent on the Nats back then.
Sparky
Ps the two people listed are Hazel Sig and Our own Dave Platt. I was there, (a fly on the wall) when Dave posted a perfect 100 in static scale! If I remember Dave damaged the plane over the competition weekend.
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Posted: June/23/2016 at 7:54pm

That D9 that Dave designed was responsible for getting me actively into scale. It was and still is one of the best flying models ever. (IMO)

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	Tango Juliet Basic Member	Joined: September/16/2007 United States Posts: 1138 IP Logged
Posted: June/24/2016 at 6:13am

I'll be anxiously awaiting updates to this thread as I pass my time at work this week. Thanks RCSB for covering the NATS.

I really love seeing these photos from years past. It really helps me to appreciate the history of this hobby and the now famous (in my book anyway) names who've been instrumental in shaping it. It's too bad that the services don't still see value in sponsoring more of the modeling events around the country - not that they have the budget they once did anyway - as a kid I would have chomped at the bit to see this stuff up close and in the environ of a military installation. My dad having his private certificate for a short time when I was young, the Ft. Wayne ANG unit, and several trips to the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH, were enough to convince me that I wanted a career in the USAF though.

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