Malibu ??
Bill Glaze
billglaze at triad.rr.com
Mon Feb 24 05:40:49 AKST 2003
Having been (accidentally, I guess) in near the beginning, I feel
privileged to have seen the evolution of what we now have. A few
visionaries (Bob Dunham, Howard Bonner, among others) saw what was on
the horizon. I just enjoyed the fruits of their work. It still was
great being associated with them, and being able to drop in at their
places of business. The industry was small enough then that you were
always a welcome break from business. Lots of intermingling; Ray Downs
wife, Edie, (for Edith) worked for Howard in his business on Jefferson
Blvd in L.A. She also did the best job of covering with nylon I ever
saw. She would cover an entire six foot Astro Hog wing with one piece
of nylon, tip to tip, and never a wrinkle anywhere. She covered all of
Ray's airplanes. Ray and Edie later bought Colonel Bob's Hobby shop on
Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles. Ray just passed away a couple of years ago.
Great folks! Enough reminiscing; I'll be told to watch it!<G>
Bill Glaze
Bill Glaze
Del Rykert wrote:
> Bill. You sure brought back some memories for me. My first
> successful R/C flights were at the BIRDS (Beginners in Radio Drones)
> in the 70's. Del K. Rykert
> AMA - 8928
> NSRCA - 473
> Kb2joi - General
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Glaze
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: Malibu ??
> Tom:
> Remember it well. After the Orbit came along, flying was
> much as we see it today. Dunham's stuff was among the first
> that worked reliably all the time. (Well, most all of the
> time!<G>) So, 8 flights on a Sunday wasn't too unusual,
> depending on how crowded the frequency was. I went to 6
> meters, (Old call sign was WA6BRZ) so there wasn't a problem
> with frequency.
> Boy, did I love it! Still is fun to reminisce, but the
> ranks of guys that were active participants are thinning
> pretty fast.
> Average contest attendance: 150 or so. (I was a CD, and
> remember the figures.)
> We used to have over 50 for the monthly club contest. LARKS
> (Los Angeles Radio Kontrol Society) club had ~400-450
> members. If we didn't have over 200 for a monthly club
> meeting, we wondered what happened. Keith Storey, Cliff
> Weirick Howard Bonner, Bill Deans, Bob Dunham, Johnny
> Brodbeck were members........ah, the good old days. Saw
> them every Sunday at the field.
> Anyhow, enough. Probably too much for most of the guys.
> I'll quit.
>
> Bill Glaze
>
> "Thomas C. Weedon" wrote:
>
> > Bill,I still have my 27.255mc Babcock transmitter and
> > receiver plus the compound and SN escapment. I had a 6'
> > Buzzard replica with a Mcoy 35 Red Head. I doubt it still
> > works. Had to carry 5# of batteries; A, B and C. Lots of
> > fun flying. If you could get the plane back down without
> > breaking it, you were lucky. One flight per day was
> > normal.Tom WeedonWA8WAA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
> > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf
> > Of Bill Glaze
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:14 AM
> > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > Subject: Re: Malibu ??
> > Jeez, you newcomers like Oddino and van Putte
> > make me smile. How about 1954: state of the art
> > was Babcock 3 channel, TUBES for gosh sakes,
> > plug in relays, a 3 channel radio that weighed 3
> > lbs., super-regenerative front ends in the
> > receivers, escapements (driven by wound up
> > rubber bands), non-self neutralizing servos,
> > only one RF frequency, unless you were a Ham
> > radio operator, (27.255 mc, or 452 mc.) Most
> > used the engine of choice, a Fox .35, when K & B
> > brought out the Green Head R/C with coupled
> > exhaust baffle, it swept the field. And, I was
> > there!
> > I could go on and on, but don't want to put you
> > young 'uns to sleep.
> >
> > Bill Glaze
> >
> > JOddino wrote:
> >
> > > You're right on the spelling Ron. Gie. I went
> > > out in my goodie box and found one in a package
> > > with instructions. We should explain it wasn't
> > > a pot, just the wiper, but it made a big
> > > difference with cermet elements that would wear
> > > holes in the brass wipers. The good old days.
> > > A Rhett story.I got to the Nats on the last day
> > > of qualifying in 1972 and Bill Salkowski said I
> > > should see this kid that is up just before
> > > him. Turns out the kid was great but the
> > > judges had never heard of him and so he didn't
> > > qualify for the finals.The next year the boys
> > > from the South talked him up all year and he
> > > had it won before he got there.There is a big
> > > message here. The game is a lot more
> > > complicated than just flying well. If you want
> > > to win you need to understand the game.Jim
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Ron Van Putte
> > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
> > > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:37
> > > PM
> > > Subject: Re: Malibu ??
> > > JOddino wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey all you old guys, do you want
> > > > to buy some Geizendanner (sp?)
> > > > pots?
> > > >
> > > I think I'm going to pretend that I
> > > don't know what you're talking about.
> > >
> > > BTW, I think it's Giezendanner.
> > > Geez! That seems like forever ago
> > > that we fiddled with pot replacement
> > > every 50 flights or so. The wuss
> > > pilots these days wouldn't put up
> > > with that.
> > >
> > > Ron Van Putte
> > >
> > >
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