[NSRCA-discussion] Remember Ed Sweeney?

[White, Chris]

Cool...the R/C Nobler brings back good memories for me.... Had a K&B 40
powered light version (agile)  which I flew the heck out of with an EK
Champion in 1977-78.  Also had a friend with another extreme
version....no coupled flaps, fiberglassed & painted, Lee-Veco .61 with
retracts....a nine pound bright red bullet that flew on rails....fun
stuff.   Good design!

 

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On Sep 14, 2006, at 7:57 AM, Bob Richards wrote:





Cool. However, the only magazine that I know of that went out of
business in 1975 was "American Aircraft Modeler", not RCM that just went
out of business in the last year. I still have AAM issues from '73 -
'75.

 

I know, you are having another "senior moment".  :-)

 

Yes, I did have a "senior moment".  It was American Aircraft Modeler
magazine that went out of business in 1975.

 

However, There was another "senior moment" in there too.   The Goldberg
Skylark 60 was kitted by Goldberg.  It was Top Flite who kitted the R/C
Nobler.  Getting old isn't for sissies.

 

Ron Van Putte

 

 

 

	
	Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:

		I had a "blast from the past" show up at my little hobby
shop door 
		tonight: Ed Sweeney, who designed the R/C Nobler in the
late 1960s 
		or early 1970s, in the Washington, DC area and later was
the 
		publisher of R/C Modeler magazine, until it;s demise in
1975. Some 
		of you may remember that he competed in Pattern contests
in the 1960s 
		with a prototype Goldberg Skylark 60, which eventually
became a Top 
		Flite kit. I originally met him in Washington about
1970.
		
		He's temporarily here at Eglin AFB, working on a UAV
(unmanned aerial 
		vehicle) design competition and needed some parts for
one of his 
		autonomous vehicle designs. What a small world!
		
		Ron Van Putte
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