[NSRCA-discussion] Remember Ed Sweeney?

[k6xyz]

Wow...I have had 2 of the Top Flite R/C Noblers in the past and as Chris
says, they flew great.
In fact, I still have another unopened kit that I am going to build in
the near future.
 
Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok. 
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of White,
Chris
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Remember Ed Sweeney?
 
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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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Ron Van
Putte
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:15 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Remember Ed Sweeney?
 
 
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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