[NSRCA-discussion] Old farts????:)

[Ron Van Putte]

In case nobody noticed, John Fuqua has rejoined the NSRCA discussion  
list.

In this case, he qualifies as a newbie old fart.  I first flew an R/C  
airplane in 1954.  It was a deBolt Kitten, powered by an Atwood .049  
and with an ECE single channel receiver.  I hit so many trees that my  
wife made me tree decals to put on the side of my airplane.

I joined AARP over 20 years ago.

Ron Van Putte

On Aug 16, 2007, at 5:34 PM, John Fuqua wrote:

> Boy this brings back memories.  I flew my first sucessful RC  
> airplane with rudder only and escapment to boot in 1967.   It was a  
> Goldberg 1/2 Skylane that probably cost about  $10.   El cheapo  
> super regen tx/rx.  i would have loved an ACE system.  Last year I  
> bought a couple of orginal kits on Ebay for $75 to $85.  I built  
> one rudder only but electrified.  rudder and motor control only.    
> I really get a kick out of trying to fly it.   Makes you remember  
> when a plane had to be in trim to be successful.
>
> John
>
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca- 
> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of White, Chris
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:40 PM
> To: NSRCA Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Old farts????:)
>
> Hey Bob, That would make me an old fart at age 48…..:)
>
> I wonder how many have flown R/O????  Amazing how much fun that  
> was….$63.00 for my old Ace Pulse Commander purchased from Bill  
> Knost at House of Hobbies in Tulsa.  First a scratch built  
> Javalaero from Ted Strader’s article in MAN…then a Dick’s Dream… 
> which would do a single spiral loop and a half spiral barrel roll  
> with a TD.020….man you should have seen the first flight when I  
> changed from the pee wee to the TeeDee…not enough downthrust and I  
> was banking like crazy hoping for the fuel to run out…..a different  
> challenge in a different time….but all was fun, I was about 13.
>
> Chris White
>
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca- 
> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:28 PM
> To: NSRCA Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] More flexibility in  
> classselection?-->Personal dilemma, what to do next season
>
>
>
> Have you flown RC for more than 30 years?? Have you ever looped and  
> rolled an airplane with just rudder control? :-)
>
> Glen Watson <gwatson11 at houston.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
>
>
> What are the qualifications for an old fart?  I just submitted my  
> membership application to AARP this month.  Do I qualify?
>
>
>
>  ~Glen
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