[NSRCA-discussion] Breakthrough Pattern plane designs

[Ron Van Putte]

Wern't no Nats in '28.  Musta been thinkin' of the '38 Nats, Sonny.

Ron VP

On Dec 15, 2008, at 9:44 PM, Keith Hoard wrote:

> What about the "Galloping Ghost"?  Man, I remember that one from  
> the '28 Nats. . .
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> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Matthew Frederick  
> <mjfrederick at cox.net> wrote:
> Pre-turnaround: Compensator and Bootlegger
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> Post-turnaround: Patriot (and all its variants)
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony" <tony at radiosouthrc.com>
> To: "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 2:39 PM
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> Also, Steve Helm's Bootlegger... 1st design with fully enclosed  
> tuned pipe
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> Tony Stillman, President
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> adriancwong at earthlink.net
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> Phil Kraft's Kwik Fli
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> From: billglaze <billglaze at bellsouth.net>
> Sent: Dec 15, 2008 3:02 PM
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> Just before the Astro Hog, (designed by a friend of mine, Fred  
> Dunn) , and
> one of which I am currently building),there was Howard Bonner's  
> Smog Hog,
> (note the name similarity) which won the 1956 Nationals in Dallas.   
> Good
> flying airplane, for it's time, (good enough to win) but couldn't  
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> the Astro Hog, of which Fred always said:  "I don't know what the  
> big deal
> is; it's just a low-wing Smog Hog."  Maybe.  But, it sure  
> revolutionized
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> contest world, at the time.  If you wanted to win, you had one.   
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> Bill Glaze
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Lowe" <jonlowe at aol.com>
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> Astro Hog- 1st really successful low wing pattern plane.   
> Everything up
> until then had been a high wing airplane.
> Orion- by Ed Kasmirski  first really high performance pattern plane
> Taurus- arguably one of the most built pattern planes of all times. At
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> point, everyone had built a "modified" Taurus.  The Top Flight kit,
> excellent for its day, helped to make it popular.
> The Phoenix 1-8 series.  Yeah, I know I'm prejudiced, but it really
> established moderately swept wings as a standard. The Phoenix 5, 6,  
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> 8's were flown by most of the great US flyers, including Dave  
> Brown, Mike
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> McConville, and others. I'm not including the Phoenix 9 and 10,  
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> they were never kitted, and were very early turn around style  
> airplanes.
> I have a 9, and my dad has the only 10 ever built.
> I have to agree with the Kaos.  It was "everymans" pattern plane, and
> still is today with Tower Hobbies .46 style version.
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> Jon Lowe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Kane <getterflash at yahoo.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 1:00 pm
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> From: "Woodward, Jim (US SSA)" <jim.woodward at baesystems.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monda
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> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Breakthrough Pattern plane designs
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> What do you think were some of the most breakthrough or pivotal  
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> designs? When I started there the Prophecy was top dog. A couple
> years later the Smaragd was designed. I see a lot of planes have been
> designed off the Smaragd platform. I think the PassPort is a heck of a
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> years that have transformed pattern aircraft design? In the last nine
> years, I?d say the Smaragd was the most transformational plane.
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