[NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: Re: F3A Championships circa 1971

Thu Jan 28 13:15:56 AKST 2016

Here are a couple of other names from the past for you guys:

Doc Brooks and Steve Ellison

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:08 PM, Jay Gerber via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Wow….names from the past super flying days…..Gary…so nice to hear from all
> the folks I bumped into along the way…….thanks for the update and info as
> well a great New Year to all……Jay
>
>
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> *From:* NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]
> *On Behalf Of *towerguy102--- via NSRCA-discussion
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 3:53 PM
> *To:* nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: Re: F3A Championships circa 1971
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> HELLO JAY:  THE BEST RECALL I HAVE  FOR THE PLANE IS A KWIK-FLI 4 THAT
> NEVER REALLY MADE THE FLI SERIES I WAS APPOINTED A WARRANTY SERVICE STATION
> AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY  TO TALK TO A LOT OF THE STAFF . MARTY BARRY WAS
> BUILDING FOR KRAFT AND IN EARLY TALKS WITH HIM THAT FUSE WAS A SOLID BLOCK
> AND WAS HOLLOWED OUT.  PHIL AND TONY (BONETTI) CAME TO THE ORANGE
> MASSACHUSETTS CONTEST IN 1972 AND PHIL HAD THE SAME AIRPLANE....IT WEIGHED
> 8 1/4 LBS. IT NEVER GOT ANY MORE ATTENTION. THAT YEAR PHIL, AND TONY, AND
> ERNIE HUBER BATTLED IT OUT. THAT YEAR  EXPERT HAD THE 4-LEAF CLOVER.....WOW
> LOOK OUT FOR THAT LAST SEGMENT!!.....HAPPY & HEALTHY  NEW YEAR
>
> GARY GARABIAN
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Gerber via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> To: 'Mike Murphy' <mmurphy178 at comcast.net>; 'General pattern discussion' <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 28, 2016 1:52 pm
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A Championships circa 1971
>
> Mike and Phil, For some reason I’m thinking of “Super Fly”…..I flew with
> Phil I his 2 place Pitts 2B while his pilot flew his full scale design, the
> Super Fly….In my movie, Marvelous Miniatures, Phil flies his RC Super Fly,
> his pilot flies his full scale Super Fly, both planes do rolls then Phil
> lands the model, immediately you see the full scale land and Phil gets out
> of the cockpit…..etc……that movie has folks like Maynard Hill demonstrating
> his static electricity autopilot…..lots of stuff in that one which is 45
> minutes long…full production.
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> I too have a couple of working Kraft Gold Medal radios around…they did a
> great job back in that day.
>
>
>
> Jay
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> *From:* NSRCA-discussion [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> <nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org?>] *On Behalf Of *Mike Murphy
> via NSRCA-discussion
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:48 PM
> *To:* chuenkan at comcast.net; General pattern discussion; Jon Lowe; General
> pattern discussion
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-discussion] F3A Championships circa 1971
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>
> Phil Krafts plane looks like a Kwik Fly 3 or 4.
>
> Mike Murphy
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> On January 28, 2016, at 12:30 PM, Phil Spelt via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> I just made time to watch the vid about the '71 WC!  What an era that
> was.  Jon commented about flying those planes -- well, we fly just those
> planes in the Senior Pattern Association.  Despite the bad image we have
> among you NSRCA guys, we are now enforcing the to-plan building of our
> planes, and only allow 4-stroke engines and computer radios for convenience
> and as a nod to "progress". I'm not advertising for SPA, just sayin'...
>
>
>
> My comment earlier was those guys didn't have computer mixing to trim
> their planes with (when someone commented on Strt Inv. Flight as a
> maneuver).  I still have a Kraft 6-channel '83 Series radio with
> synthesized channel selection that has been narrow-banded (by KMI) , so I
> *could* use it -- but I won't.  ;-{)  It uses the 3-lead battery pack, so
> I'd have to build a new pack for it before I could fly it.  Anyway, first
> 60-degree day (next Monday, here in TN) I plan to go out and pretend to be
> Ron or Jim. lol
>
>
>
> I couldn't recognize what Phil K was flying in Doylestown -- what was his
> plane?
>
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>
> *Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus*
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>
> *AMA 1294, Scientific Leader MemberSPA L-18, Board Member(865) 435-1476v
> (865) 604-0541c*
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>
> Thanks for this Scott, Mike, and the guy who made this, Jay Gerber.
> I went to that WC with my Dad as a spectator. Amazing to see Jim Whitley,
> Phil Kraft, and Ron Chidgey at their prime. I remember Doc Edwards, Team
> Manager, as a super nice guy.
> The thing I remember most  from that WC in those days of ballistic pattern
> was that the Europeans had taken to throttling back on the downline of
> loops, etc. Not many people were doing that at the time. Most Americans
> kept full bore all the way around.
> As to the simplicity of the sequence, try flying a plane of that period.
> Limited power, fairly high wing loadings, and fairly short coupled tails
> made them a handful.
> I noticed also that virtually none of the radio equipment manufacturers
> that I saw in the film are around today. Kinda sad.
> Amazing film.
>
>
>
> Jon
>
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> On Jan 27, 2016 11:42 AM, Scott McHarg via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
> >
> > Here's a video that Mike Mueller posted on Facebook and was produced by
> our own Jay Gerber.  If you have some time, it's a "swell" video about our
> past and origins.
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jogGq_L320
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > Scott A. McHarg
> > VSCL / CANVASS U.A.S. Research Pilot
> > Texas A&M University
> > PPL - ASEL
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