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

Thu Jan 28 13:23:03 AKST 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60NYhU7kq8E

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Patrick Harris <harris7148 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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.
>>
>>
>>
>> I too have a couple of working Kraft Gold Medal radios around…they did a
>> great job back in that day.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jay
>>
>>
>>
>> *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
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Krafts plane looks like a Kwik Fly 3 or 4.
>>
>> Mike Murphy
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>> *Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus*
>>
>>
>> *AMA 1294, Scientific Leader MemberSPA L-18, Board Member(865) 435-1476v
>> (865) 604-0541c*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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