<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 27, 2006, at 7:24 PM, John Pavlick wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV><SPAN class="830112001-28032006"><FONT face="Arial" color="#0000ff" size="2">Ok, I confess. My hero as a kid was always Dean Pappas. And I always wanted a Tipo. And a Ferrari. Well, at least I got to meet </FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>I think I met Dean as a snotty-nosed little kid at the 1977 F3A Team Selection at Rough River, KY. He flew a Bridi Escape or UFO he'd added a turtledeck to, that I nicknamed "Upchuck". He's come a long way. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ron Van Putte<BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV><SPAN class="830112001-28032006"><P><FONT size="2"><BR> </FONT> </P></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir="ltr" style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class="OutlookMessageHeader" dir="ltr" align="left"><FONT face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org [<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org">mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org</A>]<B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:rcmaster199@aol.com">rcmaster199@aol.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 27, 2006 8:14 PM<BR><B>To:</B> nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small electric pattern<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'"> <DIV> <DIV>Ron, your column was always the first one I would read as a ....ahem...youngster, aspiring to patterndom glory. I cut my pattern teeth on your stuff. It was always relied upon to be good reading. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now here we are almost 30 years later and I still haven't caught up to your age and you will never catch up to my weight. Hey.... wait a minute....that's not a such a good trade (VBG)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matt</DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Ron Van Putte <<A href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">vanputte@cox.net</A>><BR>To: NSRCA Mailing List <<A href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</A>><BR>Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:54:47 -0600<BR>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Plans for small electric pattern<BR><BR> <DIV class="AOLPlainTextBody" id="AOLMsgPart_0_a4f674a4-13f0-4e2c-8029-47386a1d5671"><PRE><TT>On Mar 27, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Thomas D. Simes wrote:
> I don't know what other responses you may have gotten, but a .32 size
> plane with pattern like flight manners sounds great to me. My flying
> skills are at the point where cumulative stick time is way more
> important than stick time on a particular model and a .32 size plane
> would be great for keeping in the car and getting a few flights in on
> the way home from work every day.
>
> I found a reference to the article and plan being published in the
> November 1974 issue of American Aviation Modeler (I think that's
> correct...), but can't turn up an on-line source for the plans. If I
> can find the plans (or at least a construction outline) I would be
> interested in a short kit.
>
> By the way, I'm intentionally replying to the list in hopes of
> stirring
> up some interest. Sure, it isn't the latest composite widebody but I
> bet it's fun/$$ ratio is pretty hard to beat.
Good move on replying to the List. There are those of us, like me,
who have boxes of old American Aircraft Modeler magazines up in the
attic. I would be happy to share my copy with you if you don't find
one elsewhere. BTW, that was just before AAM went out of business in
early 1975. AMA had relied on AAM to get their information out and
were left with no way to do it when AAM folded. They decided to
publish their own magazine, much to R/C Modeler magazine's Don
Dewey's dismay, who thought he had the inside track on AMA's
business. He proceeded to go on a tirade in his magazine for years,
but that's another story. AMA started Model Aviation magazine and I
wrote the sport and aerobatics column for 20 years. Ahh nostalgia!
Ron Van Putte
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