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AL RABE, CAPTAIN STUNT GRUNT
Shultzie:
Attached is a photo that Al sent me.....years ago!
GADS, DOES THIS PHOTO BRING BACK THE MEMORIES...
Al, if you are lurking...Everytime I see a beautiful P-51 Mustang, Bearcat, or a Sea Fury, they remind me of those years when you would fly in to the NW on some lay-over, and join us at the Boeing Space Center parking lots.
Equally, I thank you for your trust in allowing a few of us to sample a flight on that amazing BearCat with the Eagle in white on the side.
Never in my wildest dreams...would I have thought that a virtual full scale stunt model could out perform that old Blue Nobler of mine. That same week end at SanPoint Naval Air Station, you proved this concept was NO FLUKE..BY TAKIN' HOME FIRST PLACE!
Plus the years that followed....you sealed the deal that scale stunt models were not just some pretty face.
Shultzie:
A great cover shot.....however the article inside is a GOLD MINE and a wealth of information about building a better stuntmodel.
Thanks Al...for the memories, my amazingly gifted friend in modeling.
Steve Helmick:
I recall seeing Al flying his blue & white Bearcat at Sand Point...pretty windy, too. And I remember that he won. What I don't remember is what year it was. ?
SH^ Steve
Shultzie:
--- Quote from: Steve Helmick on November 17, 2006, 11:24:15 PM ---I recall seeing Al flying his blue & white Bearcat at Sand Point...pretty windy, too. And I remember that he won. What I don't remember is what year it was. ?
SH^ Steve
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YES! AL WON THAT DAY...I blew my brand new George Lieb designed airplane...all over the concrete on my first offical flight when the leadout failed.
(I can almost hear the explosion of balsa to tarmac noise....and see that outboard wing panel...being carried off, end over end, through the air---NORTH INTO THE LAKE!"
AT LEAST MY CRASH WAS INTO THE CEMENT...NOT INTO SOME POOR SOUL'S FACE!"
That was 1967 and luckily I still had my first new Sting for the LA nats.
Al took a very beautiful Red P-51 to the nationals that year. Bart Klapinski took first place over Dick Mathis that year. Bart was the best flyer...HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST OF OUR PACK!
Al Rabe:
Hi, Don. Where you been.
Al
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