We were sitting around waiting to fly the first rounds here at the windy 68 Olatha Kansas nats.
Someone was talking with Bob, asking him if he had changed the ribs of the nobler...or rib platform of his stunter.
'Bob grinned...and said "LOOK RIGHT HERE WHERE I AM POINTING!"
I clearly state that I just took a FAT BALL POINT PEN...and traced over the standard kit Nobler ribs! HOW'S THAT FOR A SCIENTIFICAL' ANSWER?"
Forgive my long term memory loss....
I have forgotten the name of this equally gifted stunt flyer who wore this beautifully done white shirt that was so stylishly decorated with the silk screened GIESKE NOBLER PLANS?

By the way...that GIESKE GRUNT SHIRTED FLYER...flew an outstandingly beautifully built and finished Gieske Nobler of his own that day.
His flying skills surely made Bob Gieske very proud that someone as skilled as this grunt with the White shirt.
Just to think?

The Gieske Nobler is almost as popular today...as it was waaay back in the early 60's?
CONGRATULATIONS BOB!!! U RULE AS OUR STUNT GRUNT OF THE DAY!!

Help me name this friend of Bob's???

The mystery man is Stan Brock. Stan was a great builder and finisher. I remember his flawless but very simple blue and creme Gieseke Nobler and also his stunning Oriental.

I vividly remember Stan's Nobler shirt.  I wanted a shirt like that for years! Hey, I still do!

I have a couple of shots of Stan with his Nobler from the 1969 Nats. I'll try to find them and post them.

Later - Bob Hunt 

The mystery man is Stan Brock. Stan was a great builder and finisher. I remember his flawless but very simple blue and creme Gieseke Nobler and also his stunning Oriental.

I vividly remember Stan's Nobler shirt.  I wanted a shirt like that for years! Hey, I still do!

I have a couple of shots of Stan with his Nobler from the 1969 Nats. I'll try to find them and post them.

Later - Bob Hunt 

Thanks for being my lame brain Bob Hunt....my meistro of balsa and books.

Okay, Shultz now you got me wound up! 

First Kostecky and now Gieske……….time to adjust the pipe!  No I don’t mean one of those carbon fiber doohickeys slung out of the bottom of yet another modern stunt ship.  We’re talkin’ about “The Original” yep, the first stunt flyer to use a pipe! 

To me, Bob was then and still is the ultimate study in style and execution of the competitive stunt flight.  I even wrote about him in my April 1974 Round & Round column in Model Airplane News. 

I still remember sitting at the edge of the circle watching his official flights.  Bob puffed on his pipe as his red Fox 35 powered G_Nobler puttered around in level flight setting up for the wing-over.  Then it was Showtime!  He would pop a pretty hard corner, the Nobler would start up and the Fox 35 would shift into some strange Fox gear and question whether or not this wingover thing was a good idea.  Everyone would hold their breath and wonder if it would ever make it to the top.  Bob just puffed his pipe, crouched to take up some of the slack in the lines, locked that big red Easy-Just handle and waited out that long climb to the top!  When the plane finally got to the top and headed down, the Fox would again shift into some strange gear allowing the plane to gather enough speed to turn a very sharp corner and head out inverted.  Everyone would exhale!  Then after half a lap inverted at a perfect 5’ there was another sharp corner and the whole thing started over again!  You just had to be there!